(09-24-2020 06:39 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 10:49 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:09 AM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  ^^^^
The National League playoff race is definitely more wide open with many teams hovering above, at, and below .500. Going down to the wire for sure. St. Louis still has a few games to makeup.

St Louis they're planning to only get to 58. Missing the 2 Tiger games.... Saw only way those get made up on Monday(and this is why NL playoffs are starting Wed.) is if either they need to get up to 60 to make the playoffs or if it impacts home field for the 1st round of playoffs. If it's something like 5 vs 6 or 6 vs 7- won't get made up.

Do you have a source or link for this? There hasn't been a lot said about if/how to make up games and of course Reds fans want to know.

So tonight could be something really amazing. If the Phillies lose and Marlins win, the Marlins would clinch 2nd place and playoff spot....

This is the 4 year anniversary of Jose Fernandez death.

where would baseball be w/o this?

Damn this feels good! Been 7 long years since the last playoffs birth. Reds got hot at the right time winning last 8 of 10 and 13 of 20.

(09-25-2020 11:15 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Damn this feels good! Been 7 long years since the last playoffs birth. Reds got hot at the right time winning last 8 of 10 and 13 of 20.

and you guys get your big 3 1-2-3 for the playoffs..

tough loss for the Giants... tomorrow now a huge game for them along with Phils and Brewers....

(09-24-2020 08:38 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 06:39 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 10:49 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:09 AM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  ^^^^
The National League playoff race is definitely more wide open with many teams hovering above, at, and below .500. Going down to the wire for sure. St. Louis still has a few games to makeup.

St Louis they're planning to only get to 58. Missing the 2 Tiger games.... Saw only way those get made up on Monday(and this is why NL playoffs are starting Wed.) is if either they need to get up to 60 to make the playoffs or if it impacts home field for the 1st round of playoffs. If it's something like 5 vs 6 or 6 vs 7- won't get made up.

Do you have a source or link for this? There hasn't been a lot said about if/how to make up games and of course Reds fans want to know.

That's a huge incentive for the Cardinals to win on Saturday or Sunday. If they win at least one of those two, then they don't have to play a Monday doubleheader (assuming that the Cubs hold on to win the division).

Because the Cubs clinched the division on Saturday while the Phillies, Cardinals, and Giants all lost, the last two NL playoff spots will play out like this:

(09-26-2020 12:57 AM)stever20 Wrote:  tough loss for the Giants... tomorrow now a huge game for them along with Phils and Brewers....

you got any idea what happened to swoosh?

(09-27-2020 03:04 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

(09-26-2020 12:57 AM)stever20 Wrote:  tough loss for the Giants... tomorrow now a huge game for them along with Phils and Brewers....

you got any idea what happened to swoosh?

he was back here a few days ago...

so the matchups are set
AL-
8 Toronto @ 1 Tampa Bay
5 NY Yankees @ 4 Cleveland
7 Chicago WS @ 2 Oakland
6 Houston @ 3 Minnesota

NL-
8 Milwaukee @ 1 LA Ddogers
5 St Louis @ 4 San Diego
7 Cincinnati @ 2 Atlanta
6 Miami @ 3 Chicago Cubs

I like-
Tampa, Yanks, Oakland, Minnesota in the AL
Dodgers, San Diego, Reds, Cubs in the NL
Tampa, Twins in the AL
Dodgers, Reds in the NL

Twins,Dodgers WS with the Dodgers winning

AL games start Tuesday and NL games on Wednesday...

Quote:There will be no days off during these rounds, meaning there will be eight games played on Wednesday and potentially that many on Thursday as well.

The first round (Wild Card Series) is a best-of-three series with all three games at the higher seed's ballpark. The second round (LDS) is a best-of-five and the final two rounds (LCS and World Series) are best-of-sevens.

Let's get it on!

I sure don't want to play the Reds right now. Especially in 1st 2 rounds where they could in rd 1 have pitching set perfectly and LDS have Bauer set to go in games 1 and 5 pretty easily.

(09-27-2020 08:32 PM)stever20 Wrote:  I sure don't want to play the Reds right now. Especially in 1st 2 rounds where they could in rd 1 have pitching set perfectly and LDS have Bauer set to go in games 1 and 5 pretty easily.

The Reds won their last 5 series in a row including aginst the Cards, ChiSox and Twins. They are playing with a lot of confidence right now and complimentary baseball - pitching and hitting clicking together. Anything can happen in a three game series and I'm trying not to get too amped. As you mention, I do like the potential setup with our starters - they'll give us a great shot to stay in any game. We shall see...

The official game times are now posted...

Playoff Schedule

(09-27-2020 08:44 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(09-27-2020 08:32 PM)stever20 Wrote:  I sure don't want to play the Reds right now. Especially in 1st 2 rounds where they could in rd 1 have pitching set perfectly and LDS have Bauer set to go in games 1 and 5 pretty easily.

The Reds won their last 5 series in a row including aginst the Cards, ChiSox and Twins. They are playing with a lot of confidence right now and complimentary baseball - pitching and hitting clicking together. Anything can happen in a three game series and I'm trying not to get too amped. As you mention, I do like the potential setup with our starters - they'll give us a great shot to stay in any game. We shall see...

The Reds kind of remind me of the Nats from last year. I think the question is can you score enough runs?

It will be interesting to see if the momentum from the end of the season will carry-over to the playoffs...

Braves 6-4 L10 / 9-6 L15 / 11-9 L20

Reds 7-3 L10 / 11-4 L15 / 13-7 L20


To stever20's point above...NL rank...

Braves - 2nd Runs / 7th ERA

Reds - 13th Runs / 2nd ERA

Now, those stats are over the 60 game season. I can't speak for the Braves but the Reds improved as an offense over the last 20 games. That said, the Braves still have a better, more consistent offense. They say good pitching tends to win over good hitting so we'll see...

(09-26-2020 12:57 AM)stever20 Wrote:  tough loss for the Giants... tomorrow now a huge game for them along with Phils and Brewers....

Out of practice remembering to come here. But yeah, we had some brutal losses. Between the Rockies game where our hitters could barely scratch across a run, and then the blown game against the Padres. We had a fun, scrappy season, but in the end, I wish we had gotten a top 10 pick. Oh well.

(09-29-2020 10:24 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(09-26-2020 12:57 AM)stever20 Wrote:  tough loss for the Giants... tomorrow now a huge game for them along with Phils and Brewers....

Out of practice remembering to come here. But yeah, we had some brutal losses. Between the Rockies game where our hitters could barely scratch across a run, and then the blown game against the Padres. We had a fun, scrappy season, but in the end, I wish we had gotten a top 10 pick. Oh well.

the draft is such a crapshoot though.... Nats fans been mad as anything about the 3 wins over the weekend going from a 5th or so pick up to 11th....

2005-2014 avg career bWAR at picks-
5 12.94
6 6.41
7 18.27
8 7.81
9 3.69
10 10.42
11 15.43