So the best hope of keeping the Cardinals out rests with the second-place NL East team. Got it.
Reds have six left against the Pirates and three against the Nats, plus three against a White Sox team that might be in cruise control at that point. So they still have at least a puncher's chance.So the best hope of keeping the Cardinals out rests with the second-place NL East team. Got it.
Oh, absolutely. Get a new manager in there, get Clevinger back, hope the adjustments Snell made stick, and they'll be terrifying once again.This Padres collapse reminds me of the 2006 Sox. Their core is still great and they get Clevinger back next year, could see a quality team like the 2007 Sox next year for them.
Sox would need to cut it to 4 this week to have a legit chance. That would require Bos going 4-1 against the Mets and Yankees whilst the Rays either get swept by Jays and 2-1 vs Miami or 1-2 against both. Not impossible but I'd score it 9:1 against (10%).Rays lost 2 close ones to DET. They need to get their act together. It would be tough to blow a 6.5 game lead with 12 to play, but not impossible. Especially given how easy the Sox schedule is compared to theirs. Also the Sox stealing their color scheme, and apparently their mojo along with it, is a diabolical maneuver by Chaim.
Just because the comparison is inevitable, with the same number of games left in 2011 (11), Tampa was only 3 back of the Sox for the wildcard spot they took after game 162. The Rays went 7-4 to the Sox 3-8 to make up the difference.Sox would need to cut it to 4 this week to have a legit chance. That would require Bos going 4-1 against the Mets and Yankees whilst the Rays either get swept by Jays and 2-1 vs Miami or 1-2 against both. Not impossible but I'd score it 9:1 against (10%).
If that did happen, however, we'd have the Rays travelling to Houston and the Toilet for their final 6 games whilst the Sox go to Baltimore and DC. Boston would still probably need to sweep the final 2 series for there to be a chance at catching them, but it'd be a chance!
Overall odds: 50:1
edit: 538 has the Rays at 99% to win the division and Boston <1%; fangraphs have then at 98.4% and 0.9% respectively with the Jays coming in at 0.7% and Yankees 0.1%
Recency bias. YED must come as soon as possible.I think I want the Yanks over the Jays in a WC game, knock on wood.
Or sort of implies that it will be one or the other and decided later.Any idea about the TV scheduling for MLB playoffs? Right now, certain games are listed as "FS1 or MLBN." Does that mean the game will be shown on both networks or that some decision will be made at some point to use one or the other?
https://www.mlb.com/news/2021-mlb-playoff-and-world-series-schedule
No. They need to be golfing on 10/4.Still rooting for the Rays this series so the WC game can be at Fenway / there's a chance the Yanks make it - I think I want the Yanks over the Jays in a WC game, knock on wood.
End of story is right.If the Sox can’t beat the Jays in a one game play in, then they don’t deserve to go any farther. But damn, I’ll root for that 100 out of 100 times vs rooting for the MFYs to be our opponent. The sooner YED comes, the better. End of story.
There would be no shame in getting ousted by this version of Robbie Ray and that lineup. This quote makes no sense.If the Sox can’t beat the Jays in a one game play in, then they don’t deserve to go any farther.
It makes perfect sense. You don’t root for the fucking YankeesThere would be no shame in getting ousted by this version of Robbie Ray and that lineup. This quote makes no sense.
Cole, who they have knocked around a bit this year, and this famished Yankee lineup?
But yes, YED and all.
And you REALLY don't suggest that you'd rather play the Yankees in a one-game playoff, even if they're stumbling to the finish lineIt makes perfect sense. You don’t root for the fucking Yankees
Whitey’s in trouble in the 5th.So Nestor Cortes is Whitey Ford now. Of course.
Clayton Homes looking like Mariano.Whitey’s in trouble in the 5th.
The ump totally jobbed the Jays. Tonight couldn't have worked out better for the Yankees, sadly.Jays' Breyvic Valera takes strike 3 down the middle after what should have been called ball four was instead called a strike on 3-1. Rays win 6-4.
Yeah the A's/Mariners aren't going to be a threat for WC2 so Jays have to keep winning.The ump totally jobbed the Jays. Tonight couldn't have worked out better for the Yankees, sadly.
I'm kind of shocked Cleveland promoted him, let alone that they've bothered to keep him around as a 3-year project. He's… not good. 88 walks in 98.1 pro innings.Anthony Gose outfielder for Toronto and Detroit for 372 games and 657 career OPS last played MLB in 2016.
Pitching debut in relief for 1.2 innings today for Cleveland at 32 years old. (1 ER, 1K).
Ya, but the guy throws 100. That's hard to find in the 1990's...I'm kind of shocked Cleveland promoted him, let alone that they've bothered to keep him around as a 3-year project. He's… not good. 88 walks in 98.1 pro innings.
I’m not so sure — he throws 100 and struck out 49 in 33 IP at AAA with a 3.55 ERA, and he’s “only” 31.I'm kind of shocked Cleveland promoted him, let alone that they've bothered to keep him around as a 3-year project. He's… not good. 88 walks in 98.1 pro innings.