GDT (Wild Card Series)

[glory]

I expect the Dodgers to win tonight, but would be pretty cool to have 4 winner take all games tomorrow. Plus I really enjoy the 6 pm start times for games, so would prefer Yankees/Red Sox be at 6 again tomorrow (if the Dodgers win then the Yankees/Red Sox game will be at 8 pm). 

[hanton]

Kike in the Postseason:

87  games

262 PA's

OPS .880 

[G-Snarls]

2 big outs with the bases loaded 

[G-Snarls]

And another K to strand all 3 runners 

[hanton]

Roberts so close to pulling a Boone......but he resists and Yama gets out of it

[Brownie19]

3 minutes ago, hanton said:

Roberts so close to pulling a Boone......but he resists and Yama gets out of it

His pen is too weak to make that move.  Yama is one of their best.

[Brownie19]

4 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

And another K to strand all 3 runners 

That was insane.  Elly had his moment to make a name for himself as the face of the Reds, but couldn't take advantage.

[Jimcanuck]

Does Elly ever take it another level and be truly elite?

[G-Snarls]

Ohtani delivers an insurance run 

[G-Snarls]

So does Betts 

[hanton]

13 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

His pen is too weak to make that move.  Yama is one of their best.

oh yea prone to meltdowns, bullpen is still good just not elite.  surprised the pen has the 4th best fWAR

[G-Snarls]

Game over 

[Stangstag]

15 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

That was insane.  Elly had his moment to make a name for himself as the face of the Reds, but couldn't take advantage.

He’s had a couple opportunities and hasn’t been able to do it. Shades of Vladdy

[hanton]

Treinen gets out of a jam....

[hanton]

yawner ...

[hanton]

Hate using starters as relievers, hope they don't do this with Yesavage

[hanton]

Roberts removed Sheehan with a 1-2 count

Andujar replaces Benson and strikes out.  The K is attributed to Benson.

LOL

[hanton]

Sasaki 101 then drops a 87mph splitter,  nasty nasty stuff

[hanton]

Game. Sasaki closes it out with some impressive stuff

[Masterbather]

Nice of you to pass through the playoffs Cincy. 

See you around.

[Jonn]

About as well as you thought the Reds would do. Not their fault the Mets sucked. Kinda just stumbled in for having a decent September

[Brownie19]

10 hours ago, Jimcanuck said:

Does Elly ever take it another level and be truly elite?

The underlying stats dropped this year (barrel%, hard hit%, LA sweet spot%, avg exit velo), but he just finished his age 23 season.  I still think there's plenty of time for him to develop into a better hitter.  I think we'll see some 130-150 wRC+, 7-10 WAR seasons out of him in the future.  There's just too much talent.

[Laika]

I think Elly is more in the Julio Rodriguez category because of the strikeout rate, and overall K-BB rate. 

Will always go through slumps and highs that cap him as more of a 6 WAR dude. 

[Laika]

MFW I get a 399 foot flyout to end the inning 

[Laika]

NYY BOS could get spicy tonight

Two younger pitchers going. Don't expect them to go deep. For New York it would be three in a row for Cruz, Bednar, and Williams (and 4 in 5 days) so I wonder if Boone will shy away from any of them, not necessarily to protect them but just because they may not be effective. Doval and Leiter are clearly not in the circle of trust but may have to pitch if Schlitter can't eat innings. 

Boston will probably not have Whitlock available so they may need multiple innings from some mediocre middle relief options. 

Prediction - Boston wins 9-7. Yankees bullpen and defense blow it. 

[G-Snarls]

12 hours ago, hanton said:

Sasaki 101 then drops a 87mph splitter,  nasty nasty stuff

Dammit I wish they'd been able to convince him to come to Toronto

[Stangstag]

21 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

Dammit I wish they'd been able to convince him to come to Toronto

The only way he would come to the Jays is if they played in LA

[G-Snarls]

6 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

The only way he would come to the Jays is if they played in LA

LA sure seems to have a monopoly on Japanese players

f***

[G-Snarls]

2 teams today trying to earn the honor of getting spanked by the Mariners next week 

Good luck to either of them 

[Orgfiller]

Lot of pitches for Cecconi early, but the stuff looked good. I imagine the plan is hoping he gets through 1 time through the order cleanly and then pull him at the first sign of trouble during his second go around.