The Hunt for October [MLB Discussion Thread]

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Even though the regular season is almost over, October is here, and that means the playoffs are looming! Right now, these MLB teams are looking to compete for a chance to go to October for a Wold Series Birth.

As of 10/2/2010

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/standings


Right now, playoff scenarios look like this:


American League:

Central- Twins 94-67
East- Yankees 95-65
West- Rangers 89-71
Wild Card- Rays 94-66



National League:

Central- Reds 90-71
East- Phillies 97-64
West- Giants 91-70
Wild Card- Tied Braves 91-70 and Padres 91-70


My tentative Wold Series matchup will be the Rays Vs. Phillies, their pitching rotations are just too good to compete with. I'd be shocked if either of them didn't make it to the World Series.

What are some of your opinions on the playoff situation?

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Well, the Yankees only have one decent pitcher. If he gets hurt, they are done for.
If Sabathia gets hurt I don't see them winning the World Series. The Rays are too deep, plus the Giants/Phillies are extremely good at pitching too.

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My Padres came up short yesterday. :(

Oh well, hopefully the Reds can get in. I have a soft spot for them out of the remaining NL teams.
:/ I was hoping they'd be able to pull it out. I think they deserve to win.

Yay!! :D We'll be on the road though, most likely against the Giants. At least we didn't get the Hallyday/Oswalt/Hamels death machine first.

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Hip-hip hooray! The Yankees rotation is in disarray!

That's all I have to say on the matter, other than: PUT DA BEATDOWN ON DEM YANKEES, TWINS!
Hooray! xD

God lets hope. I can't stand the Yankees.

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2010 World Series: Rays vs. Phillies.

I think Tampa can beat Texas and New York/Minnesota. They are the team to beat in the AL, despite all the experts gushing over a possible New York-Philadelphia rematch.

Philly has an easy path. Cincinnati and Atlanta/San Francisco.

Rays win in 6 games.

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I think the Rays are very beatable. If I recall correctly, there were at least 3 no-hitters against them this season. That's a sign that they're very beatable.



Hooray! xD

God lets hope. I can't stand the Yankees.

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Mauer isn't really the key at this point. The Twins need their right-handed hitters like Cuddyer to hit well against Sabathia to keep the game reasonably close.
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Minnesota has a hard task; the Yankees. Every time the Twins played the Yanks, they always got whacked. I would like to see Minnesota play in the ALCS, but they'll need to play out of their minds to beat the Bronx Bombers.

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Well, the issue is more that they need to match the patience of the Yankees, since the Yankees will keep taking pitches when the playoffs roll around, even if they're down 0-2 in the count. Also, the Yankees are slumping right now, and they may very well be tired and showing their age relative to the rest of the majors.

All four AL teams have shown weaknesses in the last month. Personally, I'd rather just be playing the Rangers and hope the Rays put away the the Yankees, but the Yankees certainly aren't going to walk over the Twins this year, contrary to the beliefs of the national media.
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Well, the issue is more that they need to match the patience of the Yankees, since the Yankees will keep taking pitches when the playoffs roll around, even if they're down 0-2 in the count. Also, the Yankees are slumping right now, and they may very well be tired and showing their age relative to the rest of the majors.

All four AL teams have shown weaknesses in the last month. Personally, I'd rather just be playing the Rangers and hope the Rays put away the the Yankees, but the Yankees certainly aren't going to walk over the Twins this year, contrary to the beliefs of the national media.
^ This. The big AL teams kinda took the last week of the season off or so, hence the 3-4 game losing streaks. Minnesota will have it tough without Morneau, he's done for the year. :/ That's a shame.

I'm not sure the AL Champ will be able to handle Philly though. D: That's the big task, to beat the 3-man Cy Young rotation.

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^ This. The big AL teams kinda took the last week of the season off or so, hence the 3-4 game losing streaks. Minnesota will have it tough without Morneau, he's done for the year. :/ That's a shame.
Morneau's been out for two-and-a-half months. I don't think it'll be as big a hit as people keep making it out to be.
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Morneau's been out for two-and-a-half months. I don't think it'll be as big a hit as people keep making it out to be.
Yeah, but they'll miss what he brings to the table as a big bat. Granted they did just fine without him, but I'd like as much offense as I can get.

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Yeah, but they'll miss what he brings to the table as a big bat. Granted they did just fine without him, but I'd like as much offense as I can get.
With Morneau out, Cuddyer moved from Right Field to First, and Kubel moved from DH to Right Field, allowing Thome to be in the lineup more regularly as a DH. The advantage of having Morneau at this point would be fore defense.
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I think the Rays and the Yankees have the firepower to combat the Phillies pitching rotation.
I also think they Rays may just as easily be no-hit by that super-rotation that Philly has.
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I also think they Rays may just as easily be no-hit by that super-rotation that Philly has.
Especially if they don't have a 100% Evan Longoria. He should be healthy though, Maddon kept him out of the last few games to get him ready fot the post season.

Well my Reds have the Phillies in the NLDS. :/ Oh boy. Well at least they've played them pretty close so far. Lets hope.

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The Rays are very aggressive in swinging. Which is why they got no-hit and got perfectoed two times in 2 years.
I've begun to notice that. It must work, given the 96-66 record which is best in the AL I believe, one over NY.
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Roy Halladay has pitched a no-hitter against the Reds! This marks the second time in post season history that a no-hitter has been pitched. Right now the New York Yankees are in a pitched battle against the Minnesota Twins. Here are the scores of the playoff games played today.

NLDS

CIN: 0
PHI: 4

ALDS

TEX: 5
TB: 1

NYY: 6
MIN: 4

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Ugh...that's all they talked about was Halladay's no-hitter. I heard about it once, I don't need to keep hearing about it...
I have ESPN on now, and they are STILL talking about it. :/ They had it on when I went to bed at 12 too.