As If They Need The Help

Even though it’s a long time from April until October, the wins in April count just as much as wins in September, and it’s always good to get off to a hot start.

It seems to me that teams with losing records should start their seasons against weak teams, and get a lot of time off in April when the weather is cold, and you need to protect your pitching staff. If nothing else, it would give you a chance to rest your bullpen.

It would be nice to have your home opening series against a team that not only has finished last in their division for years, but is predicted to do so again this year.  It would be especially nice if they had only won, let’s say for example, 56 games last year.

I’m sure MLB takes all of this into consideration when they make the schedule. After all, they want a competitive season and a more or less level playing field.

So let’s see – which team gets to not only have their home opening series against the team with the worse record in baseball for the last 2 years, but also gets 5 days off in April to rest up from the battle?

Is it the lowly Orioles?  How about the Tigers or the Mariners or the Devil Rays, or even the Rangers or the Blue Jays? Nope – it is the poor Yankees.  Guess they need all the help they can get.