The Playoff Hunt

[phildouglas7]

Can anybody fill me in as to who exactly IS/Migght/Should make the playoffs in their respective league for us? Will we see any teams get stacked to help the effort?

[NCCubFan]

Iowa was within a game or two recently, but is now 5 games behind Nashville in the PCL. I believe they can only make the playoffs by finishing ahead of Nashville to win the division.

 

West Tenn is in third place, 5 games behind Tennessee. They can make the playoffs either by making up the ground and winning the second half, or by having the second best overall record if Chattanooga (currently 3 games behind) can win both halves.

 

Daytona is currently a half game out of first place in their division.

 

Peoria has already clinched a playoff spot during the first half of the season.

 

Boise is currently in first place, 2 1/2 games up.

 

Mesa is currently in 7th place, 5 1/2 games out.

 

Based on this, my assessment is that Boise is likely a playoff team, Daytona has an excellent chance, Iowa and West Tenn have outside chances, and Mesa's chances are slim and none. I'm not sure that any of the teams would get stacked at this point, because most of the teams are still in contention.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I just wanted to add some pretty Fred-like codes to NCCF's post:

 

Iowa was within a game or two recently, but is now 5 games behind Nashville in the PCL. I believe they can only make the playoffs by finishing ahead of Nashville to win the division.

 

Yeah, Iowa has to win the division (there are no first half/second half division titles in the PCL).

 

PCL American North
Nashville  69-59 .539   -
Iowa       64-64 .500  5.0  --- 16 games remaining

 

West Tenn is in third place, 5 games behind Tennessee. They can make the playoffs either by making up the ground and winning the second half, or by having the second best overall record if Chattanooga (currently 3 games behind) can win both halves.

 

SL North
Tennessee    32-23 .582   -
Huntsville   31-23 .574  0.5
Chattanooga* 29-26 .527  3.0
West Tenn    27-29 .491  5.0 --- 15 games remaining

 

The Jaxx finished 11 games ahead of Carolina and Tennessee, 18.5 ahead of Huntsville, so it seems likely the Jaxx will make the playoffs if Chattanooga wins the SL North in the second half.

 

Daytona is currently a half game out of first place in their division.

 

FSL East
St. Lucie*  31-24 .564    -
Daytona     30-24 .556   0.5  --- 16 games remaining
Palm Beach  30-25 .545   1.0

 

Boise is currently in first place, 2 1/2 games up.

 

The Tri-City game was probably not a final when you posted.

 

NWL East
Boise     33-26  .559   -  --- 17 games remaining
Tri-City  31-28  .525  2.0

 

Based on this, my assessment is that Boise is likely a playoff team, Daytona has an excellent chance, Iowa and West Tenn have outside chances, and Mesa's chances are slim and none. I'm not sure that any of the teams would get stacked at this point, because most of the teams are still in contention.

 

Sounds about right. Mesa is definitely done since they only have 9 games left.

[NCCubFan]

Yeah, Iowa has to win the division (there are no first half/second half division titles in the PCL).

I knew there aren't separate halves at the AAA level, but I wasn't sure if there were any wild cards (as there are in the Midwest League).

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Yeah, Iowa has to win the division (there are no first half/second half division titles in the PCL).

I knew there aren't separate halves at the AAA level, but I wasn't sure if there were any wild cards (as there are in the Midwest League).

 

Nah, the PCL doesn't have a wild card.