Or 5 — yep. They have tie breaker over Texas.I think Houston could end up either the #2 seed or the #6 seed.
I want both to lose, so it doesn't matter to me, LOL.Houston and Texas still fighting for bye, right? That is huge.
The Mariners have bad blood with the Astros. Think they will rollover for Texas tomorrow.Houston and Texas still fighting for bye, right? That is huge.
It’s insane how much better the Astros have been on the road than at homeHouston and Toronto have been very good road teams this year. I think at least one of Minny and Tampa will lose the opening round.
Arizona and Miami in with -8 and -53 run differential. Cubs and Padres out with +100 and +103. Seattle out with +98.Random factoid: Cubs lost season series against Cleveland, LAD, Toronto, Washington, and Miami despite outscoring all five of them.
Kelenic injury killed them imhoThe owner let down the Mariners this season, they needed two more legitimate bats, not a Teoscar Hernandez to add another 200 Ks to the lineup along with Eugenio Suarez. Was reported that the owner refused to increase payroll.
I don't think so. Kelenic was putting up great numbers for about the first 6 weeks, but the rest of his season hasn't looked all that much better than prior years. And even during the hot streak he was still striking out a lot.Kelenic injury killed them imho
Why is a strike out worse than a ground ball out?I don't think so. Kelenic was putting up great numbers for about the first 6 weeks, but the rest of his season hasn't looked all that much better than prior years. And even during the hot streak he was still striking out a lot.
They went 38-19 without him. If anything, his return killed them.Kelenic injury killed them imho
What was the tweet?The person who runs the Marines social media accounts forgot to log out of the ol work Account before liking this tweet
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Pretty much. They had a pretty clear need and they chose half-measures to address it, then when most of those didn’t work, they tried a different series of half-measures. And yeah, sure seems like the owner cheaped out on them. People have been shipping Ohtani and Seattle for a while, but I’m not buying their ability to win a bidding war with the Dodgers, Mets, or Giants. I did say elsewhere that they’re a logical team to take a shot on a year of Soto (maybe take on the Cronenworth deal?), but the Padres will probably hang on to him, too. So I don’t know where this leaves them, exactly.The owner let down the Mariners this season, they needed two more legitimate bats, not a Teoscar Hernandez to add another 200 Ks to the lineup along with Eugenio Suarez. Was reported that the owner refused to increase payroll.
So I’ll be fair and note that they did return a team similar to last year’s, and they’ll end up with a pretty similar record to last year, and most years that would get them into the playoffs. But it’s almost like they expected the AL to play out like it did last year, and they didn’t count on a) Texas being good or b) Houston being catchable.90 wins to get in is pretty high for six get in. We knew the AL would be tough, but 90 is a big number. Great year for the Mariners, just too much competition to overcome a shitty start.
But the two seed gets them a bye. I don’t care about matchups. You should never play a three game series you don’t have to on the road. Even if they win, they use pitchers to do it.Some fascinating game theory for Houston’s last game:
If they win, they can still be the #2, #5 or #6 seed, depending on the TEX and TOR results.
If they lose, they are locked into #6, where they would play #3 MIN and then #2 TEX, who they recently swept in TEX by a combined 39-10 score. BAL/TB/TOR would all be on the other side, plus HOU has been much better on the road this year (50-30, 39-42 at home).
So if they win they have a shot at a better draw (#2) but also a much harder one (#5), I’d do my best to lose if I was them.
Also there’s precedent for defending champ HOU to be the #6 seeds and still somehow repeat, Verlander in the role of Hakeem.
Yeah - every series is a chance to lose. So the fewer series the better.But the two seed gets them a bye. I don’t care about matchups. You should never play a three game series you don’t have to on the road. Even if they win, they use pitchers to do it.
Edit — maybe they can score watch and if Texas is winning they may still have time to lose.
Heh, this is almost word for word what my Astros fan friend said this AM. I just think it's fascinating, lose and you guarantee being on the better side, win and you're rolling the dice, could end up in a better position, the same position, or a worse position.But the two seed gets them a bye. I don’t care about matchups. You should never play a three game series you don’t have to on the road. Even if they win, they use pitchers to do it.
Edit — maybe they can score watch and if Texas is winning they may still have time to lose.
Yep:They went 38-19 without him. If anything, his return killed them.
Mets fans rejoice?
Do you have reasons to believe that their fiasco of a season was his fault? I'm just asking, b/c I don't know.Mets fans rejoice?
Yeah it has seemed very likely since Stearns got hired that Craig Counsell would be moving to Queens.Showalter was told to resign or he would be fired.
Toronto does not seem to agree with this.Trying to manipulate seeding is a fool's errand. Just do your best to make sure your whole roster is as rested and healthy as possible and your pitching is lined up. Last year 100-win teams had a record of 3-8 in the playoffs. Plus, everyone wanted to play the AL Central champs until the Rays scored one run in 24 innings against them.
Wakefield tribute?Kirby just threw a knuckleball. Pretty damn good one too.
George is a good dude. I don't know if he has had any interaction with Wake at any point, but I wouldn't put it past him doing this as a tribute. It was the first pitch of the game, which makes me lean toward the affirmative. Wasn't like he was saving it to break it out in some high leverage situation or something.According to a Mariners beat guy Kirby has been playing around with a knuckleball since spring training, but I imagine it may have been. A fitting day for anyone to throw one if they can.