re: DAT 9/21: Mariners (Gilbert) @ Astros (Alexander) 6:10 We Gather in Remembrance

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Couldn’t be an embarrassing loss without a GIDP with runners on

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My favorite stat of the year. Yordan was out for 4 months. He returned for like 4 games and took over the team lead for sac flies.



Its that shite right there. You're down 5 runs. Runner on 3rd and 1 out. Just get the ball off the fricking ground. But 75% of the time, they ground into a double play.

Stupid umpire

The much, much better team played with more urgency and dominated. Not much more to it than that. The difference in confident aggressive swings by the M’s to the passive passes by everyone outside of Cole truly is crazy to watch.

Division was put on ice tonight, but it was lost the last two weeks of August and first week of September when they couldn’t separate while the M’s were struggling.

Not that it matters much but here's the playoff picture we're facing



Wild Card:

Yankees: 88-68
Red Sox: 85-71
Guardians: 84-72
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Astros: 84-72


We lose a tie breaker to every team ahead of us, as well as the Tigers who lead the central by 1 game and start a series at Cleveland on Tuesday.


Remaining schedules

Yankees: vs White Sox, vs Orioles

Red Sox: @ Blue Jays, vs Tigers

Guardians: vs Tigers, vs Rangers

Tigers: @ Guardians, vs Red Sox

Astros: @NotOakand @Anaheim


So if we can handle our shite, we may benefit from having teams in front of us playing each other. Basically our best path forward is we need to go at least 4-2 and see either Cleveland or Detroit go 2-4 or worse.

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So if we can handle our shite, we may benefit from having teams in front of us playing each other. Basically our best path forward is we need to go at least 4-2 and see either Cleveland or Detroit go 2-4 or worse.

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Somehow if the rockies get 1 win over the Mariners, the division is still possible. The Dodgers could easily sweep the Mariners

Good thing my left oblique soreness allowed me to miss that turd last night. I did catch it this morning though.

Here is where we are:

I don’t think we can rely on enough teams to lose enough games to back up into the playoffs. This team is so torturous to watch. No energy, no plan, no balls.

Correa, Walker, Altuve, McCullers on the books next year for a total over $90mm in 2026. We'll be lucky if we get positive WAR out of that group.

Yordan, Javier, and Hader on the books for another $70mm with Pena, Brown, Paredes, and Yainer getting more expensive in arbitration. Hard to see where we have any financial flexibility to add anything in 2026

Type to start selling parts while they still have value and start the rebuild

We do not deserve to make the playoffs. The expanded format might save our arse

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Pena must be dealt like Tucker, but not likely to match that return

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Gotta disagree with you there. Pena is at peak value. It's the obvious play, especially if Dana can snag a SS of the future in the deal.

I'll guess Walker and Pena are gone (for very different reasons). I believe the Alonso rumors are true. Dana will have more power in the lineup.

They've gotta be honest about whether theyre going to make an honest effort to resign Peña. His development this year has been great to watch. But it also makes him much more expensive after 2026. Gotta treat him like Tucker. If hes not going to resign, weve gotta trade him. Sell high on this season with a full year of control.


Bet the Yankees wouldn't love to dump shitty Volpe for Peña.


In that circumstance, that opens back up 3rd for ESock and sends Correa back to short. Although you have to weigh that one too. Correa has been very open that his body feels a lot better at 3rd. Less daily wear

And Walker, I dont know what you do about that. He's not totally flat lined. Hes got 23 doubles, 23 homers and driven in 82 so hes not completely unproductive. Somebody would probably have him. But you gotta eat a good chunk of that 2/40 remaining.