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Nationals won this afternoon and locked up the #1 seed and home field advantage for the playoffs.
And here's the scenarios for the AL teams playing for their spots and the Reds/Nats. You can thank Jayson Stark at ESPN for this. If the Yankees lose and the Orioles win Then the AL East is tied (at 94-68), and the Yankees and Orioles have to play a tiebreaker game Thursday in Baltimore. The winner is the AL East champ. The loser is the wild-card team. But is it the "first" wild card or the "second" wild card? That depends on what happens in Oakland. If the A's beat the Rangers Then Oakland (94-68) wins the AL West, and Texas (93-69) is a wild-card team. But would the Rangers be the "first" wild card or the "second" wild card? That depends on what happens in the AL East:
Then the Rangers (94-68) win the AL West, and Oakland (93-67) is a wild card. But is it the "first" wild card or "second" wild card? Again, that depends on developments in the AL East. If the Yankees and Orioles both win Wednesday, the Orioles would host the A's in the wild-card game because Baltimore would have one more regular-season win (94) than Oakland (93). If the Yankees lose, the Orioles win, there's a tie for the AL East and Oakland loses to Texas, the loser of the AL East tiebreaker game hosts the A's. Again, the reason: The AL East loser still would have more wins (94) than Oakland (93). If the Yankees, Orioles and A's all lose Wednesday, the Orioles and A's would finish with the same record (93-69). If that happens, the A's host the wild-card game Friday. Why? Because they won the season series. Who's No. 1 in the AL? If the Yankees win Wednesday: Then this is simple. They're the No. 1 seed in the AL. So their first Division Series game is Sunday at the winner of the wild-card game. The AL West winner then would head for Detroit to start its Division Series on Saturday. If there's a Yankees-Orioles tie: This gets trickier. Then there's a three-way tie for the best record in the AL (Yankees, Orioles and the AL West champ, all at 94-68). Under that scenario, the AL East tiebreaker game would not be used to determine seeding, even though it is otherwise considered a regular-season game. So how would that seeding be sorted out? Here's the breakdown:
Then there's a tie for the best record between the Yankees and the AL West champ (at 93-69). Under that scenario, the Yankees are the No. 1 seed if the Rangers win the West -- but the No. 2 seed if the A's win the West. Why? See the tiebreaker scenarios above. Who's No. 1 in the NL? The Reds and Nationals head into their games Wednesday with the same record (97-64). So … If the Reds win and the Nationals lose Then the Reds are the No. 1 seed and play Sunday at the home of the wild-card survivor. And the Nationals are the No. 2 seed and play Saturday in San Francisco. If the Nationals win and the Reds lose Then the Nationals are the No. 1 seed and visit the wild-card winner Sunday. And the Reds are the No. 2 seed and start their Division Series on Saturday in San Francisco. If the Nationals and Reds finish tied Then the Nationals are the No. 1 seed. And the Reds are the No. 2 seed. (Same matchups as the Nationals win/Reds lose scenario above.) Why? Nationals won the season series. |
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#3522 |
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President of Freedonia
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NL MVP: Buster Posey
AL MVP: Mike Trout (I think he's earned so much hype amongst the voters that he'll win despite his team not making the playoffs) NL Cy Young: R.A. Dickey AL Cy Young: David Price NL Rookie of the Year: Bryce Harper AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Trout NL Comeback Player of the Year: Buster Posey AL Comeback Player of the Year: Adam Dunn (Dunn is really the only clear choice in the AL despite his comically bad batting average) NL Manager of the Year: Davey Johnson AL Manager of the Year: Buck Showalter Executive of the Year (Front office award. Insert GM here): Billy Beane |
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#3523 |
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President of Freedonia
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And just for fun, some other random award predictions:
NL Hank Aaron: Ryan Braun AL Hank Aaron: Miguel Cabrera NL Rolaids Relief: Craig Kimbrel AL Rolaids Relief: Fernando Rodney NL Silver Sluggers P: Stephen Strasburg C: Buster Posey 1B: Adam LaRoche 2B: Aaron Hill SS: Ian Desmond 3B: Chase Headley OF: Andrew McCutchen OF: Ryan Braun OF: Giancarlo Stanton AL Silver Sluggers DH: Edwin Encarnacion C: Joe Mauer 1B: Prince Fielder 2B: Robinson Cano SS: Derek Jeter 3B: Miguel Cabrera OF: Josh Hamilton OF: Mike Trout OF: Josh Willingham Not even going to hazard a guess on the Gold Gloves, since they seem to be totally random. |
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#3524 |
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Soundly Defeated Wadding
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Holy shit at Oakland right now
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#3525 |
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History's Greatest, Mr. E
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Yeah was watching a stream on my phone at the hospital and they gave up 5 runs and I'm expecting a wild card.
Now I get home and they're up 8-5. |
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#3526 |
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President of Freedonia
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The A's bullpen is ridiculous.
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#3527 |
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You know that’s right
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how is it that A's fans are so awesome and Raiders fans are such shitheads
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#3528 |
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History's Greatest, Mr. E
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Always hated the fucking Raiders
I was raised right |
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#3529 |
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History's Greatest, Mr. E
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Seriously, we gotta ban whatever this is on hats. It's so blatant.
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#3530 |
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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Johnny Gomes is gonna get so drunk 10 minutes from now
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#3531 |
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A's did their part
Red sox at least trying O's...ugh..only 1-0 |
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Inno Knows.
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FEED ME MORE runs
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#3533 |
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Come on Jays, win your last game.
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Inno Knows.
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Robbie Cano a day late on the hooha 2x Tuesday
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#3535 |
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President of Freedonia
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Enjoy facing a pissed off Rangers team with a chip on their shoulder, O's.
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Inno Knows.
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Cano. So hot right now. Cano.
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#3537 |
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TPWW Fire Pro Champ
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Gotta looooooooove game 162, regardless of which team you root for.
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Dunno if it's been announced here yet or on tv, but Bobby V got his bags packed. Red Sox plan to "dismiss" him when all is said and done today.
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#3539 |
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Inno Knows.
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I keep expecting to hear a guard yell "dead man walking" before every bobby v trip to the mound
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TPWW Fire Pro Champ
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Miggy gets pulled after 4 innings. Trout's still going.
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Guess they didn't bother buying wild card tix. No matter what, their pitchers are light years worse than Tampa's so I don't expect the o's bats to stay cold. Plus,it still plays right into the master plan..o's vs Yankees alds, game 1 and 2 in Baltimore.. |
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#3542 |
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There's this guy named Yu Darvish. I hear he's pretty damn good.
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Lucchino ends up as the biggest loser since Bobby V was his personal pick even though he refused to allow Bobby V to handpick the coaching staff. He's lost a lot of influence over the team since last September. |
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#3544 |
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Bobby V has been acting like a jackass the last couple of weeks.
No way he ever gets another chance to manage after this debacle in Boston. And he certainly didn't help his case. |
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Inno Knows.
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Cmon Bobby V was set up to fail, he shouldn't have been picked for the job in the first place
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TPWW Fire Pro Champ
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Who can make the sun rise?
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But the last couple of weeks he's been trying to give reportes some wise-ass comments and acting up. He hasn't helped his case. |
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#3548 |
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O's about to fuck up Rodney's era thing
Or not. |
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Inno Knows.
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That's the division!
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Have fun with the play-in game, Droford.
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President of Freedonia
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lol imagine if this game drags on even further and Granderson ends up with 2 more at-bats to potentially fuck up Miggy's triple crown?
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#3553 |
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Granderson's too much of a free swinger.
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#3554 |
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TPWW Fire Pro Champ
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Grrrrrrrrr. Grandyman got pulled for the night.
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Granderson is out of the game.
Miguel Cabrera has won the AL Triple Crown. Hadn't been done since 1967. History, people. |
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President of Freedonia
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Damn, Yanks pulled most of their starters. Would have been funny to see Granderson stay in there.
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#3559 |
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TPWW Fire Pro Champ
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START SPREADIN' THE NEWS!
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Tampa Bay Rays' Closer Fernando Rodney finishes with THE LOWEST ERA EVER.
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