Get to 500 first, too early to be watching the scoreboard, rebuilding year... BLAH BLAH BLAH.
I am offically watching the Wild Card race and have some thoughts:
First here are the present standings
GB
Minn 41-33 ---
BAL 42-34 ---
CLE 40-34 -1
TEX 38-36 -3
NYY 39-37 -3
DET 36-36 -4
TOR 38-39 -4.5
OAK 35-40 -6.5
Now I am removing TOR and DET from being an issue because frankly they have no shot. I am also not going to worry about TEX (not becuase they are not good but we play them 14 more times so we can easily pass them.) Using that logic we have 4 teams ahead of us to worry about.
MINN, BAL, CLE and NYY.
Each team has some major weaknesses but so do we and catching them will be tough. But I will be rooting against them every chance I get going forward and suggest you do the same.
Special comment on MINN who I think has the best shot at the Wild Card. We have a 3 game series against them in late Septemeber (in Oakland) so if we get hot at the right time that would be very helpful