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    Quote Originally Posted by Hulavol View Post
    We certainly do- but with our payroll limitations we’ve had to be very careful during the rebuild.
    Getting away from Shanks was a big deal and we made the right acquisitions- just have to be careful bringing them along...
    We do. But we also have some posters I hope will not try to start a post-season GDT. They know who they are. This is where a little veteran laidership might help.
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    We can eliminate the Phil's from contention with a win tonight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by striker42 View Post
    We can eliminate the Phil's from contention with a win tonight.
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    Magic number to clinch playoff berth is 4

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    Quote Originally Posted by striker42 View Post
    We can eliminate the Phil's from contention with a win tonight.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 50PoundHead View Post
    That's a deep cut there.

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    Also don't forget to keep an eye on home field advantage over the Cardinals. Looks like a lock at this point, we're up 8 in the loss column. They just lost two to the Rockies.

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    did the Dodgers just intentionally lose to the Orioles
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    Quote Originally Posted by striker42 View Post
    We can eliminate the Phil's from contention with a win tonight.
    For the division right? They could still snag a WC?
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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    did the Dodgers just intentionally lose to the Orioles
    That's why they are a great front office. Tank a few to avoid the Nats. Genius. We need to beat them at this game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Southcack77 View Post
    That's why they are a great front office. Tank a few to avoid the Nats. Genius. We need to beat them at this game.
    We just took 3 of 4 from the Nats and beat 2 of their aces. They also have the worst BP in baseball. And no guarantee the Nats even make it out of the 1 game playoff.

    I'll gladly take the WC team and the Home field throughout the NL playoff. The Cards are exactly the sort of team we're likely to struggle with in the playoffs since their strength is in their pitching, particularly their BP.

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    Nats and Phillies have a 5 game set the next to last series of the season. Just looking over what is remaining after the current series are over, it's possible the Mets have a chance to secure a WC spot.

    Mets-Dodgers, Rockies, Reds, Marlins, Braves

    Nats-Braves, Cards, Marlins, Phillies, Indians

    Phillies-Red Sox, Braves, Indians, Nats, Marlins

    It's going to be an interesting 2+ weeks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gcbraves View Post
    Nats and Phillies have a 5 game set the next to last series of the season. Just looking over what is remaining after the current series are over, it's possible the Mets have a chance to secure a WC spot.

    Mets-Dodgers, Rockies, Reds, Marlins, Braves

    Nats-Braves, Cards, Marlins, Phillies, Indians

    Phillies-Red Sox, Braves, Indians, Nats, Marlins

    It's going to be an interesting 2+ weeks.
    Not to mention the Cubs will be without Baez and the Brewers without Yelich.

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    Have a feeling we win and gNats lose tonight so we can use a picture of bobby Cox
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tapate50 View Post
    For the division right? They could still snag a WC?
    Yes, for the division.

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    Quote Originally Posted by striker42 View Post
    Yes, for the division.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Carp View Post
    We just took 3 of 4 from the Nats and beat 2 of their aces. They also have the worst BP in baseball. And no guarantee the Nats even make it out of the 1 game playoff.

    I'll gladly take the WC team and the Home field throughout the NL playoff. The Cards are exactly the sort of team we're likely to struggle with in the playoffs since their strength is in their pitching, particularly their BP.
    We also barely won the games we did and had a ton of extreme luck. Don’t fool yourself that we are tons better than the Nats because we aren’t. I think we are better than them but they are easily the scariest team not named the Dodgers

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    Quote Originally Posted by zbhargrove View Post
    We also barely won the games we did and had a ton of extreme luck. Don’t fool yourself that we are tons better than the Nats because we aren’t. I think we are better than them but they are easily the scariest team not named the Dodgers
    We had some bad luck too, though we did benefit from some BABIP.

    Regardless, we've done well vs them practically all season and they have the worst pen in baseball. I think people are selling the Cards short. Their overall pitching is strong, even if they don't sport a 3 headed monster in the rotation. Considering a lot of our best work comes in the later innings, that proposes a problem.

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