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(09-28-2015 07:10 AM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  That has nothing to do with the Jets...........(and everything to do with where i grew up thank you)

New Boston?
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(09-28-2015 07:48 AM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  
(09-28-2015 07:10 AM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  That has nothing to do with the Jets...........(and everything to do with where i grew up thank you)

New Boston?
All of Mass is not Boston. You sound like a Southerner now. Right on the NY line in extreme Western mass. NYC is closer to where i grew up than Boston. Fandom there would be defined as "confused " between NY/Boston. All sports similar. Ala Ct.
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(09-28-2015 08:10 AM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  Fandom there would be defined as "confused "

Sounds about right.
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(09-28-2015 08:22 AM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  
(09-28-2015 08:10 AM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  Fandom there would be defined as "confused "

Sounds about right.
Let's not insinuate anything. Both of those teams sucked for the bulk of my childhood growing up. Certainly the last 20 years have been pretty good but the first 20 notsomuch. BTW, rooting for your Muts in the NL so back off :)
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(09-28-2015 08:28 AM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  Let's not insinuate anything. Both of those teams sucked for the bulk of my childhood growing up. Certainly the last 20 years have been pretty good but the first 20 notsomuch. BTW, rooting for your Muts in the NL so back off :)

A Yankees-Mets World Series 15 years after the last Subway Series would be pretty cool, I must admit. I'm biased but baseball is better when the NY teams are having success.
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(09-28-2015 09:11 AM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  
(09-28-2015 08:28 AM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  Let's not insinuate anything. Both of those teams sucked for the bulk of my childhood growing up. Certainly the last 20 years have been pretty good but the first 20 notsomuch. BTW, rooting for your Muts in the NL so back off :)

A Yankees-Mets World Series 15 years after the last Subway Series would be pretty cool, I must admit. I'm biased but baseball is better when the NY teams are having success.
Highly doubt it, but stranger things have happened. I have much more confidence in that being a possibility for the Mets than the Yankees. Yanks have been frustratingly inconsistent all year. Pitching wins in the postseason, Yanks top three is an Injured Tanaka, Feast or famine Pineda, and a Rook in Severino. I've come to grips with this not being their year
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I don't know who the front-runner for MOY in the AL is, but Girardi has done a fantastic job with the Yankees this year and deserves votes.

I'm biased, but I think the best two teams in the NL are set to play in the one-game playoff next Wednesday. I like Pitt/Chicago over StL, and the LA/NYM series should be excellent. I haven't watched either of them significantly this year, but give me Greinke and Kershaw in a 5 game series.

I prefer NL baseball, so I don't watch or follow the AL closely. Texas seems scary, as does Toronto. KC and Houston are really struggling and NY is over-achieving. The team playing best in September doesn't always translate to success in October, but I'll go with the Blue Jays from the AL.
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Yost and Hinch seem to be the favorites in the AL conversation. I watch a ton of the Yankee games. Yankees fans either love or Hate Girardi. I'm on the hate side. His over managing of the pen has cost us a bunch of games this year, and has put a huge burden on Betances and Miller down the stretch. Betances leads the majors in innings as a reliever and pitches thrown as a reliever. But yet on back to back nights about a month ago found himself in a 7 run game and a 4 run game on back to back nights. His over managing flabbergasts me.

St Louis seems to have been the favorite all along in the NL, but, essentially losing 2 of their pitchers(Lynn has been ineffective and Martinez done for the year). Crazy that what they do may have a lot to do with what Wainright can give them coming back.
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(09-28-2015 11:21 AM)bricksnivy Wrote:  LA/NYM series should be excellent. I haven't watched either of them significantly this year, but give me Greinke and Kershaw in a 5 game series.

Games 1 & 2 will likely be in NY. Thus, I think with Harvey and Jacob deGrom I think the Mets will at least split at home. Cespedes and David Wright aren't scared of any pitchers right now.
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(09-28-2015 12:14 PM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  Yost and Hinch seem to be the favorites in the AL conversation. I watch a ton of the Yankee games. Yankees fans either love or Hate Girardi. I'm on the hate side. His over managing of the pen has cost us a bunch of games this year, and has put a huge burden on Betances and Miller down the stretch. Betances leads the majors in innings as a reliever and pitches thrown as a reliever. But yet on back to back nights about a month ago found himself in a 7 run game and a 4 run game on back to back nights. His over managing flabbergasts me.

St Louis seems to have been the favorite all along in the NL, but, essentially losing 2 of their pitchers(Lynn has been ineffective and Martinez done for the year). Crazy that what they do may have a lot to do with what Wainright can give them coming back.

Like I said, I don’t follow the Yankees closely, but I look at that roster and it seems as if they’ve overachieved. I hear you on managing the pen though. That is one reason I love Maddon. He makes moves that puzzle me from time to time, but he is so open in his press conferences and he usually provides his rationale. All managers make mistakes, but when they give their perspective and rationale going into the decision it’s hard to be too critical.

As for the Cards, they racked up a bunch of wins before the break, but they haven’t been as good since. They continue to win a lot of games, but they haven’t been very good against the Pirates or Cubs. I don’t recall the exact record, and a quick Google search didn’t turn up, but they have the third best record in the NL Central since the break. I don’t expect much out of Wainwright in the playoffs; I assume he’ll be out of the pen. It will be interesting to see if Molina plays, and if he is able to gut it out, how effective will he be? His bat is only a bonus, but if he can catch, manage the staff, and control the run game, that will be a huge lift for them. I don’t think Holliday is going to be a huge addition in the playoffs, but I could be wrong. They’re the Cards, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they make it to the WS, but they’re limping, and to me, they seem to be playing the worst baseball of all the NL playoff teams. A rotation of Wacha, Lackey and Garcia isn’t all that impressive, and their ace, Wacha, has given up 15 earned runs over his last 20 innings pitched.

I really think the Pirates are the best team in the NL right now, but they have to face the best/hottest pitcher in the NL in an elimination game. I don’t like the one game wildcard game for that reason. This year, you have MLBs 2nd and 3rd best teams (based on record) facing off in an elimination game. Can’t be in MLBs best interest to have either of those teams at home before the average fan realizes the playoffs started.
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(09-28-2015 01:24 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  
(09-28-2015 11:21 AM)bricksnivy Wrote:  LA/NYM series should be excellent. I haven't watched either of them significantly this year, but give me Greinke and Kershaw in a 5 game series.

Games 1 & 2 will likely be in NY. Thus, I think with Harvey and Jacob deGrom I think the Mets will at least split at home. Cespedes and David Wright aren't scared of any pitchers right now.

I don't trust Cespedes in the playoffs, but that is just me. It should be a very good series no doubt.
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Like I said, I don’t follow the Yankees closely, but I look at that roster and it seems as if they’ve overachieved. I hear you on managing the pen though. That is one reason I love Maddon. He makes moves that puzzle me from time to time, but he is so open in his press conferences and he usually provides his rationale. All managers make mistakes, but when they give their perspective and rationale going into the decision it’s hard to be too critical.

As for the Cards, they racked up a bunch of wins before the break, but they haven’t been as good since. They continue to win a lot of games, but they haven’t been very good against the Pirates or Cubs. I don’t recall the exact record, and a quick Google search didn’t turn up, but they have the third best record in the NL Central since the break. I don’t expect much out of Wainwright in the playoffs; I assume he’ll be out of the pen. It will be interesting to see if Molina plays, and if he is able to gut it out, how effective will he be? His bat is only a bonus, but if he can catch, manage the staff, and control the run game, that will be a huge lift for them. I don’t think Holliday is going to be a huge addition in the playoffs, but I could be wrong. They’re the Cards, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they make it to the WS, but they’re limping, and to me, they seem to be playing the worst baseball of all the NL playoff teams. A rotation of Wacha, Lackey and Garcia isn’t all that impressive, and their ace, Wacha, has given up 15 earned runs over his last 20 innings pitched.

I really think the Pirates are the best team in the NL right now, but they have to face the best/hottest pitcher in the NL in an elimination game. I don’t like the one game wildcard game for that reason. This year, you have MLBs 2nd and 3rd best teams (based on record) facing off in an elimination game. Can’t be in MLBs best interest to have either of those teams at home before the average fan realizes the playoffs started.
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I couldn't possibly agree with you more on Maddon. He's IMO the best game manager in MLB. Girardi's press conferences make you want to jump through the TV because he will never fess up when he does something silly. Yankees are in the hunt in large part to a few things A, Arod and Tex having 60HR between the two of them. B Didi and McCann have had very solid years. and C everyone in the AL has been pedestrian with the exception of a handful of teams.


Agree in your statements about St Louis, although they should get Wainwright back, so to me a big part of how far they can go is what can they get from him? I'm a firm believer that they should shave a week off the season and make the Wild Card at least 2 of 3. Its just not fair to have your season come down to one game and have to face an Arietta for all the marbles.
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(09-28-2015 01:28 PM)bricksnivy Wrote:  I don't trust Cespedes in the playoffs, but that is just me. It should be a very good series no doubt.
That will be interesting as he Cespedes has been great, and also very bad. BTW Seinfeld had an awesome tweet when Cespedes arrived in NY and got a huge game winning hit "CESPEDES for the REST of iS".... I think much of this comes down to which Kershaw shows up, Postseason Clayton or Reg Season Clayton.
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Regarding position players, I think the Cubs have the best team in the NL. They're very, very talented, and very deep. It is unfortunate that Castro was struggling and Baez was injured at the trade deadline. I think they're one arm away from being the NL favorites, and they'll likely head into '16 as WS favorites. I truly believe they'll add a TOR guy. Price will either stay in Toronto or land in Chicago. I'm going to assume he stays in Toronto, and the Cubs end up with Jordan Zimmerman (a mid-westerner that won't demand $200m)...Arrieta, Lester, and Zimmerman is a great rotation. They also have the pieces to trade for a back-end starter to compete with Jason Hammel and Kyle Hendricks, and a set-up guy in the pen. I think Theo would’ve gone after Andrew Miller last year, but we weren’t supposed to compete to a playoff spot this year.
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(09-28-2015 01:54 PM)bricksnivy Wrote:  Regarding position players, I think the Cubs have the best team in the NL. They're very, very talented, and very deep. It is unfortunate that Castro was struggling and Baez was injured at the trade deadline. I think they're one arm away from being the NL favorites, and they'll likely head into '16 as WS favorites. I truly believe they'll add a TOR guy. Price will either stay in Toronto or land in Chicago. I'm going to assume he stays in Toronto, and the Cubs end up with Jordan Zimmerman (a mid-westerner that won't demand $200m)...Arrieta, Lester, and Zimmerman is a great rotation. They also have the pieces to trade for a back-end starter to compete with Jason Hammel and Kyle Hendricks, and a set-up guy in the pen. I think Theo would’ve gone after Andrew Miller last year, but we weren’t supposed to compete to a playoff spot this year.
And they are so young, which is very scary. Hammel is actually a pretty darn solid 3. In a 7 game series having to face Arietta and Lester 4x(maybe 5) is scary!
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(09-28-2015 01:58 PM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  And they are so young, which is very scary. Hammel is actually a pretty darn solid 3. In a 7 game series having to face Arietta and Lester 4x(maybe 5) is scary!

They’re SO young, which why I’m trying not to get too excited. I wasn’t old enough to know what was going on with Leon Durham, but I know enough not to count my chickens yet. In my life, we’ve had ROY fail like Gio Soto, and other guys that never lived up to expectations like Corey Patterson. Then, of course, the injury bug derailed what seemed to be a bright future for guys like Wood and Prior. But Bryant, Schwarber, Russell and Baez seem to be different, and Maddon does a great job with their mental approach. What Maddon has done with Castro this year is remarkable. Considered fragile, he’s flourished after being demoted from the starting SS (and once the face of the franchise), to a platoon second baseman.

I’m not a fan of Hammel. I don’t know if he’s still feeling effects of the hamstring injury earlier in the year, but he makes me nervous as a #3. If I allow myself to imagine the NLDS against StL, I’d start Hammel and pull him at the first sign of trouble, and then go with all lefties out of the pen in a committee approach. The Cards’ splits against lefties hasn’t been good this year, and Chicago has a few good lefty options out of the pen. Travis Wood has been pretty good in relief, and his velocity is up in short stints
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Nation, do you anticipate New York trading one of their starters this off-season? If yes, who is the most likely to be available? I still think NY is a perfect partner for Chicago.
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(09-28-2015 02:17 PM)bricksnivy Wrote:  Nation, do you anticipate New York trading one of their starters this off-season? If yes, who is the most likely to be available? I still think NY is a perfect partner for Chicago.

Other than Jonathan Niese, I doubt they deal any of them in the offseason, and instead will prefer to wait at least until the Trade Deadline in 2016. Harvey is most likely to be dealt because of his future contract demands and how much his agent, Scott Boras, has dictated his usage this year. He's beloved by New Yorkers though so I hope all of that sorts itself out. A 5-man rotation of Harvey, deGrom, Syndegaard, Zach Wheeler and Steven Matz is straight up scary.

Doubt the Cubs and Mets make a trade. Quietly those 2 franchises don't like each other much. And I'm not sure who the Mets would go after....Baez?

The more important situation will be whether the Mets can afford to keep Cespedes around. They can't particularly afford to hand him a mega-contract. But his play this season may almost give them no choice. He helps make Citi Field look small with his power.
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(09-28-2015 03:25 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  
(09-28-2015 02:17 PM)bricksnivy Wrote:  Nation, do you anticipate New York trading one of their starters this off-season? If yes, who is the most likely to be available? I still think NY is a perfect partner for Chicago.

Other than Jonathan Niese, I doubt they deal any of them in the offseason, and instead will prefer to wait at least until the Trade Deadline in 2016. Harvey is most likely to be dealt because of his future contract demands and how much his agent, Scott Boras, has dictated his usage this year. He's beloved by New Yorkers though so I hope all of that sorts itself out. A 5-man rotation of Harvey, deGrom, Syndegaard, Zach Wheeler and Steven Matz is straight up scary.

Doubt the Cubs and Mets make a trade. Quietly those 2 franchises don't like each other much. And I'm not sure who the Mets would go after....Baez?

The more important situation will be whether the Mets can afford to keep Cespedes around. They can't particularly afford to hand him a mega-contract. But his play this season may almost give them no choice. He helps make Citi Field look small with his power.

Thanks for the perspective. I'm not sure why the franchises don't like each other. I know my dad's generation hated the Mets because of '69, but I'm not sure of other bad blood.

Chicago's offseason will be very interesting. I don't think they move Baez, but Castro's recent surge has likely increased his value. I could see Soler being available, which may interest NY if Cespedes leaves. Gleyber Torres could be of interest as well.
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My good buddy here at work is a die hard Mets fan. He loves Harvey but hates the way the entire situation has been handled. Including Harvey's part in the deal. What do you think?
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