I can’t remember a time in history that a baseball team with a -50 run difference goes on a streak at the end of the season to contend during the last weekend of the season.
Insanity
That stat is crazy no doubt. One thing to note though is that when the Mariners lose this year they LOSE. Like 14-2 type of losses. Wins are 2-3 runs typically with not many blow outs.
Doesn't that say a lot about their depth and overall talent in the bullpen?
I can’t remember a time in history that a baseball team with a -50 run difference goes on a streak at the end of the season to contend during the last weekend of the season.
Insanity
That stat is crazy no doubt. One thing to note though is that when the Mariners lose this year they LOSE. Like 14-2 type of losses. Wins are 2-3 runs typically with not many blow outs.
Doesn't that say a lot about their depth and overall talent in the bullpen?
Their bullpen, to me, seems a little overrated. It has been winning most of their games for them though. Servais does a pretty damn good job managing it, or has just been on a lucky streak.
I can’t remember a time in history that a baseball team with a -50 run difference goes on a streak at the end of the season to contend during the last weekend of the season.
Insanity
That stat is crazy no doubt. One thing to note though is that when the Mariners lose this year they LOSE. Like 14-2 type of losses. Wins are 2-3 runs typically with not many blow outs.
Doesn't that say a lot about their depth and overall talent in the bullpen?
It says more about what a terrible idea the six man rotation was. Almost all of those blowout losses were bullpen days where they were throwing their 7th or 8th best reliever for multiple innings. No pen can handle that every six days.
I can’t remember a time in history that a baseball team with a -50 run difference goes on a streak at the end of the season to contend during the last weekend of the season.
Insanity
That stat is crazy no doubt. One thing to note though is that when the Mariners lose this year they LOSE. Like 14-2 type of losses. Wins are 2-3 runs typically with not many blow outs.
Doesn't that say a lot about their depth and overall talent in the bullpen?
Their bullpen, to me, seems a little overrated. It has been winning most of their games for them though. Servais does a pretty damn good job managing it, or has just been on a lucky streak.
Bullpens are chaotic for almost every team. One year they will be good, the next they are terrible. The Mariners have a couple of guys having great seasons out of the pen that had been horrible their entire career before this year.
I can’t remember a time in history that a baseball team with a -50 run difference goes on a streak at the end of the season to contend during the last weekend of the season.
Insanity
That stat is crazy no doubt. One thing to note though is that when the Mariners lose this year they LOSE. Like 14-2 type of losses. Wins are 2-3 runs typically with not many blow outs.
Doesn't that say a lot about their depth and overall talent in the bullpen?
Their bullpen, to me, seems a little overrated. It has been winning most of their games for them though. Servais does a pretty damn good job managing it, or has just been on a lucky streak.
Bullpens are chaotic for almost every team. One year they will be good, the next they are terrible. The Mariners have a couple of guys having great seasons out of the pen that had been horrible their entire career before this year.
Bullpen volatility is real.
That said, Dipoto seems to have a knack for cheaply identifying bullpen parts who have the potential to turn things around. For just one example. Joe Smith was absolutely awful in 21 innings for Houston this year. He's been really good in 18 years since the M's basically picked him up as a spare part in the Graveman/Toro trade.
The M's pen has been the strength of the team nearly every year he's been here.
The real injustice this season is that the team with the 2nd best record in all of baseball will be in a one game playoff.
This should never ever happen
If the Dodgers lose in the one game playoff I expect some format grumbling to take place.
An 6 team playoff is better with this format or go back to the 4 game format.
You cannot have a 100+ win team in a single game playoff in any circumstance IMO. Even if it’s once a decade
Division winner with the order record is a 3 seed. Give the high seeds 5 days off to rest
Best of 3
3 vs 6 4 vs 5
Best of 5
4/5 vs 1 3/6 vs 2
Best of 7
I dig the idea of three game series and six teams. Just let the higher seed host all three and make it quick. The one game playoff is exciting but I don't like it either and not just because a team with 103+ wins is getting stuck with it.
Or just go to four teams and the wildcard game only happens if there's a tie.
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That said, Dipoto seems to have a knack for cheaply identifying bullpen parts who have the potential to turn things around. For just one example. Joe Smith was absolutely awful in 21 innings for Houston this year. He's been really good in 18 years since the M's basically picked him up as a spare part in the Graveman/Toro trade.
The M's pen has been the strength of the team nearly every year he's been here.
This should never ever happen
If the Dodgers lose in the one game playoff I expect some format grumbling to take place.
An 6 team playoff is better with this format or go back to the 4 game format.
You cannot have a 100+ win team in a single game playoff in any circumstance IMO. Even if it’s once a decade
Division winner with the order record is a 3 seed. Give the high seeds 5 days off to rest
Best of 3
3 vs 6
4 vs 5
Best of 5
4/5 vs 1
3/6 vs 2
Best of 7
Or just go to four teams and the wildcard game only happens if there's a tie.
PLAYOFFS?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_American_League_West_tie-breaker_game