Orioles @ Blue Jays - Final game of 2020 regular season

[el duque]

Gurriel missed the cycle but how much fun to watch him

[SydneyJay]

Bichette had a 5-5, Kirk a 4-4 and now Lourdes a 4-4. Love it when a batter has a game like this.

 

Bit of luck at first base here. Capitalise on it, JD.

[TheDragon]

Lol

 

I hope this is sarcasm....

 

What. Why would we want to play the Rays who torment us and are definitely going to f*** us?

[jaysguy44]

Yeah, this is possibly pissing me off more than it should, but we really need to avoid the House of Horrors. And it’s right there for our taking.

 

 

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You would rather play Cleveland, instead of Tampa?

 

I want no part of the Indians rotation.

[Slade]

What. Why would we want to play the Rays who torment us and are definitely going to f*** us?

 

Clearly the Jays are not trying to win this game. They want to play Tampa.

[TheDragon]

Clearly the Jays are not trying to win this game. They want to play Tampa.

 

That's dum.

[jaysguy44]

That's dum.

 

Nope

[glory]

Looks like the other option might be Cleveland. Cleveland's lineup isn't great, their starting pitching is a horror show.

 

Indians have taken the lead so, yeah, while Tampa is the better team, the Indians rotation is scary. I wanted the White Sox, but if that’s out of the question then pick your poison.

[Slade]

That's dum.

 

Maybe not, probably better to play the team you've seen a lot of rather than the team you haven't seen at all.

[Stangstag]

I think coaches and Mgm have underestimated the Trop factor for us in laying up on today. I get their rationale with the arms. I do. It’s a tough one. But our history there is just pain and misery. Not playing them there in round 1 has upside. 6 more outs to win this. Let’s do it.

 

This is not the same team that used to have major problems in the trop

[TheDragon]

You would rather play Cleveland, instead of Tampa?

 

I want no part of the Indians rotation.

 

You just know the Rays are going to analytics the hell out of the Jays before the series... meanwhile the Jays have Muntardo at the helm.

[Spanky99]

Bring on the fackin Rays! f*** em!!! Well, if we lose...

[TheDragon]

Maybe not, probably better to play the team you've seen a lot of rather than the team you haven't seen at all.

 

That's even dummer... regardless of who we play we've seen each team the same as they've seen us.

[TheDragon]

Nope

 

Nope

[204BJs]

Nice work Cole.

[Jimcanuck]

The Trop, the Rays, etc don't outweigh that a 3 game series is a crapshoot.

[jaysguy44]

Rays it is, good!

[el duque]

PiaÑa power Gurriel and the BJs going to Tampa,

[EdwinsParrot]

Bring on the rays.

[Stangstag]

Facing the Indians would have been awful. Their starters are excellent and the offense is on fire right now.

 

Tampa is the better matchup

[TheDragon]

The Trop, the Rays, etc don't outweigh that a 3 game series is a crapshoot.

 

That's actually the dumnest mentality.... you should be vying for every possible edge which gives your team the highest win probability. If a team has a 33.3% win probably and still wins, that doesn't mean it's a crapshoot, it just means they had 1 in 3 chance of winning and they won.

[Deadpool]

Gurriel boosted his wRC+ from 126 to 138 with that game. Vladdy finishes the season at a disappointing, but still respectable 115.

 

Statcast still doesn't have the EV for Gurriel's baseball murdering homerun. I'm thinking it may have been too fast for the technology to actually register.

[Jimcanuck]

That's actually the dumnest mentality.... you should be vying for every possible edge which gives your team the highest win probability. If a team has a 33.3% win probably and still wins, that doesn't mean it's a crapshoot, it just means they had 1 in 3 chance of winning and they won.

 

Of course they should be vying for every edge. My post doesn't say otherwise.

 

You do seem to be getting a little overwrought over this.

[WhiteKnight03]

You would rather play Cleveland, instead of Tampa?

 

I want no part of the Indians rotation.

 

Nor do I, as I still have PTSD from them getting strikes 6” outside the zone until they met the Cubs in the WS, but would you rather face them or the Rays with a win percentage of 0.000001% in that house of horrors? Either way it’s moot now but, we don’t take 2 of 3 at the Trop ever, so fingers, toes, signs crossed that changes. Quick.

 

 

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[Stangstag]

Nor do I, as I still have PTSD from them getting strikes 6” outside the zone until they met the Cubs in the WS, but would you rather face them or the Rays with a win percentage of 0.000001% in that house of horrors? Either way it’s moot now but, we don’t take 2 of 3 at the Trop ever, so fingers, toes, signs crossed that changes. Quick.

 

 

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Would have happened in our first series if Giles didn't die on the mound.

[TheDragon]

Of course they should be vying for every edge. My post doesn't say otherwise.

 

You do seem to be getting a little overwrought over this.

 

OK. TBH the Rays should be the most exciting, regardless of outcome.

[Olerud363]

Gurriel boosted his wRC+ from 126 to 138 with that game. Vladdy finishes the season at a disappointing, but still respectable 115.

 

Statcast still doesn't have the EV for Gurriel's baseball murdering homerun. I'm thinking it may have been too fast for the technology to actually register.

 

 

Projected to a full season he'd be very close to where Carlos Delgado was in his first full season, 1996. .260ish 25 homers, 90 rbis...

[jaysguy44]

That's actually the dumnest mentality.... you should be vying for every possible edge which gives your team the highest win probability. If a team has a 33.3% win probably and still wins, that doesn't mean it's a crapshoot, it just means they had 1 in 3 chance of winning and they won.

 

Lol dude, stop.

 

Go for a walk.

[WhiteKnight03]

OK. TBH the Rays should be the most exciting, regardless of outcome.

 

So you’re predicting a sweep or worst case scenario 2 of 3 at that hell hole?

 

 

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[Stangstag]

So you’re predicting a sweep or worst case scenario 2 of 3 at that hell hole?

 

 

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What?