mvp 78
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Really depends on how good the WC team was during the regular season. Sometimes, you'll have a WC team that is clearly the 2nd best team in that league (BOS 2003, 2004).
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It's still better than I thought it would be. A slight disadvantage for WC teams seems fair.
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Is baseball better now with a lux cap?
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Who knows? A higher threshold would be good.
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Treading water for 2 weeks is not ideal.
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I guess depending on how it lines up? There's still a disadvantage there.
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Done. If all teams are given a 25% chance to make the WS (3 division winners, 1 WC winner per league), the WC winner only got in 19% of the time.
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Since the Wild Card Game was created: 2012 - Cardinals made it to NLCS 2013 - no WC teams made the Championship round 2014 - both WC winners made it to the WS 2015 - Cubs made the NLCS 2016 - Jays made the ALCS 2017 - Yankees made the ALCS 2018 - no WC teams made the Championship round 2019 - Nats won the WS In 8 years, only 3 WC teams made the WS, with 2 winners.
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Wrong. Division winners are 100% in the playoffs. Wild Card teams are only a 50% chance to make the playoffs. Then, after using their best starter in a playoff game, they have to go face the toughest team in their league. Not sure that's an ideal position for any team.
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They did horrible with IFA's because they got kneecapped by Ben.
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What scouts did Bloom hire? He wasn't allowed to pull anyone from the Rays due to a non compete clause. It's still the same scouting department.
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You. We've already determined that it's not the playoffs. It's no longer up for discussion.
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The fact that Schwarber isn't ready to go yet is not ideal as well.
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Why if you don't even know what the CBA will look like? Why wouldn't he throw his weight around this offseason and get rid of the luxury tax?
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Starting pitching is hard to come by. I was hoping for a quality middle reliever. I'm not sure we got one.
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Playing the "play in" game is not the playoffs, so I agree.
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Andrew Heaney doesn't even help the present of this team.
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Was doing really well in AA. Had a 12.18 k/9. Much better than 2019. Has only appeared in 3 games in AAA. He gave up 3 runs in his first outing, but the next 3 IP were 2H, 2K, 0BB, 0R. Too early to tell. Not seen as the closer of the future anymore, but should be in MLB in the next few years.
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Drafting comes down to the scouting department, not to the GM.
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@PortlandSeaDogs Sea Dogs' pitcher Denyi Reyes will be the starting pitcher for the Dominican Republic as they take on Sea Dogs' first baseman Triston Casas and @USABaseball in the @Olympics.
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It's how it has always been (except in 2020 when nobody wanted to make threads so we just did series threads and that worked out poorly).
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I think you could get Schoop and a valuable reliever for lesser prospects than Aldo Ramirez.
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I don't like this timeline.
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And if you like bombs, why not call up Mieses after the Olympics? https://twitter.com/WooSox/status/1422577512559878153 1083 OPS in AA 873 OPS in AAA What he did to that ball is probably illegal in some states.
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Aldo Ramirez was a fairly decent SP prospect (top 10 on SoxProspects). Schwarber's contract took up the remaining portion of the lux tax cap. They weren't able to do much after taking him. Why not get a guy like Schoop (who can play 1b) and a reliever with actual value?
