Wild Card Standings

The canned reports aren't intelligent enough to take our custom ATB league rules into consideration and the generic output for the Wild Card standings don't depict the playoff picture accurately. Hence, the need for this post.

Last year we had a 20 team league without a wild card. This was a mistake in hindsight, and we reintroduced the idea for ATB XI. Our rules state each league will have 2 Wild Card teams, and they do not need to come out of differing divisions. The Division Winners plus the next best two teams in the league will make the playoffs.

As play ends on sim date June 15, our playoff picture unfolds with the following:

Harry Caray League: La Chappelle @ Windy City; Planet 10 @ Bellevue
Vin Scully League: Rochester @ John McDonald; DC @ Helena

This causes as least some mild consternation. Both "Behind the Bag" and "It Might Be" are set to field 3 playoff teams each, while the remaining divisions are left with just one. The teams impacted are the 32-37 Willets Point "Mechanics" and 36-31 I Miss Rod Beck. The former has a -55 Run Differential and it seems 'fair' they aren't on track for the playoffs, while the latter is a good team and a case could be made they are getting jipped. Still, it is only mid-June and their is plenty of ball left to alter this standings considerably.