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Too true. Mats had everything the way they wanted it going into the last weekend. Max couldn't come through, just like tonight, just like last year for the Dodgers.
Best hope Degrom can bounce back tomorrow. More importantly, the bats have to wake up. This line up can sure go from fearsome to super-soft in a flash. Aside from Escobar, they've underperformed hugely.
Not to mention the irony of letting Wheeler walk away, given the job he did for Philly today.
Sox fans (like Brewers fans) need something to do this post season!!
AL Wild Card
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NL Wild Card
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Tiebreaker #1: total # games in WS 5
Tiebreaker #2: total # games of playoffs i.e. 44
Metheny had a couple shots at the top job and didn't produce. Must have been great in interviews.
So happy he got it! The pressure must have been intolerable the past few weeks. What a relief!
Chapman might not be such a bad choice. Someone has to wheel around the mop and bucket.
Actually I think the Mets match up much better with the Dodgers than the Braves. With Buehler and Gonsolin out, the Dodgers rotation is a tad thin. It speaks to how good the Dodgers are that they're still considered the best team in MLB after losing their top 2 starters. Imagine the Mets without Degrom and Scherzer.
IMO the Braves are the team to beat this post season. They match up really well vs any line up in baseball. You might make the case that their rotation isn't as tough as the Mets, but we just saw what happened there. Their bullpen is stocked and their in-season moves, mainly promoting Harris and Grissom, blow away any other teams' promotions or trades. Who knows? Maybe Ruf and Naquin light it up in October, but there's no evidence of that happening yet.
No doubt. They need to win the division much more than Braves IMO. Their #'s 1&2 aren't capable of pitching on short rest and haven't been putting together back to back quality starts lately.
You're only down 1. Plenty of time. Just need the pen and a bat or 2 to step up.
Bassitt with a shaky 3rd inning puts the questions to the Mets:
1. Can the bats actually stage a comeback?
2. Can the bullpen lock down some innings?
This hasn't been a good weekend for Buck and the lads, and that's putting it mildly. A comeback here and now would change all of that.
So, in trading for Benintendi, the Yankees got the cheapest top option on the market because of their hesitance to ever do something aggressive (Juan Soto, Ian Happ, Mike Yastrzemski, for example).
Lil' Yaz??!! The dude wants to be taken seriously and he's complaining about picking up Benintendi instead of Yaz???!!!!
Made my day!
That sums up the Crew's season quite well. Last year, the rotation was injury free. This year, it's been Burnes and whoever can lace em up.
Lack of depth is the curse of the small market team.
How many hack sportswriters are paying their mortgages covering the Yanks? Without CASHhole to kick around, what on earth could they write about?
Yanks are in. They have a bye. Stories about "what could have been" this season are ludicrous at best.
I love insightful baseball coverage, but looking back with 20/20 vision about deals that haven't even settled yet, and worse, citing ruined clubhouse chemistry without naming names, is about as perceptive and intelligent as a review of the stadium nachos.
https://gothamist.com/food/yankee-stadium-is-selling-nachos-in-a-helmet-for-20
Crushing loss yesterday. So many chances to run up a huge lead early
Milwaukee isn't good at all when woodruff isn't pitching. Burnes has been less than lights out and the offence struggles with RISP.
Phillies are the better team but they've been awful since Harper returned to the line up.
Can only be an improvement on Darrin Ruf.
What a win! I wouldn't say it was a "must" win for the Mets but with Atlanta fizzing out against the Nats, you're back in solid control. Escobar has been clutch since coming off the DL. He's a professional hitter who won't give away too many ABs or get overwhelmed by the moment. He's a much better playoff choice than Baty.
Of all the playoff teams, the Mets are the team that needs the bye most IMO. The last thing you need is Scherzer and Degrom trying to pitch through the WC into the NLDS and onward. Max couldn't handle it last season.
Fantastic! All time drug-free leader in HRs. Open the vault!
Have you seen enough of Kimbrel in Dodger Blue for a season?
Yanks clinch! Plenty of time to set the roster and rotation for the division series. The blistering start at the beginning of the year certainly took off the pressure in September. Hate to think he won't break Maris' record, but 60 without drug intervention is a nice, round number for Judge.
Mets stall. Again. This team has dropped too many games against patsy opponenets in September. Love this quote about the possibility of moving the Mets/Braves series because of hurricaine fear: “We know what’s going on,” Mets manager Buck Showalter said, stressing the importance of first getting through the team’s two-game series against the Marlins. “I really don’t want to put a focus on that, because our guys have done a great job of staying on task.” Hate to see what the Mets would look like if they lost focus.
Brewers ready for a bath in the latrine. The Phillies have done all they could to help Milwaukee win the final WC, but looks like 4 years of post season play in a row is enough the Crew. Look for Stearns to find employment elsewhere next season.
Haha! Too true. Hal and Cashstrap gonna get exactly what they deserve. Hopefully the Red Sox do their part in pushing that annual salary number a few clicks higher for a couple more years!
WTF happened to Degrom today? Injury? Angel Hernandez get into his head. Never thought I'd see a thumping like that one this late in the season.
Didn't know he was a family pansy. It all makes more sense now, especially the down-talking of Jeter and Judge in public. You'd only get away with that as a GM if the owner had your back.
Good to see Counsel hand Rogers a mop and bucket to clean up the 10-2 ninth inning in Cincy. That's all he should be doing untill this season ends and he leaves town.
I was wondering when this line of reporting would come up. Cashhole has made some serious bonehead moves, but the $$ lost to the Yanks by chiseling Judge could well top the list for 2022. Certainly top 3!
I really don't get how this guy keeps his job year in and year out. Plus he's an arrogant little weasel who has the audacity to publically shiit-talk his players. What's the appeal?
Perfect fit in Milwaukee!
Crew has lost the season series, both to San Diego and Philly. They need to make up 3 games with 12 to play. If they can go 7-5 in the last 12, well for Milwaukee, that's a serious improvement on their recent play.
Definitely some 'splainin' to be done by Stearns: "We certainly care about winning a World Series, and I think that is something that consistent competitiveness leads to – a World Series," said Stearns. "That is how you win a World Series – you give yourself as many chances in the playoffs as you can possibly have." of course, this approach assumes you actually make the playoffs. I'd happilly trade off 4-5 seaons of Pirates-style AAA baseball for a title, which you win by deciding to go hard at the trade deadline because your 2-3 year window is open, as the Braves did last year.
I'll be pulling for the Chops to lose this weekend. Philly sure has a lot of motivation to make a statement. It's not just winning the WC, but they may very well be seeing the Braves in the WC round.
Moore architected a world series winner in a small market. How rare is that? They should build a statue of the guy!
Thanks Buck. We needed that W.
Taylor Rogers gives it up again. It's a bit late now to be benching a guy except when you need some mopping up done, but this guy has to go. His pitching has been horrible, but worse is the erosion of any clubhouse morale since the trade. You see it in the players' faces every time he blows a hard-earned lead with another hanging slider. There's an emptiness in Adames' eyes you NEVER see.
Makes total sense why the Twins moved him on so cheaply.
Well some trades don't work out straight away. I'm not talking about Rogers here. Lindor and Diaz. Those deals sure look a helluva lot better this season than last.
The Processing Facility is the key. No point complaining about how the stock is undervalued when you're missing your milestones, the ones the company set. And not issuing updates as to why.
I'm long here, but this stock price is no surprise in the current market.
Woodruff was superb tonight. He made huge pitches under pressure all night.
Deer in the headlights action from Stanton these days.
That was probably the worst strike call I've seen this season. Inexcusable, especially that late in a tight game.
Boy did we need that win tonight. Pretty impressed with the rookie coming through down 1-2 in the count.
Is that what you noticed? Lovin' that Yanks middle infield D in the 8th! We need more of that!
And we sure need a lot less of Taylor Rogers. That Hader trade keeps on giving....to the opposition.
Especially scenic when lefties are at the plate. Sure beats watching Jace Peterson swing through another fastball!
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I still think you got big problems if you're counting on Diaz for saves that start before the 9th.
First it's not sustainable over a playoff run.
Second, at some point you'll need a pitcher to step up and deliver late in a big game. And right now, Buck's letting the entire bullpen know he has no confidence in any of them. Effective relievers thrive on momentum and this over-reliance on Diaz isn't building much of that.
It's an ugly finish for that final NL wild card. Philly looks downright legit compared to the padres and Brewers, but they gave up a lead in a tight game in Atlanta.
The crew has shown some heart tonight to scrap back from a 5 run hole, but it's early. 5 more games against NY teams is a tough schedule.
Wouldn't mind seeing some more of Luetge!!!!