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atomic Hangout Grand Counsel

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12 minutes ago, Greg Pappas said:

The draft standings updated after Wednesday's games-- 8/22/18.  
--In the event of a tie at season's end, the Orioles will pick before KC--

1. Orioles 37-90 (.291)

2. Royals 38-89 (.299)  /  1.0 GB 

I would say we have clinched picking in the top 2.  White Sox have 48 wins.  If they didn't win another game all season I doubt we would catch them.

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jerios55 Major Leaguer

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13 hours ago, atomic said:

I would say we have clinched picking in the top 2.  White Sox have 48 wins.  If they didn't win another game all season I doubt we would catch them.

Following the magic number 163-90-48 and "lose" tie breaker (White Sox had worse record last year and assuming I'm right above...) the Magic Number with White Sox is 25

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_number_(sports)

I used this and flips wins and losses to calculate.

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Moose Milligan Hangout Grand Counsel

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If my math is correct (suspect) there are 35 games left and at the .291 clip we're at we should win 10 of those games, giving us 47 wins and 115 losses on the year.

Looking ahead to September, we've got a mix of games with teams limping to the finish (Toronto, Tampa, KC, ChiSox) teams that'll be battling hard for a playoff berth (Oakland, NY, Houston) and one team that'll be on cruise control, probably resting their starters and aligning their playoff rotation by the time we face them (Boston).

Should be an interesting month.  

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I'm not sure that it truly makes a difference if we're selecting 1, 2, or 3.   We should be getting a good player in any of those slots, plus getting high picks in the remaining rounds.   Hopefully, we'll be nailing the next couple of drafts and speeding up the rebuild process.

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19 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

If my math is correct (suspect) there are 35 games left and at the .291 clip we're at we should win 10 of those games, giving us 47 wins and 115 losses on the year.

Looking ahead to September, we've got a mix of games with teams limping to the finish (Toronto, Tampa, KC, ChiSox) teams that'll be battling hard for a playoff berth (Oakland, NY, Houston) and one team that'll be on cruise control, probably resting their starters and aligning their playoff rotation by the time we face them (Boston).

Should be an interesting month.  

This should be an interesting series.

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It seems every time the O's lose, KC loses and it's been that way for a while.

Since June, KCR has actually been 2.5 games worse:
BAL 20-51
KCR 18-54

The O's "lead" for the 1st pick is due to May, when KC actually came close to a .500 record
BAL 9-19
KCR 13-15

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