2024 MLB Playoffs Thread (non-Royals)

[SHOWTIME]

Who's winning it this year?

This is a thread for non-Royal playoff games since I assume there will be a separate one for the Royals…

[Coach]

Guy is 0-10. Would had made more sense to pinch hit him.

[Coach]

That'll do it.

[Pablo]

Holy hell the Miracle Mets do it again

[tk13]

These Padres/Dodgers and Mets/Phillies series are going to set a record for NLDS fights in the stands. Should be great baseball though. Some real rivalry angles to a lot of these series.

[ChiefsCountry]

FOX right now with NLDS games

[KC_Connection]

Really smart play by Lindor there to not catch that ball on the fly.

[chiefzilla1501]

Incredible. God bless the internet sometimes. This is just crazy. Mets caught Devin Williams tipping pitches for the brewers. Alonso knew exactly what was coming.
https://youtu.be/t7z8aaZ7gIk

[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Holy hell the Miracle Mets do it again

As a Mets fan I spent the last 3 days in Milwaukee. What a fun series.

It's easily one of the top 5 weeks in the team's history.

[chiefzilla1501]

I don’t follow the brewers much but I remember watching them play the Cards later in the season where devin Williams blew the save. I remember thinking to myself how shocking it was for a guy with such dominant stuff to be target practice. Imagine learning this lesson in the playoffs. I wonder how many teams were just sitting on this scouting report and what an opportune moment to strike 2 runs down in a close out game. Simply incredible stuff and whoever spotted that for the Mets needs to have a parade in their honor.

And Alonso’s patience to wait specifically for a fastball in the zone. Incredible.

With these kinds of geeked out details how can anyone not fall madly in love with sports

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Incredible. God bless the internet sometimes. This is just crazy. Mets caught Devin Williams tipping pitches for the brewers. Alonso knew exactly what was coming.
https://youtu.be/t7z8aaZ7gIk

I ****ing knew it.

Nobody gets to 2 strikes that often with the stuff that Williams has and can't put any of them away.

I'm watching that game and he took virtually every hitter he faced to a 2 strike count and then they got him.

That almost ALWAYS suggests he's tipping. Guys don't hit with 2 strikes like that.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I don’t follow the brewers much but I remember watching them play the Cards later in the season where devin Williams blew the save. I remember thinking to myself how shocking it was for a guy with such dominant stuff to be target practice. Imagine learning this lesson in the playoffs. I wonder how many teams were just sitting on this scouting report and what an opportune moment to strike 2 runs down in a close out game. Simply incredible stuff and whoever spotted that for the Mets needs to have a parade in their honor.

And Alonso’s patience to wait specifically for a fastball in the zone. Incredible.

With these kinds of geeked out details how can anyone not fall madly in love with sports

Jim Edmonds was the king of it.

Hell, he STILL does it during broadcasts (or at least he used to; I'm not sure if he's on anymore).

But he wouldn't say what he spotted. He'd just say "yeah, he's giving his pitches away..." and you know he'd relay that information to the clubhouse.

Hollywood got a reputation as a bit of a goofball but man, that guy was a baseball savant. He was my favorite player on the Cardinals in that era. Guy just loves the game so much and was so smart about it.

[Ocotillo]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Jim Edmonds was the king of it.

Hell, he STILL does it during broadcasts (or at least he used to; I'm not sure if he's on anymore).

But he wouldn't say what he spotted. He'd just say "yeah, he's giving his pitches away..." and you know he'd relay that information to the clubhouse.

Hollywood got a reputation as a bit of a goofball but man, that guy was a baseball savant. He was my favorite player on the Cardinals in that era. Guy just loves the game so much and was so smart about it.

And the backload of steroid guys on the Hall of Fame ballot meant Edmonds got only 2.5% on his first try in 2016 and fell off the ballot. It would have taken him a while, but I think he's a guy that would have gained momentum and eventually made a run at the 75% needed for induction.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Ocotillo

And the backload of steroid guys on the Hall of Fame ballot meant Edmonds got only 2.5% on his first try in 2016 and fell off the ballot. It would have taken him a while, but I think he's a guy that would have gained momentum and eventually made a run at the 75% needed for induction.

Ugh yes, an elite defensive center fielder would have so much more run if it wasn’t bombarded with guys putting up insane offensive numbers for the wrong reasons. And the dude could hit too just not 600 HR power

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Ocotillo

And the backload of steroid guys on the Hall of Fame ballot meant Edmonds got only 2.5% on his first try in 2016 and fell off the ballot. It would have taken him a while, but I think he's a guy that would have gained momentum and eventually made a run at the 75% needed for induction.

I'll never forgive them for letting him fall off the first ballot. I've gone over the Edmonds vs. Griffey comparison round here a couple of times and it just drives me absolutely insane that Edmonds didn't stick around on the ballot.

Like you, I think he'd have built support and eventually gotten in.

I went from being largely ambivalent about the BBWAA to openly hating them when that happened.

Edmonds isn't an inner-circle HoFer -- he didn't break out until a little later in his career and injuries prevented the finishing kick he needed for that sort of thing. But he should've had that sort of Larry Walker slow build that eventually got him in there.

And I hate hate hate that so many in the BBWAA hold CFers to the same offensive standards as corner OFers and 1b. It's just ridiculous to me.

Edmonds is a HoFer in my book.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Ugh yes, an elite defensive center fielder would have so much more run if it wasn’t bombarded with guys putting up insane offensive numbers for the wrong reasons. And the dude could hit too just not 600 HR power

Dude had a .375 career OBP to go with a .250 ISO -- that's just so damn rare. And of course he was so good in CF that guys started trying to pick him apart and he went from being maybe a little overrated to being criminally underrated.

In an era of 'catch probability' he'd have gotten full marks for some of those plays he made by playing shallow that other guys just couldn't make. And he'd make them look easy. Then he'd make some insane diving catch in a gap and they'd say "Well yeah, but if he'd have played deeper it wouldn't have been that hard" so they'd simultaneously discount the great catch he made while giving him NO credit for the ones that nobody else makes because they don't position like he did.

And the post-season heroics were myriad.

Edmonds just got ****ed - full stop.