Whoever wins the NL pennant is going down in 5 games max, IMO.Pretty much. Every playoff team in the AL is better than Atlanta.
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No matter who the AL rep is...!
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Whoever wins the NL pennant is going down in 5 games max, IMO.Pretty much. Every playoff team in the AL is better than Atlanta.
What percentage of those innings were thrown by pitchers who are not going to sniff the postseason roster?Our pitchers have close to a 5.50 ERA the last 20 games (per Pete Abe).
They need to fix their shit quick.
So when a your team goes .500 against an opponent, that also means the opponent went .500 against your team?! This math stuff is bananas!Went 3-4 against them. The reverse in a 7-game series is not implausible.
We need Sale and EdRod to be better - both struggled in their starts against Houston. On the bright side, Price pitched well in both of his starts and Porcello could have said the same had he finished last night's game stronger.Went 3-4 against them. The reverse in a 7-game series is not implausible.
You have to imagine the playoff rotation would be something like:The bullpen probably sinks this team in the postseason, but I have some confidence they will score runs. Porcello and Price may need to pitch 3 innings of relief on their "throw days" between starts.
HOU has: 3 @ DET; 3 vs ARI; 3 vs SEA; 3 vs LAA; 3 @ TOR; and 4@ BAL.The Astros served notice this weekend that they are still the team to beat in MLB. Rooting hard now that they hold off Oakland and win the AL West - the MFY's or A's worry me in a five-game series, but I'll take that if it means that we would only have to face one of Cleveland or Houston if the Sox make it to the ALCS (and would have seven games to deal with that team).
See worry works!Records of the AL contenders since this thread was started:
BOS 10-4
NYY 7-9
HOU 12-4
OAK 10-5
CLE 8-8
SEA 5-9
Gammons said this morning on MLBN that with two more starts, Sale should be ready to throw 90 pitches in his first postseason start, and that that was good enough. I don’t know who he talked to on the Red Sox, but he mentioned Cora a lot. For the bullpen, Kimbrel of course, and the only other names he mentioned were Brasier and Wright, unless I missed a name. I know he didn’t say Barnes, but maybe they just ran out of time.The “worry” extends into the postseason.
Sale seems on pace to be in full gear by the ALDS. The number 3 starter is worrisome but I’ll take Rodriguez or Porcello over any other teams number 3.
The pen is my main concern
The “worry” extends into the postseason.
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being "Not at All" and 10 being "Totally Freaking Out,” how worried are you about the Sox holding on to the division and best record in baseball?
Are you gonna make somebody post the Airport priest slap?I know this team has been great. I know I shouldn't be panicking. However, I am worried.
Airplane!, but I got you covered.Are you gonna make somebody post the Airport priest slap?
I was thinking of this, but that works too:Airplane!, but I got you covered.
Somewhere the 2004 Rockies are still talking about how they were trending perfectly entering the WS.I know this team has been great. I know I shouldn't be panicking. However, I am worried. They are trending in the exact opposite direction as we get to the most important part of the season. We all know the struggles of the bullpen and I've chronicled them for a while now. But offensively they have not been good for a while now. Andrew Benintendi's 2nd half OPS is .693. Mitch Moreland's OPS has fallen from .910 on June 14th to .752 presently. The catcher spot is a complete black hole ranking dead last in the AL in OPS. 3rd base is 11th in the AL in OPS and 2nd base is 12th.
Now that the Yankees are healthy with Judge and Chapman back, I think they are a very formidable opponent in a 5-game series. They have 2 starters that are throwing lights out baseball in Happ and Tanaka. If Severino pitches like he did last night, that's a heck of a 3rd starter. Say Tanaka gets the WC game start and no other starters have to go in that game and they win. They'd have Happ, Severino, Sabathia, Tanaka, and Happ in a 5 game series. That matches up pretty well with the Red Sox. Their lineup with the addition of Andrew McCutchen at the leadoff spot and now a healthy Judge is a lot different than the one that got swept in Boston in August and one that I think is more dangerous than the Sox at the moment.
2004?Somewhere the 2004 Rockies are still talking about how they were trending perfectly entering the WS.
Too soon, especially with the wrong yearSomewhere the 2004 Rockies are still talking about how they were trending perfectly entering the WS.
"Ask ****ing Francis who I am!"Too soon, especially with the wrong year
Old would be worrying about Deacon Phillippe taking the Series singlehandedly.I’m old. Yes it was 2007.
The first two losses were concerning because of how they lost, but last night's game was pretty cathartic - coming back from losing the early lead on Stanton's big blow, Mookie snapping out of his mini-slump in a huge way, and beating up on the vaunted Yankee pen while also getting strong relief from Wright, Brasier and Kimbrel. The ensuing celebration was appropriately subdued given the team's ultimate goal, but I wouldn't be surprised if this win was almost as big a relief to the players as it was to us fans.The idea that they're not playing well because they lost a series (on the road to a good team) is laughable. They're 7-3 in their last 10 and 14-7 since the Tampa Bay Debacle.