2018 MLB Postseson Thread

jack presley · 02-10-2018 10:05AM #1

For the upcoming postseason and World Series discussion......

jack presley · 02-10-2018 10:10AM

Wild Card Games

Rockies @ Cubs - 1am tonight
Athletics @ Yankees - 1am Wed night/Thurs morning

Thursday - NLDS starts
Friday - NLDS continues, ALDS starts.

02-10-2018 10:17AM

Lets go Dodgers

rebelyell99 · 02-10-2018 03:27PM

I fancy the As to go to the bronx tomorrow night and win a slugfest in extra innings.They have the bats to go toe to toe with the yanks.

boccy23 · 02-10-2018 03:30PM

rebelyell99 wrote: »

I fancy the As to go to the bronx tomorrow night and win a slugfest in extra innings.They have the bats to go toe to toe with the yanks.

I can see a huge storm as the Bombers bomb out as well. Really impressed with the A's. Think their bullpen will be the difference.

rebelyell99 · 02-10-2018 06:29PM

boccy23 wrote: »

I can see a huge storm as the Bombers bomb out as well. Really impressed with the A's. Think their bullpen will be the difference.

At the same time it would be great to see a yankees vs red sox series

rebelyell99 · 02-10-2018 08:03PM

The wildcard games are very exciting but the ine negative is they seem to take forever .I remember watching the yankees and twins last year and it went on for over 5 hours.The 1st inning lasted over an hour.I supose the lenght is down to all the pitching changes.

circular flexing · 02-10-2018 11:12PM

Yankees go with Severino for the WC game - bit surprised at that, thought Happ would be a better choice (even after he gave up a grand slam on Friday night).

Coeus · 02-10-2018 11:34PM

rebelyell99 wrote: »

The wildcard games are very exciting but the ine negative is they seem to take forever .I remember watching the yankees and twins last year and it went on for over 5 hours.The 1st inning lasted over an hour.I supose the lenght is down to all the pitching changes.

Been one and done games, everyone is available so pitchers have alot shorter leash that normal.

Tonight I guess the Cubs have to be favourites given they are home again and the Rockies have had to take 2 travel days in a row and that might catch up with them. Hopefully not as I'd like to see the Rockies have a run...

jack presley · 03-10-2018 06:04AM

Not a bad start in terms of excitement.

rebelyell99 · 03-10-2018 06:31AM

Bye bye cubs see ya next spring.Wasnt a great game in terms of batting but it had drama and thats what your looking for.Roll on tonight gonna be a belter.

rebelyell99 · 03-10-2018 06:32AM

Bye bye cubs see ya next spring.Wasnt a great game in terms of batting but it had drama and thats what your looking for.Roll on tonight gonna be a belter.

03-10-2018 09:16AM

I was a little surprised to see the Rockies pull out the W last night.
Their last three nights have been in
Denver
LA
Chicago

The one thing I'll say, is that they've been on a good run. Won 10 of their last 12.
I expect the Brewers to be too fresh for them though.

I feel for the Cubs a little though. Joint best record in the NL, and lose the WC game.

Captain Hindsight wrote:

They would have been better off throwing their last game or two, to avoid the tie-breaker game.

circular flexing · 04-10-2018 05:07AM

The Bombers got the job done anyway. It was probably over as soon as Judge hit the HR in the 1st though the A's had their chances. Severino was good without being dominant, he really struggled with his change-up/slider as A's weren't chasing much outside the zone.

Anyway, first Red Sox - Yankees postseason series since 2004. Can't wait.

jack presley · 04-10-2018 07:57AM

I’ve heard a few commentators describing the ‘opener releiver’ strategy the past few days so once the Yankees blew that plan out of the water, it was always going to be a struggle for Oakland to win.

Igotadose · 04-10-2018 08:04AM

Hey, fix the thread title! PostseAson

Sigh. Y*****s move on.

04-10-2018 08:20AM

Yankees win was probably a good thing for the Playoffs
3 out of the 4 DS matchups look pretty tasty from a fair weather fans perspective

jack presley · 04-10-2018 08:27AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yankees win was probably a good thing for the Playoffs
3 out of the 4 DS matchups look pretty tasty from a fair weather fans perspective

I think they all look tasty. Looking forward to them all.

04-10-2018 08:33AM

jack presley wrote: »

I think they all look tasty. Looking forward to them all.

Yeah, Rockies vs Brewers should be good, but it wont get the media attention that the other 3 receive

Igotadose · 04-10-2018 09:34AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah, Rockies vs Brewers should be good, but it wont get the media attention that the other 3 receive

Rockies seem to have pretty good pitching. Not something you'd normally attribute to them. Should be a fine series. Here's hoping some surprising team gets through, enough already with the Y*****s, Dodgers, Red Sox...

kmart6 · 04-10-2018 12:49PM

Comfortable enough win for the Yankees last night. The Judge HR really tore up the A's plans. Trivino pitched well. Severino getting out of the bases loaded jam really turned it, was hard to see the A's coming back then. That Hechavarria catch was unreal!

04-10-2018 12:52PM

Igotadose wrote: »

Hey, fix the thread title! PostseAson

I can't help but seeing this every time I see the thread now

jack presley · 04-10-2018 12:58PM

And just to be a d***, I’m not going to change it.....!!!!

jack presley · 04-10-2018 12:59PM

So who are the neutrals rooting for? I’d like to see Milwaukee win it and if not them, maybe Colorado.

boccy23 · 04-10-2018 01:15PM

Brewers over Rockies in 4
Braves over Dodgers in 5

Indians over Astros in 5
Red Sox over Yanks in 3

Brewers over Braves in 7

Red Sox over Indians in 6

Red Sox win it all in 5

04-10-2018 01:47PM

Rockies over Brewers in 4
Dodgers over Braves in 5

Indians over Astros in 4
Yankees over Red Sox in 5

Dodgers over Rockies in 6
Yankees over Indians in 5

Dodgers over Yankees in 6

jack presley · 04-10-2018 02:54PM

Might be time to watch ‘4 Days in October’ again.

Coeus · 04-10-2018 09:13PM

jack presley wrote: »

So who are the neutrals rooting for? I’d like to see Milwaukee win it and if not them, maybe Colorado.

Indians v Rockies in the World Series final as we all know the MLB heads would love it to be Dodgers v Yankees

circular flexing · 04-10-2018 09:24PM

Interesting reading about Oakland's pitching approach to the game last night. Apparently they had been planning a bullpen roster for most of September, indeed their WC roster only had one starter in it. For all his regular season success with limited payroll, Billy Beane still hasn't figured out the postseason.

jack presley · 04-10-2018 10:03PM

Yelich at it again.

jack presley · 04-10-2018 10:05PM

jack presley wrote: »

Yelich at it again.

Marlins fans must be sick that they had the 2017 NL MVP and the likely 2018 NL MVP on their roster this time last year.

05-10-2018 07:10AM

Good start from the Dodgers. If they can get another win tonight behind Kershaw, then that's the series wrapped up realistically.

Niles Crane · 05-10-2018 11:00AM

I was watching the Brewers Rockies game last night and is it just me or was the picture from behind the pitcher very hazy.

All the other camera angles were very clear but the view from behind the pitcher on screen was much much worse.

rebelyell99 · 05-10-2018 11:14AM

I Think the Dodgers Braves series is a done deal tbh.Really looking forward to Astros Indians expect that one to go 5 games.

jack presley · 05-10-2018 03:36PM

rebelyell99 wrote: »

I Think the Dodgers Braves series is a done deal tbh.Really looking forward to Astros Indians expect that one to go 5 games.

All 5 (if it goes that far) on at reasonable hours for us over here too.

Comic Book Guy · 05-10-2018 07:58PM

Some performance by Verlander so far....

jack presley · 05-10-2018 08:27PM

Comic Book Guy wrote: »

Some performance by Verlander so far....

Great through 5 alright but wheels came off a bit in the 6th. Up to his mates to bail him out now.

EDIT - and they kind of do (only 2 runs)

Comic Book Guy · 05-10-2018 08:30PM

jack presley wrote: »

Great through 5 alright but wheels came off a bit in the 6th. Up to his mates to bail him out now.

I flicked over at end of the 5th and only getting back to it now!

jack presley · 05-10-2018 09:45PM

Comic Book Guy wrote: »

I flicked over at end of the 5th and only getting back to it now!

Good all round performance from Houston there.

jack presley · 06-10-2018 08:54AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Good start from the Dodgers. If they can get another win tonight behind Kershaw, then that's the series wrapped up realistically.

Has there ever been a sweep without giving up a run? Wouldn't surprise me here with the way Buehler's been pitching lately, although Game 3 will be on the road.

Igotadose · 06-10-2018 10:11AM

jack presley wrote: »

Has there ever been a sweep without giving up a run? Wouldn't surprise me here with the way Buehler's been pitching lately, although Game 3 will be on the road.

Closest I could find, going back to 1998, Yankees swept the Rangers in 3 games, giving up just one run. It was earned.:D Google's not showing a scoreless sweep otherwise.

krustydoyle · 07-10-2018 12:16AM

How good do the Astros look??

circular flexing · 07-10-2018 05:26AM

krustydoyle wrote: »

How good do the Astros look??

Better than the Red Sox at this point anyway. Good to see Price keeping up his great postseason record :rolleyes: Red Sox look like they might not have the beating of the Yankees.

Comic Book Guy · 07-10-2018 06:40AM

circular flexing wrote: »

Better than the Red Sox at this point anyway. Good to see Price keeping up his great postseason record :rolleyes: Red Sox look like they might not have the beating of the Yankees.

Only seen the game stats, no highlights. Looks like he stunk the place out again.

rebelyell99 · 07-10-2018 09:52AM

Astros are the best team in the postseason hands down ,there pitching is just too good,the indians are struggling to find any offense.On today I think the Dodgers will sweep but the rockies may pull a game back.

krustydoyle · 07-10-2018 02:15PM

I'm obviously hoping the Yankees beat the Sox but nobody is getting past the Astros

jack presley · 07-10-2018 10:05PM

You learn something new every day.

While I knew a hit ball hitting a base runner meant the base runner was out, I didn’t know the batter still gets credited with a base hit.

Happened there to the Brewers in Colorado and cost them a run.

jack presley · 07-10-2018 10:29PM

Have also just learned that Curtis Granderson is a Brewer. When did that happen...???

Very strange at bat from him there. He came to the plate with 2 men on base, didn’t make contact with any pitch he saw but by the time he struck out, both runners had scored (balk and passed ball)

circular flexing · 08-10-2018 12:51AM

Comic Book Guy wrote: »

Only seen the game stats, no highlights. Looks like he stunk the place out again.

I didn't hear it (had the game on in a bar I was in) but he was booed off the field. Wouldn't be at all surprising if he is no longer a Red Sox player soon.

circular flexing · 08-10-2018 12:52AM

jack presley wrote: »

Has there ever been a sweep without giving up a run? Wouldn't surprise me here with the way Buehler's been pitching lately.

*cough*

Waitsian · 08-10-2018 06:10AM

jack presley wrote: »

Have also just learned that Curtis Granderson is a Brewer. When did that happen...???

Traded from Toronto at the deadline.

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