[BigRed75]

The Beltways enter September with a slim 4.5% chance at making the playoffs, with their 65-68 record. Disappointingly, their pythag is 70-63, which is the record the two WC teams currently hold.

Fun fact about G354 - there are six teams within five games of the two wild card leaders. Of those six teams, five of them have pythag records that are even or better than 70-63. And the two holders are both playing out of their skins and have pythags worse (one team's is actually below .500!)

Anyway, the -5 in expected wins makes me wonder if all this defensive shuffling is costing us a playoff spot.

Goose Goslin's stats have gotten even better - he's now slashing .326/.422/.547 but his defense is still awful.

The Quendas have all but locked up a playoff spot, having worked up a 80-53 record and 7-game lead through September. Casey Mize remains the standout pitcher and mid-season acquistion, while Pete Alonso have left the other players in the dust, home-run-wise, with 26.

Over in P456, the Redlegs probably won't be relegated, but Hammertime laid the wood to the whole division. We're in third place, and still 32 1/2 games out. Colorado Lions and Jersey Revolutionize have both already clinched. The Lions are currently 100-33, and Jersey is a mere 1/2 game back at 100-34 - setting up a humdinger of a battle to avoid the wild card.