Sorry, have to say something about the Diamondbacks. On Aug 22nd, they very much in the division race with a 71-56 record. Since then, they have yet to win a series and have fallen to 79-76 and have fallen completely out of everything playoff related. I dont follow AZ, so I dont know what happened over there, but their blog boards must full of trash by now.
I think they're a real threat to the Yankees. But while 5-game series can twist and turn on bad bounces and rotten luck, I don't think they have the horses to take down Boston, and if they somehow did, I don't think they can win a 7-game series vs a better team.
[Premium Post] In the Wild Card game, starting pitchers typically don't go deep into the game. With the Athletics' bullpen, if they can get 4 innings out of the starter (Fiers?), then you could turn it over to Familia, Trivino and Treinen for 1-2-2 innings and close it out. Very formidable. GOOD DAY
A’s taking down the Sox and then getting them would be ideal. Like last year with the Yanks beating the Indians.
In '16 NLWC game: Bumgarner pitched a shutout and Synderaard pitch 7 shutout innings. In the ALWC one pitcher went 6, one went 4.1. If you think 1 year is a trend, then yes, all 4 starters got blown up last year. SAYONARA
One year doesn't make a trend. I don't expect Mikolas and Chacin to live up to the Bumgarner and Thor matchup. Fiers vs. Severino has one pitcher that may go deep, but then he is going against a great offense with a stacked bullpen behind him. I don't expect to see non-aces go deep in future wild card games. I don't expect to see many aces on wild card teams.
For a month now ive been thinking that and they continue to put up the innings. It wouldn't be a shocker if some normally reliable arms head south over the next 2 weeks.
The road to the AL championship will be brutal, so many good teams. Actually, the A's bother me the most. They haven't lost much in the second half of the season. I really believe that whoever wins the AL wins it all.
