Seattle going to sweep Oakland. Must win 2/3 vs Baltimore. Im afraid it’ll go the other way and that series in Seattle could be for the division. What a waste of a week
If Astros can possibly manage to go 5-4 vs Orioles, Royals, and D'Backs: If Astros sweep Mariners, they win the division. If Astros win 2 of 3, Mariners would need to go 9-1 in remaining 10 games to win division. If Astros win 1 of 3, Mariners would need to go 7-3 in remaining 10 games to win the division. If Mariners sweep Astros they would need to go 5-5 to win the division. Rangers would need to go 8-5 to overtake the Astros and win the division.
If Mariners/Rangers games end 4-3 for either team, then Astros win division by going 8-4 in remaining games regardless of their results in Seattle.
Additional possible craziness. Minnesota is only five games back of the number two seed. If all the AL West teams continue to lose, Minnesota could take the bye.
This team has underachieved mightily the past several weeks. It's time to turn it on and win 5 of 6 headed to Seattle with a chance to clinch on their turf.
I expect more of the same uneven play and inconsistent pitching, just because that’s what they have shown all year.
All they need to do is win every series for the rest of the year. Doesn't matter if it is 2-1, 3-2, or 4-3. Also they haven't lost 3 series in a row since the last weekend of April.
It is baseball. Most likely crazy things are going to happen. It is just a matter of which teams it happens to. Bottom feeders knock teams dreams out every year. Division rivals have battles that stir the blood even thicker. End of the bench .200 hitters that have no power hit home runs off star relievers. Grab some brews and nachos and enjoy the greatest chaos of the 162 game season. Go Astros, break Arlington and Seatlle's pee pees again.
My brother in Christ. We will prevail. I have no doubt. Now let us praise the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
I don't get the magic number being 7 to make the playoffs. Astros are 84-66 Blue Jays are 83-67 Rangers are 82-67 Mariners are 81-68. To clinch a playoff spot, the Astros must have a better record than 1 of them (or tied w/Rangers) So as of today 95 wins clinch a playoff spot and Magic number is 11 What am I missing?
Seattle and Texas play each other 7 times. One of those teams is guaranteed 4 losses. If Astros win 7, worst case scenarios for playoffs depening on which team loses at least 4, Astros 91-71 Blue Jays 95-67 Rangers 91-71 Mariners 91-71 or Astros 91-71 Blue Jays 95-67 Rangers 92-70 Mariners 90-72
My rotation in the last 12 if they all matter: JV/brown/????? Off Framber/Fance/JV Brown/?????/Framber Off JV/Brown/Framber France in relief of Framber if it comes down to it. If those ???? Are Javier starts I tell him to go get me 3 innings and empty the tank from the word go. Or- maybe even consider an opener like Maton.
Opener is useful if one thinks the opener will be better against the top of the order than the normal starter/bulk guy. Javier appears he's gotten some of his mojo back lately in that he's been great early before tiring quickly. I want to see Javier in the 1st to see if he can continue to chew through the heart of the order before he's tired.
Astros lost the WS to a 93 win Nationals team in 2019 and to a 88 win Braves team in 2021. Astros turn to be one of those teams.
Sure. And talking about this last night on the Pod- if the Astros make it to the playoffs as the AL West division winner and get to play the winner of something like Minn/Tor or Minn/Texas I think it's likely that the Astros will be the plurality favorite to win the AL. If they do that they are a favorite against all teams not named LA or ATL, and truly I think even against those teams they are only something like a 40/60 dog.
