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Stangstag Toronto Blue Jays

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100%

 

I hate to say this, but this was a missed opportunity by the Jays. The AL teams f***ing blow this year and a World Series appearance was ripe for the taking. If we rolled in with our 2021 or 2022 team this year - there's a good chance we're looking at a trip to the World Series (acknowledging the playoffs are a crapshoot).

 

Blue Jays and missed opportunities, name a more iconic duo.

 

Wasted 2021 by not adressing the pen soon enough, fall just short of acquiring players like Lindor, JRam, Ohtani, waste away a 7 run lead in a playoff game and get bounced early, don’t address the offense at the 2023 deadline, and now waste another epic season from Vlad and a weak playoff bracket in 2024.

Stangstag Toronto Blue Jays

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Are the playoffs a crapshoot?

 

At this point I wouldn’t be shocked to see a Tigers/Mets World Series.

 

So yes, its a crapshute

Spanky__99 FCL Blue Jays

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Tigers are starting Keider Montero in Game 3. It's insane how little depth and talent some of these playoff teams have. The playoffs are a total crapshoot.

 

Tigers are a joke team and I don't want them to advance. Glad they knocked out the Astros but their little run should end here.

 

Hehehehe...

Spanky__99 FCL Blue Jays

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To be honest, I don't think there's as much gap in the AL Central teams as one would think, compared to the remaining other playoff teams. Most teams follow a formula of 1-2 superstars, a couple of other good guys, and then average options to fill out the roster with a good bullpen.

 

Yankees: Judge + Soto (superstars+) - Cole would be included but he missed half the season and hasn't been that good, Wells + Volpe (good supporting players), everyone else, good bullpen (Weaver, Holmes)

Tigers: Skubal (superstar, top 2 pitcher in the league), Greene (low end star), Vierling + Carpenter + Meadows (good supporting players), everyone else, good bullpen (Vest, Brieske, Holton, Foley?)

Guardians: JRam (superstar), Kwan (low end star), Gimenez + Josh Naylor + Tanner Bibee (good supporting cast), everyone else, filthy bullpen (Clase++, Cade Smith++, Hunter Gaddis, Tim Herrin)

Royals: Witt Jr (superstar+) + Ragans + Lugo, Salvador Perez + Wacha + Brady Singer? (good supporting players), everyone else, decent bullpen with two good arms (Erceg + Bubic)

 

The Yankees have two absolutely incredible bats, but the rest of their team kinda blows. I don’t think they’re any more “deserving” of representing the AL in the World Series than like, Cleveland or Kansas City.

 

Even the NL has one such team. The Mets kind of blow but they have Lindor who's awesome surrounded by a cast of average to good but not great players. The Dodgers, Padres and Phillies are all powerhouse teams, and the Dodgers don't even have any healthy pitching so they live and die by their offense.

 

Amen.

BigCecil Vancouver Canadians

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Quintana still throwing the goo. FIP beater this season. Thought his career might be over in '21, but still going.

 

Wild playoffs so far! Loving it.

BigCecil Vancouver Canadians

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Thought that Lindor deal was pretty bad, but 24 WAR in 4 seasons and now some post season heroics and memories for the fans.

 

Looking not too bad right about now.

Brownie19 New Hampshire Fisher Cats

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What a pivotal inning for Lugo there. He looked completely lost, almost as many balls as strikes. Loads the bases with 1 out and Soto/Judge coming up. Manager decides to leave him in (after pulling him in a similar situation in the WC round). He escapes, only giving up a sac fly to Soto.

 

Is that smart managing? lucky managing? poor managing?

 

I feel that was a situation where there is no real right answer. The manager just makes a decision and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. There's no skill to it - it's just a flip of a coin.

DigitalRock FCL Blue Jays

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To be honest, I don't think there's as much gap in the AL Central teams as one would think, compared to the remaining other playoff teams. Most teams follow a formula of 1-2 superstars, a couple of other good guys, and then average options to fill out the roster with a good bullpen.

 

Yankees: Judge + Soto (superstars+) - Cole would be included but he missed half the season and hasn't been that good, Wells + Volpe (good supporting players), everyone else, good bullpen (Weaver, Holmes)

Tigers: Skubal (superstar, top 2 pitcher in the league), Greene (low end star), Vierling + Carpenter + Meadows (good supporting players), everyone else, good bullpen (Vest, Brieske, Holton, Foley?)

Guardians: JRam (superstar), Kwan (low end star), Gimenez + Josh Naylor + Tanner Bibee (good supporting cast), everyone else, filthy bullpen (Clase++, Cade Smith++, Hunter Gaddis, Tim Herrin)

Royals: Witt Jr (superstar+) + Ragans + Lugo, Salvador Perez + Wacha + Brady Singer? (good supporting players), everyone else, decent bullpen with two good arms (Erceg + Bubic)

 

The Yankees have two absolutely incredible bats, but the rest of their team kinda blows. I don’t think they’re any more “deserving” of representing the AL in the World Series than like, Cleveland or Kansas City.

 

Even the NL has one such team. The Mets kind of blow but they have Lindor who's awesome surrounded by a cast of average to good but not great players. The Dodgers, Padres and Phillies are all powerhouse teams, and the Dodgers don't even have any healthy pitching so they live and die by their offense.

 

He's right you know.

Brownie19 New Hampshire Fisher Cats

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Blue Jays and missed opportunities, name a more iconic duo.

 

Wasted 2021 by not adressing the pen soon enough, fall just short of acquiring players like Lindor, JRam, Ohtani, waste away a 7 run lead in a playoff game and get bounced early, don’t address the offense at the 2023 deadline, and now waste another epic season from Vlad and a weak playoff bracket in 2024.

 

It's been a painful stretch for sure.

 

What is hilarious is that lots of teams who are winning in the playoffs right now also didn't address several of the perceived "holes" the Jays had the last 3 years. I'll repeat this - KC is starting Yuli Gurriel and Detroit is rolling with bullpen days, starting guys with negative WAR. Several teams are starting 4 or 5 guys with wRC+'s below 95.

 

As they say - that's baseball.

Spanky__99 FCL Blue Jays

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Really solid game in KC tonight

 

Good game, but like game one, the Royals pitching walked far too many guys, can't win doing that s***. They should be up in this series.

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