OT: Blue Jays have best record in baseball

[WiggOuts]

These guys absolutely **** the bed against LA. They're currently trying to fight off the sweep up 1 in the 9th with bases loaded and Shohei coming up lol

[Mikistan]

These guys absolutely **** the bed against LA. They're currently trying to fight off the sweep up 1 in the 9th with bases loaded and Shohei coming up lol

And they held on for the win

[Thaddy]

I recently started getting into baseball. How do I learn more about the sport and the Jays? Is Nimmala a Barnes level prospect or more like Walter level? I saw that he's their highest ranked prospect.

[YogurtProducer]

I recently started getting into baseball. How do I learn more about the sport and the Jays? Is Nimmala a Barnes level prospect or more like Walter level? I saw that he's their highest ranked prospect.

Prospects in the MLB are completely different than the NBA.

Nimmala is the leagues 44tb top prospect and isn’t expected to be a MLB call up until 2028. So much changes in 3 years that he could end up being a stud or not even an everyday player.

https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects

Just go back and look at the top prospects from 3, 5, 10 years ago and how their leagues panned out

https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2020/bluejays/

Here’s our top 10 from 5 years ago. Only Kirk ever became a good player for us.

[binjumper]

These guys absolutely **** the bed against LA. They're currently trying to fight off the sweep up 1 in the 9th with bases loaded and Shohei coming up lol

lol go watch another sport.

[YogurtProducer]

These guys absolutely **** the bed against LA. They're currently trying to fight off the sweep up 1 in the 9th with bases loaded and Shohei coming up lol

lol go watch another sport.

They do this with basketball to lol

[LoveMyRaps]

These guys absolutely **** the bed against LA. They're currently trying to fight off the sweep up 1 in the 9th with bases loaded and Shohei coming up lol

And then what happened? Enlighten us.

[LoveMyRaps]

Before this series, we were 4 games ahead of the Red Sox and 6.5 games ahead of the Yanks.

After this series, that remains the case.

We're missing some key players and still managed to secure a clutch win.

Need Springer back ASAP.

[WiggOuts]

These guys absolutely **** the bed against LA. They're currently trying to fight off the sweep up 1 in the 9th with bases loaded and Shohei coming up lol

lol go watch another sport.

They do this with basketball to lol

What exactly was i doing? I posted this the moment it happend. They **** the bed in the first 2 games which they did. They were in a tight game in a HUGE high pressure situation trying to avoid a sweep...I never implied anything ....maybe some of you need to find something else to do. You think everyone is some kind of troll or manic depressive, this site might have you jaded

I'm a baseball lifer, im sure neither of you can tell me anything about it

[Potential]

I don't think Wiggs said anything wrong its exactly what happened lol but good thing we pulled it out

[Tha Cynic]

These guys absolutely **** the bed against LA. They're currently trying to fight off the sweep up 1 in the 9th with bases loaded and Shohei coming up lol

They lost one more game than they won in this series against basically a video game team lol

I posted this the moment after it happened.

[WiggOuts]

These guys absolutely **** the bed against LA. They're currently trying to fight off the sweep up 1 in the 9th with bases loaded and Shohei coming up lol

They lost one more game than they won in this series against basically a video game team lol

I posted this the moment after it happened.

They lost 5-1 then 9-1. Saying they **** the bed to me is a fancy way of saying they got handled, which they did people are acting like it was outlandish to say so. To say they lost 1 more game then they won sounds disingenuous to me when the series is a best of 3 lol. Yes they won 1 game, but it was the game that decided nothing and LA obviously isn't giving its best effort anymore since they already took care of business

Having the record the Jays have and going up against that team should have them held to a higher standard. This is the team they'd most likely have to go through to win a world series, you gotta get up for these games, LA surely did. The Jays looked outclassed imo and this is the only time we play them unfortunately. Its not like the dodgers have been smoking everyone, they're good but beatable

[Fairview4Life]

Did you watch the 5-1 game? That wasn't some kind of debacle like you're trying to make out. They hit the ball a lot, just didn't end up walking as much as they usually do and consequently couldn't put together a big inning. That wasn't **** the bed. That was just a baseball game between two good teams.

LA wasn't trying in game 3? Because they already "took care of business"? Wtf are you talking about lol. Treating that not like a very silly statement, the Dodgers are now 7-6 in sweep clinching games this season. Seems like they do try to win the baseball games they play!

[beanbag]

Yes they won 1 game, but it was the game that decided nothing and LA obviously isn't giving its best effort anymore since they already took care of business

Can you explain where you saw demonstrable evidence of LA not giving their best effort to win the last game because it sure seemed like they wanted it pretty bad to me. I'm genuinely curious to know what you were seeing.

Having the record the Jays have and going up against that team should have them held to a higher standard. This is the team they'd most likely have to go through to win a world series, you gotta get up for these games, LA surely did. The Jays looked outclassed imo and this is the only time we play them unfortunately. Its not like the dodgers have been smoking everyone, they're good but beatable

This literally has no bearing on what would potentially happen in a hypothetical world series matchup. That would occur two and a half months from now, who knows which current players will be healthy/injured, who knows how they will perform in a best of 7 sample size? Teams beat teams all the time and then the next time they play, the other team wins. There are a million examples of this with basically every team (not Colorado), every year.

[WiggOuts]

Yes they won 1 game, but it was the game that decided nothing and LA obviously isn't giving its best effort anymore since they already took care of business

Can you explain where you saw demonstrable evidence of LA not giving their best effort to win the last game because it sure seemed like they wanted it pretty bad to me. I'm genuinely curious to know what you were seeing.

Having the record the Jays have and going up against that team should have them held to a higher standard. This is the team they'd most likely have to go through to win a world series, you gotta get up for these games, LA surely did. The Jays looked outclassed imo and this is the only time we play them unfortunately. Its not like the dodgers have been smoking everyone, they're good but beatable

This literally has no bearing on what would potentially happen in a hypothetical world series matchup. That would occur two and a half months from now, who knows which current players will be healthy/injured, who knows how they will perform in a best of 7 sample size? Teams beat teams all the time and then the next time they play, the other team wins. There are a million examples of this with basically every team (not Colorado), every year.

You don't need to see evidence to know that after you already taken the series in the first 2 game that your foot will naturally come off the pedal a bit. This applies in all series formats. I know this from being in these exact experiences many times throughout my own playing career. Theres a reason the coaches try to get on you extra hard prior to these game, its natural. I'm not saying they didn't play hard or the mailed it in, im saying their intensity level dropped off. They still had a chance to win so that says something to their talent level

It absolutely has bearing, sure all those things factor in but you know whos definitely thinking about who won the last match...the players. Anytime you play a team in any sport your pride is always on the line, when you lose you want redemption. No matter what you want those wins, even if its simply to say we've done it before we can do it again

If you played you would know, if you haven't then it would be hard to understand

[LoveMyRaps]

Varland is a DAWG

[beanbag]

Yes they won 1 game, but it was the game that decided nothing and LA obviously isn't giving its best effort anymore since they already took care of business

Can you explain where you saw demonstrable evidence of LA not giving their best effort to win the last game because it sure seemed like they wanted it pretty bad to me. I'm genuinely curious to know what you were seeing.

Having the record the Jays have and going up against that team should have them held to a higher standard. This is the team they'd most likely have to go through to win a world series, you gotta get up for these games, LA surely did. The Jays looked outclassed imo and this is the only time we play them unfortunately. Its not like the dodgers have been smoking everyone, they're good but beatable

This literally has no bearing on what would potentially happen in a hypothetical world series matchup. That would occur two and a half months from now, who knows which current players will be healthy/injured, who knows how they will perform in a best of 7 sample size? Teams beat teams all the time and then the next time they play, the other team wins. There are a million examples of this with basically every team (not Colorado), every year.

You don't need to see evidence to know that after you already taken the series in the first 2 game that your foot will naturally come off the pedal a bit. This applies in all series formats. I know this from being in these exact experiences many times throughout my own playing career. Theres a reason the coaches try to get on you extra hard prior to these game, its natural. I'm not saying they didn't play hard or the mailed it in, im saying their intensity level dropped off. They still had a chance to win so that says something to their talent level

It absolutely has bearing, sure all those things factor in but you know whos definitely thinking about who won the last match...the players. Anytime you play a team in any sport your pride is always on the line, when you lose you want redemption. No matter what you want those wins, even if its simply to say we've done it before we can do it again

If you played you would know, if you haven't then it would be hard to understand

So, you don't have any evidence of LA mailing in that last game, got it. Can you provide the evidence of where you say they took their foot off the gas? Or is that also an, "Everyone knows" type of deal?

Also, can you explain what your "playing career" is?

[Fairview4Life]

The Dodgers are now tied with the Padres in the NL West. But sure they took their foot off the gas just like I did after 2 games in Mosquito.

[Parataxis]

To say they lost 1 more game then they won sounds disingenuous to me when the series is a best of 3 lol. Yes they won 1 game, but it was the game that decided nothing and LA obviously isn't giving its best effort anymore since they already took care of businese

That's not how baseball works. You don't get a prize for winning the series - you get a prize for winning the season.

There is 0 motivation for LA to take their foot off the gas at this point in the season - there was no 'business' to have been taken care of.

[Raps in 4]

Yes they won 1 game, but it was the game that decided nothing and LA obviously isn't giving its best effort anymore since they already took care of business

Can you explain where you saw demonstrable evidence of LA not giving their best effort to win the last game because it sure seemed like they wanted it pretty bad to me. I'm genuinely curious to know what you were seeing.

Having the record the Jays have and going up against that team should have them held to a higher standard. This is the team they'd most likely have to go through to win a world series, you gotta get up for these games, LA surely did. The Jays looked outclassed imo and this is the only time we play them unfortunately. Its not like the dodgers have been smoking everyone, they're good but beatable

This literally has no bearing on what would potentially happen in a hypothetical world series matchup. That would occur two and a half months from now, who knows which current players will be healthy/injured, who knows how they will perform in a best of 7 sample size? Teams beat teams all the time and then the next time they play, the other team wins. There are a million examples of this with basically every team (not Colorado), every year.

You don't need to see evidence to know that after you already taken the series in the first 2 game that your foot will naturally come off the pedal a bit. This applies in all series formats.

The MLB regular season isn't a tournament. The reason series exist is scheduling since games are played every day and it would be impossible for teams to travel daily, so they play 2-4 games against the same team instead. The outcome of a series is irrelevant. A team does not gain anything from winning a series. They're all just regular season games and teams are motivated to win as many regular season games as possible. If you think teams "take their foot off the gas" after "winning" a series, you don't watch baseball.