Which UNDERDOG You Like Best To Advance To The NLCS/ALCS?!
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Yanks27Sox9
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Guardians, without a doubt.
Houston owns the M's, Dodgers own the Pads, and Philly's not beating Atlanta without some shenanigans.
Ms' compete, but the Astros don't have much vulnerability. Philly/Atlanta should actually be a good series, but still like the Braves the most in the NL. But tbh, I think the Dodgers actually have the 2nd most vulnerability. Their pen is a weak point, their starting pitching isn't the given that it was, and they haven't been tested (or faced really any adversity) this year. If someone popped them in the mouth, i'm not sure they'd immediately get back up. The Friars are the step child though, and the Dodgers live in their head.
Houston owns the M's, Dodgers own the Pads, and Philly's not beating Atlanta without some shenanigans.
Ms' compete, but the Astros don't have much vulnerability. Philly/Atlanta should actually be a good series, but still like the Braves the most in the NL. But tbh, I think the Dodgers actually have the 2nd most vulnerability. Their pen is a weak point, their starting pitching isn't the given that it was, and they haven't been tested (or faced really any adversity) this year. If someone popped them in the mouth, i'm not sure they'd immediately get back up. The Friars are the step child though, and the Dodgers live in their head.
BringInTheLefty
Pretty much a regular
Phillies
Stopped watching bases start of football season,...guardians pitching just take huge leaps ? ....seemed like an average rotation, outside of mckenzie and bieber....don't see how they can compete with the better rotations
Guardians small ball over Yankees home run ball all day though.
Guardians small ball over Yankees home run ball all day though.
skanless13
Fly, Eagles, Fly!
Cleveland
2daBank
Voice of Reason
I didn’t play any series price sides. Instead I went with both NL series over 4.5 games +155. Gonna go game by game with the sides and see how series flows.
Well that not true. I did play Braves win gm1/win series -110,, bit of a hedge to my Phillies future, I think atl has to win gm 1 to win series so liked getting rid the juice like this.
CPA-hole
Good night, Duke, and sweet dreams!
Yankees basically a .500 team the last half of the season. Indians just don't hit enough.
I can see the Ms winning both at home. Can they win one in Houston?
I think it's a sweep for the Dodgers.
I think Phillies/Braves goes 5 for sure. So I'll say Philly has best chance at winning outright.
I can see the Ms winning both at home. Can they win one in Houston?
I think it's a sweep for the Dodgers.
I think Phillies/Braves goes 5 for sure. So I'll say Philly has best chance at winning outright.
2daBank
Voice of Reason
I’d bet my left nut pads don’t get swept
CPA-hole
Good night, Duke, and sweet dreams!
Usually I love the home team in game 3 but it's the Padres. No one cares in SD.
2daBank
Voice of Reason
I like a lot bout tribe offense for this time of year. They don’t strike out a lot, unlike yanks they put ball in play, good things happen when you do that. Unlike cards 2 stars who wilted like 3 week old spinach on the big stage their guy Ramirez shines in the big moments!
2daBank
Voice of Reason
You crazy, 5th highest attendance in baseball this year and they into it! Great atmosphere. They not gonna be down 0-2 going home anyways, Yu winning game 2.
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
They scored 3 runs in 24 innings against TB but won the series because TB's offense is worse than theirs.
2daBank
Voice of Reason
It was 50 degrees with a 20 mph wind blowing In. And tampa can pitch. Numbers say ya’ll overstating how bad the offense is. If ya wanna argue against the facts be my guest
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
Yes, the weather is the reason. Good grief.
Is it going to be summer like in NY and Cleveland this upcoming week? It's the playoffs in the northeast, the weather is going to be like that more often than not.
2daBank
Voice of Reason
You don’t think a huge pitcher friendly stadium with strong wind blowing in suppresses runs I dunno how to help ya.
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jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
Yes, it does to a certain extent. 3 runs in 24 innings is what happened though. It's tough to sing the praises of an offense when that is their most recent result. That was it, nothing else to it.
2daBank
Voice of Reason
Im
Not singing praises I’m telling you all year ppl been bashing cle offense and no it isn’t a beast but they are better than perception. A 2 game sample in tough conditions vs a very good tampa pitching staff doesn’t prove much.
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
By better than perception you used the "last month of the season OPS" as the barometer, but then want to harp on a small sample size (it is, yes). Which sample size is most likely to show up in a 5 game series, the one where they're going to face NY's very good pitching staff in fall NY weather (so exactly like the games vs TB), or the last month of the season playing teams that checked out and everything else?
2daBank
Voice of Reason
The full season they were middle the pack. Not bottom like most suggest: I think how a team playing the last month incredibly more important so yes it get weighted more than 2 games in terrible weather against one the better pitching staffs in baseball. Lucky for them yanks staff ain’t as good the rays.
Pads offense was terrible this season and I think based off what I saw in 3 games over the weekend says they not that team anymore. Some things and some sizes just matter more than others.
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
Replace Pads with Cleveland, "middle of the pack" for terrible, and 2 games instead of 3.
I'm not sure what some things and some sizes matter more than others means outside of you saying that when you use a 3 game sample it's meaningful but when someone else uses a 2 game sample it's not. Or that you aren't consistent in what you're using as a metric. But that's just how I'm reading it, maybe it means something else.
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
I also would pick Philly out of the 4. Cleveland would be my second choice.
I don’t see any way the Mariners win and LA has owned SD. I’d like to see both upsets just don’t think it happens. A 5 game series is better than a 7 for the upset though, so there is that.
2daBank
Voice of Reason
Pads were terrible as In they shoulda been way way better. Watching a team who on paper has a lineup as good as anyone take great at bats 1 thru 9 against 3 very good pitchers tells me they finally clicking at the right time. I could be wrong on pads but sometimes baseball a funny game. I never weigh everything the same, that why I have success at baseball and laugh at the die hard analytics guys who use them as the be all end all, the world is gray, baseball a funny game, and you better be able to have a big of feel for when you see something that important.
Far as tribe 2 games once again they were facing a great pitching staff, in terrible weather and a huge ball Park, why in the hell would that worry me runs were tough to come by? Not like I’m saying they gonna score a bunch, they gonna have to win 4-3, 3-2, maybe even a 2-1, they have a lineup of guys who make contact which is big, good things happen when you put ball in play, they situationally hit, and do the things they have to that gets them those 3-4-5 runs they need to win as their pitching not gonna let yanks bash them.
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
And of course past results don’t mean everything, but NY beat Cleveland 5 games out of 6 this year and out scored them 38-14 in the process. Tough to predict Cleveland’s pitching staff holding the Yanks down to 2-3 runs a game. But that’s why they play the games.
2daBank
Voice of Reason
I wish seattle woulda got yanks. Don’t think they can beat Stros, they woulda beat yanks.
I think pads getting owned less relevant than Stros owning seattle. Pads have a lineup that can go toe to toe w lad, they just didn’t perform that way in reg season. They just as stacked 1 thru 9 tho and they have a couple pitchers who have proven they can shut down las, Yu and musgrove.
2daBank
Voice of Reason
I don’t even wanna be arguing for cle. I don’t like them enough to bet them to win series! Lol. I’m sure I’ll have some type of play on them in some games, like today Ff tt over 1.5 +140, I think they can get a few off Cole, I just don’t think their offense as bad ppl
Think, I think it kinda what you want for playoff baseball, they don’t strike out. Yanks the kind of team good pitching can own, prob show up more against houston than this series tho.
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