World Series Discussion Thread

B.A.R. said:
Nope.

After next season.

Detroit will enter trade talks at the winter meetings.
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Nice. I know I read or heard Boras wants him to be the first $40M pitcher and just thought he was fa now. As you can see I don't follow too closely. Perfect fit for LAD as he just subs in for Kershaw - what's another $400M 10 year deal to them lol. It does amaze me that small market teams can still be competitive (i.e. Milwaukee) in baseball.

PS just a tidbit as I know you're a Detroit fan. I'm 63 and grew up in San Diego. But started following baseball at 6/7 (1968) and Tigers won WS that year so I became a lifelong Tiger fan (frontrunning kid). That was year McClean won 31 games but Lolich won 3 WS games and they came back from 3 1 down vs Cards, Gibson. We used to go to Disneyland and would plan the weekend around Detroit coming into Anaheim to play Angels. Baseball Friday night, Disneyland Saturday. Lot of fun. I remember Fidrych mania and Alan Trammel was from San Diego - i played vs. him in Basketball. It's funny I knew him and Gwynn (SDSU point guard) as basketball players first. I had no idea Gwynn played Baseball until he came up to Padres. Managed to get to Detroit to see a game in old Tiger Staudium.
 
lvmike32 said:
Nice. I know I read or heard Boras wants him to be the first $40M pitcher and just thought he was fa now. As you can see I don't follow too closely. Perfect fit for LAD as he just subs in for Kershaw - what's another $400M 10 year deal to them lol. It does amaze me that small market teams can still be competitive (i.e. Milwaukee) in baseball.

PS just a tidbit as I know you're a Detroit fan. I'm 63 and grew up in San Diego. But started following baseball at 6/7 (1968) and Tigers won WS that year so I became a lifelong Tiger fan (frontrunning kid). That was year McClean won 31 games but Lolich won 3 WS games and they came back from 3 1 down vs Cards, Gibson. We used to go to Disneyland and would plan the weekend around Detroit coming into Anaheim to play Angels. Baseball Friday night, Disneyland Saturday. Lot of fun. I remember Fidrych mania and Alan Trammel was from San Diego - i played vs. him in Basketball. It's funny I knew him and Gwynn (SDSU point guard) as basketball players first. I had no idea Gwynn played Baseball until he came up to Padres. Managed to get to Detroit to see a game in old Tiger Staudium.
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I've been yapping a lot in this thread. Not much to say after this game other than it has gone exactly the way I expected with one caveat being the Dodgers offense is being taken to the woodshed so I'm not scoring on my overs. I predict Trey Yesavage cards are going to be a hot item if not already. He'll be favored to be ROY next year. He hasn't pitched enough to qualify as a rookie in the regular season I don't think?

Jays have home field, all the momentum and need just one more game out of the next two. I am not betting on Friday's game because I think Yamamoto will take it and +120 isn't enough to sway me. Nor do I like over 7.5 but there is no way in hell I'm betting on an under. I'll just enjoy it as a fan. If it gets somewhere stupid like +140 I'll reconsider. That's okay because even if the Jays lose Game 6, they will have all the advantages in Game 7. Scherzer highest velo in years. Bassitt lights out. Hoffman lights out. Yesavage might get an inning in a pinch. Fluharty decent. Who do the Dodgers have that haven't gotten their faces punched in this series other than Yamamoto? Sasaki? Glasnow's not going to go much more than 5.

The Canadian broadcast made a point to bring up how much the Jays have outhit and outscored the Dodgers in the series. One thing they didn't bring up that's super important is the strikeouts. Without looking it up, My guess is that the Dodgers hitters have twice as many K's than the Jays, and that's with the supposedly far superior starting pitching. And far more expensive (but not better) offense.

Now I'm off to Dodgers Reddit for a bit for some delicious tears before finally sleeping at a decent hour. Tonight I stayed home to watch the game.
 
One more thing, 2026 WS lines are out. Jays are +2000, tied with the Braves for 8th likeliest odds. After seeing what this team does on the biggest stage, how can they be disrespected like that? Yankees are +700. Those two should be switched. I grabbed some at +2000 since I think that's coming way down.
 
lvmike32 said:
Nice. I know I read or heard Boras wants him to be the first $40M pitcher and just thought he was fa now. As you can see I don't follow too closely. Perfect fit for LAD as he just subs in for Kershaw - what's another $400M 10 year deal to them lol. It does amaze me that small market teams can still be competitive (i.e. Milwaukee) in baseball.

PS just a tidbit as I know you're a Detroit fan. I'm 63 and grew up in San Diego. But started following baseball at 6/7 (1968) and Tigers won WS that year so I became a lifelong Tiger fan (frontrunning kid). That was year McClean won 31 games but Lolich won 3 WS games and they came back from 3 1 down vs Cards, Gibson. We used to go to Disneyland and would plan the weekend around Detroit coming into Anaheim to play Angels. Baseball Friday night, Disneyland Saturday. Lot of fun. I remember Fidrych mania and Alan Trammel was from San Diego - i played vs. him in Basketball. It's funny I knew him and Gwynn (SDSU point guard) as basketball players first. I had no idea Gwynn played Baseball until he came up to Padres. Managed to get to Detroit to see a game in old Tiger Staudium.
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I never pegged you for 63. At all.

Figured 40-45 tops.

Stay young !

That's awesome stuff. I've met Lolich just because he had a donut shop in my hometown for years.

Birdmania was something else. That was before I was born (1980) but I've watched a lot of games online. What a time!

Crazy about Gwynne and Trammell!

My dad was 13 in 1968 so that was his favorite year growing up for baseball. Al kaline used to just show up at the ballfield in Detroit and play catch with them growing up. Different times...

Old Tiger Stadium was an institution!
 
gamer said:
One more thing, 2026 WS lines are out. Jays are +2000, tied with the Braves for 8th likeliest odds. After seeing what this team does on the biggest stage, how can they be disrespected like that? Yankees are +700. Those two should be switched. I grabbed some at +2000 since I think that's coming way down.
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Nice.

I have some FOMO now since I've bet Toronto in '22, '23 and '24 at 1800+ to win it all each year and stayed away this year. The pitching was too much of a concern. Jokes on me.
 
gamer said:
I've been yapping a lot in this thread. Not much to say after this game other than it has gone exactly the way I expected with one caveat being the Dodgers offense is being taken to the woodshed so I'm not scoring on my overs. I predict Trey Yesavage cards are going to be a hot item if not already. He'll be favored to be ROY next year. He hasn't pitched enough to qualify as a rookie in the regular season I don't think?

Jays have home field, all the momentum and need just one more game out of the next two. I am not betting on Friday's game because I think Yamamoto will take it and +120 isn't enough to sway me. Nor do I like over 7.5 but there is no way in hell I'm betting on an under. I'll just enjoy it as a fan. If it gets somewhere stupid like +140 I'll reconsider. That's okay because even if the Jays lose Game 6, they will have all the advantages in Game 7. Scherzer highest velo in years. Bassitt lights out. Hoffman lights out. Yesavage might get an inning in a pinch. Fluharty decent. Who do the Dodgers have that haven't gotten their faces punched in this series other than Yamamoto? Sasaki? Glasnow's not going to go much more than 5.

The Canadian broadcast made a point to bring up how much the Jays have outhit and outscored the Dodgers in the series. One thing they didn't bring up that's super important is the strikeouts. Without looking it up, My guess is that the Dodgers hitters have twice as many K's than the Jays, and that's with the supposedly far superior starting pitching. And far more expensive (but not better) offense.

Now I'm off to Dodgers Reddit for a bit for some delicious tears before finally sleeping at a decent hour. Tonight I stayed home to watch the game.
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Love this post!
 
B.A.R. said:
I never pegged you for 63. At all.

Figured 40-45 tops.

Stay young !

That's awesome stuff. I've met Lolich just because he had a donut shop in my hometown for years.

Birdmania was something else. That was before I was born (1980) but I've watched a lot of games online. What a time!

Crazy about Gwynne and Trammell!

My dad was 13 in 1968 so that was his favorite year growing up for baseball. Al kaline used to just show up at the ballfield in Detroit and play catch with them growing up. Different times...

Old Tiger Stadium was an institution!
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Im trying lol. Great u met Lolich he was hero of that ws. Kaline was all timer not surprised to hear that. Definitely different era. Trammel was hs stud and great hoops player. Danny Ainge type. I kind of moved to Padres but always stayed Detroit fan. WS between the two was hard.
 
Game 7 - advantage Jays. +122 is a solid bet.

You're Dave Roberts. Your offense got one hit in eight innings, bunched the other three in one. Another day of 12+ strikeouts. The guy you're relying on as a closer just blew chunks. The one dependable pitcher you have just threw 100 pitches. Ohtani 6 ERA in the World Series. Snell 8 ERA. Glasnow 4 ERA plus two unearned runs and has historically struggled pitching in Toronto. You have NO good options on the pitching side and no room for error because the hitting is not there. You can't even say Game 6 was a momentum builder for anyone except maybe Betts. You got lucky because Schneider decided not to pinch hit for the #9 hitter. Not a terrible non-move given how clutch Gimenez has been, but France or Schneider in there likely has a different outcome than a line out double play just from different defensive positioning.

Flip side. Scherzer best velo in years and most experience out of everyone in this situation, though he does have the highest ERA of all the Toronto starters. Bassitt is nails. Yesavage is nails. Bieber is nails. All three will be available at any hint of Scherzer struggling. Lines moved from +122 to +120 as a typed this out, but how the Jays aren't the favorite is a mystery to me. This was the same line entering Game 6, with the Dodgers throwing their absolute best option available at SP. Vegas setting lines based on people betting on name brand and history. Not based on how this series has actually played out on the field. Jays are simply a better team. If this was based purely on run differential the series would be long over.
 
Jays TT OVER/Jays ML +160

If Jays win I feel like the 3.5 will be attained.

Should be a good one
 
I’m on over 8 tonight and have Doyers ML in a couple multi sport parlays…gl tonight guys
 
Fan in me wants Jays

I think they are a rightful dog but gonna pull for that bird
 
gamer said:
Game 7 - advantage Jays. +122 is a solid bet.

You're Dave Roberts. Your offense got one hit in eight innings, bunched the other three in one. Another day of 12+ strikeouts. The guy you're relying on as a closer just blew chunks. The one dependable pitcher you have just threw 100 pitches. Ohtani 6 ERA in the World Series. Snell 8 ERA. Glasnow 4 ERA plus two unearned runs and has historically struggled pitching in Toronto. You have NO good options on the pitching side and no room for error because the hitting is not there. You can't even say Game 6 was a momentum builder for anyone except maybe Betts. You got lucky because Schneider decided not to pinch hit for the #9 hitter. Not a terrible non-move given how clutch Gimenez has been, but France or Schneider in there likely has a different outcome than a line out double play just from different defensive positioning.

Flip side. Scherzer best velo in years and most experience out of everyone in this situation, though he does have the highest ERA of all the Toronto starters. Bassitt is nails. Yesavage is nails. Bieber is nails. All three will be available at any hint of Scherzer struggling. Lines moved from +122 to +120 as a typed this out, but how the Jays aren't the favorite is a mystery to me. This was the same line entering Game 6, with the Dodgers throwing their absolute best option available at SP. Vegas setting lines based on people betting on name brand and history. Not based on how this series has actually played out on the field. Jays are simply a better team. If this was based purely on run differential the series would be long over.
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You're Canadian. I hope you win. Seriously I hate LAD with a passion.

But every damn write up is how awesome Toronto are and how weak LAD are. Good luck to you but you are insanely objective. It's cool to pull for your team without drumming up essays about why you love your team.

BOL, I'm pulling for ya!
 
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