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bones10 Dunedin Blue Jays

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There's probably enough tie-breaker rules in place where this won't be necessary I imagine. I could be wrong though.

 

there isnt, if two teams are tied for a playoff spot they duke it out head to head

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There's gonna be sample size and confirmation bias there, but it should be recognized that after Kyle Schwarber's offseason where he got into much better shape, he's rated as both a positive defender and runner this year, while not losing anything out of his offense. Good for him, his hard work really paid off.
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Eventually some MLB team is going to insist that everyone on the roster is a plus athlete, they will add 20 WAR and win a WS. Then everyone will be like wait, why didn't we do that and then you will actually have to be an athlete to play baseball.

 

I don't get how baseball players are still allowed to be out of shape. Pat Riley could probably walk into a front office and make the team better without knowing a single thing about the sport just because he will make everyone get in shape and add a f*** ton of value to the team.

 

This is why I'm so triggered with how fat Vlad Jr. is. Over the course of his time here he'll probably leave a ton of WAR on the table.

 

If a team is gonna insist everyone is a plus athlete (and a good hitter), they're probably gonna have a 300+ million payroll. If a lot of teams do that, the other ones are going to clean up on cheap players who provide more surplus value than the good athletes do.

Brenner College Ball

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Wow we did JD a huge favour trading him. He's been good for Cleveland and with a good playoffs could actually get a decent multi-year contract. Was not going to happen here.
Bobthe4th Toronto Blue Jays

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Yes

 

A team having to win a play-in game and then a wildcard game just to make it to a division series is pretty exciting

 

Both the Dodgers and Rockies are up early, looks like at least one play-in game will be needed (the Cubs are currently losing so one might not be needed in the NL Central).

Spanky__99 FCL Blue Jays

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Pretty neat how this has unfolded. :cool:

 

Tie Breakers

 

If Chicago and Milwaukee end up with the same record, they will play a one-game tiebreaker on Monday -- hosted by Chicago -- that will determine the division champion as well as which team will have home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs. The loser of that tiebreaker game would host the NL Wild Card Game on Tuesday.

 

If the Dodgers and Rockies wind up tied atop the division after their games Sunday, Los Angeles will host a tiebreaker Monday at Dodger Stadium. The winner of that game will play the Braves in the NLDS, while the loser will be the road team in the NL Wild Card Game.

Captain Adama FCL Blue Jays

Captain Adama

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Pretty neat how this has unfolded. :cool:

 

Tie Breakers

 

If Chicago and Milwaukee end up with the same record, they will play a one-game tiebreaker on Monday -- hosted by Chicago -- that will determine the division champion as well as which team will have home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs. The loser of that tiebreaker game would host the NL Wild Card Game on Tuesday.

 

If the Dodgers and Rockies wind up tied atop the division after their games Sunday, Los Angeles will host a tiebreaker Monday at Dodger Stadium. The winner of that game will play the Braves in the NLDS, while the loser will be the road team in the NL Wild Card Game.

 

Kind of like a less awesome version of the last day of 2011.

 

But still awesome.

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Scioscia finally confirmed to be gone. Another dinosaur put out to pasture.

 

And the O's finish with the 15th worst win % since 1900. Only other modern team worse was the 2003 Tigers,

baubau FCL Blue Jays

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So Yelich is NL MVP and also potentially, maybe, secretly trending towards the HOF.

 

Stupid Brewers singing Cain and then trading for Yelich. :( Took both away from us.

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Does anyone know if today's teams are on 25-man or expanded rosters format? I imagine it's the former but would like some confirmation since this technically isn't a playoff game.
Bobthe4th Toronto Blue Jays

Bobthe4th

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Does anyone know if today's teams are on 25-man or expanded rosters format? I imagine it's the former but would like some confirmation since this technically isn't a playoff game.

 

That is a great question!

 

According to this MLB.com article:

 

"It should be noted that today's game will be played with a 40-man roster, while the NL Wild Card Game has a 25-man roster that can leave off pitchers used in Game 163."

 

While searching for the answer I saw that Blackmon hit for the cycle yesterday, pretty cool.

Laika Cooperstown

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So stats from today's game are added to the players' regular season stats?

 

Yes. Yelich can still win the triple crown.

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