Certainly better. Our zomg awesum defenz strategy seems to do the job, even if it does produce some abysmal batting averages. We even survived the first serious shark attack, and actually won a game.
18-8 in May, bring us to 30-24. 2nd in divison, 17 GB, 7th overall. +3 in wildcard race (heh). Comfortably out of Dead Zone, at least for now.
Pitching 3rd in AC, Zone rating 3rd. Scherzer is the standout (of course), but Carlos and Reynolds are pitching really well, too. Ryu and Moose are doing all right. Crisco and Bardol was the secret the entire time, who knew? The bullpen is doing less well, seems like we need to pass around the crisco can in the bullpen, too.
Hitting is more difficult to judge, because of the general numbers depression of the deadball park, but they did seem to be swinging the sticks rather than sitting on them this month. Including the guy playing mostly for his glove (Arenado). Attaboys for Brock, Arenado, Freeman, Pinson, Cedeno, and Betts.
We are blessed this season by the one true megawhale being in the other league, and we don’t have to face him at all this season. We still have our local shark for our fair share of abuse.
I know it was just one hot month, and I have no illusions. We may have accumulated enough Ws to survive infrequent short-term shark attacks, and the inevitable return of sub-.500 ball that is the Penguin’s PEL hallmark.
Face The Curtain 