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2015 reverse standings

The Cubs season came to an end after their loss to the White Sox on Sunday. The Cubs have not won a game since the middle of August and due to this most recent losing streak, the Cubs find themselves in familiar territory. But not only is their season a failure on the field, they’ve managed to put themselves in the odd position of sucking and not being eligible to pick in next year’s draft until the end of the first round. Fire THEO!

Pick Team W L W-L%
1 Phillies 46 73 .387
2 Rockies 48 69 .410
3 Marlins 49 70 .412
4 Brewers 51 70 .421
5 A’s 52 69 .430
6 Reds 51 66 .436
7 Braves 53 66 .445
8 Red Sox 53 66 .445
9 Indians 55 63 .466
10 Mariners 56 64 .467
11 White Sox 55 62 .470
12 Padres 58 62 .483
13 Tigers 57 61 .483
14 Diamondbacks 58 60 .491
15 Twins 59 60 .496
16 Rays 59 60 .496
17 Nationals 59 59 .500
18 Rangers 60 58 .508
19 Orioles 61 57 .517
20 Angels 62 57 .521
21 Mets 64 55 .538
22 Astros 65 55 .542
23 Giants 65 54 .546
24 Blue Jays 66 54 .550
25 Yankees 66 52 .559
26 Dodgers 67 52 .563
27 Cubs 67 50 .573
28 Pirates 70 47 .598
29 Royals 72 46 .610
30 Cardinals 76 43 .639

 

Race to the Top (of the 2014 Draft)

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Welcome back to the 3rd installment of OV's annual Race to the Top series! This has become an extremely fun tradition where we flip the stadings upside down, reverse wins and losses and track the Cubs "progress" towards achieving the top draft pick in the next draft! We sure do know how to have fun around here!

In previous years, we put the standings somewhere on the blog itself and tried to keep it updated daily.  I think those of you who were around last year remember that we failed colossally in that endeavor, so we've scaled back our goals for this year.  Going forward, we'll post the updated standings each Monday and try to highlight any interesting tidbits (if any) from the week.

So here we go:

Race to top - 8-25-13

The last I had bothered to check prior to this morning, the Cubs had been in real danger of dropping out of the top ten picks. They were actually playing kind of well and their run differential compared favorably to the teams right around them in the standings. Well, that's all pretty much been shot to hell and they are about to crash back into a top three pick. If they had managed to lose even a couple to the White Sox this year, they'd even be in a decent position to challenge Miami for a back-to-back 2nd draft pick finish. (Nobody is catching Houston.)

Meanwhile, I found it interesting that the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Los Angeles, California and their roughly eleventy billion dollars owed to Josh Hamilton and Albert Pujols are looking at a protected pick, as are the defending World Series champions, the San Francisco Giants, and the Rant Sports pre-season pick as World Series contenders, the Toronto Blue Jays.

Other factoids of note:

  • The Cubs must finish 7-25 to improve on their 101 loss season of last year.
  • They must finish 8-24 to avoid 100 losses.
  • They will finish 13-19 if they maintain their .423 winning percentage pace.
  • They must finish 26-6 to finish .500.

Looks like it's going to be a fun race down to the wire to see who drafts after the Astros pick Carlos Rodon!

Cubs Are #1! (In the 2013 Amateur Draft Pick Race)

In what is sadly becoming an annual tradition, OV has unveiled this years' version of our reverse standings.  A few people have been asking for it sooner, but I had wanted to wait until the Cubs had fallen at least 10 games back in the standings to officially unveil our recognition that no miracle will occur this year.

The reverse standings started over at Aisle 424 as my way of trying to look at the bright side of sucking.  For those who may be new to the feature, they feature a Loss/Win record rather than the traditional Win/Loss record because it just seems nicer to say that the Cubs are 29-15.  We also calculate the Loss Percentage instead of a Winning Percentage.   Again, .659 looks better than .341.

So we'll update these periodically and find a place on the site for them, but as of now, the Cubs recent nine-game surge has vaulted them to the top of the standings. Who says the Cubs Way isn't working?

Go Cubs Go by Steve Goodman on Grooveshark

Pick Team L W Loss Pct. GB Streak Last 10 L-W
1 Cubs 29 15 0.659 — Lost 9 9-1
2 Minnesota 28 15 0.651 0.5 Lost 1 4-6
3 San Diego 29 16 0.644 0.5 Lost 3 6-4
4 Colorado 27 16 0.628 1.5 Won 1 7-3
5 Kansas City 26 17 0.605 2.5 Lost 2 6-4
6 Milwaukee 26 18 0.591 3.0 Won 1 7-3
7 Los Angeles (A) 25 20 0.556 4.5 Won 2 5-5
8 Arizona 25 20 0.556 4.5 Won 1 5-5
9 Pittsburgh 24 20 0.545 5.0 Lost 2 6-4
10 Seattle 25 21 0.543 5.0 Won 1 5-5
As of conclusion of 5-23-12 games