Nothing is more spookier than October baseball -OFFICIAL 2023 MLB PLAYOFFS THREAD

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I bet there’s a multiverse version of the Mets where they signed Correa, Diaz skips the WBC, and Scherzer/Verlander co ace the team to a World Series ring
















Ahh, who am I kidding, even in the multiverse that Mets team blows it

 

[Soldier]

Like I said, these fakkits went for defense and jays struggled all years scoring runs

And now thats the season.

Open up dem wallets and bring ohtanin

I want Atkins and Shapiro gone tomorrow. Permanently. Meanwhile AA winning chips and division banners down south in Atlanta.




Apparently the stupid decision to take out berrios today came from them. Pathetic. Berrios was pitching well and handling the twins hitters just fine, but they took him out and out a cold kikuchi in. Lo and behold manny immediately scored 2 runs right after that.

I wish a new ownership would come in too I cant stand robbers/rogers. But there’s probably no other better option/upgrade available, potential owners with deep pockets are rare out there , lets give credit to Ed rogers- he’s probably one of the few wealthy men out there willing to own a sports franchise. And he does spend money on the team when he wants to. Just this year Toronto had the 7th highest team payroll at 210 millions.

MLB payrolls 2023: Full list of every baseball team from highest to lowest

Mets billionaire owner Steve Cohen,\u00a0who purchased the team for $2.4 billion,\u00a0is not afraid to open the checkbook. Complete list of the 30 payrolls.

www.usatoday.com

I’m torn.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Nobody forced a game 3

bet we're gonna hear fans complain and want either a best of 5 or a 3 game set where each side hosts a game

 

[ineedsleep212]

Oof

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

bet we're gonna hear fans complain and want either a best of 5 or a 3 game set where each side hosts a game

3 games is better than 1 game, that's for sure. The one game playoff was atrocious in my opinion. I don't think you can go more than 3 games because then the top seeds are sitting around doing nothing for too long. They'll probably just eventually add another wild card team and go to 16 teams and then I'll hate it because winning the division will mean nothing.

 

[Soldier]

Both the Braves & Dodgers pitching is suspect. The Phillies and Diamondbacks are live dogs because the bye is a disadvantage in a short series when you have opposing teams coming in hot. The Dodgers went 2-26 with RISP last year against the Padres and were done in ONE weekend.

I predict a Phillies-Diamondbacks NLCS
And a battle of Texas in the ALCS

Orioles are too raw and young and their ace closer is out for the season because of injuries. Braves/Dodgers pitching is suspect but their offense/hitting more than makes up for it.

Twins will be destroyed by the Astros. Houston is superior in every aspect of the game. Honestly the twins never beat the Jays, the jays beat and outsmarted themselves as usual, the twins weren’t a better team than Toronto.

 

[Regular_P]

I know this isn't the strongest Dodgers team but they shouldn't lose to Arizona.

Philly is a tough matchup but Atlanta has to win that series, even if Wheeler and Nola are dealing. I just can't fathom that Braves lineup losing in the NLDS with Strider and Fried.

Houston's a no-brainer over Minnesota.

I still don't know how Baltimore won 101 games. Their lineup isn't that scary and their rotation is weak. I like Texas in that series.

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

I know this isn't the strongest Dodgers team but they shouldn't lose to Arizona.

Philly is a tough matchup but Atlanta has to win that series, even if Wheeler and Nola are dealing. I just can't fathom that Braves lineup losing in the NLDS with Strider and Fried.

Houston's a no-brainer over Minnesota.

I still don't know how Baltimore won 101 games. Their lineup isn't that scary and their rotation is weak. I like Texas in that series.

Strider is supect and can have a shytty outing anytime. He's overrated.

This same Phillies team took him into the deep waters last year.

 

[Regular_P]

Strider is supect and can have a shytty outing anytime. He's overrated.

This same Phillies team took him into the deep waters last year.

He isn't overrated but he can get lit up quickly. However, he was 4-0 against Philly this season including back-to-back a few weeks ago; 7 runs in 26 innings.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

So they expanded this shyt just for it to not be needed huh? Damn shame the Rays opened the season on a heater and almost won a 100 just to get sent packing.

 

[FAH1223]

I know this isn't the strongest Dodgers team but they shouldn't lose to Arizona.

Philly is a tough matchup but Atlanta has to win that series, even if Wheeler and Nola are dealing. I just can't fathom that Braves lineup losing in the NLDS with Strider and Fried.

Houston's a no-brainer over Minnesota.

I still don't know how Baltimore won 101 games. Their lineup isn't that scary and their rotation is weak. I like Texas in that series.

Orioles never got swept this season.

The bats let loose and many clutch situations into extra innings these guys kept winning.

And the bullpen was better than meets the eye. Rangers have better starting pitching.


They split the season series with the Rangers but they haven’t played each other since MAY

It will go 5 games

 

[Regular_P]

Orioles never got swept this season.

The bats let loose and many clutch situations into extra innings these guys kept winning.

And the bullpen was better than meets the eye. Rangers have better starting pitching.


They split the season series with the Rangers but they haven’t played each other since MAY

It will go 5 games

Rangers in four.

They're gonna have Jan Vesely and Johnny Davis throw out the first pitch for games three and four in Arlington.

 

[GunRanger]

The crowd

 

[King Poetic]

Baltimore should win in 4… probably the second best series of this round
Houston should sweep the twins

Atlanta and Philly.. braves should win in 4 but could be 5… either way best series of this round

My Dodgers should sweep Arizona, but Dave Roberts might fukk this shyt up with pitching

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

Crazy that the Rays started the season 13-0, finished April 23-6, still didn't win the division cause they had a sh*tty July (8-16) and already got bounced.