This is building off of stanchar's FanPost the other day. He gets all the credit for this idea. However, I wanted to elaborate a little more.
He categorized the schedule from August 1st until the end of the regular season into hard, medium and easy series. However, I took this one step further. I went into Microsoft Excel and listed the schedule with the categorization that he gave them with the exception of Boston, which I moved to medium per the OPOS WU's insights in the comments on that...
Boston is not hard.
Lots of injuries. I’d rate them “medium” at this point. Detroit should’ve swept them this weekend and would’ve if they had a bullpen. And Detroit sucks.
Why yes.
Yes, I did. BOS fans describe Ellsbury as a “clubhouse cancer”. Pedroia might not come back as strong. Papi is on fire right now and will regress. Their pitching is OK. JP is getting lit up.
You watch. Medium.
--winningugly
This, I believe, gives us a better way of looking at the schedule and to see exactly where we need to exploit it to give us the best possible opportunity to return to the postseason again.
Follow the jump for a more detailed look at the schedule for the two contenders in the division, provided we don't screw up against the Tigers this week and next weekend.
Please be aware that this schedule begins with this weekend's series, with the White Sox at the Orioles and the Twins at the Indians, respectively.
|
Chicago White Sox |
Date |
Minnesota Twins |
||
|
EASY |
at Baltimore Orioles |
6-Aug |
at Cleveland Indians |
EASY |
|
EASY |
at Baltimore Orioles |
7-Aug |
at Cleveland Indians |
EASY |
|
EASY |
at Baltimore Orioles |
8-Aug |
at Cleveland Indians |
EASY |
|
EASY |
at Baltimore Orioles |
9-Aug |
Idle |
|
|
HARD |
vs Minnesota Twins |
10-Aug |
at Chicago White Sox |
HARD |
|
HARD |
vs Minnesota Twins |
11-Aug |
at Chicago White Sox |
HARD |
|
HARD |
vs Minnesota Twins |
12-Aug |
at Chicago White Sox |
HARD |
|
MEDIUM |
vs Detroit Tigers |
13-Aug |
MEDIUM |
|
|
MEDIUM |
vs Detroit Tigers |
14-Aug |
vs Oakland Athletics |
MEDIUM |
|
MEDIUM |
vs Detroit Tigers |
15-Aug |
vs Oakland Athletics |
MEDIUM |
|
Idle |
16-Aug |
Idle |
||
|
HARD |
at Minnesota Twins |
17-Aug |
vs Chicago White Sox |
HARD |
|
HARD |
at Minnesota Twins |
18-Aug |
vs Chicago White Sox |
HARD |
|
HARD |
at Minnesota Twins |
19-Aug |
vs Chicago White Sox |
HARD |
|
EASY |
20-Aug |
MEDIUM |
||
|
EASY |
at Kansas City Royals |
21-Aug |
vs Los Angeles Angels |
MEDIUM |
|
EASY |
at Kansas City Royals |
22-Aug |
vs Los Angeles Angels |
MEDIUM |
|
Idle |
23-Aug |
HARD |
||
|
EASY |
vs Baltimore Orioles |
24-Aug |
at Texas Rangers |
HARD |
|
EASY |
vs Baltimore Orioles |
25-Aug |
at Texas Rangers |
HARD |
|
EASY |
vs Baltimore Orioles |
26-Aug |
at Texas Rangers |
HARD |
|
HARD |
27-Aug |
EASY |
||
|
HARD |
vs New York Yankees |
28-Aug |
at Seattle Mariners |
EASY |
|
HARD |
vs New York Yankees |
29-Aug |
at Seattle Mariners |
EASY |
|
EASY |
at Cleveland Indians |
30-Aug |
Idle |
|
|
EASY |
at Cleveland Indians |
31-Aug |
vs Detroit Tigers |
MEDIUM |
|
EASY |
at Cleveland Indians |
1-Sep |
vs Detroit Tigers |
MEDIUM |
|
Idle |
2-Sep |
vs Detroit Tigers |
MEDIUM |
|
|
MEDIUM |
3-Sep |
vs Texas Rangers |
HARD |
|
|
MEDIUM |
at Boston Red Sox |
4-Sep |
vs Texas Rangers |
HARD |
|
MEDIUM |
at Boston Red Sox |
5-Sep |
vs Texas Rangers |
HARD |
|
MEDIUM |
at Detroit Tigers |
6-Sep |
vs Kansas City Royals |
EASY |
|
MEDIUM |
at Detroit Tigers |
7-Sep |
vs Kansas City Royals |
EASY |
|
MEDIUM |
at Detroit Tigers |
8-Sep |
vs Kansas City Royals |
EASY |
|
MEDIUM |
at Detroit Tigers |
9-Sep |
Idle |
|
|
EASY |
vs Kansas City Royals |
10-Sep |
at Cleveland Indians |
EASY |
|
EASY |
vs Kansas City Royals |
11-Sep |
at Cleveland Indians |
EASY |
|
EASY |
vs Kansas City Royals |
12-Sep |
at Cleveland Indians |
EASY |
|
Idle |
13-Sep |
Idle |
||
|
HARD |
vs Minnesota Twins |
14-Sep |
at Chicago White Sox |
HARD |
|
HARD |
vs Minnesota Twins |
15-Sep |
at Chicago White Sox |
HARD |
|
HARD |
vs Minnesota Twins |
16-Sep |
at Chicago White Sox |
HARD |
|
MEDIUM |
vs Detroit Tigers |
17-Sep |
vs Oakland Athletics |
MEDIUM |
|
MEDIUM |
vs Detroit Tigers |
18-Sep |
vs Oakland Athletics |
MEDIUM |
|
MEDIUM |
vs Detroit Tigers |
19-Sep |
vs Oakland Athletics |
MEDIUM |
|
MEDIUM |
at Oakland Athletics |
20-Sep |
vs Cleveland Indians |
EASY |
|
MEDIUM |
at Oakland Athletics |
21-Sep |
vs Cleveland Indians |
EASY |
|
MEDIUM |
at Oakland Athletics |
22-Sep |
vs Cleveland Indians |
EASY |
|
Idle |
23-Sep |
Idle |
||
|
MEDIUM |
at Los Angeles Angels |
24-Sep |
at Detroit Tigers |
MEDIUM |
|
MEDIUM |
at Los Angeles Angels |
25-Sep |
at Detroit Tigers |
MEDIUM |
|
MEDIUM |
at Los Angeles Angels |
26-Sep |
at Detroit Tigers |
MEDIUM |
|
MEDIUM |
vs Boston Red Sox |
27-Sep |
at Kansas City Royals |
EASY |
|
MEDIUM |
vs Boston Red Sox |
28-Sep |
at Kansas City Royals |
EASY |
|
MEDIUM |
vs Boston Red Sox |
29-Sep |
at Kansas City Royals |
EASY |
|
MEDIUM |
vs Boston Red Sox |
30-Sep |
MEDIUM |
|
|
EASY |
vs Cleveland Indians |
1-Oct |
vs Toronto Blue Jays |
MEDIUM |
|
EASY |
vs Cleveland Indians |
2-Oct |
vs Toronto Blue Jays |
MEDIUM |
|
EASY |
vs Cleveland Indians |
3-Oct |
vs Toronto Blue Jays |
MEDIUM |
|
Remaining games |
Remaining games |
|||
|
19 |
EASY |
EASY |
18 |
|
|
23 |
MEDIUM |
MEDIUM |
19 |
|
|
12 |
HARD |
HARD |
16 |
|
|
54 |
TOTAL |
TOTAL |
53 |
|
Thanks again to stanchar for the idea, I just elaborated on it and made it a little more visually appealing I hope.
I'll be gone from tomorrow, August 5th until August 11th, so I hope there's tons of comments on here when I come back. You all can make what you want of this in the comments, I don't have time to elaborate, so I'll let you have intelligent, scholarly discussion on this fanpost while I'm gone.
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