By - J
The first week of the Major League Baseball
spring training has just completed and it’s been an interesting one. Looking at
the leaders of spring training so far this year, Kansas City Royals and
Colorado Rockies we can see a difference. The Royals are undefeated so far in
and the Rockies are sitting at a .714 W/L ratio. Of course spring training
can’t really tell us how the regular season will go, we can try to forecast
what will happen.
Although looking at the 2012 Spring Training compared to the regular season the difference is quite different. In
the American League in 2012 our team here at SGL, the Toronto Blue Jays
finished first in spring training. However, we ended up finishing 10th
overall in the Regular Season, so anything can happen. Here are the spring training standings
for the American and National Leagues so far:
American
League
Team
|
W
|
L
|
PCT
|
GB
|
7
|
0
|
1.000
|
-
|
|
7
|
1
|
.875
|
0.5
|
|
6
|
1
|
.857
|
1.0
|
|
5
|
2
|
.714
|
2.0
|
|
6
|
3
|
.667
|
2.0
|
|
4
|
2
|
.667
|
2.5
|
|
5
|
3
|
.625
|
2.5
|
|
3
|
2
|
.600
|
3.0
|
|
4
|
4
|
.500
|
3.5
|
|
4
|
4
|
.500
|
3.5
|
|
3
|
4
|
.429
|
4.0
|
|
2
|
5
|
.286
|
5.0
|
|
1
|
5
|
.167
|
5.5
|
|
1
|
6
|
.143
|
6.0
|
|
1
|
7
|
.125
|
6.5
|
Team
|
W
|
L
|
PCT
|
GB
|
5
|
2
|
.714
|
-
|
|
4
|
2
|
.667
|
0.5
|
|
4
|
3
|
.571
|
1.0
|
|
4
|
3
|
.571
|
1.0
|
|
3
|
3
|
.500
|
1.5
|
|
3
|
3
|
.500
|
1.5
|
|
3
|
3
|
.500
|
1.5
|
|
2
|
2
|
.500
|
1.5
|
|
4
|
5
|
.444
|
2.0
|
|
2
|
3
|
.400
|
2.0
|
|
2
|
3
|
.400
|
2.0
|
|
3
|
5
|
.375
|
2.5
|
|
2
|
5
|
.286
|
3.0
|
|
2
|
6
|
.250
|
3.5
|
|
2
|
7
|
.222
|
4.0
|
We’re looking forward to seeing the Jays play as they’ve developed quite
a team this year. It’s been 10 years since the Jays last won a World Series, so
we really want to see Toronto win it. After a 2012 season with crippling
injuries to the team, there’s definitely hope for the Jays this season as
players like Morrow and Bautista return as well as some new additions Reyes, Johnson, Cabrera and more. The Jays will definitely be a strong contender
in the American League.