Or, as I’d like to call it, the Anthony Rendon 2011 sweepstakes (click here for his 2010 stats when he won the NCAA player of the year).
2011 draft orderUpdated 8/30/10
1: Pittsburgh 43-87 .331 8/30 a weekend sweep puts them 5 games “ahead” in the draft positioning.
2: Baltimore 48-83 .366
3. Seattle 51-79 .392
4. Arizona 52-79 .397 8/29 falls into 4th place w/ 2-game win streak
5. Cleveland 53-77 .408
6. Chi Cubs 55-76 .420
(6a will go to Arizona for failing to sign Barret Loux)
7. Kansas City 55-75 .423 8/29 jumps from 8th to 6th w/ 2 game losing streak
8. Washington 56-75 .427 8/30: falls to 8th with 3 wins in 4 versus StL
9. Houston 59-71 .454
(9a will go to San Diego for failing to sign Karsten Whitson)
Washington’s taking 3 of 4 versus the Cardinals has vaulted them from a tie for 6th into sole possession of 8th place. Washington is turning into a victim of the late-season successes of there here-to-fore relatively awful starters Marquis and Lannan. In Lannan’s last 5 starts he’s 4-1 with a 3.19 era and 1.129 whip. In Marquis’s last two starts he’s 0-2 with a 1.46 era and 1.216 whip (unlucky loser both times really).