As best as I can tell, there has been no mention of Banks’s death in the NYT yet.
At dinner Saturday night, Lawrence, Andrew, and I were talking about how bad the Marlins (and Astros) are. I remembered that someone on FARK posted a link to a site that provides updated win-loss projections for each MLB team, but I was unable to find that site in my history, on FARK, or in Google.
“DeWayne Mann” on FARK was kind enough to respond to my inquiry with three links, which I provide here for bookmarking purposes:
CoolStandings, which currently projects Miami at 106.9 losses and Houston at 103.1.
Baseball Prospectus, which has Miami at 102 losses and Houston at 99.5.
FanGraphs, which has Miami at 104 losses and Houston at 99.
(As Dewayne notes, all three sites use a more sophisticated model than (winning percentage * 162). Based only on that calculation, the Marlins project out to 115 losses, and the Astros to 106. For comparison purposes, the 1962 Mets lost 120 games and had a .250 winning percentage. The 2003 Detroit Tigers lost 119 games, and had a .265 winning percentage.)