Happ might win it if we win the divison because:
Top 5 in ERA
Most wins
Division winners of AL East
Man that's a deadly mix for the old farts voting for CY Young
Same boat! I've went to 5, all 500 behind home plate. Possibly going next week and maybe 1-2 more in September. Defo going to spend my paycheque to get seats for post-season, I'm going to try to go to 1 DS, CS, and WS game
I think we're going to offer him a 3 year deal with an opt out after the first year. Probably around the rate of 3/60. Bautista's not taking a win-win scenario, in the FA market he probably gets at least a 3 year, but the opt out at least gives him a chance to possibly re-test the market. No reason he should take a QO without a fallback option
Yeah but the calls today were really interesting. I'd say 2/3s of people were calling in to support Bautista and the other 1/3 were getting on him for being fragile his whole career and he brought it upon himself with the preseason comments etc
Also almost no one was as vocal about the FO not locking him up/not thinking about resigning him compared to opening day.
The amount of people not supporting/doubting Bautista as a whole is still staggering and stupid. He does not deserve any of this, and Mark my word if we sweep the O's and he has the biggest series people will go back to the airwaves to rail shatkins for not signing him. I guess this reactionary support is the byproduct of having the largest fanbase in the league
They faltered a bit last month too. Chris Davis was atrocious. Boston finally faltered a bit too. We're coming off a tough stretch now. But no one is going to stop, just slow down and pick back up. I still believe it's gonna be a 3 team race, just that its Jays-Boston-Baltimore order with both teams winning the wild-card. 2 AL East teams are going through unless something really weird is happening. If we win/sweep the Astros series it's going to be Mariners and Tigers chasing #3 of the AL east for a wild card spot
Just wanted to point out wow what a tough schedule for the Orioles. Today they're finishing the series against the A's (after dropping 3 straight against them) then they face:
San Francisco @ AT&T Park
Boston @ Home
Astros @ Home
2 games vs. Nationals @ Home then 2 more in Nationals park
So while their record is really great at home, they play 5 games away in NL parks against league leaders and play Boston at home who's always a fight... Astros might be the only break they get before playing the Yanks and we go and visit them right after
I don't envision us going on that same run as last year, especially with both Boston and Orioles still in the mix. I'm still eh about us winning the divison, I'm sure we will but I want to see the offence blow a team and start cashing in players for a few games this week