they will still make playoffs. its a long season and baseball is a streaky game, they will start raking soon. i know it sucks and people get mad because they bet them and lose.. i took them last night figured great value at -101 only at home but right now they are playing bad funamental baseball
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they will still make playoffs. its a long season and baseball is a streaky game, they will start raking soon. i know it sucks and people get mad because they bet them and lose.. i took them last night figured great value at -101 only at home but right now they are playing bad funamental baseball
i don't think so, finally they can make it this year. their pace is pretty similar. pretty hot till mid May - early June, then collapsed right after mid JUNE. they will be in trouble till mid August. they will show up again finally, though.
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i don't think so, finally they can make it this year. their pace is pretty similar. pretty hot till mid May - early June, then collapsed right after mid JUNE. they will be in trouble till mid August. they will show up again finally, though.
The following was posted at another site before this Tex/Laa series started (so the stats don't incl LAA's wins)
IMO, what we're seeing from Texas is their finally hitting the wall after 2 1/2 seasons of peak play. I can see them failing to make the p.s. quite easily. If Oakland can keep up it's current form (obv. the A's won't continue to win at the rate they have in the last month, but as long as they don't drop off sizably, their & LAA's continued competitiveness aligned with the fact Texas still has 17 games left against them both, 13 of their last 16), that would mean if/when Texas lost their division lead, they'd be vying for the WC with 4 other teams with roughly similar records (TBY, BAL, OAK or LAA, & DET). I could see 1 or 2 of those teams falling away, but not all 4.
The numbers underpinning this hitting the wall (not incl. tonight's game still going on)...
Pitching Initial 71 games Conceded 0-4 runs - 49 times Conceded 5+ runs - 22 times Ratio of 5+ run totals conceded... Once every 3.23 games
Last 29 games Conceded 0-4 runs - 16 times Conceded 5+ runs - 13 times Ratio of 5+ run totals conceded... Once every 2.23 games
Batting Initial 79 games Scored 0-4 runs - 40 times Scored 5+ runs - 39 times Ratio of 5+ run totals scored... Once every 2.02 games
Last 21 games Scored 0-4 runs - 18 times Scored 5+ runs - 5 times Ratio of 5+ run totals scored... Once every 4.20 games
Their pitching hasn't dropped off a massive amount, but quite enough given the extent their offense has dropped off. Half as many 5+ run totals over the same amount of games, is gonna be lethal in light of the Angels batting having come around from it's slow start to the season (LAA has 21 5+ run totals their last 35 games, a ratio of once every 1.66 games).
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The following was posted at another site before this Tex/Laa series started (so the stats don't incl LAA's wins)
IMO, what we're seeing from Texas is their finally hitting the wall after 2 1/2 seasons of peak play. I can see them failing to make the p.s. quite easily. If Oakland can keep up it's current form (obv. the A's won't continue to win at the rate they have in the last month, but as long as they don't drop off sizably, their & LAA's continued competitiveness aligned with the fact Texas still has 17 games left against them both, 13 of their last 16), that would mean if/when Texas lost their division lead, they'd be vying for the WC with 4 other teams with roughly similar records (TBY, BAL, OAK or LAA, & DET). I could see 1 or 2 of those teams falling away, but not all 4.
The numbers underpinning this hitting the wall (not incl. tonight's game still going on)...
Pitching Initial 71 games Conceded 0-4 runs - 49 times Conceded 5+ runs - 22 times Ratio of 5+ run totals conceded... Once every 3.23 games
Last 29 games Conceded 0-4 runs - 16 times Conceded 5+ runs - 13 times Ratio of 5+ run totals conceded... Once every 2.23 games
Batting Initial 79 games Scored 0-4 runs - 40 times Scored 5+ runs - 39 times Ratio of 5+ run totals scored... Once every 2.02 games
Last 21 games Scored 0-4 runs - 18 times Scored 5+ runs - 5 times Ratio of 5+ run totals scored... Once every 4.20 games
Their pitching hasn't dropped off a massive amount, but quite enough given the extent their offense has dropped off. Half as many 5+ run totals over the same amount of games, is gonna be lethal in light of the Angels batting having come around from it's slow start to the season (LAA has 21 5+ run totals their last 35 games, a ratio of once every 1.66 games).
they remind me of the red sox last year, granted it was all about Boston`s pitching but what`s similar is how they were both dominating teams who have struggled near the end of the season... with Texas it`s more about there offense that has gone cold
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they remind me of the red sox last year, granted it was all about Boston`s pitching but what`s similar is how they were both dominating teams who have struggled near the end of the season... with Texas it`s more about there offense that has gone cold
hes right the rangers might make playoffs but angels win división, that i know
They Might hang on for the Play in game. I don't know how everybody else is looking at it, but I don't think I consider making the one game wild card making the playoffs. You have to win that game to be in is how I view it.
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Quote Originally Posted by Frank the Bank:
hes right the rangers might make playoffs but angels win división, that i know
They Might hang on for the Play in game. I don't know how everybody else is looking at it, but I don't think I consider making the one game wild card making the playoffs. You have to win that game to be in is how I view it.
tigermike ...what the fuck are you talking bout? there is an extra wild card this year, its not a one gameplay in game
Yea and the two wild cards play one game to move on or go home. They play 162 game season to play one game. So in my mind I consider it a play in game, not really making the playoffs until you win it.
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Quote Originally Posted by Frank the Bank:
tigermike ...what the fuck are you talking bout? there is an extra wild card this year, its not a one gameplay in game
Yea and the two wild cards play one game to move on or go home. They play 162 game season to play one game. So in my mind I consider it a play in game, not really making the playoffs until you win it.
I gotta say also I hated the idea of the extra wild card at first but am Warming up to it now as it really puts a premium on winning the division.
This year, under the new rules in the division series, [b/c selig cooked this crap up after the season schedule was released] the lower seed now gets 2 home games in the first 3 games of the series. If you win that one game playoff, you are in prime position to knock out a team that busted its balls all year to win that division
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Quote Originally Posted by Tigermike1975:
I gotta say also I hated the idea of the extra wild card at first but am Warming up to it now as it really puts a premium on winning the division.
This year, under the new rules in the division series, [b/c selig cooked this crap up after the season schedule was released] the lower seed now gets 2 home games in the first 3 games of the series. If you win that one game playoff, you are in prime position to knock out a team that busted its balls all year to win that division
This year, under the new rules in the division series, [b/c selig cooked this crap up after the season schedule was released] the lower seed now gets 2 home games in the first 3 games of the series. If you win that one game playoff, you are in prime position to knock out a team that busted its balls all year to win that division
That was a mystery to me as well. I can't believe that anybody would be in favor of that 2-3 split. At least though the division winners will be able to set up their rotations a little better and the wild cards will have to use their best available arm in that game.
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Quote Originally Posted by switchwalk:
This year, under the new rules in the division series, [b/c selig cooked this crap up after the season schedule was released] the lower seed now gets 2 home games in the first 3 games of the series. If you win that one game playoff, you are in prime position to knock out a team that busted its balls all year to win that division
That was a mystery to me as well. I can't believe that anybody would be in favor of that 2-3 split. At least though the division winners will be able to set up their rotations a little better and the wild cards will have to use their best available arm in that game.
Texas will win the division, right now they are playing their worst baseball but they still showed their true identity with this game...theres a reason this team won back to back AL champions, wait till their pitching gets back on track and their bats warm up again...this might be that game that does it for them.
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Texas will win the division, right now they are playing their worst baseball but they still showed their true identity with this game...theres a reason this team won back to back AL champions, wait till their pitching gets back on track and their bats warm up again...this might be that game that does it for them.
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