Before the season, Las Vegas set the line at 751⁄2 wins. I said at the time that it “seems almost ludicrously low. If I bet real money on stuff, I’d be all over that.” To finish below that line, the D-backs would now have to go 46-66 or worse the rest of the way, the equivalent of a 97-loss or higher pace over a full season. While nothing is ever guaranteed in baseball, it would require a real meltdown for that to happen. The prediction systems reflect this: while they still don’t buy into the D-backs being a 90-win outfit, they have all moved upwards since Opening Day into winning territory.
The State of the Diamondbacks: 50 games in
