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I am also rooting for the Rays in the ALDS. Go Rays!

I like how the site abbreviated the link: mets-f...ckey-callaway

On a positive note, Encarnacion was taking full swings yesterday and today in simulated games and should be good to go for the ALDS. Urshela as well.

In a one game series I'll go with the better pitcher. Scherzer is obviously better than whoever the Brewers are starting. I'm guessing Morton is starting for Tampa and he's damn good, but Manaea has been pretty unhittable since returning so I think the A's have the advantage there (as well as a huge advantage on offense).

Nelson Cruz is probably the guy I'd actively avoid pitching to. He has shown he can mash in the postseason. The rest of their lineup is plenty deep but they have almost no postseason experience, so hopefully that works in our favor. My prediction: Yankees win in 5 games, Didi is the series MVP.

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Feels weird not having to sweat over a play-in game

Just posting this because I found it interesting, you can draw your own conclusions: Year over Year Team HR Comparison ARI: +40 HRs compared to 2018 ATL: +70 BAL: +20 BOS: +30 CHC: +82 CHW: -9 CIN: +49 CLE: +1 COL: +7 DET: +10 HOU: +73 KCR: +4 LAA: +1 LAD: +35 MIA: +9 MIL: +25 MIN: +131!!! NYM: +64 NYY: +32 OAK: +24 PHI: +21 PIT: +4 SDP: +53 SEA: +62 SFG: +31 STL: -2 TBR: +61 TEX: +22 TOR: +23 WSN: +49 - Only two teams this year have hit less HRs than last year (and there's a good chance only one or none will have hit less, since there's still about 5 games to go) - Half of all teams have hit at least 30 more HRs this year than last year - The average team has hit 34 more home runs to this point than all of last season and there have been 18% more HRs in total compared to last year - Four teams have broken last year's single season HR record - The Dodgers hit the 2nd most HRs in baseball last season with 235. That total would not even finish in the top 10 this season. - The Orioles have hit 208 HRs this season, which is the 22nd most in baseball. That total would have been 9th best in baseball last season. - 55 players this season have hit 30+ HRs compared to 27 players last season - 125 players this season have hit 20+ HRs compared to 100 last season Keep in mind that every team still has 4-6 games remaining, so these numbers will end up being even more outrageous.

You'll be back. They always come back. Well, except for the people that never came back. Farewell.

I think Happ will be getting a start in the postseason now. s***.

I would think that probability-wise, catching two teams while down 9 games with 13 to go would be one of the most improbable comebacks of all time in all sports. Even trying to lookup their odds, it comes up as 0.0%. They're not technically eliminated but math says you have a better shot at winning the Pick4.

Miracle is a great movie (I was a sperm during gametime so I can't speak about the game itself). I can respect not giving up until it's over, but the difference between the Sox now and that historic game is that the USA and Soviets started the game 0-0, whereas Boston is currently down by 9 goals in the 3rd period. Maybe they can bring Eruzione in to play second base!

And sure enough Encarnacion leaves with an oblique strain and Sanchez exits the game. I think we should just stop talking about injuries.

I refuse to get excited about people coming back, because it has not worked out all season.

Maybe see if you can trade for Gerritt Cole

I'm still holding out hope that Stanton returns in time to play in at least a week of games before the postseason. If not, I guess we can plug Frazier into LF and hope nobody hits the ball at him? Or replace him in the 6th inning like we did with Andujar. Or maybe Ellsbury will be ready for the postseason, who knows!

Did anyone else notice JD use that lady fan's tits to stop his momentum?

I remember earlier in the season a lot of people thought Porcello was struggling because he looked to be short-arming his pitches. Is that still the case, or is it just general suckiness?

Is Chacin an actual starter or a 2-3 inning kinda guy? Never heard of him.

Could be worse. The Mets (of course) blew a 6 run lead in the 9th inning tonight. Teams entering the 9th inning with a 6 run lead were 274-0 coming into today.

That sucks, now Gio won't be eligible for the batting title

Red Sox PO odds are currently 9.8% on Fangraphs

The Red Sox odds at reaching the WC game on 8/21 were 1.8%. As of today those odds are 7.1%. It's not likely that they make it, but as a fan who has burned before by s*** that has never happened before in baseball history, I won't discount them until that number drops to 0%.

I think the magic number is now 19 for the division. With only 6 games on this homestand (before 9 straight on the road) there's a decent chance they won't get to celebrate in front of the home crowd. But I get your sentiment.

Runs in baseball are up by 9% this year (is it due to worse pitching or the juiced ball?) so you may have to handicap this year's ERAs when comparing to last year.