The O’s - Rangers ALDS

[Aristotelian]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

I tracked this stuff for the AL East tesms for a decade back in 2010-19.   Tampa had fantastic success from 2010-13, losing only 337 season games for starting pitchers over those four years combined.  But they came back to the pack as the decade progressed, finishing the decade with 1,544 season games lost over the 10 year period, about average for the AL East (meaning they were worse than average over the final 6 years of the decade).   The Orioles were by far the healthiest, losing only 954 season games during the decade.

Interesting. I would expect the O's and Rays to do better, especially with position players, due to less reliance on veterans. 

[Mondo Trasho]

3 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

The Rangers pose a lot of problems for the Os. Those of us who wanted the Rangers may end up regretting that.

After the benefit of doing more research on them, Tampa was the team you wanted to play.

Personally, I was hoping for a three game series between them, with games 2 and 3 going at least 15 innings each. 

[Aristotelian]

From what I can tell, the Vegas lines are showing the O's as a weak favorite with an implied probability of about 58%, making us the weakest favorite of the divisional round matchups. 

https://www.covers.com/sport/baseball/mlb/odds

 

[LA2]

16 hours ago, eddie83 said:

Everyone is not blaming Schneider but the GM Atkins. All pre planned 

"If you thought there was grumbling about how the Blue Jays just managed their starting pitching in the Wild Card Series, then wait for this one. Dave Roberts is going to have to pull some pretty unpopular rabbits out of his hat this time around."

https://www.mlb.com/news/surprising-facts-about-top-four-seeds-2023-division-series

The difference ia that it will be due to the Dodgers' decimated starting rotation (only Kershaw remains from the season-opening rotation)--not lack of in-game intelligence.

[Sports Guy]

 

[jabba72]

Sounds like we could be getting a heavy dose of Mateo.

[Sports Guy]

 

[ChuckS]

43 minutes ago, jabba72 said:

Sounds like we could be getting a heavy dose of Mateo.

Mateo needs to be limited to pinch running duties for the entire playoffs. 

[eddie83]

I think Mullins could be the key player.  
I have a good feeling about Westburg as well. 

Bullpen wise I think Hall will be crucial. 

[DenPA2002]

What time will gates open tomorrow (Saturday). Thanks

[Sports Guy]

Just now, DenPA2002 said:

What time will gates open tomorrow (Saturday). Thanks

1030

[Just Regular]

Jeter, A-Rod and Ortiz on the pregame show with the anchorman is kind of Yankees-Red Sox monopoly.

[emmett16]

Game 1 delayed.  No start time announced yet. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

7 minutes ago, emmett16 said:

Game 1 delayed.  No start time announced yet. 

This actually helps me in being able to watch the whole game uninterrupted, but I’d prefer to start on time.

 

[emmett16]

215 start time