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Strength of Schedule for Week 1

By Dave Gawron
Special to ESPN.com

Saturday, March 31, 2007

The SOS is an evaluation system for each team's strength of schedule. In each category (hitting, base stealing and pitching), opposing teams are assigned a value ranging from 4 (easiest) to 1 (hardest). For example, the Yankees, being a great hitting team, would be a 1 for any team to pitch against. Then, for the specified time period (April, September, Overall, next week, next four weeks), the points for each team's scheduled opponents are added up to identify the best and worst schedule block ...

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