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Here are the standings of the OOTP Baseball Simulation standings at the All Star Break:

NL East

  1. Atlanta Braves
  2. New York Mets*
  3. Washington Nationals
  4. Philadelphia Phillies
  5. Miami Marlins

NL Central

  1. Chicago Cubs
  2. St. Louis Cardinals
  3. Milwaukee Brewers
  4. Pittsburgh Pirates
  5. Cincinnati Reds

NL West

  1. Los Angeles Dodgers
  2. San Diego Padres*
  3. San Francisco Giants
  4. Colorado Rockies
  5. Arizona Diamondbacks

AL East

  1. Boston Red Sox
  2. Toronto Blue Jays*
  3. New York Yankees
  4. Tampa Bay Rays
  5. Baltimore Orioles

AL Central

  1. Cleveland Indians
  2. Kansas City Royals
  3. Chicago White Sox
  4. Detroit Tigers
  5. Minnesota Twins

AL West

  1. Los Angeles Angels
  2. Houston Astros*
  3. Seattle Mariners*
  4. Oakland Athletics
  5. Texas Rangers

*Current Wild Card leaders (Astros and Mariners are tied for the second Wild Card spot in the AL)

In an effort to find out which Quarter Century Roster is the best, I have created a season in Out of the Park Baseball with all of my rosters. Terry DeWan joined the podcast, and we made our predictions on how we think the simulated season would play out. Here are our predictions:

NL East

  1. Atlanta Braves
  2. Philadelphia Phillies*
  3. New York Mets
  4. Washington Nationals
  5. Miami Marlins

NL Central

  1. St. Louis Cardinals
  2. Milwaukee Brewers (DeWan)/Chicago Cubs(Ballas)
  3. Chicago Cubs (DeWan)/Milwaukee Brewers (Ballas)
  4. Pittsburgh Pirates (DeWan)/Cincinnati Reds (Ballas)
  5. Cincinnati Reds (DeWan)/Pittsburgh Pirates (Ballas)

NL West

  1. Los Angeles Dodgers
  2. San Francisco Giants*
  3. Colorado Rockies
  4. Arizona Diamondbacks
  5. San Diego Padres

AL East

  1. Boston Red Sox
  2. New York Yankees*
  3. Toronto Blue Jays
  4. Baltimore Orioles
  5. Tampa Bay Rays

AL Central

  1. Cleveland Indians
  2. Minnesota Twins
  3. Detroit Tigers (DeWan)/Chicago White Sox (Ballas)
  4. Chicago White Sox (DeWan)/Detroit Tigers (Ballas)
  5. Kansas City Royals

AL West

  1. Seattle Mariners
  2. Houston Astros*
  3. Oakland Athletics (DeWan)/Texas Rangers (Ballas)
  4. Texas Rangers (DeWan)/Oakland Athletics (Ballas)
  5. Los Angeles Angels

*Wild Card Winner

NL Wild Card

  • Giants over Mets

AL Wild Card

  • Yankees over Astros

NLDS

  • Braves over Giants
  • Dodgers over Cardinals

ALDS

  • Yankees over Red Sox
  • Mariners over Indians

NLCS

  • Dodgers over Braves

ALCS

  • Yankees over Mariners

World Series

  • Yankees over Dodgers (DeWan)
  • Dodgers over Yankees (Ballas)