Easter Monday Readings on MLB

Happy Easter Monday! Ok, it's not really a holiday, but I hope it's a happy one for you anyway.

Today seems like a great day for the next installment of your new favorite baseball sideshow: The Pep Meter and Panic Meter!

You may recall on April 6th when this new evaluation system was unveiled. Well, here we are nearly three weeks later and let's see how those meters read now.

Pep Meter Legend: 1=Better than Previous Pep & Panic Meter, 5=Still Cautiously Optimistic, 10=I Told You April 6th To Reserve Playoff Tickets!

Panic Meter Legend: 1=It's STILL Only April, 5=Still Quietly Concerned, 10=At least the Easter chocolate was good 

Baltimore (8-12, 5th in AL East): 10. Oh that's right, they're the Orioles...Buck should not have trash-talked the Red Sox and Yankees during Spring Training.

Boston (10-11, 3rd in AL East): 10. Red Sox remembered how to pitch......uh-oh.

Tampa Bay (11-11, 2nd in AL East): 1. Manny has retired, sadly the Free Agent departures will expose this team eventually.

Kansas City (12-10, T-2nd in AL Central): 5. They've started to level off, but with the White Sox and Twins scuffling, anything is possible in this division.

NY Mets (9-13, 5th in NL East): 10. I said they would fizzle and they have started to. Maybe next year Queens.

Cincinnati (11-11, 3rd in NL Central): 5. This team is capable of consistency and therefore capable of repeating as division champions.

Milwaukee (11-10, 2nd in NL Central): 5. Braun's bank account and the Brewers' record have both improved recently, but it's a long season and health of a certain pitcher must improve.

San Francisco (10-11, 3rd in NL West): 1. 2 steps forward, 1 step back is the story so far, but that worked last year for the Giants.

That's it this time around, but the next installment of The Pep and Panic Meters will have some new teams. To quote Bart Scott: "CAN'T WAIT!"