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Dial
11:24
Yes, he has the "MAriano Rivera" portion of the lineup
cjm
11:25
So then I assume you are against re-seeding after the WC, KG?
Kevin Goldstein
11:25
Nah, I'm fine with the current setup. If anything, I'd just kill the wild card game, have just one wild card team and they play the 1 seed.
AvatarDan Szymborski
11:25
I like there being a significant penalty for the wild card though
you can't really do it with matchup and HFA
11:26
Without the wild card game, that NL West final week is just "who cares, whatever"
Or the last two months after the Padres plummetted
plummeted
sorry
Lzfreak
11:27
Plumetttttttttted
B’Ryce Hammer
11:27
I just know that this series is probably gonna be the best series in the entire postseason. Although an LA-HOU grudge match would be cool
mybloodyballantine
11:27
2nd wild card team should be randomly selected. We need a Charlie Kelly style wildcard.
Kevin Goldstein
11:27
Love it when pitchers show emotion.
Phil
11:27
Is Wilmer Flores good?
Kevin Goldstein
11:27
He's useful for sure.
RAGBRAI
11:30
If playoffs expand  in the new CBA, do we see a shorter regular season?
AvatarDan Szymborski
11:30
No
11:31
And I don't think playoffs expand
Kevin Goldstein
11:31
I think they might
11:32
Playoffs games make a ton of money. Owners like money. Easy concession for players. Might line up.
Finnegan's SSW
11:32
No way Treinen is good enough that you let him hit, right?
Kevin Goldstein
11:32
No way.
Andy
11:33
As a fan, I hate expanded playoff's potential for crowning a mediocre champion. Baseball games are so close to 50/50 that a middling team can run the table in the playoffs in a way that rarely happens in football or basketball.
Kevin Goldstein
11:33
It can happen now, and does often.
Dial
11:34
I wonder about that pitch classification.  I presume those pitches were some kind of slider?
Ace
11:34
Logan Webb. Wow, that's (and I hate this cliche, but true) a hell of an old-school SP ace performance. If he never does anything else, will always have this series.
Holy hell, how is one supposed to hit that Treinen pitch? my eyes broke trying to follow that
TKDC
11:34
When does Scherzer come in?
Kevin Goldstein
11:34
It's absolutely insane raw stuff. Among the best in the game.
AvatarDan Szymborski
11:34
When he demands it!
Phil
11:34
But if there are expanded playoffs, and yet teams continue to manage them the way they do now ("spikes on," as Cora says), won't that just lead to more injuries?
Eric Gagne
11:34
So why not Kelly here instead?
Kevin Goldstein
11:34
Interesting one. Maybe has a matchup in mind....
T
11:35
What’s some of the best pure stuff you saw, Kevin? Whether they made it or not. Ariel Hernández made it with the Reds a little. Talk about an effectively wild, tough AB
Kevin Goldstein
11:35
Fun question. Best raw stuff/worst pitcher award is absolutely Jason Neighborgall. But that wasn't fun, that was just sad.
11:36
Uttlerly killer inning from Blake.
Hugh Duffy
11:36
I think Joe Kelly is who Roberts brings in to get out of jams. No jams yet.
Rob Manfred
11:36
The Dodgers are going to use Scherzer in the 9th because there's nothing the Dodgers love more than pushing their starters in relief in clinching games.
AvatarDan Szymborski
11:36
The silver lining of no Kershaw
Phil
11:36
Best stuff I ever saw in person belonged to Oil Can Boyd. Who was good, just not as good as I always thought he should have been.
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