Surprises of the Season

AL East:

-Boston

It may be a bit biased to say that I didn't expect much out of the Red Sox after their indescribably poor 2012 season as I am a Yankees fan, but I'm sure I wasn't the only one. So far this season Boston has dominated baseball's toughest division, leading by 3.5 games with a 54-37 record.

-NY Yankees

With how long their injury list was (and still is) it is amazing that they are only 1.5 games out of a playoff position.

AL Central:

No teams in the AL Central have really out-preformed their expectations.

AL West:

-Oakland

The A's are always a surprise, but who could have predicted that Josh Donaldson would be hitting .319, or Grant Balfour's ERA would be 1.77.

NL East:

-Philadelphia 

Howard may only have a combined 25 HR over the last 2 seasons, but the Phillies have been a pleasant surprise, even if they're a couple games below .500.

NL Central:

-Pittsburgh

The other Pennsylvanian team could stop being the best example of imbalance in sports. They are well on their way to stopping their consecutive below-.500 seasons streak at 20, the longest in MLB history.

NL West:

No teams in the NL West have really out-preformed their expectations.