Almost a Wrap

This figures to be my last post before Monday, which makes it my last of this regular season. That within itself is mind-blowing because it feels like April began last week. I remember opening day, watching Johan and the Mets take on the Reds while it poured outside. Fittingly the weather in Florida this week has been anything but dreary.

Some incredible things have happened in between then and now. A catcher by the name of Joe Mauer produced one of the finest offensive seasons we’ll see in between ruining his knees. Zack Greinke went from problems that extended beyond baseball to being the most difficult problem for opposing lineups to solve. Several players went to the disabled list for reasons similar to Grienke; depression and anxiety being amongst them in what seems to be a pioneer season for such stated DL trips.

The Yankees are American League East champions once more and the Boston Red Sox will join them in the playoffs. As a fan of the Rays this disappoints me, but did you realize we haven’t had a Boston/New York ALCS since 2004? Heck, if someone told you in late March those same Rays would A) have the longest losing streak of the season, B) have Ben Zobrist lead them in WAR, and C) be without Scott Kazmir for most of the year would you have believed them?

Pittsburgh shuffled what seemed like their entire roster in the span of six months, San Diego was the baseball version of a dumpster diver and still finished with a better record than Cleveland, and Washington successfully drafted and signed Stephen Strasburg. Kansas City made some moves that none of us agreed with while every time the Mets moved one of their stars went down with an injury. We saw the makings of a Seattle turnaround and the collapse of a run by the A’s. The Texas Rangers came up just shy while the Arizona Diamondbacks were never in the race.

This might not be the greatest season of all-time or the most dramatic, but it was certainly an entertaining one, and I’d like to thank everyone for enjoying it alongside us.