2025 ATL Thread - Burnes to have TJ surgery

Post #721 » by **MickeyDavis** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 4:44 pm

AZ doing a bullpen game. I'd love to see the sweep.

MVP2110 · Post #722 » by **MVP2110** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 4:51 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:AZ doing a bullpen game. I'd love to see the sweep.

I'm definitely pulling for Arizona. I always like seeing the big market teams lose, not that Phoenix is a small market but atleast it's new blood. And I always feel just a little bit better that the team we lost to was pretty good(or atleast hot at the time) and it wasn't just us losing to a terrible squad

MVP2110 · Post #723 » by **MVP2110** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:28 pm

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blazza18 · Post #724 » by **blazza18** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 10:56 pm

Harper is absurd

Post #725 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 11:12 pm

As much as I hate Philly in general it would make me happy if Atlanta lost. I want maximum hurt.

Post #726 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:52 am

Can't remember the last time a regular season has been rendered this utterly meaningless.

dbrodz7 · Post #727 » by **dbrodz7** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:54 am

Looks like letting too many teams in and letting the best teams sit has had a pretty big impact.

blazza18 · Post #728 » by **blazza18** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:58 am

The Dodgers' arms that bad they had Lance Lynn start and elimination game?

Post #729 » by **MickeyDavis** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:58 am

Suck it Dodgers

wallus · Post #730 » by **wallus** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:13 am

blazza18 wrote:The Dodgers' arms that bad they had Lance Lynn start and elimination game?

Brewster · Post #731 » by **Brewster** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:36 am

Want to do well in the playoffs? Want to win the World Series? All you have to do is beat the Brewers. Somehow doing so your team will get hot and win it all. Nationals, Dodgers, and Braves did it after beating the Brewers previous years, and now the Diamondbacks are doing well.

coolhandluke121 · Post #732 » by **coolhandluke121** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 4:26 pm

Brewster wrote:Want to do well in the playoffs? Want to win the World Series? All you have to do is beat the Brewers. Somehow doing so your team will get hot and win it all. Nationals, Dodgers, and Braves did it after beating the Brewers previous years, and now the Diamondbacks are doing well.

I just looked it up and you can go all the way back to the 1981 playoffs. All 9 teams that eliminated the Brewers went on to the World Series, and only the 1981 Yankees and 2018 Dodgers lost in the series.

Kerb Hohl · Post #733 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 4:36 pm

blazza18 wrote:The Dodgers' arms that bad they had Lance Lynn start and elimination game?

Walker Buehler - Tommy John last year, hoped to return for September this year - did not
Dustin May - End of year surgery
Trevor Bauer - Meh, that whole situation was a while ago, but just mentioning
Julio Urias - 2nd domestic violence charge

Bonus because he still pitched this year but Kershaw was pitching with a bum shoulder.

Yeah, I wanted the Brewers to sneak out of R1 because it was a beatable team.

MVP2110 · Post #734 » by **MVP2110** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 6:29 pm

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This is wild stuff

Kerb Hohl · Post #735 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 6:50 pm

MVP2110 wrote:

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This is wild stuff

Two takes here:

1. Yes, as usual, it's just stupid chaos.

2. However, while I almost never ascribe to the idea that you can "build a team that can succeed in the playoffs" - if you can afford it or make it so, "stars and scrubs" or "stars and a deep minors system" in an ideal case might be the best option...but there are a lot of corpses on the way to this strategy.

Post #736 » by **ReasonablySober** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 3:22 am

The Braves not even making the NLCS is legitimately shocking.

Post #737 » by **ReasonablySober** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 3:23 am

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Total disaster for MLB.

Thunder Muscle · Post #738 » by **Thunder Muscle** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 2:12 pm

I'm also shocked with Atlanta. I thought they were going to roll to at least the NLCS. The Dodgers I felt were vulnerable, but even Arizona sweeping them was pretty surprising.

Rating-wise I think MLB should at least have pretty big markets outside of maybe Arizona/Phoenix even though these aren't the top teams if you will. Dallas or Houston markets will be solid, and Philadelphia is pretty large. The teams may not be sexy though and there may be some Astros fatigue, which could hurt. I kind of hope Arizona or Texas wins it, Phillies don't bother me though either I guess.

Post #739 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:34 am

Completely forgot there was a game last night

Thunder Muscle · Post #740 » by **Thunder Muscle** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:04 pm

Marlins part ways with Kim Ng. Kind of surprising as felt they were ascending and doing so with limited resources. Wonder what happened.

Edit: Sounded like she declined the option.