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Astros admit it is a knee sprain for Yordan and he is out the Mariners series, with hoped for return at the Guardians Friday.

He will play the playoffs and I guess benefit from that infielders on the dirt rule, as otherwise defenses might have been able to put all of them well on to the grass like Pujols at the end.

Mariners got the must opener with "just" Bryce Miller - now they have Logan Gilbert and George Kirby tonight and tomorrow afternoon against Yordan-free lineups to try and make the weekend interesting.

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With all of the injuries, If the O's win the AL East, Hyde should be Manager of the Year. 

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Orioles take over the best record in MLB tonight: Orioles 70-48 Phillies 69-48 Yankees 69-49 Guardians 68-49 Dodgers 68-49 if they hold their 4-0 7th inning lead; 6

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10 weeks left in season. Had some time, did this last couple of years.  Updated thru TB-NYY game today.  Red Sox play both Orioles and Yankees 7 times each. Orioles lead NYY 6-4 in tiebreak,

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15 minutes ago, ShoelesJoe said:

 

So our lead would be pretty much exactly what is is anyway over the 5, just a different team behind us. 
 

Good thing they balanced the schedule at least a little bit, else this would be even more skewed. Red Sox might be in if it was 19 v 13 in division games still. 
 

I think an argument can be made that the schedule should be balanced the rest of the way ( as best it can be) given the prominence of the WC and the extra spot that now provides. Main competition for the playoffs, for many teams; has nothing to do with division anymore. 

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52 minutes ago, Fiver6565 said:

So our lead would be pretty much exactly what is is anyway over the 5, just a different team behind us. 
 

Good thing they balanced the schedule at least a little bit, else this would be even more skewed. Red Sox might be in if it was 19 v 13 in division games still. 
 

I think an argument can be made that the schedule should be balanced the rest of the way ( as best it can be) given the prominence of the WC and the extra spot that now provides. Main competition for the playoffs, for many teams; has nothing to do with division anymore. 

100%! I say abolish divisions, play a fully balanced schedule and take the top 4 or 6 or 8 or whatever teams in each league to the playoffs. 

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1 hour ago, Bahama O's Fan said:

100%! I say abolish divisions, play a fully balanced schedule and take the top 4 or 6 or 8 or whatever teams in each league to the playoffs. 

i still like that winning your division matters, at least a little bit.  So I think there's a happy medium between how unbalanced it was, and what you are suggesting.  13 games vs each division team feels right to me, but there are going to be years where that skews the WC thing a bit, because there's always one really bad team, it seems, somewhere (not always as bad as the ChiSox, of course).  I'm not sure how else to further balance it.  Maybe cut back on the NL stuff a bit and play more games against your non-divisional conference rivals so at least there's more head to head to base the WC on.

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Tigers one inning away from shutting out the Rays 2-0.  I really feel like the Tigers aren't going to lose again in the regular season.  One loss max from them - they're getting to 87 if not 88.  Finishing ahead of them in the standings is not even close to a done deal, especially since they have the one-on-one tiebreaker.

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BTW that dude Brieske about to get a multi-inning save in a two run game.  The way they've developed and managed this BP is really impressive.  Doesn't seem to be a lot of established roles - just go out there and deal with Hinch tells you to.  And they typically do deal.

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BTW that dude Brieske about to get a multi-inning save in a two run game.  The way they've developed and managed this BP is really impressive.  Doesn't seem to be a lot of established roles - just go out there and deal with Hinch tells you to.  And they typically do deal.

Tigers win 2-1. 

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12 minutes ago, Fiver6565 said:

Tigers one inning away from shutting out the Rays 2-0.  I really feel like the Tigers aren't going to lose again in the regular season.  One loss max from them - they're getting to 87 if not 88.  Finishing ahead of them in the standings is not even close to a done deal, especially since they have the one-on-one tiebreaker.

They are playing well.   But this is the game we fans always seem to play in our heads.   We see a hot team and assume they will stay hot, and a cold team and assume they will stay cold.   Hot streaks and cold streaks all end.

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