Let’s begin with this caveat: We are a little more than two weeks into the 2016 MLB season.
Making definitive predictions about a season not even 10 percent finished is as futile a task as predicting the Republican nominee. Depending on your loyalties, if these were two random weeks in July, emotional reactions wouldn’t be nearly as polarizing.
The last-place Houston Astros wouldn’t be as panicked. The first-place Colorado Rockies may not be as optimistic. But this is all baseball has provided with which to rank its six divisions.
So don’t take this as a prediction of any kind. Simply, it’s an evaluation of MLB’s divisions over the first two weeks, top-to-bottom, regarding how well each has lived up to expectation, and a look into why each of these divisions may be struggling or thriving.