Pythagorean Records: 5/27

It's been a couple weeks since I did this, so let's see what has changed as we approach June.

. Team W L RS RA pW pL Difference pW% . San Jose 29 18 234 201 27 20 2 0.56910233904686 . Modesto 24 21 223 219 23 22 1 0.50828001203935 . Visalia 24 23 200 226 21 26 3 0.44431735756995 . Bakersfield 19 25 181 162 24 20 -5 0.55056363619414 . Stockton 20 27 225 255 21 26 -1 0.44298690207123

San Jose has been on a great run lately to the top of the division. Two weeks ago, they were sitting at 16-16 and in 4th place. The rest of the North just hasn't played that well lately. Modesto and Visalia have pretty much broke even over the last couple weeks and Bakersfield and Stockton have just been losing games. The odd thing about Bakersfield is that they should be playing much better. They've gotten great pitching this year and according to this, should be the second best team in the division and only 1.5 games behind San Jose.

. Team W L RS RA pW pL Difference pW% . Lake Elsinore 31 16 249 205 28 19 3 0.58803075167136 . High Desert 28 18 286 219 29 17 -1 0.61974446396963 . Rancho Cucamonga 25 22 226 229 23 24 2 0.49396723831007 . Inland Empire 16 31 227 252 21 26 -5 0.45234590804315 . Lancaster 15 30 193 248 17 28 -2 0.38725830113635

High Desert's pitching isn't overachieving anymore, but they should still be the best team in the league. Lake Elsinore's offense isn't as strong as they were earlier this month, but the pitching has stepped up lately, including two shutouts and the near perfect game. Nate Tenbrink being promoted to AA could impact High Desert's lineup. Rancho Cucamonga is still right around where they should be, and Inland Empire and Lancaster are both underachieving. They're in huge holes right now and time is running out, so those teams might need to wait until the second half to compete for a playoff spot.