Wild Card Contenders remaining schedules

[Frobby]

Win 24 more games, out of the 41 remaining.  I don’t really care which ones.   Win 24 and I’ll take my chances.  

[PHRESH]

19 hours ago, ChuckS said:

I could do without the 7 against Houston. 

There's no dual benefit of playing the AL West Champs. 

We have an inside man! 

[eddie83]

6 hours ago, SteveA said:

Having the 3 game series with Toronto moved from the 1st week of the season to being tacked on at the end due to the lockout is part of why that is.

I was going to make this point earlier.

Playoffs start that Friday. Entirely possible the Jays have their spot locked up before then. At least a playoff spot. Now that doesn’t mean the Orioles will still be in the mix but if they are it could be an advantage. The Jays would not throw their #1 starter that series. They could throw their #2 and #3 to keep them on normal rest but I doubt they go deep into games. Would also expect some regulars to get some time off 

[sportsfan8703]

We held serve last night. Man, the Yankees didn’t do us any favors these last few weeks. 

[JR Oriole]

10 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

We held serve last night. Man, the Yankees didn’t do us any favors these last few weeks. 

Yeah, the Yankees killed us with their performances against Seattle, Tampa, and Toronto.  They were even useless against Boston. 

But outside of a 2 game series against Miami next week, Tampa has actual quality opponents after they are done with the Angels.  And they have Toronto 9 times, so at least we will have some days where the Rays and Jays don't both win.  

[eddie83]

58 minutes ago, JR Oriole said:

Yeah, the Yankees killed us with their performances against Seattle, Tampa, and Toronto.  They were even useless against Boston. 

But outside of a 2 game series against Miami next week, Tampa has actual quality opponents after they are done with the Angels.  And they have Toronto 9 times, so at least we will have some days where the Rays and Jays don't both win.  

I think Boston is on the verge of a collapse. It feels like they have held on for weeks. Not sure they will last much longer. I included them as a contender because mathematically they are still alive.  
 

Not that who we root for impacts who wins but I was dumbfounded at the people who were enjoying the Yankees losing to WC contenders ahead of the Orioles.  I like the Orioles more than I can’t stand the Yankees. 

Edited August 24, 2022 by eddie83

[eddie83]

I did want to point out that the Orioles game tonight is on MASN 2. At 4pm on MASN the Nats @ Mariners game will be on. A nice appetizer before the Orioles game. 

[eddie83]

One more thing. The Jays/Rays play their first series of 5 against each other starting on Monday Sept 12. Roughly 2.5 weeks away and it varies by team but about 16-18 more games off the schedule. So we will have a much more clearer picture. 

[JR Oriole]

3 hours ago, eddie83 said:

I think Boston is on the verge of a collapse. It feels like they have held on for weeks. Not sure they will last much longer. I included them as a contender because mathematically they are still alive.  
 

Not that who we root for impacts who wins but I was dumbfounded at the people who were enjoying the Yankees losing to WC contenders ahead of the Orioles.  I like the Orioles more than I can’t stand the Yankees. 

Boston is a bit of a mystery, as the whole seems to be less than the sum of the parts.  They have a lot of really good offensive players in their lineup.  Hernandez was a beast in the playoffs last year (and every year, I think) and he hits in the bottom third of their lineup.  Devers, Bogaerts, JD, Arroyo, Verdugo.....those dudes can hit.  And Eovaldi (when healthy) and Pivetta are extremely tough.  They made the ALCS last year, so we know they have talent.  

The Yankees have 6 against Tampa, 3 against Toronto and 4 against Minnesota. We really need them to come through in those games. They will against Minnesota because they have completely owned them for 20 years straight, but hopefully they win those series against the Rays and Jays.

[eddie83]

Updated schedules remaining and standings.

* indicates series already underway. 

 

Good 5 day stretch for Orioles in terms of teams who they are competing with to get to the leaders. Unfortunately the leaders also played well. 
 

BOSTON is toast. Had they beat Orioles  Sunday night they would have only been 1.5 games behind ORIOLES.

Standings thru yesterday 

ALWC                      W          L          GB

-  TAMPA BAY        69         55         +1.5

-  TORONTO          68         55          +1.0

- SEATTLE              68         57       ——

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BALTIMORE            65        59         2.5

MINNESOTA          62         61         5.0

CWS                       63         62        5.0

BOSTON                60         65         8.0 

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SCHEDULES

BALTIMORE

 @HOU  3   @CLE  3

OAK  3    TOR  4   BOS  3  @WSH  2

@TOR 3    DET  3      HOU  4

@BOS 4   @NYY  3   TOR  3

 

All other WC contenders 

 

——————————————————-

AL East 

TOR

LAA   3   CHC   3   

@Pitts 3   @BAL 4     @TEX 3     TB 5    

BAL 3        @PHI   2     @TB   4      

NYY   3      BOS  3        @BAL 3

- - - - - - - - - - -

TB

   @BOS  3      @MIA  2

NYY  3      BOS  3    @NYY  3   @TOR 5      
 

TEX  3     HOU  3     TOR 4     

@CLE 3     @HOU  3    @BOS  3

- - - - - - - - - - - -

BOS

 TB   3    @MINN  3

TEX  4    @TB  3   @BAL  3   NYY  2

KC  3   @CIN  2    @NYY  4

BAL 4   @TOR  3  @TB  3

 

———————————————————AL Central    Note: 1/3 will win division
 

CLE

 *@SEA  4   BAL  3

SEA  3   @KC  3   @MINN  3     LAA  3

MINN 5    @CWS  3    @TEX  3

TB  3    KC   6    (  1 game makeup with CWS )

- - - - - - - - - - - 

MINN

 SFG   3    BOS  3    

CWS   3     @NYY  4     CLE  3   KC  3

@CLE  5     @KC  3     LAA   3  

CWS   3    @DET   3     @CWS   3

 

- - - - - - - -  - - - - - 
CWS

 ARZ  3   KC  3

MINN  3    @SEA 3    @OAK  4   COL  2

@DET  3   CLE   3    DET  3

@MINN  3   @SDP  3   MINN  3

 ( 1 game makeup @CLE )

 

———————————————————

AL West

SEA

*CLE  4   @DET  3

@CLE  3   CWS  3   ATL  3    SD  2

@LAA  4    @OAK  3    @KCR  3

TEX  3   OAK  3   DET  4

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Edited August 26, 2022 by eddie83

[eddie83]

If anyone can stream you can watch Cleveland/ Seattle game on Apple TV. Game is free. Do not have to sign up for anything. 

[bpilktree]

On 8/23/2022 at 5:57 PM, Frobby said:

Win 24 more games, out of the 41 remaining.  I don’t really care which ones.   Win 24 and I’ll take my chances.  

Down to 21 more wins which gets us to 87.  21-16 is what we have to do to get there.

[eddie83]

Cleveland/Seattle Top 9. tied 2-2. 
 

Winker and Servais tossed. Strike call. 
 

I can’t believe in late August I care about this game. Hard to fathom. Another good game. Intense. 

[eddie83]

Damn.  Seattle won in 11 innings. 

[JR Oriole]

Amazing that no matter how much we win, we continue to be 2.5 games out of the wild card.  Like math sorcery that the only way to pick up ground in playoff positioning is for all 3 teams above us to lose while we win.