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2 minutes ago, Malike said:

I said it last year and I'll say it again. Be careful what you wish for in praying for KC. Everyone wanted TEX last year. Who cares who they play, just win. They can beat any team, everyone here is terrified of DET.

I’ll take Det over KC

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27 minutes ago, Malike said:

I said it last year and I'll say it again. Be careful what you wish for in praying for KC. Everyone wanted TEX last year. Who cares who they play, just win. They can beat any team, everyone here is terrified of DET.

Well you can't blame us. Let's face it KC seems to have Bmore number. Between the  Royals beating the favorite Orioles in 2014 and the Chiefs keep beating the Ravens myself I have a complex with KC. Lol.

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Well you can't blame us. Let's face it KC seems to have Bmore number. Between the  Royals beating the favorite Orioles in 2014 and the Chiefs keep beating the Ravens myself I have a complex with KC. Lol.

People are hoping we don't play the big scary Tigers because they beat our B team 2-4 in the past 10 days. They want KC. Hence, be careful what you wish for.

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People are hoping we don't play the big scary Tigers because they beat our B team 2-4 in the past 10 days. They want KC. Hence, be careful what you wish for.

Well the Orioles did drop 4 out 6 without facing Skubal but otherwise I see your point. For me I'm torn. In some ways I still think KC may be the better team. The tigers don't have anyone in their lineup  remotely close to Witt and Perez and even though Detroit has the best pitcher in the game but to me KC looks like they have the better rotation. 

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It looks to me like KC is happy to rest and get ready for the Astros with the way they used Witt.

The White Sox actually have something to play for...with a win they avoid the worst winning percentage of the 162-game era, although 41-121 is not a lot better than 40-120.  To bad it looks like Detroit can back in at this point with the Braves much more motivated than the Royals.

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With either team as the opponent, the key is going to be us. 

At full strength, our lineup is just flat out better than either KC’s or DET’s. Not by a little. By a lot. Witt is unreal, and Perez, Greene, and Carpenter are all really good. But behind those guys, it’s a bunch of mostly light hitters that have had their hot streaks (with DET’s being mostly ongoing) that don’t really compare to the depth in our lineup.

If our pitching mostly holds up, we’ll win as long as our hitters do what they can do. Both of those are giant question marks, obviously, and the season will hang on the answer our guys provide. But you really can’t ask for much more than an opportunity to go into a series saying we think we’re better on paper than them and we just need to perform — that certainly didn’t feel like the case last year, with the way the Rangers hit up and down the lineup all season.

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Detroit is one of those teams that got hot at the right time. I think they have won 6 in a row and were 9-1 in their last 10. I checked yesterday I think, but getting hot at the right time is huge for the Tigers. I think Texas last season got hot at the right time and they were like a freaking buzz saw. 
 

I picked Baltimore to be a wild card before the season started, but had them going farther in the playoffs. I hope these guys can get it done. 🕊️

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9 hours ago, Baseball fandom said:

The tigers don't have anyone in their lineup  remotely close to Witt and Perez and even though Detroit has the best pitcher in the game but to me KC looks like they have the better rotation. 

Against RHP, Carpenter and Greene are in the same tier as Soto, Witt, and Gunnar (at least the past few months).  The issue is they fall off a cliff against LHP.

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6 hours ago, Beysbol said:

Detroit is one of those teams that got hot at the right time. I think they have won 6 in a row and were 9-1 in their last 10. I checked yesterday I think, but getting hot at the right time is huge for the Tigers. I think Texas last season got hot at the right time and they were like a freaking buzz saw. 
 

I picked Baltimore to be a wild card before the season started, but had them going farther in the playoffs. I hope these guys can get it done. 🕊️

I think the hottest ever saw an O's team enter the playoffs was 1974. 28 of 34, 16 of their last 18, including 9 in row to close it out. Won game one of the playoffs, lost the next 3 including 30 straight innings scoreless. what happened yesterday does not gaurentee today

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7 minutes ago, Warehouse said:

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Complete no figure post KS is resetting thier starters for the WC Round whoever it is. Why is he terrfied? Youre team is in a pennant race and you dont have to face thier top starter

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Complete no figure post KS is resetting thier starters for the WC Round whoever it is. Why is he terrfied? Youre team is in a pennant race and you dont have to face thier top starter

I think it’s like when our fans are terrified because a team brings up a spot starter from AAA and we fear they are going to turn into Cy Young.

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