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wildcard
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I think there is a good chance they can.   They have over a 1000 career OPS vs each of them.   Stay tuned. What do you think?

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Obviously yes but they can’t go up swinging at everything. And yes, you have to hit the hittable pitches. They missed a ton of them yesterday. A more disciplined offensive approach scores 4+ runs yest

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I admire those of you who have such confidence in this offense. It’s been absolutely terrible for months, other than the last week of the season. It was beyond terrible yesterday- yes Ragans was good

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Call me a homer but our lineup is much better against RHP. The good news is, the KC offense looked bad as well. It's not like we lost 7-1 and everyone was raking for them.

Eflin was a stud for us. We won't be held to just a couple of runs today. 

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At 2 x 16 and 3 x 15 contracts, they feel symbolic of the kind of FA pitchers Elias maybe could baby step to if he accepts a little more risk and isn't content with the 8 guys down to Brandon Young he already has.

That caliber of free agent pitcher isn't going to be on our team today though.

Lugo had a career year, but tapered off in the second half.   He was almost to 5.00 ERA in July/August, but finished nearly as strong as Burnes the AL Pitcher of the Month.    He has a very broad repertoire, but anecdotally we've done pretty well against Chris Bassitt, another craftsman with a bunch of tools.

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1 hour ago, mddisney said:

we better, no team has lost the first game and won these three game series in this format.  I have faith.  Go O's!

That’s not true, right? I’m pretty sure they said that the game 1 winner has won 14 of 16 series. So not likely, but also it’s been done.

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1 minute ago, Jskins2190 said:

That’s not true, right? I’m pretty sure they said that the game 1 winner has won 14 of 16 series. So not likely, but also it’s been done.

Considering 3 of four teams lost at home yesterday it’s a stat likely to be broke this year by a team or two. I file the stat under SSS. It’s nice but not something indicative of what true possibilities are. And I think people forget how hot Ragan was in September to close the season pitching to a 1.08 era

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3 minutes ago, Jskins2190 said:

That’s not true, right? I’m pretty sure they said that the game 1 winner has won 14 of 16 series. So not likely, but also it’s been done.

Yes. If you include the 2020 playoffs. 
 

SD lost game 1 to STL and won. OAK lost game 1 to CWS and won. 

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