Every day, Pinstripe Alley offers updates on what the Yankees ’ top American League opponents are up to through the Rivalry Roundup . The AL East is well-trodden ground there, but with the month of May coming to a close, we’re going to take a peek around MLB as a whole and check in with each of the other five divisions. Who’s surprising? Who’s underwhelming? Who’s simply mediocre at the moment? Read on and find out.
Note: Since this is an end-of-month review, win/loss record displayed reflects how the division looked at the end of play on May 31st. Esteemed baseball writer Sam Miller recently declared that there are only six good teams in MLB and by my count, only one resides in the NL West. What some thought could be a four-team scrap has turned into what many others expected: a stacked Dodgers squad that sits a tier above their chasers, with the Padres, Giants, and Diamondbacks duking it out for at least one Wild Card spot, and the Rockies doing exactly what everyone expected languishing in the basement of the NL.
Top Position Player: Mookie Betts (3.3 fWAR) Top Pitcher: Tyler Glasnow (2.1 fWAR) The Dodgers are learning that $2 billion does not buy you an unblemished road to a championship.
This may sound like crying for the poor — not to mention doubly ironic coming from a Yankees site — but even with their extraordinary payroll outlay the last few years and in particular last winter, the Dodgers have had a tumultuous journey through the first two months. The.