GT: Red Sox @ Blue Jays - Sept 15 - Sept 17

xAIRNESSx · Post #321 » by **xAIRNESSx** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:48 am

Cleveland! This is for you!

JN · Post #322 » by JN » Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:48 am

Rangers lose.

Madvillainy2004 · Post #323 » by **Madvillainy2004** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:50 am

Somehow the Guardians came back and beat Texas. Can't imagine how their fans are feeling.

Randle McMurphy · Post #324 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:52 am

Need to get 2 less losses than Texas the rest of the way. Obviously not likely given how terrible this team is playing but not impossible now.

Boogie! · Post #325 » by **Boogie!** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:56 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:Need to get 2 less losses than Texas the rest of the way. Obviously not likely given how terrible this team is playing but not impossible now.

All we needed was a Texas split to be safe, but it's crazy how we're somehow still in it despite that gong show of a series.

Also vladdy suddenly hitting home runs in consecutive games. Thats why this guy is so frustrating, he can literally fling the bat at the ball and hit it out, and yet only has 24 on the season. It's obvious the talent is there, I hope he really gets it together in the offseason.

Randle McMurphy · Post #326 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:59 am

Boogie! wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:Need to get 2 less losses than Texas the rest of the way. Obviously not likely given how terrible this team is playing but not impossible now.

All we needed was a Texas split to be safe, but it's crazy how we're somehow still in it despite that gong show of a series.

Also vladdy suddenly hitting home runs in consecutive games. Thats why this guy is so frustrating, he can literally fling the bat at the ball and hit it out, and yet only has 24 on the season. It's obvious the talent is there, I hope he really gets it together in the offseason.

They’re effectively where they would have been now had they lost that series 1-3 now, just with 2 less games on them to make up ground. It’s a bad spot to be for sure but still at least possible. All of these teams sort of suck.

Vlad looking like an actual threat at the plate today could be an important development. It likely won’t be though.

JN · Post #327 » by JN » Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:01 am

Per Fangraphs (numerical model with no eye test)
What a crazy week

Monday Morning - 80% chance of making the playoffs
Friday Morning after getting swept - 34% chance of making the playoffs
Saturday (9:00 pm) - 60%

Some may rightly view those odds as a little high -- but the point is more to show the crazy up and downs of this week so far.

I heard in on the radio today again while biking that we will likely need 91 wins to have a decent chance. That would probably be the lock number at this point. We will have decent chance if we can even get to 89, but no guarantee though that gets you in (if the team can do that?)

Randle McMurphy · Post #328 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:07 am

So Ragans fell apart. Was nice while it lasted.

Fairview4Life · Post #329 » by **Fairview4Life** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:57 am

Cyrus wrote:After that game is there any doubt of Cy's powers!

RealGM’s Ned Yost baby.

JN · Post #330 » by JN » Sun Sep 17, 2023 2:27 am

Is any fan base of the 4 WC Contenders happy right now?

Probably Seattle, but that might be it.

JN · Post #331 » by JN » Sun Sep 17, 2023 2:28 am

KC 10 Houston 6, bottom of 8th,

Houston about to go 1-4 against Oakland and KC this week. LOL

WaltFrazier · Post #332 » by **WaltFrazier** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 2:31 am

Missed game, just watched replay. What in the world is Vlad thinking not tagging up? Inexcusable. A guy having a down year hitting has to at least play smart, do the little things. Just terrible

JN · Post #333 » by JN » Sun Sep 17, 2023 2:40 am

Not so fast. Houston now has tying run at bat, bottom of ninth, nobody out.
Crazy game.

Raps in 4 · Post #334 » by **Raps in 4** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 2:57 am

JN wrote:Is any fan base of the 4 WC Contenders happy right now?

Probably Seattle, but that might be it.

They're all on suicide watch. But at least with the Astros, they've been the best team in baseball the last 4 years, so this can't sting as much. The Mariners have a small window of contention, so I imagine their fans would be angry, and Texas is a perennial underachiever, so they're fans are naturally fed up too.

Randle McMurphy · Post #335 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:00 am

Houston still has some games left against bad teams now (4 against the Royals), but it's mostly good ones left (3 each vs Baltimore/Seattle/Arizona). They're very much in play now too.

JN · Post #336 » by JN » Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:34 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:Houston still has some games left against bad teams now (4 against the Royals), but it's mostly good ones left (3 each vs Baltimore/Seattle/Arizona). They're very much in play now too.

Plus they are the only one we hold the tiebreaker against. (so in a way we are 1 game closer to them than the other two)

Randle McMurphy · Post #337 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 4:15 am

JN wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:Houston still has some games left against bad teams now (4 against the Royals), but it's mostly good ones left (3 each vs Baltimore/Seattle/Arizona). They're very much in play now too.

Plus they are the only one we hold the tiebreaker against. (so in a way we are 1 game closer to them than the other two)

Yeah, in my mind, we're a game behind them and effectively two behind the others right now (because I'm really only looking at the loss column this time of year).

JN · Post #338 » by JN » Sun Sep 17, 2023 4:51 am

I have been pretty much watching baseball since 5:00 with a few breaks... all 4 AL "WCm"games today have been really entertaining, and in some cases wacky.

JN · Post #339 » by JN » Sun Sep 17, 2023 5:06 am

Mariners give up 5 in the top of the 11th.
What a crazy day. Frustrating, mind numbing, yet entertaining.

Soldier · Post #340 » by **Soldier** » Sun Sep 17, 2023 5:13 am

Astros lost
Mariners lost
Rangers lost
Red Sox lost
Blue Jays won

We got a perfect Out of town scoreboard for the second straight day.