The 2016 Cubs lost their three game set in the last round, but they're the best team in the tournament still, and were the first to 10 wins. They've built a solid division lead through two weeks, and are up a game on the '86 Mets for the best record. On the other end, the 2005 White Sox have the worst record through two weeks at 3-8. We still have another three months of baseball left to play though, so it's way too soon to judge them as being awful.
Last round had some schedule quirks with wraparound weekend series, so there are some teams that aren't playing this round's games until Tuesday. But there are no doubleheaders on tap this round and only one game between division foes.
There is one weird thing just with the way the schedule got put together that I'm not crazy about, but I had no choice with. The Atlanta Braves are off Monday and begin their series on Tuesday, but that series marks the beginning of 34 days in a row. I'm not happy about it, and I'm pretty sure it would go against the collective bargaining agreement, but it's how things fell. Fortunately, there are no doubleheaders in this span.
All simulations are provided by WhatIfSports.com. Let's get started.
Monday, April 17th
@ '71 PIT 9, '14 WAS 8
W: Briles (2-0) | L: Stammen (0-1) | SV: Giusti (4)
@ '86 NYM 2, '11 STL 0
W: Ojeda (3-0) | L: Lohse (0-3)
'07 COL 8, @ '03 FLA 4
W: Morales (3-0) | L: Pavano (1-1)
'01 AZ 5, @ '10 SF 2
W: Anderson (1-1) | L: Sanchez (0-3) | SV: Kim (2)
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'04 BOS 8, @ '95 CLE 7
W: Timlin (1-0) | L: Plunk (0-1) | SV: Foulke (2)
@ '08 TB 10, '05 CHW 9
W: Howell (1-0) | L: Hermanson (0-2)
'82 MIL 9, @ '93 TOR 5
W: Vuckovich (2-1) | L: Guzman (1-2) | SV: Fingers (4)
'01 SEA 13, @ '84 DET 0
W: Moyer (2-0) | L: Wilcox (0-1)
@ '11 TEX 16, '15 KC 4
W: Holland (2-1) | L: Volquez (1-2)
'70 BAL 8, @ '02 ANA 2
W: Hardin (1-1) | L: Ortiz (1-2) | SV: Hall (1)
'98 NYY 3, @ '89 OAK 1
W: Hernandez (1-0) | L: Stewart (1-1) | SV: Rivera (6)
Tuesday, April 18th
@ '75 CIN 5, '95 ATL 0
W: Norman (2-1) | L: Avery (0-2)
@ '71 PIT 6, '14 WAS 2
W: Johnson (1-0) | L: Strasburg (0-2)
'11 STL 7, @ '86 NYM 5
W: McClellan (1-0) | L: Orosco (0-1) | SV: Salas (4)
@ '03 FLA 7, '07 COL 3
W: Penny (2-2) | L: Lopez (0-1) | SV: Looper (5)
@ '16 CHC 7, '08 PHI 3
W: Hammel (2-0) | L: Kendrick (1-2)
'05 HOU 4, @ '65 LAD 3
W: Wheeler (1-1) | L: Miller (0-2) | SV: Lidge (4)
@ '10 SF 5, '01 AZ 3
W: Ramirez (1-0) | L: Sabel (0-1) | SV: Wilson (4)
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'04 BOS 7, @ '95 CLE 5
W: Leskanic (1-0) | L: Plunk (0-2) | SV: Foulke (3)
@ '08 TB 4, '05 CHW 1
W: Shields (3-1) | L: Buehrle (1-2) | SV: Percival (1)
'82 MIL 7, @ '93 TOR 2
W: Haas (1-2) | L: Hentgen (2-2)
@ '84 DET 4, '01 SEA 3
W: Lopez (1-1) | L: Nelson (2-1) | SV: Hernandez (3)
'15 KC 8, @ '11 TEX 7
W: Madson (1-0) | L: Tateyama (1-1) | SV: Davis (3)
'70 BAL 2, @ '02 ANA 1 (10)
W: Cuellar (3-1) | L: Washburn (2-1)
@ '89 OAK 4, '98 NYY 3
W: Nelson (1-0) | L: Rivera (0-1)
Wednesday, April 19th
@ '75 CIN 7, '95 ATL 4
W: Darcy (2-0) | L: Glavine (1-1) | SV: Eastwick (5)
@ '71 PIT 3, '14 WAS 0
W: Walker (1-0) | L: Zimmermann (1-2) | SV: Giusti (5)
@ '86 NYM 18, '11 STL 4
W: Darling (2-1) | L: Carpenter (1-3)
'07 COL 6, @ '03 FLA 5
W: Francis (1-0) | L: Tejera (0-2) | SV: Corpas (4)
'08 PHI 7, @ '16 CHC 4
W:Myers (1-1) | L: Lackey (2-1) | SV: Lidge (4)
'05 HOU 8, @ '65 LAD 3
W: Pettitte (2-0) | L: Osteen (2-2)
@ '10 SF 6, '01 AZ 3
W: Bumgarner (2-1) | L: Lopez (1-2) | SV: Wilson (5)
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'04 BOS 7, @ '95 CLE 6
W: Adams (2-0) | L: Clark (0-1) | SV: Foulke (4)
'05 CHW 5, @ '08 TB 1
W: Garcia (1-2) | L: Sonnanstine (1-2)
'82 MIL 5, @ '93 TOR 3
W: McClure (1-1) | L: Stottlemyre (0-3) | SV: Fingers (5)
@ '84 DET 6, '01 SEA 3
W: Lopez (2-1) | L: Abbott (1-1) | SV: Hernandez (4)
@ '11 TEX 8, '15 KC 3
W: Ogando (1-2) | L: Medlen (0-1)
'70 BAL 11, @ '02 ANA 8
W: McNally (4-0) | L: Sele (0-2) | SV: Lopez (1)
@ '89 OAK 6, '98 NYY 4
W: Welch (3-0) | L: Cone (2-2) | SV: Eckersley (5)
Thursday, April 20
@ '75 CIN 10, '95 ATL 5
W: Gullett (1-1) | L: Smoltz (0-1)
'08 PHI 11, @ '16 CHC 5
W: Eaton (1-2) | L: Lester (2-1)
'05 HOU 6, @ '65 LAD 2
W: Clemens (2-1) | L: Podres (0-1)
@ '10 SF 2, '01 AZ 1
W: Wilson (1-1) | L: Kim (1-2)
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