I remember thinking to myself, "Yeah, they're winning the world series" after they swept the Yankees in 4. You could just tell this team had "it", whatever "it" is.
Cease would be nice. Durable, strikes out batters. Age 30 season next year. Could come out of the bullpen in a game 7 and throw some filthy innings.
Ranger Saurez is nice as a lefty that doesn't allow home runs. Probably cheaper than Cease as well.
I think the only thing that could absolve this pain is rematching the Dodgers in the world series next year and defeating them in an equally painful way. Maybe with Ohtani Yamamoto and Sasaki giving up handfuls of runs every game and leaving MLB in disgrace.
You're not alone, friend. That night I couldn't sleep until 3 am and when I woke up it was the first thing on my mind. I've never cried from sports before but laying in my bed watching the post game interviews of guys like Ernie Clement hit hard.
It definitely is the worst kind of pain. I don't think anything could ever top it. Which in a way is good? All of us are hardened for the future. No matter what happens, nothing will ever be as bad as this loss. It's all up from here!
I might be taking crazy pills but I have a feeling we are going to spend big this winter. We know they've been right in the mix for Ohtani, Soto, Cole etc. Is a payroll of 280 - 300 M out of the question? I hope not.
Statcast is definitely not God's truth. It's not uncommon for it to be off by 10-20 feet. Remember that supposed 505 foot home run by Rowdy Tellez a while back?
Clement's fly out to Pages: .380 xBa.
Vlad's second to last AB where he flew out to CF: .470 xBA.
(Assuming you mean Gimenez to Muncy): .590 xBA.
Overall for Game 7:
LAD: .331 xBA.
TOR: .454 xBA.
I don't even want to compute it for the whole series I have a feeling it will just piss me off.
If it was a coaching decision to play IKF close to the bag then it really was a case of "playing not to lose" and not playing to win. Game 6 - Kike ignores his positioning card, playing shallower than intended and ends up making that crucial catch.
Guess trusting your instincts like that is a benefit of post season experience.
Positives: Toronto more attractive to free agents? Player development possibly got over the hump? The guys will come back hungrier next year?
Negatives: We f***ing lost.