2024 MLB Wild Card Round Gamethread
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They are talking about Pedroia during Mets/Brewers b/c one of the Brewers (Frelich?) is being mentored by Pedey.
I’ve never seen an inning that started with a great play for the first out, than devolve into a defensive circus quite like this.
The Royals and Tigers are going to meet in the ALCS and we're going to have to sit through so many tedious discussions about MLB's playoff format.
He's had a solid career, and has a better shot at the Hall of Fame than the late Pete Rose.
I mean, at some point if this trend continues I think it's going to be at least a bit warranted. I think when MLB goes to 32 teams, they should cut the regular season to 154 games and do 7 game series for four rounds and no byes, just like NBA/NHL.
The current system is good in that wild card teams should face severe adversity but not single game elimination right away, but it does hamper a (albeit supposedly weakest) division winner. Do it the NBA/NHL way and there is no complaining about too much or too little rest, too, and 7 game series are much more likely to have the true better team win.
There is also the whole "you only need 3 starters until the LCS" that flies in the face of regular season roster construction, in a 7 game traditional 2-3-2 format at least that forces 4 (or openers! Yay! But those often do not work int he postseason, so it's an appropriate penalty).
I actually agree with putting eight teams from each league with no byes and longer series, but I'd reduce the season to like 120 games or so. Usually people who are cranky about the playoffs want to go the other way, though.
You can probably go lower than 154, yes, although it took until late September for the Tigers to show they were a better team than the Twins (and early September for Red Sox). I wouldn't be comfortable with 120.
His time in spring training with the Red Sox in 2021 must have ruined all his fundamentals.
From his wikipedia page:
We claimed him twice and DFAd him twice. He's been a good reliever since then too.
Right but the Twins and Tigers would both be in under the eight-team format regardless (Red Sox still miss the cut, though). That said, yeah, there’s probably some mathematically optimal number of games that I haven’t worked out yet.
In retrospect, the Brewers are batting Jake freakin' Bauers 6th. This is not a good playoff lineup.
So, Atlanta flying across the country after a tough double header without their best pitcher has no chance. Right? Right?
Xander is playing SS for the Padres? Don't they have a bunch of guys who can do a better job of that than him?
I thought it took a while, which makes sense since it was circumnavigating the moon.
Been there once. It was fantastic. You can even see the game from outside in centerfield. Pretty cool. Stayed across the road from Petco. Super easy access.
I think that will be it for road team wins today. Braves pitching is a bit suspect, plus the long trip after the game yesterday.