AL Wild Card Game: Minnesota Twins @ New York Yankees

[fatcowxlive]

Uh oh, Buxton out of the game.

 

That's a game changing moment.

 

He took away extra bases and created a run this game, Twins took a big hit here

[CraigG]

Santana is a #3 starter at best... it's embarrassing that he is their guy. His ERA tells a lie.

[o2cui2i]

Santana is a #3 starter at best... it's embarrassing that he is their guy. His ERA tells a lie.

 

his ERA would be really ugly if he didn't play half his games at Target Field. That place is huge and Buxton runs everything down

[CraigG]

his ERA would be really ugly if he didn't play half his games at Target Field. That place is huge and Buxton runs everything down

 

2.71 Away ERA

[o2cui2i]

ouch....

[P2F]

Santana is a #3 starter at best... it's embarrassing that he is their guy. His ERA tells a lie.

 

Yup. 4.46 FIP/4.77 xFIP.

[BTS]

Holy crap David Robertson. What an outing.

[BTS]

Not digging the Big Erv hate here guys

[Abomination]

Not digging the Big Erv hate here guys

 

You'll get over it. Conform, you know you want to.

[Abomination]

Lol, how do you completely miss the base THAT badly as a runner?

[Orgfiller]

Well, the better team won even if it was the f***ing Yankees, can't be mad about that. One more hopefully entertaining Wild Card game tomorrow and then a bunch of elite teams will duke it out in the playoffs, should be a ton of fun to watch.

[Abomination]

Well, the better team won even if it was the f***ing Yankees, can't be mad about that. One more hopefully entertaining Wild Card game tomorrow and then a bunch of elite teams will duke it out in the playoffs, should be a ton of fun to watch.

 

Yep. I'll be cheering for the Indians to destroy the Yankees, but I'm glad they advanced.

[burlingtonbandit]

Arash being creditworthy as usual.

[BTS]

Happy the Twins lost. They f***ing sold at the deadline.

[Terminator]

Happy the Twins lost. They f***ing sold at the deadline.

 

Yeah they suck. It makes for a better playoffs with the clearly inferior AL team out of it.

[intentional wok]

The Twins only needed like 82 of their 85 (lol) wins to play in this game. I'm looking forward to a month from now when we'll all need a wiki visit to remind us who lost the 2017 AL Wild Card game.

 

I'm pulling for a Dodgers-Astros World Series though.

[G-Snarls]

Exciting game and the better team won

 

I like it

[G-Snarls]

Holy crap David Robertson. What an outing.

 

He saved the game for them for sure. 3.1 IP, 1BB, 5K, 0 runs

 

Girardi didn't even have to use Bettances

 

What a bullpen

[BTS]

Yeah they suck. It makes for a better playoffs with the clearly inferior AL team out of it.

 

Agreed. Boston is probably the weakest team left in the AL, and they’re pretty talented. Just need the Rockies to lose tonight and all 8 remaining teams will be championship caliber IMO

[G-Snarls]

Agreed. Boston is probably the weakest team left in the AL, and they’re pretty talented. Just need the Rockies to lose tonight and all 8 remaining teams will be championship caliber IMO

 

AL power rankings

 

1. Cleveland

2. Houston

3. Boston

4. NYY

 

The Twins didn't seem any more talented than a handful of teams that failed to hang in, including the Jays, Mariners and Rays

 

The NL is a tougher call

[BTS]

AL power rankings

 

1. Cleveland

2. Houston

3. Boston

4. NYY

 

The Twins didn't seem any more talented than a handful of teams that failed to hang in, including the Jays, Mariners and Rays

 

The NL is a tougher call

 

I’d personally flip Boston and New York.

 

NL I’d probably go:

 

LAD

CHC

WSH

ARZ

COL

[P2F]

If Arizona wins tonight, I think they win the NL Pennant. They're that good.

[TheHurl]

Go Rockies! f*** this "better team" ********. Baseball can just be fun. The Rockies are fun...a little top heavy on offense for my liking but at least it's two 5 win players leading them. A pitching staff that has 1 pitcher who threw 160 innings (162 for that one). They have the best pitcher in the NL since the All Star break and a guy returning from battling cancer. Go Rockies!