MLB 2025 Post-Season

eeriepadave

F Me In The Brain said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Bye bye Houston 

And bye bye Soto 

$340MM+ for that team to play golf early.  

Always nice to see the Mets miss the playoffs 😀

Wobbie

reds
padres (grudgingly)
guardians
sawx (grudgingly)

tempo_n_groove

Cliffy6745 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Bye bye Houston 

And bye bye Soto 

$340MM+ for that team to play golf early.  

Bet the Yankees have a suite for his family to watch playoff baseball

Alonso already opts out 

Alonso carried the team this year.

mrussel1

Tribe pulled off the greatest comeback of all time in baseball, if Elias and the writer are to be trusted.  

Cleveland was as many as 15 1/2 games behind Detroit for first place in the AL Central, as recently as the morning of July 9. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that is the largest deficit a team has overcome to finish first in its division (since 1969) or league (pre-1969). The 1914 Braves (15 games back) previously held the record.

And while they had already clinched about an hour earlier, they finished it off with a three run walk off dinger in the 10th.  

igotid88

mrussel1 said:

Tribe pulled off the greatest comeback of all time in baseball, if Elias and the writer are to be trusted.  

Cleveland was as many as 15 1/2 games behind Detroit for first place in the AL Central, as recently as the morning of July 9. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that is the largest deficit a team has overcome to finish first in its division (since 1969) or league (pre-1969). The 1914 Braves (15 games back) previously held the record.

And while they had already clinched about an hour earlier, they finished it off with a three run walk off dinger in the 10th.  

Why don't you trust them? They've been the go to for years

igotid88

Knew 1 team was going to ruin their chances. First the Yankees, then Detroit almost, ended up being the Mets

tempo_n_groove

mrussel1 said:

Tribe pulled off the greatest comeback of all time in baseball, if Elias and the writer are to be trusted.  

Cleveland was as many as 15 1/2 games behind Detroit for first place in the AL Central, as recently as the morning of July 9. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that is the largest deficit a team has overcome to finish first in its division (since 1969) or league (pre-1969). The 1914 Braves (15 games back) previously held the record.

And while they had already clinched about an hour earlier, they finished it off with a three run walk off dinger in the 10th.  

They have one of the best players in Baseball in a Jose Ramirez.  He gets zero love from anyone outside of Ohio.

mrussel1

igotid88 said:

mrussel1 said:

Tribe pulled off the greatest comeback of all time in baseball, if Elias and the writer are to be trusted.  

Cleveland was as many as 15 1/2 games behind Detroit for first place in the AL Central, as recently as the morning of July 9. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that is the largest deficit a team has overcome to finish first in its division (since 1969) or league (pre-1969). The 1914 Braves (15 games back) previously held the record.

And while they had already clinched about an hour earlier, they finished it off with a three run walk off dinger in the 10th.  

Why don't you trust them? They've been the go to for years

I'm only saying that because data is sketchy going back before the 50's.  

mrussel1

tempo_n_groove said:

mrussel1 said:

Tribe pulled off the greatest comeback of all time in baseball, if Elias and the writer are to be trusted.  

Cleveland was as many as 15 1/2 games behind Detroit for first place in the AL Central, as recently as the morning of July 9. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that is the largest deficit a team has overcome to finish first in its division (since 1969) or league (pre-1969). The 1914 Braves (15 games back) previously held the record.

And while they had already clinched about an hour earlier, they finished it off with a three run walk off dinger in the 10th.  

They have one of the best players in Baseball in a Jose Ramirez.  He gets zero love from anyone outside of Ohio.

He is great.  But it was all smoke and mirrors (and great managing).  Tribe batted 226 for the year and last in run scored as well.  Only team with a negative run differential to make the playoffs. 

Kwan is very good too.  But like last year, it came down to timely bullpen work.  

Johnny Abruzzo

mrussel1 said:

igotid88 said:

mrussel1 said:

Tribe pulled off the greatest comeback of all time in baseball, if Elias and the writer are to be trusted.  

Cleveland was as many as 15 1/2 games behind Detroit for first place in the AL Central, as recently as the morning of July 9. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that is the largest deficit a team has overcome to finish first in its division (since 1969) or league (pre-1969). The 1914 Braves (15 games back) previously held the record.

And while they had already clinched about an hour earlier, they finished it off with a three run walk off dinger in the 10th.  

Why don't you trust them? They've been the go to for years

I'm only saying that because data is sketchy going back before the 50's.  

The Boston Braves miracle comeback of 1914 is very well documented. And they shocked the 3 out of 4 years World Champion A's with a sweep in the World Series.

mrussel1

Johnny Abruzzo said:

mrussel1 said:

igotid88 said:

mrussel1 said:

Tribe pulled off the greatest comeback of all time in baseball, if Elias and the writer are to be trusted.  

Cleveland was as many as 15 1/2 games behind Detroit for first place in the AL Central, as recently as the morning of July 9. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that is the largest deficit a team has overcome to finish first in its division (since 1969) or league (pre-1969). The 1914 Braves (15 games back) previously held the record.

And while they had already clinched about an hour earlier, they finished it off with a three run walk off dinger in the 10th.  

Why don't you trust them? They've been the go to for years

I'm only saying that because data is sketchy going back before the 50's.  

The Boston Braves miracle comeback of 1914 is very well documented. And they shocked the 3 out of 4 years World Champion A's with a sweep in the World Series.

I'm not arguing that.  I'm just saying MLB goes back to like 1903 with teh individual leagues longer than that.  They are declaring this the biggest comeback and I hope it was.  Data was just sketchier.  No real point in arguing a throw-away comment.  

MayDay10

mrussel1 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

mrussel1 said:

Tribe pulled off the greatest comeback of all time in baseball, if Elias and the writer are to be trusted.  

Cleveland was as many as 15 1/2 games behind Detroit for first place in the AL Central, as recently as the morning of July 9. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that is the largest deficit a team has overcome to finish first in its division (since 1969) or league (pre-1969). The 1914 Braves (15 games back) previously held the record.

And while they had already clinched about an hour earlier, they finished it off with a three run walk off dinger in the 10th.  

They have one of the best players in Baseball in a Jose Ramirez.  He gets zero love from anyone outside of Ohio.

He is great.  But it was all smoke and mirrors (and great managing).  Tribe batted 226 for the year and last in run scored as well.  Only team with a negative run differential to make the playoffs. 

Kwan is very good too.  But like last year, it came down to timely bullpen work.  

What makes the comeback even more improbable than even the largest GB deficit is the fact that the team isnt great, or at least the parts.

They lost a rotation pitcher and arguably the best closer to gambling.  They were a seller at the trade deadline.  Very little star power.

Things just came together at once.  The starters have an historic run going.  Bullpen has been great.  Bo Naylor is suddenly a dangerous hitter.  Vogt is a good manager and they have manufactured timely runs.  Ramirez and Kwan are star players who are overlooked due to market (although most baseball fans have been onto Jose for a couple years now).


I have no idea how this organization keeps finding good pitchers.  


With all that said, the run isnt sustainable.  Winning a 3 game series that involves Skubal will be tough.  They arent going to start next season the way September has gone

pjhawks

Really nice series in the first round.  Really looking forward to Cubs Padres most but I think all 4 are interesting.  I can see Dodgers smacking the Reds but as a Phillies fan that one interests me.

Wobbie

tempo_n_groove said:

mrussel1 said:

Tribe pulled off the greatest comeback of all time in baseball, if Elias and the writer are to be trusted.  

Cleveland was as many as 15 1/2 games behind Detroit for first place in the AL Central, as recently as the morning of July 9. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that is the largest deficit a team has overcome to finish first in its division (since 1969) or league (pre-1969). The 1914 Braves (15 games back) previously held the record.

And while they had already clinched about an hour earlier, they finished it off with a three run walk off dinger in the 10th.  

They have one of the best players in Baseball in a Jose Ramirez.  He gets zero love from anyone outside of Ohio.

he gets my love! but I grew up in Ohio.

jose gets love…just not enough.

don’t like that the tribe gets detroit, and vice versa.

Wobbie

tempo_n_groove said:

Cliffy6745 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Bye bye Houston 

And bye bye Soto 

$340MM+ for that team to play golf early.  

Bet the Yankees have a suite for his family to watch playoff baseball

Alonso already opts out 

Alonso carried the team this year.

not really. his numbers were good but I think he had a WAR of 3, maybe 3.5.

Wobbie

not to be mean (mookie), but I just love this picture so much. It just resurfaced on the athletic.

eeriepadave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtGYinDUSS8