06/04: Good Win, Tough Road Lies Ahead
Posted by: James
Last night's win against the Red Sox was sweet and who knows, after many bad losses and quite a few stops and starts, maybe this team is finally going to get going. Anything's possible, right? Still, even after last night, the record stands at 24-30 after 54 games, which is exactly 1/3rd of the season.
To get to 95 wins, the Yankees will have to go 71-37, a winning percentage of .657. Know how many teams had a winning percentage like that through the first 54 games? 1...Boston.
To get to 91 wins, the Yankees will have to go 67-41, a winning percentage of .620. That bumps up the total teams who've played at that clip to 3; Boston, Cleveland and the Mets. The LAAngels come close too at .611.
Here's something else that I noticed. They've got 108 games left against 17 total teams but there's a significant number of games left against teams that at the beginning of the season, you would expect the Yankees to beat up on: 15 against Baltimore (.474), 14 against Toronto (.482) , 14 against Tampa Bay (.426) and 10 against Kansas City (.368). That's 53 games - and if the Yankees take all those series (a .667 winning %), they'll be at 59 wins over 107 games (.551). That would certainly make getting to the playoffs easier...now they just have to win the games.
To get to 95 wins, the Yankees will have to go 71-37, a winning percentage of .657. Know how many teams had a winning percentage like that through the first 54 games? 1...Boston.
To get to 91 wins, the Yankees will have to go 67-41, a winning percentage of .620. That bumps up the total teams who've played at that clip to 3; Boston, Cleveland and the Mets. The LAAngels come close too at .611.
Here's something else that I noticed. They've got 108 games left against 17 total teams but there's a significant number of games left against teams that at the beginning of the season, you would expect the Yankees to beat up on: 15 against Baltimore (.474), 14 against Toronto (.482) , 14 against Tampa Bay (.426) and 10 against Kansas City (.368). That's 53 games - and if the Yankees take all those series (a .667 winning %), they'll be at 59 wins over 107 games (.551). That would certainly make getting to the playoffs easier...now they just have to win the games.