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That was kind of my sense too, especially after I posted when I looked at the OPS+ comparison. I'd ask what else would it take to make it palatable to trade Fielder, but realistically, there's nothing the Mariners have that the Brewers would want that they could afford to give up at this point. For instance, good SP is not something they have a lot of (unless the Brewers want Silva or Washburn... riiiiiight).

What do you guys think of something like Fielder to Seattle for Adrian Beltre + a reliever? Seattle has a void at first base (though this would create a void at third base for them), but Prince would be a good lefty bat they've sorely lacked (apart from Raul Ibanez). Beltre fits the Brewers need for a third baseman, though getting rid of Prince gets rid of a solid lefty bat, which we have few of. Throwing in the reliever made sense to me because of the disparity in how many years left each player has (1-year ~$13 million for Beltre; and is it about 3 yrs left for Prince before he can go free agent?). Also, developing relievers is just about the only thing the Mariners have done right for a few years. I'm not sure that this makes any sense, but being a Brewer fan in Seattle, I've been thinking about both teams' needs this offseason, and this possibility popped into my mind. EDIT: fixed spacing

Sorry, I get .542 for the AL East with your method, which would be significantly better than the NL Central. .502 seemed a little low to me when 4 of the 5 teams are over .500. Also, here's an approach I took that ignores games within the division (because while those would all be .500 for each division, it would end up weighting it differently depending on how many games each division had played within the division). Add up the wins and losses against every division except the division in question for each team in the division. Here's the ESPN standings. And here's the summary (as of 6/23): AL E 130-98 .570 AL C 110-118 .482 AL W 107-106 .502 NL E 113-119 .487 NL C 141-120 .540 NL W 98-138 .415