2023 MLB Postseason Thread

[jaysblue]

Mookie Betts is overrated.

 

.710 career OPS in the playoffs.

 

And no his Mickey Mouse ring doesn't count. 2018 one does. But still he was shut down in the playoffs again. Easy work for Diamondbacks pitching.

 

If you own Mookie Betts in fantasy baseball, trade him to me!

[Stangstag]

Soon it will be thanksgiving baseball

 

Ultimately I believe the best move would be for MLB to shorten the regular season by a week or 2, and start the playoffs earlier. Make all the series a full 5 or 7 games

 

Never gonna happen though

[Stangstag]

I like it as well but it is a problem. Though I'm not sure MLB even considers it a problem.

 

88-89 wins is one thing, but 84 wins isn't even a good season. It would never happen but having a 90-win cutoff would be a good idea. Take the top 6 teams so long as they have 90 wins. If only 4 teams have 90 wins then only 4 make it. I'm sure there are a million issues with that so please don't attack.

 

Also, I'd also like to see them just go to AL and NL. No need for the divisions anymore with balanced schedules. And then make a bigger deal for the top teams with the winners being crowned the AL Pennant Winner and the NL Pennant Winner and they get to have a little ceremony and hang their banner.

 

We need a full divisional realignment once the expansion teams come in, because yeah teams shouldn’t really be making the postseason with 3 extra wins above a .500 record

[Terminator]

Yes I’m the idiot

 

Not the guy who wanted to keep Kirk, said the Orioles were trash and that Cody Bellinger is a bum

 

Well my bad I thought it was jaysblue who was making the Dodger comments and after he triggered me with his Lance Lynn comment I thought he deserved being called an idiot.

 

As for the predictions, I can't be blamed for those as they were all a part of my highly successful and long running parody account called The Sheriff which I have since retired.

 

But if you want to throw those in my face they need to be characterized correctly (it was more anti-Jansen Mr. Magoo jokes than pro-Kirk, somehow me wanting KK turned into a Bellinger hatefest but I'll give you that one, etc.). And you've got to mention the highly successful running gag that was Craig Biggio's son (Max Silver was biting on these until the very end), the Tilapia fan posts (also not to be taken seriously), the Kim Ng bangers, the Orioles getting blown out of the playoffs with their garbage pitching as predicted, and the anti-Yankee and Red Sox stuff (not as memorable because it wasn't an attempt at humor).

 

So while the Sheriff is long gone I do think I've been a little feisty in a different way now but that's because of the playoff exit combined with jaysblue (see the mod post on his recent behavior) and connorp teaming up to becoming the loudest (and dare I say they are even getting some respect from a lot of you?) voices of the board. I'm sure I'll be hearing the strawman arguments until Atkins is fired but it will probably get better as we get into the offseason and start making some moves. I'll do my part to tone things down until then.

[L54]

Just need a little more ELE around here. We are all actually rooting for the same end result, everyone just has their own opinion on how to get there

[Spanky__99]

He's going to respond that this was predictable because the Diamonbacks have stars. I wish you luck.

 

lmao

[Spanky__99]

Jays win 89 games in the toughest division in baseball with a plus 75 RD. "They were actually bad other than a dominant rotation, bullpen and fielding because the offense was bad."

 

The D-Bags win 84 games with a -15 RD while scoring the same amount of runs as us despite playing in one of the best offensive environments. "They are actually good because they have an exciting core and two good pitchers."

 

T-Rekt!

[Spanky__99]

Ryan Pressly went 3-2 on all three hitters and struck them all out

 

Three absolutely wicked full count whiff pitches

 

Nails.

 

Someone dropped him in the DDL, I think it was BTS, JimmyC was all over it. He must be stacked.

[Spanky__99]

Sigh. Moreno is a superstar isn't he.

 

Ah well, good for him. We'll see next year.

[Spanky__99]

True, I have no idea why they kept the fatty instead.

 

Most rankings had Kirk as a top 10 or top 5 catcher after his 2022 performance. He had more value than Moreno at the time of the trade.

 

Are you being facetious?

[gruber92]

Imagine trading away a generational catching talent in Moreno AND Gurriel in a contract year for Bradley Zimmer on roids. I mean, Ross absolutely loved the original version of Zimmer, so this version with 25 HR pop really got Ross fapping.

 

Ross Atkins is simply a clown who should be nowhere near constructing a big league roster. My God.

[connorp]

4.2 IP for LAD’s. 16 hits 13 runs

 

LAD will take a look at hard this winter with who is coming back and who they need. They won’t be starting a guy with a 5.73 ERA.

 

Jays can’t score, had Biggio hitting 5th. Bad luck, we’ll run it back and get them next time!

[Spanky__99]

Not true. I've only done this once.

 

What was this?

[Spanky__99]

Wasn't Suarez like their No. 3/4 starter this season? He also did post a 2.4 fWAR and 3.90 xFIP this season in just 22 starts. He's not an elite arm, but he's a pretty decent 3/4 starter who is still only 28.

 

He also only pitched 3.2 innings, it's not like he shut down that lineup over 6 or 7 innings.

 

Yeah, Suarez is underrated, he was fine starting that ballgame, the other options were the rookie Sanchez and Taijuan, plus Thompson was going to use his entire pen as they had 2 days off after game 1, pre planned. The skip said it live while Suarez was pitching... haha.

[connorp]

What was this?

 

No one has time to teach you Special Ed, Spanky. Either comprehend what’s being written, or just pretend you do

[MikeM3]

Aces still trump everything. You can have all the accumulated fwar you want but at the end of the day it's Nola, Wheeler, Gallen, Lopez and ghost of Eovaldi that win games.

[BTS]

Someone dropped him in the DDL, I think it was BTS, JimmyC was all over it. He must be stacked.

 

Laika dropped him during the finals. Jim snagged him with the 6th waiver priority because, as usual, a few teams weren’t paying attention. Then he traded him to me in the Verlander trade. Tidy business from Jim.

[Spanky__99]

You traded me maybe the best player in baseball 2 different times for peanuts. Go take a cold shower and think on it

 

Not true. I've only done this once.

 

No one has time to teach you Special Ed, Spanky. Either comprehend what’s being written, or just pretend you do

 

How am I supposed to know what you're talking about f*** eyes?!

[Spanky__99]

Laika dropped him during the finals. Jim snagged him with the 6th waiver priority because, as usual, a few teams weren’t paying attention. Then he traded him to me in the Verlander trade. Tidy business from Jim.

 

Is your pen that good, lol???

[BigCecil]

Betts on sweep by AZ: "I did absolutely nothing to help us win".

 

It was hard to like the guy when he was with BoSox but I have so much respect for the kind of player & guy he is. He owns it all 100%. Straight to the HOF first ballot.

[BTS]

Is your pen that good, lol???

 

Time for bed, Spanky

[BigCecil]

Just need a little more ELE around here. We are all actually rooting for the same end result, everyone just has their own opinion on how to get there

 

I don't know whats going on. This Board has always had flare ups in the decade I've been around but its degraded into warring camps of Jays fans firing condescending s*** back and forth. To the extent I've joined in, I'm going to back off that behaviour. At the end of the day bunch of hard core baseball and Jays fans on here with differing opinions on some topics. Because its online it shouldn't just be a snark and one up fest IMO.

[Spanky__99]

Time for bed, Spanky

 

lol...my bad. Morning weed is a friend indeed.

[deanmike]

lol...my bad. Morning weed is a friend indeed.

 

You can sure say that again !!

[Laika]

Someone dropped him in the DDL, I think it was BTS, JimmyC was all over it. He must be stacked.

 

I dropped him

 

Had saves locked up and wanted to stream some hitters

[Spanky__99]

I dropped him

 

Had saves locked up and wanted to stream some hitters

 

Makes sense.

[G-Snarls]

Bryce Harper has an OPS of 1700 in the post season against the Braves

[Stangstag]

Betts on sweep by AZ: "I did absolutely nothing to help us win".

 

It was hard to like the guy when he was with BoSox but I have so much respect for the kind of player & guy he is. He owns it all 100%. Straight to the HOF first ballot.

 

You’d never hear this s*** from Vlad

[L54]

Betts on sweep by AZ: "I did absolutely nothing to help us win".

 

It was hard to like the guy when he was with BoSox but I have so much respect for the kind of player & guy he is. He owns it all 100%. Straight to the HOF first ballot.

 

Betts is without a doubt one of the games coolest players. He’s the modern day Andrew McCutchen and I was a big fan of his too

[Brownie19]

Betts is without a doubt one of the games coolest players. He’s the modern day Andrew McCutchen and I was a big fan of his too

 

Agreed. He truly is one of the games "greats" and should be someone that we tell our grandkids about when we're in a rocking chair. The guy is simply incredible at almost any sport he plays.