2018 Regular Season Thread

24-09-2018 10:36am

jack presley wrote: »

D’Backs, Giants, Nats and Phillies all have nothing to play for so all might be mailing it in.

Both the D-Backs and Giants wont roll over for the Dodgers.
Rockies definitely have the easier run in.

Dodgers definitely need to pick up a game over the Rockies over the next series

jack presley · 25-09-2018 8:33pm

https://twitter.com/MLBStatoftheDay/status/1044409716703727616

Igotadose · 26-09-2018 7:41am

Interesting the AL is decided except for home-field in the WC game, while the NL still has 5 teams chasing 4 berths - Central and West winners and the 2 wild cards. Even the Cardinals are still in the running. This with teams with only 4-5 games left to play. Very entertaining and a win for having come up with the wild card in baseball. Seattle and Tampa can each win 90 games and not get into the postseason, food for thought for next year.

26-09-2018 8:48am

Hey Rockies, would you mind losing a couple of games in a row please.

Doodah7 · 26-09-2018 2:20pm

Cubs are doing what the Cubs always (used to) do!! A win tonight is vital against the Pirates who they have not been able to hit all season...

Possibility of a tie with the Brewers resulting in a one game play-off to decide the Division winners followed by the one Wild Card game!

jack presley · 26-09-2018 3:03pm

Doodah7 wrote: »

Possibility of a tie with the Brewers resulting in a one game play-off to decide the Division winners followed by the one Wild Card game!

Every fan with no horse in the race is wishing for that.

jack presley · 26-09-2018 5:33pm

8-10 wrote: »

Or you can keep watching professionals forced to bat 0.091 in the NL for easy outs

Walk off single for Madison Bumgarner in a pinch hitting role last night.

(his average is still .167 though!)

jack presley · 27-09-2018 6:57am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Hey Rockies, would you mind losing a couple of games in a row please.

Swapped lead with Dodgers now. This weekend is going to be great.

27-09-2018 9:09am

jack presley wrote: »

Swapped lead with Dodgers now. This weekend is going to be great.

With a game in hand at home against the Phillies who are on the beach already.

Dodgers finish in San Fran, where as the Rockies finish at home against the Nats.

Think the Dodgers need a sweep, but 2 from 3 should be enough for the Wild Card spot

jack presley · 27-09-2018 11:21pm

Deleted User wrote: »

With a game in hand at home against the Phillies who are on the beach already.

Dodgers finish in San Fran, where as the Rockies finish at home against the Nats.

Think the Dodgers need a sweep, but 2 from 3 should be enough for the Wild Card spot

Another win for the Rockies. Pressure on the Dodgers tomorrow now.

28-09-2018 10:22am

jack presley wrote: »

Another win for the Rockies. Pressure on the Dodgers tomorrow now.

Rockies have to be favorites to win the West, then the Dodgers for the WC spot.
Cardianls have to be the outsiders based on the remaining games

Rockies (H) to the Nats
Dodgers (A) to the Giants
Cardinals (A) to the Cubs

jack presley · 29-09-2018 9:25am

Good wins for both the Dodgers and Rockies last night. I'd say the Cards are done now and it'll be the Dodgers in the WC. Having to go to (more than likely) Milwaukee won't be easy though.

jack presley · 29-09-2018 9:30am

Nice to see David Wright back on the field last night. Ok, so he grounded out to third in his pinch hit at-bat but still got the standing ovation. He starts today so will get an even better send off I'm sure.

jack presley · 30-09-2018 1:30am

jack presley wrote: »

Nice to see David Wright back on the field last night. Ok, so he grounded out to third in his pinch hit at-bat but still got the standing ovation. He starts today so will get an even better send off I'm sure.

#5

Thanks!

Coeus · 30-09-2018 1:39am

jack presley wrote: »

#5

Thanks!

Was watching...it was a nice gesture by the Mets to give him this night...and well deserved!

Igotadose · 30-09-2018 9:46am

Must've been nice there last night. So many memories, that amazing over-the-shoulder running catch...the home run in the WS vs. the Royals... Just not fair he was injured so much, surefire HOF if he even plays half the games he missed at his typical 30/30 level. Great fielder, I remember Chipper Jones whining when Wright won the gold glove, what a prima-donna.

https://youtu.be/pYVu3449rRg

(First 3 or so minutes is the video, then Wright walking around the field.)

jack presley · 30-09-2018 3:21pm

I'm looking forward to tonights games. Dodgers/Rockies and Cubs/Brewers all on at the same time and fighting to avoid the one game playoff. If they match, it's a one gamer tomorrow to decide the division.

While that's great for the neutral, I really think the head to head between the two teams should determine the division as opposed to a game 163.

jack presley · 30-09-2018 10:12pm

No real drama this afternoon. All 4 winning easily enough.

jack presley · 01-10-2018 12:09am

Games 163

Brewers @ Cubs 6pm our time
Rockies @ Dodgers 9pm.

rebelyell99 · 01-10-2018 3:21pm

Looking forward to the two tiebreakers today ,will have real postseason feel about them.Great month of baseball ahead

jack presley · 01-10-2018 4:16pm

rebelyell99 wrote: »

Looking forward to the two tiebreakers today ,will have real postseason feel about them.Great month of baseball ahead

Not win or go home though but the consequences of losing are still fairly big.

I wonder if a side falls behind early will they just call it quits and have the scrubs do mop up duty to save the team for the WC game tomorrow.

01-10-2018 4:32pm

jack presley wrote: »

Not win or go home though but the consequences of losing are still fairly big.

I wonder if a side falls behind early will they just call it quits and have the scrubs do mop up duty to save the team for the WC game tomorrow.

The Dodgers vs Rockies game is particularly important
Winner gets home advantage against the Braves in the NLDS
Loser gets to travel to either Chicago or Milwaukee for the WC game

Going to skip watching the Brewers game (hope they win) and only watch the Dodgers games. No way the wife will allow me to watch both

Igotadose · 01-10-2018 5:06pm

So, Yelich has a slim chance at the first NL triple crown since 1937. He needs 2+ home runs and to beat someone else by 2+ RBI. It's possible since this playoff game counts towards the regular season. Even if he falls short, wow what a year. Marlins had some players, Yelich, Stanton, a great pitcher who unfortunately died, some very good other players (Gordon jumps to mind.) Yelich should keep the Brewers interesting for the next few years, imagine if they'd been able to pry deGrom or Syndegaard loose from the Mets.

Speaking of Syndegaard, he and Wheeler had more wins than deGrom. Heh. No one thinks wins are important anymore it's all this fancy ERA+/FIP/WHIP/... stuff. Wheeler was a very pleasant surprise, finally seemed to figure it out. Now only 228 days till pitchers & catchers report.

circular flexing · 01-10-2018 7:26pm

Igotadose wrote: »

some very good other players (Gordon jumps to mind.)

As the Mariners found out, Dee Gordon was hugely over rated. Granted they played him out of position in CF but he was horrible at the plate and completely incapable of taking a walk. There's also some open questions about the kind of environment he encouraged in the clubhouse. I sincerely hope the Mariners dump him this off season.

jack presley · 01-10-2018 7:32pm

This game is very enjoyable. Moving along at a nice pace too. Already into the 6th.

Yelich is 3-3.....!!!!

circular flexing · 01-10-2018 7:50pm

Just noticed the NL wild card game is tomorrow - hardly seems fair to the teams playing today.

jack presley · 01-10-2018 7:52pm

circular flexing wrote: »

Just noticed the NL wild card game is tomorrow - hardly seems fair to the teams playing today.

Yeah, probably too late to switch days with the AL one but teams play every day in the regular season so they should be used to it. At least the two losers today play each other and not some other side who are at home resting

Igotadose · 01-10-2018 8:16pm

circular flexing wrote: »

As the Mariners found out, Dee Gordon was hugely over rated. Granted they played him out of position in CF but he was horrible at the plate and completely incapable of taking a walk. There's also some open questions about the kind of environment he encouraged in the clubhouse. I sincerely hope the Mariners dump him this off season.

Dunno what it is when playing in Seattle. Adrian Beltre was awful, goes back to Texas and there's mutterings about the HOF with him. Coco Crisp, disaster when he gets to Seattle. Richie Sexson not the unmitigated disaster of those two, but seriously fell off the cliff.

Kind of like my favorite example, Roberto "Achhh, pthui!" Alomar as a NY Met. Travesty he got into the HOF simply based on how he did in Cleveland, he was a joke in NYC.

Maybe in Gordon's case it was AL pitching, maybe the position change. Really hard to tell. Seems like if a players good, it won't matter where he plays, yet, some continue to do well after changing teams, many do not.

Waitsian · 01-10-2018 8:56pm

Igotadose wrote: »

Kind of like my favorite example, Roberto "Achhh, pthui!" Alomar as a NY Met. Travesty he got into the HOF simply based on how he did in Cleveland, he was a joke in NYC.

Ahem. You forgetting somewhere? Toronto too. In fact his best years were in Canada, and he's in the HOF as a Blue Jay.

rebelyell99 · 01-10-2018 10:06pm

N.L wildcard game in wrigley tomorrow night,whether its against the Rockies or Dodgers its gonna be some atmosphere.No better ballpark in the game imo.

jack presley · 01-10-2018 10:43pm

rebelyell99 wrote: »

N.L wildcard game in wrigley tomorrow night,whether its against the Rockies or Dodgers its gonna be some atmosphere.No better ballpark in the game imo.

Atmosphere was great there today. Plenty of Brewers fans there. It'll be more of a home crowd tomorrow though.

jack presley · 01-10-2018 10:58pm

4-0 Dodgers and the Rockies being no-hit. I'm off to bed, hopefully I don't miss some sort of comeback.

01-10-2018 11:04pm

jack presley wrote: »

4-0 Dodgers and the Rockies being no-hit. I'm off to bed, hopefully I don't miss some sort of comeback.

Despite been 4-0, its been a good Pitchers duel.
Rockies were unlucky with the first 2 runs in the 4th. The Rockies pitcher struck out 4 in that inning, and still gave up the 2 runs on one hit

02-10-2018 9:44am

So after a very up and down season, Dodgers finished 2nd seed in the NL.
Could easily have missed the playoffs altogether.

Feeling pretty confident about the rotation now that they get a couple of days off.
Kershaw
Beuhler
Ryu
Hill

All in good form right now.

Are we doing predictions for the playoffs?

For the Wild Card games, I'm going with:
Cubs
As

Then in the NL
Cubs over Brewers in 5
Dodgers over Braves in 4

Dodgers over the Cubs in 5

In the AL
Red Sox over As in 3
Indians over the Astros in 5

Indians over the Red Sox in 6

World Series:
Dodgers over Indians in 5

8-10 · 02-10-2018 9:45am

Hope Red Sox give it a really good go this year, we've been excellent in the regular season

jack presley · 02-10-2018 9:52am

Let the crap shoot begin.

100+ wins mean nothing now....!!!!

As a fan with no horse in the race (as usual!), I’m really looking forward to the next month.

jack presley · 02-10-2018 9:59am

8-10 wrote: »

Hope Red Sox give it a really good go this year, we've been excellent in the regular season

The bullpen’s a bit of a worry though isn’t it?

Will be interested to see how David Price gets on in his start too.

Igotadose · 02-10-2018 10:35am

Do we need a postseason thread now?

jack presley · 02-10-2018 11:05am

Igotadose wrote: »

Do we need a postseason thread now?

Yep!

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057916160/1/#post108236852

Igotadose · 02-10-2018 11:42am

Yankees over A's
Rockies over Cubs

8-10 · 02-10-2018 5:22pm

jack presley wrote: »

The bullpen’s a bit of a worry though isn’t it?

Not hugely. Overall we're a "score what you want and we'll score more" type of team. I don't expect too many low scoring games it's just a case of keeping the bats hot and running the bases well. We score a lot of runs.

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