Astros were soundly trounced by Seattle in the crucial 3 game home series and now are realistically out of it in terms of winning the division and they are in a dead heat with Cleveland who is very hot right now. It doesn't look good given how we've played the last month vs the Guardians playing their best ball of the season right now. Not to mention if we finish in a tie with them, they hold the tie breaker. So I'm not very optimistic that we will make the playoffs, this team needs an off season overhaul.
If Cleveland beats out Detroit for the Central Division you wouldn't have to worry about Cleveland for the wild card. You are pretty much in a dead heat with Detroit as well but so far they have been struggling. Who has the tie breaker for you vs. Detroit?
Wow! A combination of Cleveland being on fire plus Detroit tanking after the All-Star break has turned the ALC upside down compared to where it was pre-ASB.
Quite the finish to the ALC season coming up. Cleveland gets the struggling Rangers Detroit gets the Red Sox. Astros are cooked, done, fini.
Well the Astros finished in a tie with Cleveland and Detroit but they both had the tiebreaker over the Astros so we are out of the playoffs for the 1st time in a lot of years. Team will need a reboot in the offseason and we'll need to make some key additions esp to the pitching staff. I don't expect Frambler to be back, Lance McCullers is done to big injury history. Yankee's, Toronto, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit and Seattle. Seattle and Cleveland were the hot teams at the end. Can they keep it up?
Tie breaker not needed against Cleveland. We were 88-74. Astros and Detroit 87-75. Cleveland makes largest comeback in MLB history (we were 15.5 games back)
Great to see both Cleveland and Cincinnati in the playoffs along with Detroit and Milwaukee. A rust belt renaissance!
The Reds and Mets also ended up tied, but the Reds owned the head to head tiebreaker. Another offseason of drama for the free spending Mets. Breaks my pea pickin' heart.
I just saw something weird today in the Cubs-Padres game, a sacrifice bunt. It actually was successful and ultimately resulted in a run. Amazing. I then heard that it's not the only SB of the day. Could it be that MLB managers are going retro?
Sox/Yankees is a great game. Crochet was really good. Almost had a disaster in the bottom of the 8th when Abreu stole a fly ball from the CF and it looked like they were going to collide.
Dramatic 9th for Boston and NY. Bases loaded for the Yankee's and nobody out, Chapman buckles down and the Soz escape with the 3-1 win.
Another dramatic finish. Bases loaded by Detroit, but Guardians closer held on and they tie the series up.