Yea for sure. 91 wins and have the 2nd in MVP race (and a top 6 finish for Semien) and the Cy Young on Ray and I wouldve assumed guarantted playoffs.Quote:
Originally Posted by LechWalesa
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Yea for sure. 91 wins and have the 2nd in MVP race (and a top 6 finish for Semien) and the Cy Young on Ray and I wouldve assumed guarantted playoffs.Quote:
Originally Posted by LechWalesa
Wasnt our BP good to start the year then dropped off afterwards?Quote:
Originally Posted by mike_noodles
It's tough because this was a team that could have done some real damage in the playoffs. Other than the Rays I didn't fear any other team in the AL. Tough to see a historic offense and really, a pretty damn good 1-5 in the rotation and not see even a wildcard game. Going to take a few days to get over this one.
The Jays had a good offense, not a historic one overall.
To get to historic levels your offense needs to be able to knock in close to or over 1000 runs in the year.
did anybody see the play former Jay Gio Urshela made today? it was reminiscent of Derek Jeter's flying into the stands, Urshela went flying headlong into into the Devil Rays dugout and the Rays righfully just stood there, but even the Jays were saying how incredible it was after the game.
he ran across the field at full speed and tumbled into the rays dugout. in a 0-0 game it was critical
once again going into the final 13 games they led the wild card. and and were playing 10 against 2 last place teams. they held the hammer, unfortunately they just werent up to the challenge. is it disappointing of course it is but its not like they deserved better. They just didnt earn better than where they ended upQuote:
Originally Posted by statquo
Bats went quiet for 2 weeks at the wrong time of the year. Bullpen was terrible for 3 months of the season. As Semien said in his call after the game, “We became, in my opinion, the best team in baseball. But it was just a tick too late.”Quote:
Originally Posted by mikepelfrey
I think the law of averages kicked in the last month.
We played well for 3 weeks to go 15 and 2. Then cooled for 2 weeks and lost the series against Yankees/Rays along with a split with Twins.
It's going to be a long off-season
MLB really needs to expand the playoffs to 8 teams or even 6. No reason for the Jays or Mariners to be out of it, and the Dodgers should not be playing in a 1 game playoff with 104 wins.
This playoff format is definitely weird.
Having a 1 game do or die WC series as a playoff doesnt make sense IMO. Feels a lot like the nba play in.
i disagree that just make winning meaningless, ive lost all interest in the nba because of that, 2 wild cards is fairQuote:
Originally Posted by Raps18-19 Champ
the AL east is the reason the jays missed out.
no other division has 4 90 win teams if the jays played any where else they have had 100 wins, Boston NY and Tampa too
Im saying they expand the playoffs or at the very least, make the WC series best 2/3 instead of its current 1 game format.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikepelfrey
Great season of entertainment. Sad to see it over. This off-season is very important... I can't wait to see what they decide to do.
2nd last in the division…Quote:
Originally Posted by statquo