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And you wonder how Boston felt when they were swept by Cleveland.. Jays are about to get the same thing done to them, possibly tomorrow or Wednesday. Preferably Wednesday--a long layoff for Cleveland could give the Cubs or Dodgers a huge advantage, as that series is going deep..

Miller's got to get the ALCS MVP when/if Cleveland wins this series. And to think, Cleveland still has him for 2 more years (he previously signed a 4-year deal with the Yankees before the trade). The real question though is whether Cleveland can afford to keep him, as this is a small market and they don't have a lot of financial flexibility, regardless of how deep they get. No certainty Napoli even gets a QO, because Cleveland can't afford to pay $17.2M to him..

True--especially when the mass media was predicting a Red Sox/Cubs World Series. Word of warning--if they do sweep, that could be a problem.. remember the last few teams that reached the World Series in a sweep (KC 2014, lost the World Series to the Giants), Mets 2015 (lost to KC), 2012 Detroit Tigers (lost to San Fran), 2007 Rockies (Lost to Boston). For some reason, 4 game sweeps in the ALCS have resulted in the team that swept losing the World Series. It's mostly due to too much rest, especially if the other series goes long.. there's a loss of momentum.

Just stop. Do you even realize how good and deep the Dodgers and Cubs are? And depending on Bauer's health, they can't exactly win the World Series with just Kluber and Tomlin, and expect 1-2 rookies (Merrit and likely Clevinger if Bauer can't go) to beat LA or Chicago's lineup.

Regardless if Cleveland gets to the World Series, they have no shot vs. the Cubs or Dodgers, as both are far superior teams to both the Jays and Cleveland.

O's fans don't know anything.. and Saunders would be a huge downgrade over Trumbo, and it's difficult to tell if the O's can even afford him, with the team facing significant arb raises to Machado, Tillman and Britton.

They're already there. They're looking at a 40%(or more depending on the CBA) tax next year IIRC having already been above it in 2015 and 2016. So if they offer Edwin $25M/year, it's going to cost the Red Sox $35M($25M + $10M in luxury taxes) in 2017.. as they are already projected over the tax, and that might make John Henry uncomfortable. Other teams, including Toronto, will be in on Edwin and Bautista as well.

Red Sox can't afford to hand $25M/year to a guy like Encarnacion with so much on the books already, and already projected to be over an assumed $200M ceiling on the luxury tax (projected) including arbitration, and a new CBA looming which may punish teams like Boston more on the luxury tax. And Edwin isn't deserving of $25M/year--especially being limited to 1B/DH. Look how difficult it was for Chris Carter and Pedro Alvarez to get contracts..

After this year's strong attendance, payroll is definitely going up.. we need to resign one of Bautista/EE, maybe add another OF and reload the pen.

Really need a good start at home. With Sanchez and Estrada going in 4 and 5, if the Jays win today, they'd have a good shot of getting back in this series---IF they hit.

5 runs in the inning so far--and all because Odor couldn't make a tag at 2B. And now Desmond shows why he's not a good CF..

And the same plate discipline as JP Arencibia.. a .297 OBP isn't acceptable for a guy that hits 30 HRs+..

Ugh we got the bad play-by-play guys from TBS.. the good team is in Cleveland right now kissing the Sox's ass...

Why no Mazara I have no idea... of course, Bannister isn't exactly a smart manager. And Gomez is a downgrade over 2015 DeShields--who didn't even make the postseason roster. And Choo is just coming off a significant injury, and hasn't done much all season regardless.

At least they still got on base--they just need to hit with RISP...

Cleveland still has that strong bullpen--if Tomlin/Bauer/Kluber can have a lead by the 6th, they'll have a good shot.

Not really--it was more due to a hot streak in September feasting on bad AL West teams out of contention. And his numbers vs. Toronto were putrid..

All inflated by Adrian Beltre playing 3B.. They're below average or worse at SS, 2B, CF when Desmond plays there, and there isn't enough sample size on Gomez as a Ranger.. his numbers in Houston in CF were not good, as he has regressed badly since leaving Milwaukee. Texas being tied for 2nd worst in errors is a problem.

They failed to add a decent starter at the deadline (Harrell got injured), Holland turned into crap, Martin Perez was bad most of the season, AJ Griffin stunk after the All-Star Break Colby Lewis has been mostly awful since returning from injury, Hamels has struggled recently, and having one of the league's worst defenses (except at 3B) doesn't help.

Which is likely where he's headed in the long term.. 22 errors at 2B and negative metrics at 2B show he needs to be moved to another position, preferably the OF..

Actually, the defense outside of Beltre isn't so good--towards the bottom of the league in most errors--Odor especially is a butcher at 2B (22 errors) and Andrus as well (17--though that's at a position which is high in errors) and Desmond (12 errors in the OF!). Odor was the WORST defensive 2B in baseball this year--10 more errors than the 2nd most (Kipnis). And Desmond was also the worst defensive CF as well.. commiting 9 errors in CF (along with his 3 in LF), most in the AL. Even rookie Nomar Mazara had negative metrics in both LF and RF.

True. But for a 95 win team, the Rangers should be feasting on bad teams.. not getting beaten by them.

With a -8 run differential post All-Star Break and a negative run differential after the trade deadline. Can't get away with this against the AL East.

And didn't even do a good job of it either--for the season, Rangers were 35-36 vs. <.500 teams. Not to mention the sub .500 record vs. the AL East that cannot be overlooked. Heck, they couldn't even beat Tampa! I just can't the Rangers managing well vs. the Blue Jays..

Rangers fans are really cocky--they think they're going to beat up the Jays. Well, their lackluster September/October(15-13 with a negative run differential) and their bottom-tier pitching staff (13th in the AL), with a 25th in MLB ranked bullpen, will get them exposed in the playoffs--it's going to be more difficult to win 1-run games when they're facing elite pitching all the time. Ask the 2012 O's, who went 29-9 in 1-run games...and proceeded to lose to the Yankees in the ALDS due to their weak starting rotation and struggles to get on base (an issue still continuing to this day). With Sanchez and Happ starting, Jays could have a good shot of winning this series and booking a date with Cleveland or Boston.. we just need the bats to show up. Rangers have struggled on the mound since July--after their 20-8 June, they went 44-38 the rest of the way, but were outscored 417-370.. and the offense dropped off post-All Star Break. And the starting pitching has been terrible all season--the offense has had to bail out the team frequently, as the team's ERA was north of 4 the entire summer.. as HRs, walks and a lack of strikeouts hurt this team.