One last week, a couple more bullpen meltdowns, a couple more poor starts, a little more struggling offense, another basically .500 week, and the curtain falls on the 2010 Boston Red Sox.
- And there's really nothing left to say. The games meant nothing, other than preventing the Yankees from winning the east (which is, frankly, not much of a thrill.) They've been playing out the string, and now it's over.
- I will do some season wrap-ups over the course of the next couple of weeks. For now, it was a frustrating and disappointing season, and we fall back, for the first time since 2006, on "wait 'til next year!"
- Red Sox Player of the Week - Jed Lowrie, who hit a sparkling .364/.462/.682/1.143 on the week, with two HR, and did it while leading the team in AB. Honorable mention to David Ortiz (.474/.545/.684/1.230) and Mike Lowell (.462/.500/.846/1.346) in what were possibly and certainly, respectively, their final weeks in Red Sox uniforms. (I actually think it likely that Ortiz is back in 2011, but it's possible that he's done in Boston.)
- Red Sox Pitcher of the Week - Clay Buccholz, who finished strong in his quest for the AL ERA title, albeit falling just short. His last start of the year went eight innings, allowing five hits and one run.
AL Pythagorean Projection Report - 10/4/2010
| | | | | | | | Projected | Actual | |
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| R/G | (rank) | RA/G | (rank) | Pythagorean | (rank) | W | L | W | L | Luck |
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| New York | 5.3 | (1) | 4.28 | (5) | 0.597 | (1) | 97 | 65 | 95 | 67 | -2 |
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| Tampa Bay | 4.95 | (3) | 4.01 | (2) | 0.596 | (2) | 96 | 66 | 96 | 66 | 0 |
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| Minnesota | 4.82 | (5) | 4.14 | (3) | 0.569 | (3) | 92 | 70 | 94 | 68 | 2 |
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| Texas | 4.86 | (4) | 4.24 | (4) | 0.562 | (4) | 91 | 71 | 90 | 72 | -1 |
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| Boston | 5.05 | (2) | 4.59 | (11) | 0.543 | (5) | 88 | 74 | 89 | 73 | 1 |
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| Chicago | 4.64 | (7) | 4.35 | (8) | 0.53 | (6) | 86 | 76 | 88 | 74 | 2 |
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| Oakland | 4.09 | (11) | 3.86 | (1) | 0.526 | (7) | 85 | 77 | 81 | 81 | -4 |
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| Toronto | 4.66 | (6) | 4.49 | (9) | 0.517 | (8) | 84 | 78 | 85 | 77 | 1 |
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| Detroit | 4.64 | (8) | 4.59 | (10) | 0.505 | (9) | 82 | 80 | 81 | 81 | -1 |
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| Los Angeles | 4.2 | (9) | 4.33 | (7) | 0.486 | (10) | 79 | 83 | 80 | 82 | 1 |
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| Cleveland | 3.99 | (12) | 4.64 | (12) | 0.431 | (11) | 70 | 92 | 69 | 93 | -1 |
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| Kansas City | 4.17 | (10) | 5.22 | (14) | 0.399 | (12) | 65 | 97 | 67 | 95 | 2 |
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| Baltimore | 3.78 | (13) | 4.85 | (13) | 0.389 | (13) | 63 | 99 | 66 | 96 | 3 |
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| Seattle | 3.17 | (14) | 4.31 | (6) | 0.363 | (14) | 59 | 103 | 61 | 101 | 2 |
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Top 5 projections (using current winning %)
| Tampa Bay | 96 | 66 |
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| New York | 95 | 67 |
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| Minnesota | 94 | 68 |
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| Texas | 90 | 72 |
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| Boston | 89 | 73 |
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Top 5 projections (starting with today's record, using Pythagorean winning %)
| Tampa Bay | 96 | 66 |
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| New York | 95 | 67 |
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| Minnesota | 94 | 68 |
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| Texas | 90 | 72 |
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| Boston | 89 | 73 |
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Standings for the week
| | | | | | | | Projected | Actual | |
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| R/G | (rank) | RA/G | (rank) | Pythagorean | (rank) | W | L | W | L | Luck |
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| Oakland | 4.86 | (3) | 2.71 | (3) | 0.744 | (1) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -1 |
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| Toronto | 5.86 | (1) | 3.71 | (7) | 0.697 | (2) | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
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| Kansas City | 4.86 | (3) | 3.14 | (4) | 0.689 | (3) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -1 |
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| Cleveland | 4.67 | (7) | 3.5 | (6) | 0.629 | (4) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
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| Baltimore | 3.14 | (11) | 2.43 | (1) | 0.616 | (5) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
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| Chicago | 4.86 | (3) | 4 | (8) | 0.588 | (6) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
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| Los Angeles | 3.86 | (8) | 3.29 | (5) | 0.573 | (7) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
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| Boston | 4.86 | (3) | 5 | (11) | 0.487 | (8) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
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| Texas | 3.86 | (8) | 4.29 | (9) | 0.452 | (9) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
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| New York | 5.17 | (2) | 6 | (13) | 0.432 | (10) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -1 |
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| Tampa Bay | 2 | (14) | 2.57 | (2) | 0.387 | (11) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
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| Detroit | 2.57 | (13) | 4.29 | (9) | 0.282 | (12) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | -1 |
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| Seattle | 3.14 | (11) | 5.43 | (12) | 0.269 | (13) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
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| Minnesota | 3.43 | (10) | 6.71 | (14) | 0.226 | (14) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
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