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That's a weird way to seed when all the teams involved are the lower seeds (though there's no homefield advantage to make that matter much) but OK, I guess that makes sense. Messed up seeding is a baseball wild card tradition.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 18:52 |
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Is there a real reason I should worry about the Astros winning the AL pennant above the normal small-sample-size chaos?
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 18:54 |
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Tweezer Reprise posted:Is there a real reason I should worry about the Astros winning the AL pennant above the normal small-sample-size chaos? No
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 18:55 |
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Tweezer Reprise posted:Is there a real reason I should worry about the Astros winning the AL pennant above the normal small-sample-size chaos? Hahahahaha no. The rotation and bullpen are spotty at best, the bats are ice cold, and there’s always that X Factor of whether or not Dusty will pull your starter early for no reason during the occasional good start. They’re almost certainly going home in the first round. Even if they squeak two wins against the Twins there’s no way they’re beating the A’s or the Sox.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 18:57 |
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i know it won't happen because of veteran presence and really because he's been pretty decent against non-White Sox teams but i'd be curious to see Alzolay start a Game 3 over Lester. they can pull Alzolay early and put in Lester.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 19:01 |
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R.D. Mangles posted:i know it won't happen because of veteran presence and really because he's been pretty decent against non-White Sox teams but i'd be curious to see Alzolay start a Game 3 over Lester. I get that Lester has ~postseason experience~ but he's also beyond washed up, he is at best 5th starter material at this point and I'm sick of the Cubs treating him like he's still a front of the rotation guy. Q is presumably going to be in the pen as well so set the rotation as Yu, Hendricks, Alzolay, and have an amorphous combo of Lester/Q/Mills piggyback as needed.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 19:04 |
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Peaceful Anarchy posted:That's a weird way to seed when all the teams involved are the lower seeds (though there's no homefield advantage to make that matter much) but OK, I guess that makes sense. Messed up seeding is a baseball wild card tradition. The first round series is hosted at the higher seed's ballpark, so home field is very much real.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 19:04 |
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Big Mean Jerk posted:The Cubs have to reach the WS, sacrifice Schwarber to the Old Ones, and then be swept in order to reseal the Hell Gate. But seriously, I'd like a team not from the AL East that hasn't won in a while to win.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 19:11 |
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https://twitter.com/brookob/status/1310633470545231872
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 19:14 |
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Red Sox fired their manager apparently, wonder if they're just going to rehire Cora once his suspension is served.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 19:21 |
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Dakota Hudson needs TJS and is likely out 2021
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 19:24 |
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https://twitter.com/faridyu/status/1310646869710823428
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 19:42 |
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Yu owns so much lol
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 19:44 |
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If the Twins end up having Astudillo on the playoff roster, they will win it all. I feel it in my heart.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 20:09 |
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k-spar posted:If the Twins end up having Astudillo on the playoff roster, they will win it all. I feel it in my heart. he is the fourth best catcher on the team so they likely will not
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 20:13 |
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Andy "if we don't make the playoffs, we dont" MacPhail
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 20:17 |
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Not expecting it but it would be cool and good if the Jays won a series.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 21:28 |
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I'm ok with the Cubs getting clowned on by the Marlins. All the more funny when they beat the dodgers.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 21:41 |
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Mattingly's Revenge
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 21:50 |
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Whatever happened to Puig? I know he caught the rona near the start of the season, but presumably he's long since over it? I'm surprised zero teams tried to roll the dice on him.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 22:02 |
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I am worried that baseball will take this year as an opportunity to just soft-blackball Puig. They've done it to better players before.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 22:13 |
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Go: Yankees OK: Everybody not below No: Astros, Rays, Cards (I guess, honestly I can't really even muster the effort to hate on them anymore.)
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 22:19 |
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The Blue Jays are starting Matt Shoemaker in game 1. Unless they specifically want an extra day of rest for Ryu, this seems potentially quite foolish.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 22:31 |
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Hand Knit posted:The Blue Jays are starting Matt Shoemaker in game 1. Unless they specifically want an extra day of rest for Ryu, this seems potentially quite foolish. I think that’s the plan, they’ve been talking about how Ryu is better with an extra day off or w/e
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 22:35 |
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Inspector_666 posted:Cards (I guess, honestly I can't really even muster the effort to hate on them anymore.)
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 22:38 |
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bawfuls posted:I feel like Cardinals hate lies dormant but is easily re-activated as soon as their Devil Magic is Cardinals hate resides deep in the lizard brain, like a great many of their fans’ mental processes (present company excepted).
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 22:42 |
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I can't even be all that mad about the Cardinals this year, they've had a ton of injuries and Flaherty turned into a pumpkin. The fact that despite these they still managed to navigate an incredibly brutal schedule as MLB tried to pack in all their COVID makeups and come in second for the division is impressive as hell. That said I would appreciate it if they lost in the first round.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 23:07 |
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Tommy Edman will be World Series MVP
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 23:17 |
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Sydin posted:Whatever happened to Puig? I know he caught the rona near the start of the season, but presumably he's long since over it? I'm surprised zero teams tried to roll the dice on him.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 23:27 |
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FlamingLiberal posted:Nobody touched him after the Covid thing. I still haven't heard anything but I wonder if this might be it for him in the majors. The thought of Bill James smugly tweeting something about the end of his MLB career is loving nauseating.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 23:39 |
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Random request but does anyone have John Kruk’s Fancy Nut saved? Been scrubbed from the Internet.
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# ? Sep 28, 2020 23:42 |
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Hand Knit posted:The Blue Jays are starting Matt Shoemaker in game 1. Unless they specifically want an extra day of rest for Ryu, this seems potentially quite foolish. Ryu is better with extra rest and Shoemaker is 4-0 against the Rays (hehe pitcher wins) It isn't a terrible plan but we will see.
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# ? Sep 29, 2020 00:12 |
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Acceptable 1) Cleveland - Lindor, my family’s from The Cleve 2) Jays - Fun team, a Biggio, S-Tier unis 3) Astros - Chaos Reigns, people will get angrier at Manfred 4) Rays - Morton, Chaos Reigns Lite 5) Twins - Marwin, even more S-Tier unis 6) Cubs - There’s just so many cubsposters, it’ll bring us full circle to 2016 and hopefully end this bullshit era Ambivalent Padres Brewers Dodgers Braves Cardinals White Sox A’s No Yankees Marlins - Jeets doesn’t get to demolish a team and then celebrate a WS win right after, Justice for the Dinger Machine RIP Reds - gently caress Bauer (sorry Votto)
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# ? Sep 29, 2020 00:40 |
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Yankees only so the rest of you spend the winter crying jk this team has major DGAF energy and might embarrass themselves in these two games
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# ? Sep 29, 2020 00:45 |
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https://twitter.com/ken_rosenthal/status/1310729656027541504?s=21
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# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:13 |
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I don't like the Padres but a Pads/Jays WS matchup would be hella fun.
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# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:13 |
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Inspector_666 posted:Go: Yankees The cards gave us our Beefy Lad Hero, so I can't hate them while he's on the team.
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# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:14 |
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Do most systems have a catching coordinator? Hadn't noticed before.
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# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:23 |
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From what I have been hearing, a lot of player dev positions at the MLB level are getting axed this year
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# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:30 |
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in addition to how great he has been pitching, i should point out that yu darvish has incredible hair this season
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