Because someone asked, I’ll follow up on a piece from August: On the Wild Card and Three Divisions in MLB.

AL West:
Oakland: 90-71
Anaheim: 87-74
Minnesota: 84-77
Texas: 83-79
Chicago: 79-83
Seattle: 75-87
Kansas City: 60-102

AL East:
Boston: 103-58
New York: 91-70
Baltimore: 85-76
Detroit: 80-82
Cleveland: 78-82
Tampa Bay: 73-88
Toronto: 71-89

NL West:
St. Louis: 98-63
Houston: 87-74
Los Angeles: 86-75
San Francisco: 86-75
San Diego: 83-79
Milwaukee: 77-84
Colorado: 70-91
Arizona: 62-100

NL East:
Chicago: 93-68
Atlanta: 88-73
Philadelphia: 83-78
Florida: 80-81
New York: 76-86
Pittsburgh: 72-89
Montreal: 69-93
Cincinnati: 67-94

Cubs v. Cards, Sox v. A’s would be a pretty doggone representative flavor of who has been good in each league this season. The Sox radically underplayed what you can reasonably expect from their run-scoring and -prevention rates.