I don't think is a crapshot outside of the one game WC playoff game (and some series trough playoff history), but you have to consider that Dodgers numbers are outliers and the game itself tend to get normalized when you have numbers like this. I would have more confidence in a team that have gone trough bad streaks, even if its a small one.
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MLB 2017 Regular Season OT - 108 years in the making
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I don't think is a crapshot outside of the one game WC playoff game (and some series trough playoff history), but you have to consider that Dodgers numbers are outliers and the game itself tend to get normalized when you have numbers like this. I would have more confidence in a team that have gone trough bad streaks, even if its a small one.
Ninja Scooter
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It's a crapshoot in that the things that make you the better team over the course of a long season don't neccesarily carry over or show through in a small 7 game sample size.
MythicReclaimer
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I'm not speaking of any team in particular but rather there is too much emphasis placed on which team(s) have the best record going into the postseason and how that isn't a great measurement given all the variables throughout a 162 game season yet we rarely ever see the team with he best record win the title thus a lot of folks clamoring about crapshoot this and crapshoot that.
Concerning the Dodgers, they are obviously definitely built for the regular season, only time will tell if they are truly the "best" team in baseball and built for it's second season as well, the postseason.
That is awesome to hear! Hopefully Gray works out in NY to have lock down another solid starter for next season.
Speaking of Fenway, I might have committed what some could consider a crime, I had 2 RF box tickets for last Monday game that I bought at the beginning of the season, and for some reason I tought the game was today...it hurts man..
Fans should worry since Gray is going from pitcher's park to hitter's park.
Ohhh I am worried; hoping for the best, bracing for the worst.
Checking this season numbers, he is 1-3 with a 1.3 whip pitching on the road. ( altough his best 2 seasons he was better playing on the road)
Pitchers are difficult to predict in baseball compared to batters.
Sure there are things you can look like ball park, strike-out/walk rate, first-pitch strikes, number of pitches in repertoire, and soft + hard contact % along with win/loss rates, but every time a pitcher is on a mound, difficult to predict how game will play out.
Grover Cleveland
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Very Metsian sequence right there
He has a 56.7 % ground ball rate and 23.5 % K rate this season. He's also going from the worst defensive team in MLB, to an average one. I'm more worried about the injury risk than performance.
chicagocubsfan
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Willson is on fire
He's a monster
Velcro Fly
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Everyone is going to know who Willson Contreras is by the end of this
Frozenprince
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Well Rosario flashed well at least.
Call Dom up to be here Friday. And we good.
Call Dom up to be here Friday. And we good.
AgentChris
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And trade the Granderson and Bruce for some of the finest A ball relief pitchers.
LOL
brianjones
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sonny gray trade a disaster!!
jk
yanqui defense lol
jk
yanqui defense lol
Grover Cleveland
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Nunez double to get a rally started
Devers 2-run ding dong.
Fuck the pundits who said the Sox didn't do enough at the deadline!
Devers 2-run ding dong.
Fuck the pundits who said the Sox didn't do enough at the deadline!
LyleLanley
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I like Devers.
Grover Cleveland
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Meanwhile Cloudy Gray has already given up 2 runs in the first .2 IP of his Yankees career.
Sad!
Sad!
Yankees defense has.
Seriusly...3 errors in one inning? Welcome Sonny Gray I guess.
I mean if you are following whats going on you can see Gray has no real fault on this.
Looks like he needs to do it one more time.
HarryDemeanor
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Mookie Betts sounds like the name of failed Sesame Street character.
Lol this game is never going to end.
Honestly tough luck running into Kluber like this. When he's on his slider should be banned.
Cubs / Dbacks bullpens had some fun during the raindelay
https://streamable.com/nkf76
https://twitter.com/FOXSPORTSAZ/status/893212905973231616
https://streamable.com/nkf76
https://twitter.com/FOXSPORTSAZ/status/893212905973231616
Velcro Fly
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Well Contreras is going to have a shot to match Goldschmidt at least
esmith08734
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Gray is making some nice pitches. The Indians are just laying off. His breaking stuff is down. Sucks that he has to run against Kluber. But the Yankees have to execute with runners in scoring position. A leadoff double should generate a run.
timetokill
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I think what will help the Dodgers too is they're in the strongest division in baseball. The top 3 NL West teams are almost assuredly all getting into the playoffs. The Dodgers aren't cruising through a weak division
April was their bad streak.
April was their bad streak.
darkside31337
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I have never seen the kind of disrespect the Rays just showed Derek Fisher. Sent a runner who wasn't even actually at 3rd base yet home while the ball was in Fisher's glove and he made one of the most pathetic throws I've seen in a while. Guess they knew what was up.
JohnTinker
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After a little rain, it's a gorgeous night here in Atlanta.
And thank you, StubHub
And thank you, StubHub
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