What a sweep (mop) for seattle. Oakland is dead. But let’s be honest, they were dead when Bassit got hurt and Laureano got popped for PEDs
I feel like the Rockies and Braves are definitely going to have to make up that postponed game and they don’t have a mutual off day before the end of the season. I guess it doesn’t matter because the second place team from the East won’t be the second wild card team, so they can just make it up after the season if it’s necessary.
From a Jim Bowden Q/A article on The Athletic... I'll take the under on 3/$150M for Scherzer this offseason, but I do wonder what he could get if he decided to go year-to-year like Bauer talked about. Maybe he could get to $50M in that scenario.
it would seem impossible to trade Bellinger after this year he has had. How hard they pursue Seager will be interesting.
Of course they could trade him, but his value has never been lower. Can’t imagine they trade him this off-season
yes, 'impossible' was not the right term. Clearly they can trade him. But no way Dodgers would sell this low on a former MVP without showing him off healthy in 2022
flew a bit under the radar yesterday, by Kazmir started for the Giants. He debuted in 2004. And is now pitching in meaningful September baseball games.
hes been good but the rest of their staff has been shit no idea how flaherty will look after all that time off
Flaherty will be only able to pitch 2-3 innings at most. He'll be an opener if they win the WC game. Which they wont. Anything can happen in a 1 game playoff, but they're an extremely flawed team. It took a crazy sequence of events to get it (if they hold on to WC2), and they'll be playing the 2nd best team in baseball. I dont think the Dodgers or the Giants have too much to worry about in that game.
Going up against a rested Waino and Cards bullpen when the dodgers/giants are fighting until the final game of the year definitely presents problems for the NL West second place finisher. To say otherwise is sandbagging. Especially if there is a game 163
Yes, all that of that sets up as a best case scenario for the cards. I also dont think it's sandbagging to suggest that even in a best case scenario, It's gonna be a an 85-87ish win team vs a 100+ win team, and the 100+ win team will be heavy favorites, and should be.
I generally root against the Cardinals because I'm still not over losing the 06 WS, but I think it's even more this year because Wainwright shutting down a 100-win team in the WC game and having the media talk about how it shows that "velo isn't that important if you know how to pitch" seems like my nightmare as a neutral observer who just wants to enjoy the playoffs.