Sweeps Weeks

It started in San Francisco last week when the Rockies swept a 3 game series at AT&T park against the Giants.  The Rockies promptly went to Los Angeles and got swept by the Dodgers.  The Dodgers then traveled to the Bay Area and got swept by the Giants including two walk offs the last two days.

Three teams are now 3-3 against the other two.

It's early in the season, but the oddity of three sweeps by three teams in a cycle may be a harbinger of how this year will go. The NL West race is the tightest in the National League.  3 games separate the 1st to 5th.  The American League has two divisions that are within 2 games of each other.

MLB has everyone playing in-division in April and early May this year, which has made things very close for the most part as the season unfolds.  The Mets have won 11 in a row and are now 13-3 all against their east opponents.  Cincinnati is the team in the NL Central that has played all of their games in Division and have split 16.  The Giants are 7-10 and the NL West Rep in all of their games so far played in Division.

The Rockies played their first 6 out of division and will play all 4 teams home and away before playing anyone outside the division again.  So far they are 5-5 after 3 series with 15 more games in this stretch.