When asked to choose the strongest league in the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB), the first place mentioned is the American League (AL) Eastern Division. The AL East Division, also known as ‘Al-Dong’ among fans, is full of strong teams, and fans here are even calling 스포츠토토for a league reorganization, saying that winning the division is too difficult.
Competition within the district is intensifying, with the traditional powerhouses New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox leading the way, emerging powerhouses the Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays, and the Baltimore Orioles, who have succeeded in rebuilding.
In fact, this season as well, 4 out of 5 teams recorded a winning percentage exceeding .500, and 3 teams advanced to the postseason. Last year, 4 teams had a winning percentage of over .500, and 3 teams earned tickets to the fall baseball season.
The problem is that in recent years, when the postseason comes, the active teams become weaker. Toronto and Tampa Bay were eliminated in the wild card series in this fall baseball, each losing two games in a row. In particular, Tampa Bay was the team with the second highest winning percentage in the AL with 99 wins in the season, but was caught by the 5th seed Texas Rangers.
In the end, even Baltimore, the only team in the AL to achieve more than 100 wins (101 wins) and receive the first seed, was swept by Texas in the Division Series (ALDS) and was eliminated early. The shock was even greater in that Baltimore had never been swept this regular season.
Accordingly, all Aldong teams were eliminated from this postseason with all 7 losses. If you include the Yankees, who were eliminated with 4 losses by the Houston Astros in last year’s championship (ALCS), the Aldong teams’ postseason losing streak increases to 11.
It has already been five years since the Aldong teams lifted the World Series trophy despite showing weak performances in the recent fall. Boston, 2018.Attention will be paid to whether the five teams in the AL Eastern Division will be able to prove that they are ‘the heart of fear’ in the fall next year. Although this postseason ended in vain, it is clear that the five top teams are expected to be strong next year as well.
