/mlb/

Excellent.

Windians!

tfw meme magic is alive and well

2017 worlds eries champions here

Can't believe I'm rooting for the Mest this week.

O baseball gods, blessed be the umpire's eyes.

I didn't believe the last 3 times and the absolute madmen did it, so I'm going to keep not believing and see if it works

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>his team doesn't have a top 10 draft pick

>first place team
>only average 19k per season
Relocation to sacramento when?

Cap it.

>Bumgarner
>Moore
>Blach
>Repeat (if necessary)

How will the Doyers handle all the lefties being thrown at them?

Lol

What a whiny crybaby

are machado and ventura the most hateable players of their generation?

Fuck it, mix Cueto in there just to give them a chance. We're not classless savages like Dodgers fans

Obligatory

They're bullying poor Yordano again

Checkem

>tfw it ends up being a 12-1 shitshow and the cubs just roll over what ever team wins

When has a true ace vs ace match up in the post season every lived up to the hype?

shawn is a faggot false-flagger

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ventura's a way bigger faggot though im glad memechado clocked him

>What is your confidence level that you'll be back as the Tiger manager next year?
>It's not something I'm worried about.

MADMAN
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THANK YOU BASED BRAD

Did you not even watch the Mets-Doyers series last year?

the grizzlies are winning the PCL

I love how every sports team in Missouri is dead.

kek

nice shot kershaw

filtered him in july and gamethreads have improved 300%

that college football program went down the toilet so fast tho

I also didn't think they would get here

Yet here they are in an even year again. Madmen

Cueto's only loss to the dodgers this year in 5 games was a 1-0 game where he gave up 4 hits in 6 innings. I think he would get a start don't you?

I should clarify what I meant by 'true aces' I guess. I mean when two proven post season pitchers run into each other in the post season.

Daily reminder that beating the Dodgers is equivalent to winning the WS for Giants fans

Yeah, it's pretty much guaranteed imo

The only way I see Blach pitching is if another starter starts struggling and we need someone to come in for long relief. Or if he starts in place in Samardzija but they'll probably only use 3 starters

Idk man I just want the playoffs to start I can't take the anticipation of Bumgarner/Thor in New York it's gonna be lit

REMINDER

> Reddick

checked

Woah. Is that a dude?

blach may replace Samardija but i doubt it.

itll be
>Bum
>Cueto
>Moore
maybe
>Blach/Sam
right?

After how much we toor up Kershaw and Maeda, I'm feeling pretty good anyway

God damn I'd slay that pussy

>tfw Elvis will be all alone when Beltre retires
>tfw his smile wont bring you happiness anymore

fuck the /rags/ and all that, but this still makes me sad

Who knows if we'll even get there though. It's a long road. Should be fun though

wew

Will Murphy boot another?

>games become relevant for first time in a month

good times, time to make the curse our bitch.

Good Texas Rangers are back. 95 wins is nice.

I want those Toronto fucks.

Feels good man.

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true true

im stoked for an Arrieta v. Bum game wed tho

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> Reddick

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Why do teams always waste their 'ace' against the other team's ace when the other team's ace is pretty much a guaranteed loss regardless?

I mean like why would you start like say Arrieta or Lester vs Bumgarner or Cueto when you know Bumgarner and Cueto are going to shut down your offense and the 2-3 runs Arrieta or Lester allow will be the difference in the game. Why not burn a shit starter like Hendricks and lose by 8 and the use Arrieta and Lester to face someone like Moore or Samardjza so you can make those 2-3 runs given up enough for the win?

holy shit someone sign this guy to a manager deal

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Kershaw over under 15 ERA in the postseason

so you have a 1-1 maybe v a contested 1-1?

>gave up 2 hits to a rookie pitcher

On it

dubs and dodgers beat nats
trips and dodgers win WS

you wana...guarantee yourself a loss?

why is their ace a guaranteed win and yours isn't?

He's a Dodgers fan

heh

YOUR 2017-2018 CHICAGO WHITE SOX MANAGER!

>detoilet

Out of the 10 teams in the post season, what would be the worst world series matchup? What would be the best matchup?

For the Cubs fan in the previous thread who doesn't believe in evidence of curses... The following is regarding the short-lived New York Yankees mascot called Dandy:

>"On July 10, 1979, The San Diego Chicken, then working for the Seattle Mariners, put a hex on Yankees pitcher Ron Guidry during a game at the Seattle Kingdome. Yankees outfielder Lou Piniella responded by chasing the mascot and throwing his glove at him.[2][3] In response, Steinbrenner said that mascots had no place in baseball, despite the imminent release of Dandy.[2]

>Dandy debuted in late-July 1979, weeks after the incident in Seattle.[2] When Thurman Munson died in a plane crash on August 2, 1979, Dandy was put on hiatus, as Dandy resembled Munson.[2] Though Yankees organist Eddie Layton composed a song for Dandy, it was never played.[2] Dandy was confined to the upper deck area of Yankee Stadium by Yankees management.[2] After the lease expired, Harrison and Erickson declined the Yankees' request to sign another lease, as they felt the mascot did not receive the necessary support from management.[2]

>worst
Orioles/Mets

>best
Texans/Cubs

coming from a giants fan

Stay salty midwest twitter.com/BestFansStLouis/status/782726361991548928

jays desu desu

>all the comments on the guys retweets
>Dodgers lost on purpose to kick cardinals out the playoffsx10

and now we let the even year magic penetrate the rest of the league

see how syndergaard wont make it past 5 innings

>tfw watching miracle at minute maid

goddamn i want to witness postseason magic again

>TFW Thor vs Conan
Will Madbum be worthy of the HAMMER?
So anyone else can't wait for Wednesday?

>TFW I'm a little late but better late than never

well folks, unfortunately my boys couldn't get it done but fuck i'll always have JD's dinger off the DL to live with. see you all on opening day 2017

and as wrigley field is the only other stadium i've been to, go cubs!

>he doesn't shitpost during the playoffs regardless of his team's record
>he doesn't sit around the hot stove during the offseason
Don't come back.

Kind of sad that this is going to be the highlight of the postseason on paper; kershaw vs scherzer might be alright too but I can't see any of the AL match ups being too exciting and any giants/mets vs cubs match ups wouldn't be as good as thor vs madbum

Where the HECK did all these Mets fans come from all of a sudden???????

she's ugly

when al avila swings and misses on signing jeremy hellickson i'll come back

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>tfw watch comfy af Vin Scully Dodgers broadcast earlier
>tfw listening to comfy Jon Miller Giants radio broadcast on the KNBR midnight replay in bed right now

Life is good famm

What would happen if the Cubs won the world series?

They are just wanderers hoping that the Mets end the meme

We'd wake up

>mfw 50% strike outs with 20 something at bats

that's one smug bird lol
why dat tweeter so smug rofl

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We may get btfo by the cusb, it may even be the most lopsided NLDS matchup of the double wildcard era, but not until we end EYBS first.

dodgers and giants hate each other so much that I actually can't believe that theory

Hey, Cred Forums user I wouldn't get ahead of ourselves too soon. Your team still has face the lumber of MADBUM before that. Oh he's not that bad of a pitcher either.

Madbum is one of the greatest hitters of this generation but the east coast bias keeps him down

The Dodgers haven't won a pennant in 27 years

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If it's down to Madbum or Bonds I'm taking Madbum 10/10

Why do Dodgers fans make the best girlfriends?

They don't want a ring.

Nah. It's because they're dirty Latina sluts who will suck the cum out of my superior Giant cock

mets will spank the cubs even with their depleted lineup

It's a bird in FUCKING BLACKFACE

What a fucking faggot

I don't understand. isn't this part of boreball?

>I wonder what those sports casters asshats will say the odds for winning the WS will be this year for the Giants?
>TFW it was 2.4% in 2014
I wouldn't be surprised if they say it's less than 1% this year.
THE GIANTS DEFY THE MOTHERFUCKING ODDS, NIGGAS!!!

My guru and his husband gave me the odds on my Jints taking it all the way.... 100%.... It's really happening Friscbro!

elbow/bone spurs/Tommy John/shoulder
elbow/arm fatigue/strep throat
elbow/shoulder/bone spurs
elbow/Tommy John/forearm soreness/ulnar nerve
knee
shoulder/labrum tear
old/fat

projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-mlb-predictions/

Why do people think Sacremento is a good idea.

It's got to be a better idea than fucking Toronto

Wrong image, user.

>fivethirtyeight

dropped

>when your team is in the post season and one user is so assblasted about it he devotes his life to shitposting about >muh fans
>uses a photo of a rescheduled double-header day game in the middle of the week from years ago

Can't wait to see your team's bandwagon abandon ship as the Injuns bandwagon skyrockets and then see you on here trying to cry about "muh fans". Take the L and eat your humble pie, dummy.

Most Recent Titles by all playoff teams

1. Giants-2014
2. Red Sox-2013
3. Blue Jays-1993
4. Dodgers-1988
5. Mets-1986
6. Orioles-1983
7. Nationals-Never(1969 Joined)
8. Rangers-Never(1961 Joined)
9. Indians-1948
10. Cubs-1908

>On Sept. 27, Detroit fielded their complete lineup for just the 11th game all year and the first since June 11. They would only do so once more because of interleague game rules prohibiting Victor Martinez from play as a designated hitter.

>There are still people who want Brad fired

VENTURA OUT VENTURA OUT

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>tfw you missed mlb coming to sydney in 2014
>tfw the big strong americans won't come back remove the crickuck blight from this country once and for all

Since 2008, the Dodgers have 6 playoff appearances and the Giants only have 4

Most people would make the argument that even in the Giants best years, the Dodgers were better

bro just wait for the abl to start up in a couple months. it's a-ball, but even shittier!

Can barely take off. Crickucks get easily threatened and are working to undermine the league since they know they're up against a superior product.

dodgers have the longest current playoff streak I believe

>making the playoffs is like winning the world series 3 times to doyer fans

Mets

Jints-Sox confirmed lel

>bum's numbers in shiti field

>good matchups against cusb
>cursed team

>spam lefties and beat LA
>good matchups offensively

only thing i'm scared of is mest and an AL east team. maybe the natinals.

>tfw this seems too easy
there's gotta be a catch.

Yeah you won't get past Wednesday

Yeah, you caught the gints in an even year. Enjoy your one and done playoffs

>Walt Weiss steps down as #Rockies manager.

huh, i actually thought the rockies overachieved this year

kek if Ezekiel ends up winning the rushing title they can't not give him ROTY Right?

He's not even gonna win the batting title

I made a Lance Moore retirement post in /mlb/ before, so I know the feel.

>MLBN trying to get me hooked on this song
youtube.com/watch?v=PWhMoGt0cs8

So can we all agree that Michael Fulmer is a meme, and that Gary Sanchez is the RotY?

Sanchez would have had an argument if he didn't fizzle out horribly at the end of the season. It's unquestionably Fulmer.

There was only 1 no hitter this year. There were 7 last year and 8 the year before that. What the hell happened?

This seemed like a big offensive year, everyone and their mother had 20 home runs and a lot of great pitchers had off years.

Fulmer fizzled out the last half though. He's ERA for the second half is 4

Juiced balls. Second most dongs in any season ever, and the one season above it had 6000 more plate appearances.

might actually be this.

>Since 2008, the Dodgers have 6 playoff appearances
0 rings
ZERO

Most Vegas sportsbooks favoring the Mets over Giants

Goodbye Jints

>Detroit doesnt get to playoffs, Fulmer doesnt "get them to the playoffs".
>Detroit doesnt play their make-up game, Fulmer doesnt get enough innings to get the ERA title.

Sanchez RotY

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Fulmer is the roty without question

>favoring the ATL, PHI, TEX over Giants
2010
>favoring the CIN, STL, DET over Giants
2012
>favoring the PIT, WSH, STL, KC over Giants
2014

Vegas wants your money, don't fall for it again.

Why do the AL playoffs start before the NL playoffs?

I was wondering the same thing. I'm assuming it's so the jews can make more money and have the games on different days.

Better leagues give the people what the want faster. More proof that the NL is a garbage league and should be demoted to the minors

So no monday game for tigs and tribe?

No it doesn't mean anything. Indians clinched home field and tigs are done.

>mets ended the back to the future meme last year
god i hope they end another meme this time

>better leagues give people what they want faster
Then why don't the NL playoffs start first?

Who else /hopingandpraying/ here?

Couldn't care less desu

youtube.com/watch?v=pUpQJJbD9UM

>That New Yankee Stadium design
>New Fenway
>New Wrigley

JAKE LAMB AND COREY SEAGER FUCK OFF REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Jake Lamb ruined a no-hitter? Who was pitching, what inning was it, and how many outs were there?

Bumgarner top 8th 1 out

>making a Red Sox stadium w/same dimensions as Fenway
>caring about the Oakland skyline

I remember playing All-Star baseball 2000 on N64 all the time, back when you could still play as Barry Bonds. Good times

That song was chill as fuck

Im not looking forward to the liriano or stroman meme that will ensue if the Jay's lose this wc game.

Should be Liriano, not even a debate.

I agree. Orioles struggle against lefties and stroman has been lit up by the orioles all year. I know liriano can get a little erratic at times but I trust him more at this point. His era in September has been around 2.

BASED Buster. Bawwwwwwwwwwwwwstin BTFO

Apologize

Top kek

Sorry milk bag

>You sent me the note.

Its ok senpai

No

>one of my divisional rivals has to be eliminated tomorrow
BASED

no disrespect but I hadn't really heard of Aaron Sanchez before yesterday and he somehow finished with the best ERA in the American League????????

if jays win are we getting a jays rags chimp out 2.0?

you betcha

Nope, this rangers team is soft as fuck.

this guy

Even if you hate the Jay's and/or rags how can you not want this to happen?

Are you a fan of an NL team? If not that's kinda sad.

>this rangers team is soft as fuck
Nigga did you not see Bawwwwwwwtista getting blown the fuck out by the manlet?

>first year of the MVP award neither winner went to the postseason
>in the first 10 years, 8 winners didn't go to the postseason
>nowadays voters basically treat postseason contention as a prerequisite
Why does precedence not matter? I thought these old fucks loved "tradition." Obviously the term "valuable" never had anything to do with whether the team went to the postseason.

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I agree with you. If its clear who the MVP is it shouldn't matter if he's on a playoff team or not. It could act as a tie breaker if its close though. Mike Trout is far and away the MVP.

I agree. Valuable does not imply that the team was successful. It only implies that whatever success the team did have was due in the greatest part to a particular player. Mike Trout did more relative to the Angels little success than Mookie Betts did relative to the Red Sox great success, so Trout deserves the MVP.

id have no problem with Mookie winning mvp desu, Trout's obviously got the better Body of work but within the scope of one year they are nearly the same player.

I think Porcello winning the cy young is a much bigger farce

Kluber deserves the cya

agreed Sanchez deserves the Cy

yezzir
no time for pseudo baseball

Agreed about Klubot

We're baaaaaaaaaaaaaack ;))))

how does pic related make you feel texass raggots?
lol blue jays have far and away the best pitching rotation in the AL, dont know about the NL cause theyre irrelevant lol

over/under on 3 bat flips

>Orioles finished with 6 triples, fewest in MLB history. More amazing: previous low was 11. By O's. In strike year of 1981.

Triples are a meme hitting category, literally only good for filling out cycles.

Who /ByeWeek/ here?

Dodgers reporting in.

LOL The Jints are gonna get raped by the NYClippers

How rich.

I'm hoping the jints win because I think they have the best shot at upsetting the cubs.

>nearly the same player
fangraphs.com/blogs/the-actual-difference-between-mike-trout-and-mookie-betts/

Didn't the Dodgers have a bye week last year?

it would be the best moment of any postseason ever if the stacked ass cubs got blown the fuck out by the half dead mets, AGAIN. it would be hilarious if it was a sweep too.

also if the mets make it into the WS, it's a bretty good chance they win it all, considering they have the best record in interleague play.

i'm just scared of facing the nats desu, since they sharted on us in the reg season.

>the actual difference

dont even need to read that, its pretty obvious, trout is white and mookie is a fucking dirty nigger

Are the rangers America's team?

No. The Jay's are America's team.

Why would a foreign country full of sandniggers and chinks be America's team?

More Americans can relate to texas than the socialist republic of Canada

so whose going to win the wildcard and which wild card is going to be more exciting to watch?

>which wild card is going to be more exciting to watch

They're both going to be lit af famm

But the defending NL champs vs. even year meme is going to be off the chain imo

Jays and Mets
AL wild card gonna be better

should I go to the dodgers - nats game on friday?

I dont know if I should because I would be going alone

>tfw no friends in DC

>falling for such obvious b8
Try not to get so triggered

>NYClippers

Is this another radically undank ninny league meme?

Anyone who goes to Toronto barely hears English and all you see is subhuman 3rd world scum, unlike Texas

jays will obviousyl steamroll the stinky dogshits
jays have already beaten the stinky dogshits more time than the jays
and when the stinky dogshits win its very close and some sort of fucking 9th inning relief pitcher fuck up with the stinky dogshits squeaking by with 1 run

it's one or two shitposters that use it

>i'm just scared of facing the nats desu, since they sharted on us in the reg season.
reminds me of 1999

You havent payed any attention to Clevelands injuries if you think Boston will lose

Giants fan here - give me a reason why you think we would win on the road in the NL Wild Card game vs the defending NL Champs?

you just picked the higher seeded team to win every game lol

Texas = Mexico, which is Native America + Spain.

Canada has the same Britannic, French, and Native American elements of the USA, albeit they let themselves be too Britannic or too French depending on where you are in Canadia, making them closer to us than Texas (one of the reasons why Tejanos continuously beg to leave the Union, desu).

the team with the best record has won the WS 4 of the last 21 years.

>Cubs

Texas = Mexico, which is Native America + Spain.

The majority of Texans are in fact, Mexican

Canada has the same Britannic, French, and Native American elements of the USA, albeit they let themselves be too Britannic or too French depending on where you are in Canadia, making them closer to us than Texas (one of the reasons why Tejanos continuously beg to leave the Union, desu).

yeah but which team with the second best record has won the WS in the last 21 years?
what about the third team? fourht? fifth? sixth? willing to bet its almost equally split down the middle before the introduction of the second wild card

Not him but their key injuries are Carrasco and Salazar, the latter possibly pitching from the bullpen. And Cleveland's bullpen is lights out.

What part of American culture includes French, Chinese, Muslim and Pajeet influence?

Because if you go to Toronto, it's basically Chinese and Indian

And most Texans are culturally white unlike Canada

Why did Canacuck copy a post above his and just add in one line?

You tore up Maeda, not Kershaw. You forget that Kershaw always does well against the Giants.

Which team is the blackest team left in the playoffs?

3 runs in 7 innings and taking an L? That isn't going to cut it when the Dodgers can't score runs against left handed pitching

Mexicans have more to do with the USA than Canada

The majority of Toronto is white (Canada's 2011 National Household Survey)

there are 3.3 million muslims in america (2009 Gallup poll,), and only 136 thousand in all of the Greater toronto area ( Canada's 2011 National Household Survey)

Hilariously, 38.2% of texans identify as mexicans, this number is already over 60% when including illegal mexicans
source for this below, i know the link says cali but the figures i said were mentioned in this article too about texas

pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/24/in-2014-latinos-will-surpass-whites-as-largest-racialethnic-group-in-california/

So basically texas rangers is mexicos team lol

That's exactly what I said my illiterate American educated friend :)

Texxas Rangers = Mexicos team

3 runs due to an error by Turner. Otherwise it was 1 run. Kershaw could have gone 9 innings too, but was taken out due to the shitty offense.

Roberts was an idiot too. He used Kike to pinch hit for Kersh, when Kersh probably had a better chance at getting a hit than that scrub.

I'm not saying Kershaw would win. Kershaw gave up 1 unearned run against the Cardinals and still lost in 2013. I'm saying that the Giants didn't tear up Kershaw.

>AL Wildcard
>two teams that absolutely cannot perform in the clutch
>should be meme-y
>NL wildcard
>two of the best pitchers in the game battling it out

Should be a fun WC Series desu

>French
Texas education at its finest. French influence in America extends from before the founding of the USA and to the present. Did you forget Lafayette? Louisiana? Mon Dieu.

Who did the Pirates willingly leave their 2016 season in the hands of this year?

Also feels weird they aren't in the NL Wild card

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Jays and O's both performed in the clutch yesterday though.

they left their 2016 season in the hands of mark melancon

>Otherwise it was 1 run
>2 ER

What did he mean by this?

>jays have already beaten the stinky dogshits more time than the jays

>>NL wildcard
>>two of the best pitchers in the game battling it out
>Should be a fun WC Series desu

how is that fun? its going to be 0-0 till the 9th
furthermore the AL card will probably also be 0-0 until the 9th since the jays have the best AL pitcher (one of the only known clutch playoff pitchers for the jays) and the jays bats can hardly hit for shit anymore their bats are as you say unclutch in the playoffs, apart from bautista, bautista solo dinger in the 9th to win the game 1-0 WC CAP IT MOTHER FUCKER

This

dont greentext my mistakes you memer

speaking of which in the wild card games to teams typically use two starters for the game if the one gets pulled at the 6th? cause when the game was tied in the 7th yesterday for the jays (before detoilet lost and oriolels already were in a big ass league so the jays playoff hopes were basically on the lines) gibbons elected to put in cecil (man who has the second most blown saves in the AL i think) instead of a starting pitcher or even Dickey who wouldnt even fucking be a starting pitcher in the playoffs (and he also has been playing good as of late)

They changed it to 2 ER? It was 1 ER for a while.

>the nation of bombston

go watch basketball if you have no attention span and can't appreciate a good pitcher's duel. enjoy getting blown the fuck out and bautista striking out 3 times swinging at a wild pitch to end his shit career. and i'm not even going to address "the best AL pitcher"

please go drink your bagged milk elsewhere

>The pitch Justin Upton took to end Tigers season was in spot he swung at 90% of time w/2 strikes, also his best BA by location.

They can use two starters but that really depends on how they want to set up their pitching roster the rest of the way. Baseball Tonight was on this morning and they were saying O's are probably going to play a bullpen game.

Daily reminder that the Giants are willingly placing their 2016 season in the hands of Madison Bumgarner by starting him in the NL Wild Card game

They probably counted it as a single and an error instead of just an error on Leprechaun man

Kershaw Scherzer is going to be fucking epic.
If you live in DC and don't go to that game, fuck you.

Literally the best LHP and RHP in all of baseball facing each other.

>njoy getting blown the fuck out and bautista striking out 3 times swinging at a wild pitch to end his shit career

Well its clear you've never watched a bautista at bat before (ince bautista is 99% more likely to strike out looking at the ball instead of swining lol) or know anything thats happening in the AL (bautista retiring what the fuck are you talking about kek)

>and i'm not even going to address "the best AL pitcher"

again you must not know anything about the AL, no one in their right mind would argue there is a better pitcher or rotation in the AL, lurk more or read some stats my uneducated friend

Yeah, it went awful last time too

>All the Tigers needed was just one of three teams to lose and to beat the Braves to get a chance at the playoffs, and to share in a very memey day of baseball the next day

Mexico's team is definitely los Angeles dodgérs

>Max Scherzer
>Best RHP in baseball

Chris Sale would like to have a word with you

basically all southern teams are

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Sale is good but how in God's name is Sale even close to Scherzer?

>leave the even year meme to me

*end his shitty career with the blow gays, my bad

>again you must not know anything about the AL, no one in their right mind would argue there is a better pitcher or rotation in the AL, lurk more or read some stats my uneducated friend

you think sanchez is better than kluber/verlander/porcello? you said pitcher, not rotation.

Aside from Gays who are the Giants team? China? Or does that conflict with the Blue Jays

I'm more surprised he thinks sale is a RHP

@71663919
what was the point of that post?
You understand sale is left-handed right simp?

I thought it was the Raiders

our year esse

t-tigers

Thank the lord, Walt Weiss is no longer the Rockies manager. He seemed like a good guy, but he consistently made some dumb fucking decisions.

>verlander

now i know you're trolling lol

does this image make you feel a certain way?

LMK

It will this time. Enjoy your one and done

I don't see how the Giants are going to beat Syndegaard and the Mets bullpen

>rangers winning 3-2
>not sweeping the jays into annihilation and utter despair

yes a lower ERA than any other pitcher, oh and this is in the best hitting division in all of baseball too, not detoilets shit tier division

best pitcher and best starting rotation, as ive already said

>the Gaints not winning 4 World Series in 7 years is the equivalent of winning the World Series for Dodgers fans

LOL XD
SAD!

Daily reminder that posting "Daily reminder that beating the Dodgers is equivalent to winning the WS for Giants fans" is equivalent to winning the WS for Dodgers fans

FUCK YOU ATKINS. STROMAN CONFIRMED FOR STARTER. SEE YOU ALL NEXT SEASON. IT'S ALL OVER.

>trusting a manlet with a man's job

What is wrong with Canada?

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you'd rather have lariano u cunt

>149 IP

Basic math suggests it's a no brainer

>his team isn't starting a big guy in the WC game
smhtbqh

guys, relax. He went to THE Duke university.

>149

Why is this allowed?

>ninny league

Oh

basic math says you're a faggot

prediction:
>blow gays take opening lead
>showalter pulls starter to get to bullpen asap
>blow gays stop scoring
>orioles hit some dingers in the middle/late innings
>britton shuts the door and orioles celebrate on toronto home turf, camera pans to bautista who looks like he's about to cry, then back to machado who's jumping around like a monkey

That's what Kershaw's WHIP makes you feel?
Mate, you really should say stuff like this. Your life is worth nothing and killing yourself for Kershaw means nothing because are nothing. Cheer up brother. I didn't think these were the feelings a 0.71 WHIP would stir up.

Tell me what this one makes you feel.

kys clueless retard

>doesn't qualify
>doesn't count
>entering the postseason with a shitty postseason track record

Relax my piss drinking friend, it will be okay

>Stroman
>not Estráda
Explain to me why you wouldn't pitch the guy who won you two elimination games in both the ALCS AND ALDS
So disrespectful.

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>have to wait till tomorrow for baseball and it's only one game

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I honestly think it's because it would be on short rest. It's a great question. But I can see why they didn't especially with his back.

If you keep describing your life as "fucking nothing" then maybe ending would be a really good idea.

Hmu on IG. My ex used to work at party city, she can hook u up to a helium tank.

wat

that makes no sense

why is Stroman starting over pic related?

id literally take any jays starting pitcher over stroman including dickey

You know Miggy's liver is probably dead right now. I wonder how many restaurant managers he's threatened to kill since yesterday.

Daily reminder that the Blue Jays willingly placed their entire 2016 season in the hands of Marcus Stroman by starting him in the 2016 AL Wild Card game.

i know just the man

>implying you've ever even touched a woman

I'm dying laughing mate, thanks. I won't need a helium tank to escape your autistic attention seeking shitposting anymore

Have a good day

I'm not looking forward to this meme for the next 12 months.

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Daily reminder that the Pirates willingly placed their entire 2014 season in the hands of Edinson Volquez by starting him in the 2014 NL Wild Card game.

Daily reminder that the Pirates willingly placed their entire 2015 season in the hands of Gerrit Cole by starting him in the 2015 NL Wild Card game.

Daily reminder that the Blue Jays willingly placed their entire 2016 season in the hands of Marcus Stroman by starting him in the 2016 AL Wild Card game.

Thursday-Saturday Division Series starting times

>Thursday
Wild card @ Tex 4:38 ET.
Bos @ Clev 8:08 ET.
>Friday
WC @ Tex 1:08 ET
LA @ WSH 4:08 ET
Bos @ Clev 4:38 ET
WC @ CHC 8:08 ET

>Saturday
LA @ WSH 5:38 ET
WC @ CHC 9:15 ET

Daily reminder the Dodgers willingly placed their entire 2013 season in the hands of Multiple entries man in the 2013 NLCS

what makes the bird so darn smug

Be sure to give me another 100 replies between today and Game 1 just to keep your obsession at a tame level.

regards, Papi Greinke

>postseason day games

Attention Walgreens and Doyer fans:

If you lose three division series in a row, then your window has closed.

>starting a post season game at 1 in the afternoon
Why the fuck would you do that?

WHat does multiple entries refer to?

>implying the Nats had a window

They'll both find a way to lose somehow

How?

Anything for the goat.

Who will?

Overlapping games is even worse, although it's somewhat understandable based on the locations of the four teams hosting the first two games

IIRC G2 of the Rangers - Blue Jays last year was also a 1:00est start (Orioles-Tigers the year before that was 12:00est, too)

yankees did that from 2005-2007 and then won it in 2009

Should be a fun postseason

Who is hoping for the first ever Giants/Dodgers NLCS?

if you get three chances to not choke, and you choke every time, do you think a fourth would make any difference?

Was this 2 seasons ago? Where benches, bullpens cleared after this play? The one that went to extra innings and ended in a failed walkoff steal?

If so I was there lel

2009 was rigged
see: joe mauer """"""foul""""""" ball

cubs/doyers NLCS is finna be lit

Only Californians are.

That would attract record low viewership

Babbies first mlb postseason

wow

It feels weird that the NL Wild Card game isn't hosted by the Pirates.

youtube.com/watch?v=1ClQ1H8eJ0w

Lmao I saw Greinke pitch in LA against the cards in a fucking day game and first inning he filled the bases with no outs and it was honestly the most vivid baseball experience of my life. I don't even remember game 1 of the NLDS 2015. Night games are like dreams. Day games feel like you're going to school.

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yeah maybe the twins would have only lost 3-1 if that landed

>yeah maybe the twins would have only lost 3-1 if that landed

>3-3 in the 10th

>best RHP in all of baseball
>not julio teheran

It did land, it landed fair, clearly

he's talking about the series you retard

Tell me why I shouldn't put $2000 on the Dodgers to win it all?

if there's one team the bankees always cuck, it's always the twins

Is he "our guy"?

>that neck

because Kent Maeda is pitching and Kershaw is notorious for choking

it's protective padding for foul tips

Stop making fun of Joe west bro. Why don't you post a more flattering angle if him?
Disrespectful

youtube.com/watch?v=7VAKmtGTRac

>yfw Britton gives up a walkoff 2 run dinger

hasn't he given up one homer all year

>and then you wake up

NLCS?????

lol or lmao?

It's the post season user. Stranger things have happened.

If Britton is so great then how come he doesn't start and play all 9 innings?

so you either have to face the most complete team in the playoffs or the team that beat the most complete team in the playoffs and is therefore on fire and probably not going to be stopped
doyers cucked again! sad!

dodgers have won four straight division titles

suck on that

Fuck it boys, close it up. You heard it hear first on the Cred Forums.

Zach Britton will literaly never allow a HR ever again in his career. Or any run.....

The Dodgers aren't notorious chokers like the Cubs are, dumbass.

And coming off a bye week, we should be good to go with all the rest after the 3 practice games are done

wow, division titles. Thats almost as good as a participation ribbon

>arent notorious chokers

and lost two straight division series

>The Dodgers aren't notorious chokers

>The Dodgers aren't notorious chokers

>The Dodgers aren't notorious chokers

>The Dodgers aren't notorious chokers

Are dodger fans the most false flagged fanbase on mlb?
You gotta be less obvious. At this point it's just false flaggers replying to one another.

¡TRISTE!

We raped the Braves in 2013 and will rape the Nats in 2016
Some "chokers" they are

>bucks making reference to the jays celebration on their field last year

uh oh its happening gents, Stroshit gonna get shelled

If the World Series ends up being doyers/rags who chokes harder?

>The Dodgers aren't notorious chokers like the Cubs are, dumbass.
>The Dodgers aren't notorious chokers
>aren't notorious chokers

I know this is just bait but the dogs might actually sweep lol

>beating the "mighty" braves then getting BTFO by the cardinals is a monumental accomplishment to dodgers fans

You mean the mighty Braves that won 96 games? That Braves?

>The Dodgers aren't notorious chokers

(all me)

>The Dodgers aren't notorious chokers

I have mild second degree burns on my fingers senpai, why does it hurt so bad

>aren't notorious chokers

what if the mlb riggs it for the dodgers for Scully?

He's already done though.

>old/fat
>implying that bartolo isnt better than 50% of the leagues starting pitchers

cause you have second degree burns

Was also you?

>wake up
>it's Kershaw general

>wake up again
>it's dodger general

>wake up once more
>it's obsession: the thread

DJ Lemahieu should be disqualified for sitting out the last week of the season to preserve his "batting title". Not only does he hit in a meme fucking park but he acts like a bitch and doesn't play.

>aren't notorious chokers

It feels like they're going catch fire if I take them out of cool water
This is way worse than I thought desu and it's been four hours

Dave stewart canned

>walt weiss steps down as Rockies manager
Who will the Rockies' next sacrifice be?

Remember when Buster Posey was good?

the swanson+inciarte trade was all time terrible

yesterday?

>busted
>pussy

>The Dodgers aren't notorious chokers

here's another (you)

good season tbqh lads, a lot of teams in it to the last week

His contract looked really team friendly when he signed it but now his current production went full JUST

It's kind of hard to not have a lot of teams in it when there are 10 slots.

>le dissappear in big games man

Just a reminder the Cubs are gonna win it all.

The wild card is just to decide who kneels down and sacrifices themselves to this historic team.

So why did baseballs popularity in America die

was it the blacks, the steroids or something else?

It's not. Shelby is a good pitcher. I hope Friedman cops him, brings him over to the Dodgers and turns him back to a 2.7-3.2.ERA pitcher.
It's all in his head. He throws fucking 98 and his stuff is this there, he literaly threw like 60 or 70 Innings.

terrible trade

>the Dodgers aren't notorious chokers

ADHD and dopamine addiction caused by information overload of the modern age

it's the 2nd most popular sport in america, the only place it's remotely dying is national broadcasts

Okay just remember my post.
You don't go from being a top 5 RHP to a failure just becuase you were shit for 70 Innings after suffering a knuckle, index, and middle finger injury from being so mechanically broken.

>Shelby Miller 2017
>190-210IP
>3.1ERA

more like spic related

Was John Rocker right?

you're delusional if you think that trade was good

wouldn't the obsessive amounts of stats actually be a boon to baseball with the overload of information.

also baseball isn't dying anyway for the umpteenth time.

>trading a #1 overall pick and five years of control of inciarte for three years of shelby miller is a good trade in arizona

I'm referring more to the sensory overload and instant gratification of the Internet and cell phones has killed patience. They need to see nogs le dabbin and chimping out and scoring every 2 seconds or they lose interest or God forbid start thinking about anything

I agree it's not dying either but this is why it isn't more popular than it is

Hey simpleton, read the fucking post you imbecilic fucking animal. Set the trade aside. Nobody's arguing that is was good. They overpaid. But you're missing the Pont. You're fucking stupid if you believe a pitcher with the talent and production that Shelby has PROVEN can suddenly be put aside as thought of as a failure only because he has bad for 70 Innings after clear troubles mechanically.

I laughed

anyone else think the Nats will outchoke the Dodgers

anyone a fan of the Nats

>Top 2 in ERA, WHIP, SO, IP

yes
no

>couldn't pitch his team into the post season
Ooohhh so close

>top 2
>2

We're not discussing the second best AL pitcher, Nevermind the fact that he's a supreme choke artist

Yes, but I'm too poor to afford tickets to Friday's game

When did it become cool to shit on GOATS like Verlander and Kershaw? Is it all ironic? I don't understand anymore.

>implying they aren't all closet O's fans

>The Dodgers aren't notorious chokers

No ones shitting on the choke artists it's just that Sanchez happens to be better than verlander this year
Oh and he also happens not to choke in the postseason

Any oldfags remember when Buster Posey finished the 2016 season with the highest WAR among all catchers in baseball?

>shitlander
>detoilet

/mlb/ discord

discord.gg/jw94JUH

He's still having a pretty down year offensively even if he's got elite defense and pitch framing stats now.

>highest WAR among all catchers
Wow talk about irrelvant stat lol

gay

Bro are u serious? What the fuck is wrong w you? 175 for Kershaw vs. Max? FUCKING FIELD LEVEL If this was the NLCS I'd probably make the flight to DC but I'm gonna be patient. The last time he pitched in LA was with the Tigers in 2014 and it was during the day and I couldn't go.

Bitch go. Win or lose someone is going to throw an masterpiece.

>verlander
>goat

>casual, the post

But that makes him the most valuable catcher in baseball pissboi

Only slightly, nothing dramatic

Honestly watching games on TV is a much better experience, you actually get to see where pitches are going and get a real sense of the whole field instead of the little corner you are stuck in at the actual game.

Is this supposed to be impressive? He took the most AB's and is still offensively inferior to 5 others in the top 10

@JonHeyman
sources: barry bonds is being let go by marlins

>201 AB
>3.0 WAR

loria is so retarded

When do we get confirmation on seasonal awards? Meaning when does Kluber officially get Cy Young and Naquin get RotY?

>offensive stats are the only thing that matters for a catcher

Yeah man, that's probably what position most DH's would play if it was eliminated from the AL since it's a position that really has no impact on the game outside of hitting.

Damn, that makes me sad. I wonder why

why?

He took the most AB's and is still offensively inferior to 5 others in the top 10

No man. You have to go. Sit bleeders sit somewhere but you have to be there. The energy Idk how DC is like but is so different for playoffs especially when you have 2 of the top 2 SP's in the sport.
If you're worried about pitch recognition, don't be. Max throws change ups and sliders which break a whole lot and are easy to see, same with Kershaw. You're fucking up big time if you don't go. Especially considering how cheap those tix are. Fuck you I'm jealous.

t. pissboi proxy

>tfw I couldnt even afford $158 tix even if I wanted to go

For what purpose? How the fuck is it his fault?

>took 9% more at bats than 2nd place
>still 17% more WAR

okay den lol

Lucroy, Ramos, and Grandal all better than the pussy man.

mets are elite tbqh

>4 (four) starting pitchers down
>replacements step up
>surge to make the playoffs

wouldnt want to face them right now

t. pissboi

Stay mad stinky smelly

>David Ross
>1.7 war in 166 at bats
Image discarded

No my names Sean, perhaps you've heard of me

>Last year:
"mets can't beat kershaw and greinke in dodger stadium dodgers have two aces, they're unbeatable"
>This year
"mets can't beat bumgarner he never loses"

the fatherless autist laughed out of /NFL/?

Good. That roider shouldn't be allowed in any aspect of baseball, especially a coaching position where he could influence young players to be a cheating fraud like he was.

The father meme was invented by me lol I tricked all you autistic fucks for 6 years lol

Also laughed out? Where are you getting that from? I rule NFL general
I am a king there

mets rotation was also fully healthy, just unproven. but they sure as fuck proved themselves quick. they're gonna need some meme magic this year.

Scary Gary and Lucroy are better. Posey hasn't been good in a couple years.

I thought seanposting was banned on Cred Forums? MODS

the mets, giants, and cardinals are the only three teams in NL that the baseball gods grant meme magic to
whoever wins the wild card game is in good position

>According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Madison Bumgarner has a 0.60 ERA on the road in the postseason -- the lowest road ERA in postseason history (min. 25 IP). He leads runner-up Bob Gibson (0.97), then Mariano Rivera (1.02), Sandy Koufax (1.04) and Lefty Grove (1.11). Bumgarner has appeared in seven road postseason games. San Francisco is 7-0 in those games.

scared.jpg

>Dodgers aren't notorious chokers

>Marlins won't be keeping Bonds as hitting coach

Fuck Loria. >We're going to be irrelevant as long as he's allowed to ruin everything with his jew magic and shekel lust.

>he thinks these numbers are sustainable
This could be the game he slips. He could also throw a cg 2 hit shutout.

Snitches get stitches

>if the mets or giants steal a game in wrigley field, they will have thor/bumgarner pitching at home in game 3

holy shit
maybe we should be rethinking the cusb as overwhelming favorites

he's just due. they just have to grind AB's and get to the bullpen early. and besides, syndergaard is no pushover either. as i recall, i think his home ERA is 2.11. they're just as scared.

>25IP qualifier

his home ERA is worse than his road ERA lol
still it's gonna be low scoring

wow meme magic might still be alive and well

I like Kershaw's WS IP

(round number, no edges no corners)

That's what I've been saying, both the Mets and Giants outmatch the Cubs when they only need 3 pitchers. As long as the giants never get into the bullpen too deep or the mets offense goes completely to sleep then they will take the series.

1-10 how ebin would a cusb collapse be?

and then probably thor or bumgarner out of the pen in a potential game 5
bahhhhhhhh

about as ebin as getting one of the worst beatdowns in NLCS history

Dude, I'm not even a Cubs fan, but

Hendricks
Lester
Arrieta

And then Lackey and Hammel (who don't matter in the postseason) re still better than the other team's 4-5

biggest upset in division series history

DG drinks piss but he's right about this to be honest

Fuck off DG Cubs are chokes

are the redsox, dare I say it.. overrated?

>According to Craig Mish of Sirius XM Radio, manager Don Mattingly called out Bonds on a road trip, and his commitment level apparently dwindled. Mish also adds that Giancarlo Stanton “tuned out” Bonds after Bonds was critical of the 2016 Home Run Derby champion — sometimes in front of others.

Yes, but they're still capable.

the AL is just shit enough to override that fact
they would likely get fucked up by last year's royals or blue jays

my bad i confused the two. 2.06 ERA in last 7 games tho

Reminder that large market teams cannot harness the power of meme magic. The memes get confused and shrink away. That's why the O's are going to win it all this year.

>ninny league """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""opinions"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

yeah i think he'll be fine, he's shortened his time to the plate too
problem is gonna be getting any sort of offense going against bumgarner, we're gonna need some meme dingers

>best hitting
>top 10 pitching ( >price but still )
>elite left field

they'll lose in the second round

>rags

yes

NEW

Mets are a great home run hitting team, it just takes one.

Do most teams even use 4 starting pitchers in the divisional series?

I'd fucking hate to face cueto twice, at least we'd only have to see bumgarner/syndergaard once.

>memets

enough

new

lackey/hammel is better than lugo/goatolo? mets have a 4 man rotation. it would be the following matchups:
hendricks/bartolo
lester/gazelle
arrietta/syndergaard
lackey/lugo
hammel/bartolo
bartolo was an all star for a reason. he blew the game against miami which inflated his ERA by like .3 runs and lugo has been great for his time in the majors. he's also pitched against the cubs before. (look at this shit: youtube.com/watch?v=S2IOERnhijQ) mets have clear advantage in 3/5 of matchups.

scared Cusb fan

Giants will pick him up

It's because that have a team full of fat mashers who can't run and play in a tiny park. I have no idea how they managed to get 6, desu.

>implying that Bartolo isn't old or fat