Daniel's Huge American League Midseason Report Card

D.A.

Columnist Written on July 07, 2009

Baltimore Orioles/Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox/Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers/Kansas City Royals
Los Angeles Angels/Minnesota Twins
New York Yankees/Oakland Athletics
Seattle Mariners/Tampa Bay Rays
Texas Rangers/Toronto Blue Jays

For direct access to a team, click the link of a team to take you straight there in this article.

This is my midseason report card on the American League. It includes complete break downs of each team, while assigning them overall grades, and grades for each component (defense, offense, starting pitching, bullpen, management).

I also show you how the teams have progressed through the power rankings and whether or not they're likely to make the playoffs.

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