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2019 MLB season: who has the easiest September schedule?

By Bill Felber

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - AUGUST 28: Trent Grisham #2 of the Milwaukee Brewers runs to second base past Tommy Edman #19 of the St. Louis Cardinals in the first inning at Miller Park on August 28, 2019 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - AUGUST 28: Trent Grisham #2 of the Milwaukee Brewers runs to second base past Tommy Edman #19 of the St. Louis Cardinals in the first inning at Miller Park on August 28, 2019 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) /
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2019 MLB Season: Easiest September Schedule

AL Central

The Minnesota Twins approach September with a three and one-half game lead on the Cleveland Indians. They also enter the month with the softest schedule of any of the post-season contenders.

The Twins do have to play a pair of head-to-head series with the Indians as well as three-game sets against the defending champion Boston Red Sox and the Nationals. Aside from that, though, the schedule maker could hardly have been more friendly. Minnesota has 15 other games: seven against the Kansas City Royals (.348), five against the Detroit Tigers (.298) and three against the White Sox (.455).

So even considering the dozen games they play against plus-.500 teams, the collective winning percentage of September Twins foes is a mere .449. And if the Indians haven’t caught Minnesota by the last of their six head-to-head meetings on Sept. 15, lookout. Considering only the 2019 MLB season’s final two weeks, the collective winning percentage of Twins opponents is just .369.

That will put a premium on Cleveland’s performance in those six remaining head-to-head matches. The average winning percentage of their September foes is precisely .500. That includes inter-league series against both the Nationals and Phillies, both in the final two weeks. While the Twins play the AL Central‘s three weak sisters 15 times in the final month, the Indians only face those three teams nine times.

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