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Major League Baseball 2019

Acadia said:
It would be something of a Cinderella story. Clutch dingers towards the end of the game.

Stay in the fight!
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Dodgers Yankees would have been a dream ws. Nationals making the WS is like the Marlins making the WS. Unispiring to say the least.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
Kershaw.
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As a SF Giant fan, I am very familiar with Kershaw.
Occasionally, Kershaw is a little "off" and may give up a run or two early, recover and then throw shutout ball for the next 6 innings.
We can sometimes...and I emphasize, SOMETIMES.... beat him if our starter is having a good day.
He's more of a long distance runner than a sprinter.
He's a great starting pitcher, but ill-suited for relief pitching.
 
Bucky said:
Dodgers Yankees would have been a dream ws. Nationals making the WS is like the Marlins making the WS. Unispiring to say the least.
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I understand not everyone shares my excitement:lol: The franchise has not been a titan in the sport for a century.
 
radioman said:
As a SF Giant fan, I am very familiar with Kershaw.
Occasionally, Kershaw is a little "off" and may give up a run or two early, recover and then throw shutout ball for the next 6 innings.
We can sometimes...and I emphasize, SOMETIMES.... beat him if our starter is having a good day.
He's more of a long distance runner than a sprinter.
He's a great starting pitcher, but ill-suited for relief pitching.
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Your point about him not being suited for Relief pitching is dead on. I'm sure that can be said about a lot of starting pitchers.

Many starters their worst inning is the first inning. . So that tells us that they're probably not going to be good relievers.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
Your point about him not being suited for Relief pitching is dead on. I'm sure that can be said about a lot of starting pitchers.

Many starters their worst inning is the first inning. . So that tells us that they're probably not going to be good relievers.
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Max Scherzer struck with one-inning surgical precision in game 2 in L.A.
 
Acadia said:
Max Scherzer struck with one-inning surgical precision in game 2 in L.A.
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I really didn't mean every single starter in every single relief appearance pitches badly in relief, and that all starters have bad 1st innings. There's exceptions to every rule. Kershaw is not a reliever, to use him as one was, IMO, a mistake by Roberts. Especially when he had 2-3 relievers in the pen ready to go.

Kershaw's 89 mph batting practice pitch to Soto was about as fat a pitch a pitcher can throw.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
I really didn't mean every single starter in every single relief appearance pitches badly in relief, and that all starters have bad 1st innings. There's exceptions to every rule. Kershaw is not a reliever, to use him as one was, IMO, a mistake by Roberts. Especially when he had 2-3 relievers in the pen ready to go.

Kershaw's 89 mph batting practice pitch to Soto was about as fat a pitch a pitcher can throw.
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The game came down to the pitching decisions. So many do. I've torn my hair out a couple times over Martinez's pitching decisions, believe me.
 
I was a huge DR fan but I no longer am. Ultimately, players have to perform but his game decisions are simply horrible. Its not monday morning quarterbacking either. OMFG why leave Kershaw in after the first home run. Maeda has been a stud all season. And OMFG why do you leave Kelly in after the double and a walk? Its the last ****ing game of the season if you lose. There's just no explaining it. Roberts is a good regular season manager and the players love him, but with this talent the Dodgers should have had at least 1 and probably 2 WS championships if not for the decisions Roberts made.



calamity said:
Blistering

Dave Roberts will have to own this Dodgers disaster
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Acadia said:
The game came down to the pitching decisions. So many do. I've torn my hair out a couple times over Martinez's pitching decisions, believe me.
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As a Mets fan I've appreciated and respected what Martinez has done so far in the playoffs because I KNOW if the Mets were in the playoffs because their bullpen is just as bad as the Nats they'd be forced to do the same thing Martinez is doing, he's doing anything and everything he can NOT use his awful bullpen. He's being forced to use his starters longer, and out of the bullpen, so far it's worked. But in 7 game series it's going to get harder to do.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
As a Mets fan I've appreciated and respected what Martinez has done so far in the playoffs because I KNOW if the Mets were in the playoffs because their bullpen is just as bad as the Nats they'd be forced to do the same thing Martinez is doing, he's doing anything and everything he can NOT use his awful bullpen. He's being forced to use his starters longer, and out of the bullpen, so far it's worked. But in 7 game series it's going to get harder to do.
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You hit the nail on the head insofar as the crux of the Nats' challenge in a 7-game series.
 
The Cardinals are the team of my youth. I adopted the Nats as a DC-area resident. I never like it when they face each other in the playoffs.
 
The Yankees manager Aaron Boone may be the x-factor this time around against the Astros:

 
How about the Nat's Sanchez? The bullpen has a bit more depth than perhaps thought.
 
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Jack Hays said:
He was never bad in the clubhouse. He was young in a clubhouse led by Jason Werth. Regardless, water under the bridge.
Per year cost is not that great and will become relatively less over the life of the contract, so Phillies will have financial flexibility.
Harper wanted the years, with no-trade clause and no opt outs, so Phillies can assure future FA's he'll be staying. Target is Trout.
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Interesting. Harper moves from the Nats to the Phillies. The Phillies load up for pennant run only to finish 81-18, 16 games behind the Braves and 12 behind Harper's former team. The Nats are now playing in the NLCS, having used some of what they saved on Harper to get Patrick Corbin, but not much else. Seems like a classic case of addition by subtraction. I stand by my initial point that the Phillies way over paid for Harper.... he wasn't a great clubhouse guy.

upsideguy said:
Overrated and inconsistent player / bad clubhouse guy. The Phils way overpaid and overcommitted.
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That said, I know these things have more pieces than something that simple.

How the Nationals overcame losing Bryce Harper to make the playoffs and outplay the Phillies - CBSSports.com

The Phillies still way overpaid for a .250 hitter.
 
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upsideguy said:
Interesting. Harper moves from the Nats to the Phillies. The Phillies load up for pennant run only to finish 81-18, 16 games behind the Braves and 12 behind Harper's former team. The Nats are now playing in the NLCS, having used some of what they saved on Harper to get Patrick Corbin, but not much else. Seems like a classic case of addition by subtraction. I stand by my initial point that the Phillies way over paid for Harper.... he wasn't a great clubhouse guy.



That said, I know these things have more pieces than something that simple.

How the Nationals overcame losing Bryce Harper to make the playoffs and outplay the Phillies - CBSSports.com

The Phillies still way overpaid for a .250 hitter.
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Two things compensated for Harper's departure: emergence of Juan Soto as a better left-handed power bat, and arrival of Victor Robles, an All Star of the future in CF.
 
Jack Hays said:
Two things compensated for Harper's departure: emergence of Juan Soto as a better left-handed power bat, and arrival of Victor Robles, an All Star of the future in CF.
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Soto has managed to avoid the Sophomore slump, Robles and Eaton playing a lot. We didn't lose much offensively by losing Harper.
 
Will the NLCS even matter?

Gotta figure the Yanks or Stros win the WS in five max.
 
calamity said:
Will the NLCS even matter?

Gotta figure the Yanks or Stros win the WS in five max.
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Nats over Yankees? Re-ranking the final four playoff contenders


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Eduardo Pérez and Tim Kurkjian break down Gerrit Cole's Game 5 dominance and look ahead to the much-anticipated ALCS between the Yankees and Astros. (1:49)


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    David SchoenfieldESPN Senior Writer


We're down to the MLB playoffs' final four teams. Most of the national attention will focus on the colossal showdown in the American League between the 107-win Houston Astros and 103-win New York Yankees, a rematch of the 2017 American League Championship Series that went seven games, with the home team winning every game. Don't overlook the Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals, however, two fun teams with rising stars in slugger Juan Soto and pitching ace Jack Flaherty.
With the National League Championship Series kicking off Friday in St. Louis and the ALCS starting Saturday in Houston, let's rank the top four teams as they stand right now: . . . .
 
Looks like MLB has ‘unjuiced’ the baseball.
 
Any game the astros don't start verlander and Cole is a must win for the yankees.
 
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