Ties, ties, everywhere are ties?

[Earthbound64]

What happens in a four way tie? Which is possible now, if Seattle wins tonight.

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In the ultimate chaos scenario of a 4 way tie, the Sox pick home field and the Jays pick home field. The Yankees then pick their opponent.

 

[cannonball 1729]

What happens in a four way tie? Which is possible now, if Seattle wins tonight.

Four-team playoff. Team A plays Team B, Team C plays Team D, winners from each game go to the Wildcard Game.

 

[budcrew08]

Mariners win, still alive heading to tomorrow.

 

[rajendra82]

Four-team playoff. Team A plays Team B, Team C plays Team D, winners from each game go to the Wildcard Game.

But how do they decide who 's team A, B, C, or D? Eenie Meenie Miney Mo?

 

[cannonball 1729]

But how do they decide who 's team A, B, C, or D? Eenie Meenie Miney Mo?

Each team would choose or receive an A, B, C or D designation. The club with the highest winning percentage in games among the tied clubs chooses first, second-highest chooses second, etc. In this scenario, the Red Sox (24-21 against the others) get first choice, the Blue Jays (22-22) choose second, the Yankees (22-23) choose third and the Mariners (9-11) get the leftover spot.

On Monday, Club A (likely the Red Sox) would host Club B, and Club C (likely the Blue Jays) would host Club D. So for the Yankees, it would come down to a choice of traveling to either Boston or Toronto.

 

[Van Everyman]

This thread from Passan is nuts: View: https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1444524963172548613?s=21

 

[Pedroia's Itchy Nose]

Magical Christmas Land scenario is Sox win, Yanks lose, and Seattle wins, then Seattle beats the Yankees. If the ALDS game 1 can be pushed back a day then adding Toronto to the mix would be advantageous as long as they don't win.

 

[shawnrbu]

A four way tie would presumably lead to the following on Monday:

Yankees @ Red Sox
Mariners @ Blue Jays

 

[grimshaw]

Magical Christmas Land scenario is Sox win, Yanks lose, and Seattle wins, then Seattle beats the Yankees. If the ALDS game 1 can be pushed back a day then adding Toronto to the mix would be advantageous as long as they don't win.

I like all the match ups to make that happen. The M's are facing a guy with a 7.11 ERA in 19 innings to start his career, and the Yanks are relying on Taillon (though facing Wacha is a bonus for them).

 

[RobertS975]

The Magic Number for the Red Sox is 1. Same for the Yankees.

 

[BaseballJones]

This thread from Passan is nuts: View: https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1444524963172548613?s=21

Boston should be ahead of NY based on season H2H tiebreaker.

 

[nattysez]

I like all the match ups to make that happen. The M's are facing a guy with a 7.11 ERA in 19 innings to start his career, and the Yanks are relying on Taillon (though facing Wacha is a bonus for them).

Aside from a bad start against the Jays, Wacha had a good September, including going 5 no-hit innings against Houston in his last start.

 

[JimD]

Not that this should be in doubt after the Friday and Saturday results, but Tampa has every incentive to play hard today - it's a huge advantage for them if their ALDS opponent potentially has to play two or three extra games before they arrive at the Trop later this week.

 

[Max Power]

MLB.com explains all the possible scenarios for the AL Wild Card.

https://www.mlb.com/news/american-league-wild-card-tiebreakers-explained

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

A four way tie would presumably lead to the following on Monday:

Yankees @ Red Sox
Mariners @ Blue Jays

This would result in entirely too many replays of Bucky Fucking Dent.

For that reason, I’m out.

 

[IpswichSox]

Just win today.

 

[barbed wire Bob]

What happens in a four way tie? Which is possible now, if Seattle wins tonight.

If there’s a four-way tie
Should all four teams finish 91-71, two tiebreaker games will be played Monday to determine the wild-card teams. The teams will get to choose their tiebreaking placement (what MLB is calling the A, B, C and D designation) by virtue of best winning percentage among the games played among the group. Club A would host Club B in one wild-card tiebreaker, and Club C would host Club D in the other, with the winners earning the two wild-card spots and playing Tuesday

In this scenario, the Red Sox, who went 24-21 against the other three teams, would get first choice and almost certainly would choose to host one of the games. The Blue Jays (22-22) would pick next and also almost certainly choose to host the other tiebreaker. The Yankees (22-23) would get third choice and would pick the team, either the Red Sox or Blue Jays, they would like to play. The Mariners (15-17) then would play whomever the Yankees do not pick.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/10/01/mlb-wild-card-tiebreaker-scenarios/

 

[bosockboy]

View: https://twitter.com/jonheyman/status/1444666770158202884?s=21

 

[wiffleballhero]

A four way tie would presumably lead to the following on Monday:

Yankees @ Red Sox
Mariners @ Blue Jays

The John Olerud Tournament. Winner should have to play the Mets.

 

[RobertS975]

FWIW, the Boston weather forecast for Monday afternoon and evening is NOT conducive for playing baseball. Best win today!

 

[pjheff]

Just win today.

 

[nocode51]

So I searched but can't find it, what would they do if there was a FIVE way tie for the wildcard?

 

[Jim Ed Rice in HOF]

FWIW, the Boston weather forecast for Monday afternoon and evening is NOT conducive for playing baseball. Best win today!

Yeah, I was looking at tomorrow’s forecast on weather.gov for Boston and the hourly looks less than promising. Win today and avoid any complications otherwise the playoff schedule starts to look messy.

 

[nattysez]

View: https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1444700399793963013?s=19

 

[Rasputin]

Are we supposed to be bothered by that?

 

[Philip Jeff Frye]

Given our inconsistent pitching staff, our recently terrible offense and our consistently awful defense, wouldn't anybody choose to play us?

The Yankees just humiliated us at Fenway. Why wouldn't they feel confident about going there again?

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

I’d also prefer the Sox to face the Sox out of the other 3 teams

 

[BaseballJones]

This is going to end well, I'm sure.

Sorry - wrong thread. Game thread.

But you know what? This applies here too.

 

[Marty’s Beret]

Three way tie - if you’re the Sox, you opt for being club A, right (host club B, if you lose you travel to club C)? MLB.com makes it sound like there’s something to consider about choosing between A and C.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Three way tie - if you’re the Sox, you opt for being club A, right (host club B, if you lose you travel to club C)? MLB.com makes it sound like there’s something to consider about choosing between A and C.

I’d opt for C so they only have to play one game and it’s at home.

 

[Marty’s Beret]

I’d opt for C so they only have to play one game and it’s at home.

As Club A, they’d be at home too, right? Then if they win, they’re the 1st wildcard team. If they lose, they have a 2nd chance (against team C to become the 2nd wild card team).

https://www.mlb.com/news/american-league-wild-card-tiebreakers-explained

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

I’d opt for C so they only have to play one game and it’s at home.

Club A hosts the first game, and if they win, they host the wildcard game as WC1. Club C would be at home, yes, but would only be playing for WC2. A win there means they go on the road for the wildcard game.

You absolutely choose to be Club A.