As of today, the Red Sox and Yankees are both in strong positions to meet each other in the 2007 ALCS. It was only two months ago when most Yankee fans were ready to call it quits for the season. How fast things can change when a team with a near 200 million dollar payroll starts thumping the inferior payless competition on a daily-basis.
NEW YORK YANKEES
The question now becomes can the Yankees pound on the likes of Toronto (3-games Road), Cleveland (3-games Road), Detroit (8-games Road), Anaheim 3-games Road), Boston (3-games Home) and Seattle (3-games Road) over the next 30 days. This is the make or break stretch for the Yankees in the 2007 season.
Yankees schedule since June Half Seasons
June 16 Wins 11 Losses First Half 43-43
July 19 Wins 9 Losses Second Half 18-7
August 4 Wins 1 Losses Last 16 games 12-4
Overall Record
61 Wins 50 Losses
Yankees Remaining Schedule 51 games
20 Home games
31 Road games
3 Seattle (Away)
3 Anaheim (Away)
3 Kansas City (Away)
3 Cleveland (Away)
6 Boston (3 Home 3 Away)
6 Tampa Bay (3 Home 3 Away)
8 Detroit (4 Home 4 Away)
10 Toronto (4 Home 6 Away)
9 Baltimore (6 Home 3 Away)
My prediction: The Yankees will win 33 of the team's last 51 games by going 33-18 over this stretch. As a result, their final record this season will be 94-68, while their second half season record will be 51-25.
BOSTON RED SOX
As of August 6th, the Red Sox are 68-43, with the best record in professional baseball. There is no doubt that the Red Sox offense is starting to show signs of being consistently efficient and the starting pitching, middle relief, and the back end of the bullpen is great as usual. However, the Red Sox favorable schedule is the best thing going for them as they enter the latter part of the season. For starters, the team has 12 games remaining against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and even better is that the healthy Curt Schilling is coming back to start against the Angels tonight.
Red Sox Schedule Since June Half Seasons
June 13 Wins 14 Losses First Half 53-34
July 15 Wins 12 Losses Second Half 15-9
August 4 Wins 1 Losses Last 15 games 11-4
Overall Record
68 Wins 43 Losses
Red Sox Remaining Schedule 51 games
25 Home Games
26 Road Games
2 Oakland (Home)
4 Chicago (Away)
4 Minnesota (Home)
6 Toronto (3 Home 3 Away)
6 New York (3 Home 3 Away)
7 Anaheim (4 Home 3 Away)
10 Baltimore (3 Home 7 Away)
12 Tampa Bay (6 Home 6 Away)
My prediction: The Red Sox will win 36 of the team's last 51 games by going 36-15 over this stretch. As a result, their final record this season will be 104-58, while their second half season record will be 51-25. The reason I feel the Red Sox will end the season this well is because they will go 10-2 versus the Devil Rays and 7-3 versus the Orioles. Therefore, they can manage a 19-10 record vs. non (Devil Rays, Orioles) teams for the remainder of the season.
Red Sox 104 Wins 58 Losses
Yankees 94 Wins 68 Losses 10 games back
NEW YORK YANKEES
The question now becomes can the Yankees pound on the likes of Toronto (3-games Road), Cleveland (3-games Road), Detroit (8-games Road), Anaheim 3-games Road), Boston (3-games Home) and Seattle (3-games Road) over the next 30 days. This is the make or break stretch for the Yankees in the 2007 season.
Yankees schedule since June Half Seasons
June 16 Wins 11 Losses First Half 43-43
July 19 Wins 9 Losses Second Half 18-7
August 4 Wins 1 Losses Last 16 games 12-4
Overall Record
61 Wins 50 Losses
Yankees Remaining Schedule 51 games
20 Home games
31 Road games
3 Seattle (Away)
3 Anaheim (Away)
3 Kansas City (Away)
3 Cleveland (Away)
6 Boston (3 Home 3 Away)
6 Tampa Bay (3 Home 3 Away)
8 Detroit (4 Home 4 Away)
10 Toronto (4 Home 6 Away)
9 Baltimore (6 Home 3 Away)
My prediction: The Yankees will win 33 of the team's last 51 games by going 33-18 over this stretch. As a result, their final record this season will be 94-68, while their second half season record will be 51-25.
BOSTON RED SOX
As of August 6th, the Red Sox are 68-43, with the best record in professional baseball. There is no doubt that the Red Sox offense is starting to show signs of being consistently efficient and the starting pitching, middle relief, and the back end of the bullpen is great as usual. However, the Red Sox favorable schedule is the best thing going for them as they enter the latter part of the season. For starters, the team has 12 games remaining against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and even better is that the healthy Curt Schilling is coming back to start against the Angels tonight.
Red Sox Schedule Since June Half Seasons
June 13 Wins 14 Losses First Half 53-34
July 15 Wins 12 Losses Second Half 15-9
August 4 Wins 1 Losses Last 15 games 11-4
Overall Record
68 Wins 43 Losses
Red Sox Remaining Schedule 51 games
25 Home Games
26 Road Games
2 Oakland (Home)
4 Chicago (Away)
4 Minnesota (Home)
6 Toronto (3 Home 3 Away)
6 New York (3 Home 3 Away)
7 Anaheim (4 Home 3 Away)
10 Baltimore (3 Home 7 Away)
12 Tampa Bay (6 Home 6 Away)
My prediction: The Red Sox will win 36 of the team's last 51 games by going 36-15 over this stretch. As a result, their final record this season will be 104-58, while their second half season record will be 51-25. The reason I feel the Red Sox will end the season this well is because they will go 10-2 versus the Devil Rays and 7-3 versus the Orioles. Therefore, they can manage a 19-10 record vs. non (Devil Rays, Orioles) teams for the remainder of the season.
Red Sox 104 Wins 58 Losses
Yankees 94 Wins 68 Losses 10 games back
