2017 Playoffs Discussion

[Iheartfootball]

**** Hernandez has a career .236/.312/.413 line. He has 3 home runs and 7 RBI this game. 7 RBI is one less run than the Cubs have in the series.

Wait. His name is ‘****’?

Well, it's Enrique and there's supposed to be an accent mark over the e but I didn't feel like figuring out the alt whatever number combination.

Haha. I think that’s pretty much how you have to spell it now.

[Thunder Muscle]

Maddon should've brought in a few more magicians I guess.

[trwi7]

Wait. His name is ‘****’?

Well, it's Enrique and there's supposed to be an accent mark over the e but I didn't feel like figuring out the alt whatever number combination.

Haha. I think that’s pretty much how you have to spell it now.

Honestly surprised realgm doesn't block it out. They block out every other word.

[BUCKnation]

Another bonus is that it was Quintana who blew up today.

[El Duderino]

**** Hernandez has a career .236/.312/.413 line. He has 3 home runs and 7 RBI this game. 7 RBI is one less run than the Cubs have in the series.

Just goes to show the randomness which can happen in the playoffs. That Dodgers lineup today didn't exactly have a bunch of really good to great hitters, yet they score 11 runs.

Even a few guys on their team like Chris Taylor and Brandon Morrow went from spare parts when the season started to major contributors.

[Kerb Hohl]

**** Hernandez has a career .236/.312/.413 line. He has 3 home runs and 7 RBI this game. 7 RBI is one less run than the Cubs have in the series.

Just goes to show the randomness which can happen in the playoffs. That Dodgers lineup today didn't exactly have a bunch of really good to great hitters, yet they score 11 runs.

Even a few guys on their team like Chris Taylor and Brandon Morrow went from spare parts when the season started to major contributors.

For whatever it's worth, for twirly who was blasting the Dodgers' lineup earlier in the series on twitter , as we all know, Friedman loves his platoons.

Hernandez is .270/.364/.518 career against lefties. .883 OPS.

Quintana started and he hit one off of Montgomery. I know that one of them came off of a righty, but that's what the Dodgers have done. As the year went by and guys like Taylor emerged as an everyday player, Puig started to return to form, and Bellinger emerged, the platoons shrunk a bit, but the Dodgers utilize the hell out of their 40 man roster to bring up reserve relievers and platoon split hitters to get the job done. They seem to have about 10-15 relievers on their 40 man that just come up and down for matchups all season. They had a bunch of guys there were castoff righty batters on their 40 the last few years to just come up when they had a long string of lefties that they faced during the season.

Taylor was once a pretty highly regarded prospect that the Dodgers fixed a loop in his swing, apparently.

Yasmani Grandal only hit well from his left side of the plate early in his career at San Diego but was somewhat cast off with lesser numbers than the Padres were hoping for. Go figure, the Dodgers made him into a useful player with a platoon early in his career. The last few years he's started to play against lefties a bit more often but they still utilize his strong side mostly.

In 2017, all of these teams know about platoons, but some still don't have the wherewithal that the Dodgers do to make things work. It doesn't hurt that they have unlimited resources.

Ethier/Hernandez, Pederson/Granderson/Taylor (moves to SS with Seager right now out against RHP), Utley/Forsythe, Grandal/Barnes. They've got the means to make this work. Of course, the Brewers probably wouldn't be able to scoop up all of these vets in said platoons or hold on to Ethier's $17 million/year to basically just return for the playoffs.

[MickeyDavis]

Dusty given the boot

[Kerb Hohl]

Dusty given the boot

Hilarious watching the national writers complain and say it's because the Nats are cheap.

It could very well be bad luck as to why they keep flaming out, but you might as well try something different. People are pointing to his record. With the Nats, he's been in the worst division in baseball depth-wise with several Cy Young candidate pitchers and MVP hitters. I could manage that team to 90+ wins.

[Profound23]

So would Verlander have been enough to make the postseason?

If so how far would we have gone?

[wichmae]

So would Verlander have been enough to make the postseason?

If so how far would we have gone?

I dont think so. Our offense was the problem down the stretch. The pitching was productive. Verlander would not have made the difference IMO

[ReasonablySober]

Haven't watched any of the playoffs but go Astros if not to make that SI cover factual.

[Profound23]

So would Verlander have been enough to make the postseason?

If so how far would we have gone?

I dont think so. Our offense was the problem down the stretch. The pitching was productive. Verlander would not have made the difference IMO

He wouldn't even have gotten us 1 or 2 more wins? I'm not asking like I know the answer.....just think that would be weird if we acquired a pitcher of that status for basically nothing who just won the swing game to get his team to the world series and it wouldnt be good enough for us to win 1 or 2 more games and at least make the postseason.

[wichmae]

So would Verlander have been enough to make the postseason?

If so how far would we have gone?

I dont think so. Our offense was the problem down the stretch. The pitching was productive. Verlander would not have made the difference IMO

He wouldn't even have gotten us 1 or 2 more wins? I'm not asking like I know the answer.....just think that would be weird if we acquired a pitcher of that status for basically nothing who just won the swing game to get his team to the world series and it wouldnt be good enough for us to win 1 or 2 more games and at least make the postseason.

Verlander cost the Astros a ton in terms of prospects. It’s hard to determine in the grand scheme because it wasn’t the starting pitching at all that inhibited the team. The offense was awful. Remember starters only truly influence one game every 4-5 days.


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[trwi7]

If Verlander pitched like he did with the Astros with us, then yes we would've made it to the wildcard. Is the cost in terms of prospects worth a shot at winning one game on the road and then playing the Dodgers if you do? Probably not.

[trwi7]

This is going to be a nice, stress free World Series. Would prefer the Astros win just because they've never won one but wouldn't mind if the Dodgers won either.

[coolhandluke121]

I didn't hate the Cubs or Yankees. Most of the players seem like decent guys and their teams got here mostly by building from within, like any team should have to do. But I am happy that it worked out this way. More importantly, it's the two best teams, and in their own way they both have styles of play I really like. Looking forward to this one a lot.

[MickeyDavis]

It's suppose to be around 100 at first pitch tonight.

[Iheartfootball]

It's suppose to be around 100 at first pitch tonight.

Love the Fall Classic.

[Ryan5UW]

it wasn’t the starting pitching at all that inhibited the team. The offense was awful. Remember starters only truly influence one game every 4-5 days.

Definitely agree with the offense being the issue, not the starting pitching. However, I do believe it can impact more than just one game. If you have a starter who can't go more than 4 innings, it eats up the bullpen and that could have an impact on the next game as well in the form of guys not being available. A stud SP that can essentially give your bullpen the night off more often than not could give you more options for the following game, which could be the difference between a win and a loss.

[El Duderino]

What a great game. I turn it on in the 8th with Jansen on the mound up 3-1 and think it's over, then both teams start bashing homers left and right.