Check out these standings from Baseball Reference, at the start of Saturday’s games:
Each division in the corresponding region (AL East/NL East, AL Central/NL Central, AL West/NL West) has nearly the same exact standings as of today.
Even the last place teams in each division, especially if you chop out the Padres in the NL West, have nearly the same records. In fact, all the teams from the leader to the basement dweller have nearly the same corresponding records to their counterparts in the other league.
Just a statistical oddity that I felt like sharing with you.
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Kevin Creagh resides in the suburbs of Pittsburgh and has been a Pirate fan since the mid 1980′s. Kevin joined Pirates Prospects in July 2010 and enjoys writing about the economic side of baseball decisions. Many of Kevin’s articles focus on the long-term decisions that the Pirates and other organizations may need to make in the future, in order to balance escalating player salaries with built-in payroll limitations. Kevin also enjoys following prospects throughout the Pirates’ minor league system and forecasting their potential to help the major league team.