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s e n s i · Post #341 » by **s e n s i** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:44 am

Cyrus wrote:Maybe having a 5 day rest in between end of season, and first round bye isn't such an advantage for first place teams... Not one team with the bye advanced lol.

houston's in the ALCS

C Court · Post #342 » by **C Court** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 12:56 pm

MLB needs to make everything after the wildcard series a best of 7.

Randle McMurphy · Post #343 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:08 pm

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Dr Positivity · Post #344 » by **Dr Positivity** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:08 pm

Hoopstarr wrote:Baseball, I love you, but you're not a serious sport. The 4 remaining teams are basically all wild card teams, 3 of which were within a game of missing the playoffs. The 5 best teams in baseball went 1-12 in the playoffs. It might as well be March Madness. The Braves had the 14th best batting WAR ever, hit the most HRs ever in a season, and except for a Philly error and Austin Riley, they essentially got shut out over four games. It's pointless to ever get invested in a team.

I think baseball playoffs are pretty fluky but to play devil’s advocate, this year Acuna and Olsen combined for 15.5 WAR, while Harper and Turner combined for 7.3, at what point does that have to be considered luck as well? When you add in that Nola had a worse year than all the Braves starters including nearly 40 year old Morton, I think the talent is probably a bit closer than the records here, although probably still favouring the Braves. I can accept the Phillies as having enough talent for WS win, however if the Diamondbacks win that would be nonsense.

Raps in 4 · Post #345 » by **Raps in 4** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:29 pm

Philly is the most clutch team in baseball. They go from regular season scrubs to world beaters when it matters. I wish we could do that.

bballsparkin · Post #346 » by **bballsparkin** » Sat Oct 14, 2023 3:19 am

^^It must be nice. Kudos to Harper. I was not a fan when he first came into the league but I am now.

Boogie! · Post #347 » by **Boogie!** » Sat Oct 14, 2023 7:44 pm

Crazy how after all the **** went through with the cheating scandal they could win another world series. Maybe they're just a good team.

Randle McMurphy · Post #348 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sat Oct 14, 2023 8:02 pm

Boogie! wrote:Crazy how after all the **** went through with the cheating scandal they could win another world series. Maybe they're just a good team.

Houston just won the WS again last year? They've easily been the best franchise in baseball for a decade.

Raps in 4 · Post #349 » by **Raps in 4** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 4:26 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:
Boogie! wrote:Crazy how after all the **** went through with the cheating scandal they could win another world series. Maybe they're just a good team.

Houston just won the WS again last year? They've easily been the best franchise in baseball for a decade.

*Half decade. The Giants had the first half of the 2010s locked down.

Asianiac_24 · Post #350 » by **Asianiac_24** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:12 am

Astros cheated or not was always a great team. Just because the 02 Lakers had help in game 6 from the refs didn’t mean they weren’t a good team as well.

Potential · Post #351 » by **Potential** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:47 am

The Blue Jays couldn't even win 5 straight games but the Rangers are out here on a 7 game winning streak in the playoffs. Philly and Bryce Harper is just ridiculous. Playoff risers.

Hopefully Astros make it a series everything has been lopsided so far and we've had no do or die games.

Raps in 4 · Post #352 » by **Raps in 4** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:55 am

Moreno has been exposed. We won the trade.

Raps in 4 · Post #353 » by **Raps in 4** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:56 am

Potential wrote:The Blue Jays couldn't even win 5 straight games but the Rangers are out here on a 7 game winning streak in the playoffs. Philly and Bryce Harper is just ridiculous. Playoff risers.

Hopefully Astros make it a series everything has been lopsided so far and we've had no do or die games.

This is why I hate the saying that the playoffs are all luck.

No, some guys are playoff performers and others aren't. Luck plays a part in it, but you need guys who want to play on this stage. That's not something that stats will ever be able to quantify. If the playoffs were all luck, we wouldn't have dynasties/repeat winners.

dagger · Post #354 » by **dagger** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:33 pm

I noted in another thread how the Jays had the second worst first inning run production in all of MLB. They were middle of the pack in first inning .BA and OBP, but clearly, there was a BARISP failure, and it persisted in the third inning of games when the top of the order tended to come up again.

Well, Texas showed the value of hitting up the opposing starter early. Basically, they don't win yesterday without a huge first inning. The Jays spent a whole season trying to wait out starters so they could beat up on bullpens (where they were good run producers). But it's a nine inning game, not a four inning game.

Randle McMurphy · Post #355 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:25 pm

dagger wrote:I noted in another thread how the Jays had the second worst first inning run production in all of MLB. They were middle of the pack in first inning .BA and OBP, but clearly, there was a BARISP failure, and it persisted in the third inning of games when the top of the order tended to come up again.

Well, Texas showed the value of hitting up the opposing starter early. Basically, they don't win yesterday without a huge first inning. The Jays spent a whole season trying to wait out starters so they could beat up on bullpens (where they were good run producers). But it's a nine inning game, not a four inning game.

I don't think the Jays were trying to wait out starters. I think they just sucked.

polo007 · Post #356 » by **polo007** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:49 pm

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Potential · Post #357 » by **Potential** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:25 am

Another 1st inning blast for Philly. 17th HR of the playoffs. Did the 2023 Jays even hit 17 home runs after the all star break??

Madvillainy2004 · Post #358 » by **Madvillainy2004** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:29 am

All the good teams know pulling the ball is the best way to score, go figure lol

Post #359 » by **Mr Swagtastic** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:33 am

Looks like a Philly vs Texas finals. I think Philly takes it they are just built for the playoffs plus I think their team is loaded

Randle McMurphy · Post #360 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:48 am

I wonder what would happen if we added some of these Phillies pull hitters to the Jays. I’m sure Guillermo would have them fixed and sitting back/hitting the ball the other way in no time.