4 - It Might Be
3 - Behind the Bag
3 - It Gets by Buckner
1 - It Could Be
It might be not only has the most teams with a winning record, but it also sports 3 teams with winning percentages of .590 or better, and can make a case for housing 3 of the Top-5 teams in ATB.
Another way to dissect divisional quality is to look at the inter-divisional records of each:
122-85: It Might Be
108-93: Behind the Bag
93-108: Gets by Buckner
85-122: It Could Be
This also shows the same two divisions as leading in quality. What if, however and as an example, "It Might Be" just appears good because it contains a few great teams, that skew the overall records?
Well, take the Potomac Rage, a good enough team with an overall .466 winning percentage, actually has a .570 winning percentage (20-15) versus It Could Be. They are in fact losing to the excellent teams of their own division, but have had no issues dismantling their inter division rivals. It may not be a long stretch of the imagination to state the Rage, if in "It Could Be" would have a good enough record to be a wild card contender.
Similar aspects can not be found in the Vin Scully league, and divisional records are considerably more dispersed. Without question (at least through June) "It Might Be" is the best division in baseball.
Here's a table of each teams overall, intra-division, and inter-division
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