57 games remaining

[Moose Milligan]

Now I typically am against this type of stuff because it's absurd.  But I'm also bored.  So here we go.

Aug 5th-7th vs. Pirates = 2 wins

Aug 8th - 10th vs. Blue Jays = 1 win

Aug 11th vs. BoSox = 1 win

Aug 12th - 14th vs. Rays = 2 wins

Aug 15th - 17th vs. Blue Jays = 1 win

Aug 18th vs. Cubs = 1 win

Aug 19th -21st vs. BoSox = 2 wins

Aug 23rd - 25th vs. ChiSox = 2 wins

Aug 26th - 28th vs. Astros = 1 win

Aug 30th - Sept 1 vs. Guardians = 2 wins

Sept 2nd - Sept 4th vs. A's = 2 wins

Sept 5th - Sept 7th vs. Blue Jays = 1 win

Sept 9th - Sept 11th vs. BoSox = 1 win

Sept 13th - 14th vs. Nats = 2 wins

Sept 16th - 18th vs. Blue Jays = 1 win

Sept 19th - 21st vs. Tigers = 2 wins

Sept 22nd - 25th vs. Astros = 1 win

Sept 26th - 29th vs. BoSox = 2 wins

Sept 30th - Oct 2nd vs. Yankees = 1 win

Oct 3rd - Oct 5th vs. Blue Jays = 1 win

That's a total of 29 wins and 83 on the season.

Wild card spot?  Probably not.  But if anyone told you back in March that we'd win 83 games this year, I think you'd probably want a hit of whatever they were smoking.  

 

[Yardball85]

No doubt they'll have their chances though, playing Toronto a million times, plus Tampa, Boston, and Cleveland.  This is doable. 

[Frobby]

5 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

 

Wild card spot?  Probably not.  But if anyone told you back in March that we'd win 83 games this year, I think you'd probably want a hit of whatever they were smoking.  

 

Back in March?   You could have told me that on July 2 and I would have asked you what you were smoking.  It’s certainly realistic to hope for 83+ now, but not in the bag by any means.   

[sportsfan8703]

I’ll make it easier… 15 games against the Jays. We’re 4.5 GB of them. 10-5 needs to happen. 
 

I also counted only 12 games against non contenders… Need to go 8-4, 7-5 in those. 
 

11 games vs Boston.  8-4, 7-5 sounds nice  

 

[jamalshw]

I swear I used to be an optimist, but despite how fun this team is to watch, I still cannot bring myself to expect a .500+ finish to the season. I'm still expecting a 78-80 win finish to the year as I wait for a slump to happen. What is wrong with me?

[spleen1015]

I think you have it just about right. I don't think we have the horses to get us to the 90+ wins it is going to take to make the playoffs.

If we play .500 ball during this stretch, it will be above my expectations.

[RVAOsFan]

13 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Now I typically am against this type of stuff because it's absurd.  But I'm also bored.  So here we go.

Aug 5th-7th vs. Pirates = 2 wins

Aug 8th - 10th vs. Blue Jays = 1 win

Aug 11th vs. BoSox = 1 win

Aug 12th - 14th vs. Rays = 2 wins

Aug 15th - 17th vs. Blue Jays = 1 win

Aug 18th vs. Cubs = 1 win

Aug 19th -21st vs. BoSox = 2 wins

Aug 23rd - 25th vs. ChiSox = 2 wins

Aug 26th - 28th vs. Astros = 1 win

Aug 30th - Sept 1 vs. Guardians = 2 wins

Sept 2nd - Sept 4th vs. A's = 2 wins

Sept 5th - Sept 7th vs. Blue Jays = 1 win

Sept 9th - Sept 11th vs. BoSox = 1 win

Sept 13th - 14th vs. Nats = 2 wins

Sept 16th - 18th vs. Blue Jays = 1 win

Sept 19th - 21st vs. Tigers = 2 wins

Sept 22nd - 25th vs. Astros = 1 win

Sept 26th - 29th vs. BoSox = 2 wins

Sept 30th - Oct 2nd vs. Yankees = 1 win

Oct 3rd - Oct 5th vs. Blue Jays = 1 win

That's a total of 29 wins and 83 on the season.

Wild card spot?  Probably not.  But if anyone told you back in March that we'd win 83 games this year, I think you'd probably want a hit of whatever they were smoking.  

 

This is pretty absurd but it also lays out a nice picture of what the rest of the season looks like and I appreciate that.

Your take from a glance appears to be very conservative I don't see any sweeps or even a series win against the Blue Jays or Yankees.  

So what it comes down to is winning series against the teams that we should and steal a couple series we shouldn't and a wild card spot isn't such a crazy thought.

[spleen1015]

I just hope we can stay in the mix and have a chance to win every game. If we do that, it will be a fun 57 games to watch.

[Moose Milligan]

3 minutes ago, RVAOsFan said:

 

Your take from a glance appears to be very conservative I don't see any sweeps or even a series win against the Blue Jays or Yankees.  

So what it comes down to is winning series against the teams that we should and steal a couple series we shouldn't and a wild card spot isn't such a crazy thought.

Yeah, I tried to keep it as conservative as possible.  I don't think we can win a series against the Jays or Yankees though.  We don't match up well with either. 

[sportsfan8703]

Our schedule is basically the Toronto games. We should view it heads up for a playoff spot, but this time it’s not 1989. 
 

Yankees and Astros might be resting some players and getting their rotations set those last games versus them. 
 

Boston is ready to completely just implode. 

[Moose Milligan]

14 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Back in March?   You could have told me that on July 2 and I would have asked you what you were smoking.  It’s certainly realistic to hope for 83+ now, but not in the bag by any means.   

Frobby, wanna hit?

 

[dtk9119]

If we can go .500 or close vs the Blow Jays, take a few from Skanks/Rays/Astros and win say 2 of 3 against everyone else we have a shot. I think it'll be in the 87-89 range to make it.

[Sports Guy]

I’d still set the O/U at about 75.5 and take the under but not be a lot.  
 

[oriole]

Why exactly is 110-51 off the table??!

[maybenxtyr]

53 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

I’d still set the O/U at about 75.5 and take the under but not be a lot.  
 

I don't know if I'd go that low, but I think 79ish wins sounds about right to me. 

 

I can't understand how the pitching has held up this long. I do believe that there's some hitters that should pick it up.