Brett Anderson
vs
Rich Hill
Pretty good game for Maeda last night. Hopefully some of it rubbed off onto Berríos for tomorrow. Today we get Hill back on the mound. He's pitched once this season, on July 29. Also hopefully they don't have to wait until September for appearance number three.
Kenta Maeda
vs
Eric Lauer
Rhu_Ru states this will be a Zoom game so look for his LTE below.
Daniel Ponce de Leon
vs
Rich Hill
I don't know how much 40-year-old Hill can provide. 40-year-old Cruz remains ageless while cast-off Bailey did just fine yesterday. Hill started 13 games last year with otherwise excellent numbers. If he starts 13 games this year, it will mean very different things from last year.
Every morning I let the two-year-old pick out his shirt. He had already picked out one shirt when I showed him "the baseball" shirt while I put away the laundry. Immediately, the current choice was cast aside and he demanded the baseball shirt. I get it little guy, I too want to enjoy this season while it lasts.
I guess another season means another contest. I copied last year's list and attempted to update it for everyone making it this year.
Spoiler your predictions for the following:
AL East #1
AL East #2
AL Central #1
AL Central #2
AL West #1
AL West #2
WC
WC
NL East #1
NL East #2
NL Central #1
NL Central #2
NL West #1
NL West #2
WC
WC
ALWC (4)
ALDS (2)
ALCS
NLWC (4)
NLDS (2)
NLCS
WS (including total games)
AL MVP
AL CY
AL ROY
AL Manager
NL MVP
NL CY
NL ROY
NL Manager
First Manager Fired
Order:
Philospher
Algonad
Mike
SoCalTwinsFan
Freealonzo
sean
bhiggum
Nibbish
brianS
CarterHayes
Beau
TheDreadPirate
cheaptoy
hungryjoe
rowsdower
Inspired by The Athletic's all-decade teams for all of baseball, let's see what the Citizens here think of it. Here is Gleeman's article about his all-decade Twins team. I have reproduced it below in spoilered form for reference. Bonus discussion if you post the least-favorite or Bizzaro World team
Here's a template for you to use:
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Shortstop:
Left field:
Center field:
Right field:
Designated Hitter:
Starter 1:
Starter 2:
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Starter 4:
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Closer:
Bullpen:
Bullpen:
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Bullpen:
Max Scherzer
vs
Zack Greinke
This is it, the final MLB game of the season. Extract the maximum amount of baseball enjoyment you can because you have only the winter leagues and a stove of indeterminate heat until spring training. Or, you know, there's some other sport happening now too. Finally, there's a bracket that someone will win tonight.
Anibal Sánchez
vs
Zack Greinke
Game in progress.
Nationals will ...
Total Voters: 4
Loading ...Stephen Strasburg
vs
Justin Verlander
Before Game 1, ZiPS had the Astros at 59.7% chance of winning. After Cole losing for the first time since the Nationals were bad, now the Nationals have a 57.8% chance of winning. However, the Astros still maintain a greater than 50% chance of winning every game of the series.
Verlander vs Paxton
Three must win games for the Yankees. Prior to yesterday's game, Szymborski calculated the Astros winning game four followed by three Yankees wins at 5.9% chance of happening following the rainout. Not quite the least likely but very close. The Astros meanwhile had a 70.1% chance.
Fast forward through a pleasingly error-filled Yankees loss and that probability is now 92%. They also have an improbable 65% chance at winning it all. That unfortunately means another short series and lots of waiting until the World Series.
