Well, the All Star game came and went again. None of us went, of course–defensive teams don’t get dazzling numbers that make the fans swoon. If we had an alternate there, he never left the bench or bullpen.
But despite the obvious snub from the snooty PeL fan voters, we didn’t have a bad July and escaped (at least in schedule terms) our roughest month with a winning record. August does not look rosy, but Sept should feel like a vacation after living through this summer.
In July, 14-11. Overall 59-49 (.546), Division 3rd, Overall 8th. All five starters are doing well, even by pitcher’s park standards. The Crisco Ball pitchers are a combined 20-15, Max is pitching as you would expect from your Ace, and Moose and Reynolds are…surviving, somehow.
If you’re not used to what this ballpark does to offensive numbers, they’re all hitting miserably, but there are a few standouts who seem to take to the park better than others. Props for Freeman, Pinson, Brock, Arenado (!), Betts, Cedeno.
Early forecast from Pessimistic Projection Model™ is an 87 win season, but the confidence interval remains quite low at this early date.
Our division leader is projected at 115, so…yeah. Welcome to PeL.
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