I appreciate what the more balanced schedule offers, but sometimes it leads to these really weird series that just feel like exhibitions. Especially late in the year, with a contending team, just coming off of a series against their closest rival... that feels weird.

Also, Dalls Keuchel is pitching, and that also feels weird. Kodai Senga pitches for the Mets.

In a rematch of the one game Texas took last week, Max Scherzer pitches against Joe Ryan. I think this was the game Texas won. I can't be bothered to double check.

With the moves Cleveland made to bolster their pitching, the season seems to have taken on a bit of a desperate tone. Starting a big series against the 1st 2nd 3rd place Rangers, with Scherzer on the mound, makes it all feel even more dire. This is the fun baseball - the games that seem to really count. A win tonight would feel huge.

And maybe that's what this year's team has really been about - the feelings. They go through stretches that feel way more brutal than they actual are. They go through stretches that feel way more amazing then they actual are. The feelings on this team are ratched up to 11, somehow. It strikes me as way different than a lot of the past iterations.

And I'm kind of good with it. At least, that's how I feel right now.