October Regular Season Game Thread

scottyno

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E5 Yaz said:
i was going off the original idea of a Yankees loss today, but you are right
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Yeah if they lose today it's interesting, it actually probably would still make sense to rest Cole because they're burning him for a single elimination playoff game either way and starting him tomorrow still doesn't guarantee a win to avoid a 163. I think it would only make sense to start him if they couldn't even get to a 163, which isn't possible at this point.
 
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scottyno said:
Yeah if they lose today it's interesting, it actually probably would still make sense to rest Cole because they're burning him for a single elimination playoff game either way and starting him tomorrow still doesn't guarantee a win to avoid a 163. I think it would only make sense to start him if they couldn't even get to a 163, which isn't possible at this point.
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You’d pitch him to avoid the extra game, I think
 
scottyno

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Ed Hillel said:
You’d pitch him to avoid the extra game, I think
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Maybe, but then you're guaranteed to not have him for the WC game, and pitching him still doesn't guarantee you avoid the extra game. If you rest him worst case is you get Cole for game 163 and best case is you get him for the WC game, if you pitch him worst case is you have to win multiple elimination games without him.
 
E5 Yaz

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Zunnino is signed for $4M next season, unless Tampa exercises a $1M buyout. He'd make some money on the open market
 
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Wow ump. Blew both of those calls.

First pitch was a ball (called strike)
Second pitch was a perfect strike (called ball).
 
Yelling At Clouds

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scottyno said:
Ok, but in that time they're +6 they're also 33-22, that's still way above expectation, so the current team isn't a bad team, but they aren't exactly playoff caliber. Take out that one bad month and they're 76-56 with a -6 run diff. I guess sucked is a bit strong, but they weren't good most of the year.
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They’re still playing above their heads but they’re more like a .500ish team overachieving, which is a lot less remarkable. From a narrative perspective at least, if their seasonal differential really were -6, we probably wouldn’t have heard quite as much about it.
 
scottyno

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Danny_Darwin said:
They’re still playing above their heads but they’re more like a .500ish team overachieving, which is a lot less remarkable. From a narrative perspective at least, if their seasonal differential really were -6, we probably wouldn’t have heard quite as much about it.
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If you take out May they'd still be close to historically lucky, over the full season they're on pace to be the luckiest team ever.
 
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Brandon Lowe looks like a guy who's going to try to sell you an extended warranty at Best Buy, but he's a stud who hits bombs.
 
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