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Re: 2025 Playoff Chase & Standings Watch 

Post#201 » by Randle McMurphy » Today 2:39 am

pingpongrac wrote:
vaff87 wrote:Fangraphs updated odds give us a 92.1% chance of winning the division.


5-1 on our 6-game homestand while outscoring opponents 34-13 and the next two series come against teams with a combined 0.3% chance of making the playoffs. It's pretty much all but guaranteed at this point that we'll win the division – and likely finish with the best record in the AL – especially considering how we have generally been playing for the past 4 months. Wild to me that some people are so paranoid of the miniscule chance of us losing the division lead that they can't let the majority of fans enjoy the moment.

All but guaranteed eh?

Look up 1987. If FGs existed then, the odds would have been much better than that.
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Re: 2025 Playoff Chase & Standings Watch 

Post#202 » by pingpongrac » Today 2:49 am

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pingpongrac wrote:
vaff87 wrote:Fangraphs updated odds give us a 92.1% chance of winning the division.


5-1 on our 6-game homestand while outscoring opponents 34-13 and the next two series come against teams with a combined 0.3% chance of making the playoffs. It's pretty much all but guaranteed at this point that we'll win the division – and likely finish with the best record in the AL – especially considering how we have generally been playing for the past 4 months. Wild to me that some people are so paranoid of the miniscule chance of us losing the division lead that they can't let the majority of fans enjoy the moment.

All but guaranteed eh?

Look up 1987. If FGs existed then, the odds would have been much better than that.


I'd wager my account for the next two months that we hold onto the division lead. If we do, you go two whole days without clogging up the board with your negativity about all things Blue Jays not Varsho and Kirk. Deal?
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Re: 2025 Playoff Chase & Standings Watch 

Post#203 » by duppyy » Today 2:52 am

pingpongrac wrote:Magic number to clinch the division is 11 with 15 games remaining and we are essentially 3 wins up on the Tigers for the best record in the AL. A good road trip for us this week likely all but seals the fate of the Yankees and Tigers. Also, a 7-6 finish the for us the rest of the way forces the Yankees to win all but 1 of their last 13 games to leapfrog us. Looking damn good.


I believe it’s 10 games to clinch the division.
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Re: 2025 Playoff Chase & Standings Watch 

Post#204 » by vaff87 » Today 3:03 am

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pingpongrac wrote:Magic number to clinch the division is 11 with 15 games remaining and we are essentially 3 wins up on the Tigers for the best record in the AL. A good road trip for us this week likely all but seals the fate of the Yankees and Tigers. Also, a 7-6 finish the for us the rest of the way forces the Yankees to win all but 1 of their last 13 games to leapfrog us. Looking damn good.


I believe it’s 10 games to clinch the division.


9 now, I think. Most the Yankees can get is 96 wins. We have 87 wins, and the tiebreaker over the Yankees.
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Re: 2025 Playoff Chase & Standings Watch 

Post#205 » by Randle McMurphy » Today 3:04 am

pingpongrac wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:
pingpongrac wrote:
5-1 on our 6-game homestand while outscoring opponents 34-13 and the next two series come against teams with a combined 0.3% chance of making the playoffs. It's pretty much all but guaranteed at this point that we'll win the division – and likely finish with the best record in the AL – especially considering how we have generally been playing for the past 4 months. Wild to me that some people are so paranoid of the miniscule chance of us losing the division lead that they can't let the majority of fans enjoy the moment.

All but guaranteed eh?

Look up 1987. If FGs existed then, the odds would have been much better than that.


I'd wager my account for the next two months that we hold onto the division lead. If we do, you go two whole days without clogging up the board with your negativity about all things Blue Jays not Varsho and Kirk. Deal?

Why would I make that bet if the odds are apparently only 8% for me? Doesn’t seem favourable.
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Re: 2025 Playoff Chase & Standings Watch 

Post#206 » by Randle McMurphy » Today 3:07 am

vaff87 wrote:
duppyy wrote:
pingpongrac wrote:Magic number to clinch the division is 11 with 15 games remaining and we are essentially 3 wins up on the Tigers for the best record in the AL. A good road trip for us this week likely all but seals the fate of the Yankees and Tigers. Also, a 7-6 finish the for us the rest of the way forces the Yankees to win all but 1 of their last 13 games to leapfrog us. Looking damn good.


I believe it’s 10 games to clinch the division.


9 now, I think. Most the Yankees can get is 96 wins. We have 87 wins, and the tiebreaker over the Yankees.

Any combination of 9 Jays wins or Yankees losses.

Unfortunately the Yankees are playing the Twins and Orioles this week (a possible 7-0), we are going to have to somehow knock that down ourselves against the nemesis Rays.
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Re: 2025 Playoff Chase & Standings Watch 

Post#207 » by pingpongrac » Today 4:24 am

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Randle McMurphy wrote:All but guaranteed eh?

Look up 1987. If FGs existed then, the odds would have been much better than that.


I'd wager my account for the next two months that we hold onto the division lead. If we do, you go two whole days without clogging up the board with your negativity about all things Blue Jays not Varsho and Kirk. Deal?

Why would I make that bet if the odds are apparently only 8% for me? Doesn’t seem favourable.


How is that not favourable for you? 60 days for me and 2 days for you means I'm basically giving you +3000 odds for something that is more like +1100 lol.
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Re: 2025 Playoff Chase & Standings Watch 

Post#208 » by Randle McMurphy » Today 4:35 am

pingpongrac wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:
pingpongrac wrote:
I'd wager my account for the next two months that we hold onto the division lead. If we do, you go two whole days without clogging up the board with your negativity about all things Blue Jays not Varsho and Kirk. Deal?

Why would I make that bet if the odds are apparently only 8% for me? Doesn’t seem favourable.


How is that not favourable for you? 60 days for me and 2 days for you means I'm basically giving you +3000 odds for something that is more like +1100 lol.

It’s a hard pass. This board needs my input and insight, now more than ever. Someone has to defend management when it is deserved and trash them when it isn’t regardless of the ups and downs of any particular season.

I just can’t take that kind of risk.
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Re: 2025 Playoff Chase & Standings Watch 

Post#209 » by SharoneWright » Today 6:16 am

I remember 1987. (Barely)

I also remember the Leafs being up 2–0 in games and 2–0 in the 1st period of Game 3 against Panthers last spring. My kid turned to me in the car and told me we were going to win the series… I stared blankly ahead.

I do think we face enough middling teams the rest of the way to get the division this time around, but I’m certainly not counting my chickens.
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Re: 2025 Playoff Chase & Standings Watch 

Post#210 » by Jerry Lucas » Today 1:39 pm

Randle McMurphy wrote:
pingpongrac wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:All but guaranteed eh?

Look up 1987. If FGs existed then, the odds would have been much better than that.


I'd wager my account for the next two months that we hold onto the division lead. If we do, you go two whole days without clogging up the board with your negativity about all things Blue Jays not Varsho and Kirk. Deal?

Why would I make that bet if the odds are apparently only 8% for me? Doesn’t seem favourable.

It's also such an easy offer for him to make. Even if the 8% comes true, ghosting the board for 2 months is probably what he would do anyway if the Jays choke the division lead/top 2 AL seed, after how confidently he's been posting that a collapse won't happen.
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