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For a team who had playoff odds close to or above 97% on July 4 sure are making things difficult on themselves. How much will Scociasa play the starters in Seattle with a magic number of 1 to clinch home field throughout??
I still think the A's take it but they are playing a team on the road that wants to go into next season with some momentum and an interim manager that wants to show the higher ups he should be on full time while the Mariners get a team that would probably prefer to get of Seattle fully healthy in exchange for not reaching 100 wins. 100 wins for the Angels would be nice (when's the last time they reached 100 wins in a season?? Ever??) but Scoascia isn't going to sacrifice a major injury to Trout or Pujols just to reach some team high watermark. Tough to call this week.
Nats split 2 with the Marlins to lock up HFA throughout NL playoffs. After Nats get game 1 of the double header tomorrow to clinch it, we spend the rest of the series getting guys off and getting pitchers some work.
Pirates lose 2/3 to Cincinnati to give the division to the Cards.
Giants win 2/3 over San Diego, but not enough to pass Pirates as they finish tied atop the Wildcard standings and they travel cross country to Pittsburgh to play the game.
Over in the AL:
Tigers win 2/3 over the Twins to lock up the Central
Royals win 2 of the next 3 over White Sox to officially lock up their first playoff spot in 30 years.
Blue Jays beat Orioles Friday to give Angels home field before that series even starts.
Because of that...Mariners sweep the AA & AAA Angels with Iwakuma, Paxton & Hernadez all bouncing back strong from disasterous outings last time out. That leaves all the pressure on the A's...
.....and they fold losing Friday & Saturday before rallying back from 3 down in the 9th Sunday to save their season and force another 1 game playoff on Monday.
Nats split 2 with the Marlins to lock up HFA throughout NL playoffs. After Nats get game 1 of the double header tomorrow to clinch it, we spend the rest of the series getting guys off and getting pitchers some work.
Pirates lose 2/3 to Cincinnati to give the division to the Cards.
Giants win 2/3 over San Diego, but not enough to pass Pirates as they finish tied atop the Wildcard standings and they travel cross country to Pittsburgh to play the game.
Over in the AL:
Tigers win 2/3 over the Twins to lock up the Central
Royals win 2 of the next 3 over White Sox to officially lock up their first playoff spot in 30 years.
Blue Jays beat Orioles Friday to give Angels home field before that series even starts.
Because of that...Mariners sweep the AA & AAA Angels with Iwakuma, Paxton & Hernadez all bouncing back strong from disasterous outings last time out. That leaves all the pressure on the A's...
.....and they fold losing Friday & Saturday before rallying back from 3 down in the 9th Sunday to save their season and force another 1 game playoff on Monday.
If Oakland gets swept, Seattle wins 2/3 and Cleveland sweeps, there will be three teams tied. Is that correct? What happens then? It might not be a likely scenario, but it's possible.
I forgot about Cleveland above. I just think Cobb, Archer or Colome will take at least 1 of those games for the Rays this week.
Oakland gets swept, Cleveland sweeps Rays and Mariners win 2/3 all 3 teams (Indians, Mariners & A's) would be tied at 86-76. I'm not entire sure but if this plays out I believe Seattle would have first pick between being A, B or C since Seattle won the season series over both the A's & the Indians (4-2 vs. Indians, 10-9 vs. Oakland). If you pick C you only play 1 game but you play on the road; if you pick B you have to play 2 games but you'll get them both at home. Oakland gets the next pick (they won the series over Cleveland 4-2) & Cleveland gets whatever's left. Team A plays @ Team B on Monday and the winner goes home to play team C
If Seattle sweeps Angels & A's lose 2 of 3, A's & Mariners would be tied at 87-75, and they'd play a playoff game in Seattle on Monday evening (Mariners won the season series 10-9 so they'd get the tiebreaker game at home).
Unless Seattle wins their final two games and Oakland loses their final two games, it will be A's vs Royals in the wild-card playoff. And the Royals would have to lose the next two games for the playoff to happen anywhere but Kansas City.
I'd give you another rep point if I could. Gotta spread it around first. I was at the Nats game last night and was following Kluber's start more than I was watching the game.
Although, with his season, it shouldn't even be "sneaky" at this point. He's legit.
I like the looks of their starting rotation next year with Kluber as #1.
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