** The Offical 2023 Playoffs Thread**

[fabiani12333]

Mike Maddux now has as many championships as his brother.

[hxcmilkshake]

So.....have the best offense and get your ring!

Oh , and have some 5 plus ERA guys ready to dominate as well

What were the odds Josh Sborz closes out the WS this year

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[Ferg1945]

Is Manfred drunk?

[MiamiMarlinsFan]

Originally Posted by Ferg1945

Is Manfred drunk?

Would it make a difference?

[fabiani12333]

Originally Posted by hxcmilkshake

So.....have the best offense and get your ring!

Oh , and have some 5 plus ERA guys ready to dominate as well

What were the odds Josh Sborz closes out the WS this year

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It seemed like pitching was more pedestrian this year. League ERA was 4.33 this year -- up from 3.97 last year.

[JRX]

Originally Posted by Ferg1945

Is Manfred drunk?

Wouldn't be the first time.

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[majestik101]

Is Corey Seager a Hall of Famer?

[JRX]

Originally Posted by majestik101

Is Corey Seager a Hall of Famer?

If he can stay healthy enough to have a full career

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[whitmm]

Originally Posted by majestik101

Is Corey Seager a Hall of Famer?

Must be. Apparently 2 WS MVP is better than 10 regular season MVPs. And 10 RS MVPs would be a lock for the HOF (unless you cheat like Bonds).

[DarcyWinston]

How many players back it up in crunch time better than Seager? If Ohtani wasn’t in another world this year, he would be MVP. He does it all. Ice cold killer.

[hxcmilkshake]

Originally Posted by majestik101

Is Corey Seager a Hall of Famer?

He needs like 5 more regular seasons like this year. Odds are against it.

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[whitmm]

Originally Posted by DarcyWinston

How many players back it up in crunch time better than Seager? If Ohtani wasn’t in another world this year, he would be MVP. He does it all. Ice cold killer.

His postseason WPA before tonight's game was only .45. He's no Kyle Schwarber...

(That's sarcasm)

[dbackschamp2001]

Welp, it sucks that the Diamondbacks couldn't win it, but if someone was going to beat them, I'm happy it was Texas.

[TheCardColony]

Congrats to the Rangers! They waited 63 yrs for their first World Series win.

I listened to the game all the way up to the 8th, then I engage in conversation at work for 15 minutes and it's no longer 1-0 but 3-0. Listened just in time to hear Simeon hit a two run shot.

I was in shock as I realized it's basically over. Wow man. Baseball history.

Tough luck for the Dbacks but congrats to them for such an awesome month of Sept and postseason. They were exciting all year.

[Ferg1945]

Hot Stove thread will be started soon lol

Or does it exist already?

[awz50]

Good job rangers congrats on the ring

[REGGIE206]

I guess we found out Corey Seager was the real “Mr. October”, not Bryce Harper..

[davidantx]

Originally Posted by REGGIE206

I guess we found out Corey Seager was the real “Mr. October”, not Bryce Harper..

And how about Adolis Garcia and Nathan Eovaldi -- balling out!

[jdandns]

Originally Posted by whitmm

Must be. Apparently 2 WS MVP is better than 10 regular season MVPs. And 10 RS MVPs would be a lock for the HOF (unless you cheat like Bonds).

2 World Series MVPs are actually equal to 14.7 regular season MVPs, but we just round that up to 15 for simplicity's sake.

[whitmm]

Originally Posted by jdandns

2 World Series MVPs are actually equal to 14.7 regular season MVPs, but we just round that up to 15 for simplicity's sake.

I'm assuming you think Steve Pearce is better than Mike Trout then? Since his one WS MVP is worth more than all of Trout's regular season MVPs? That 5 game sample (really 2 games, since he was 0-4 in the first 3 games) really tells you how good a player is

2 hot games is way more impressive than 7 full seasons of being great. GTFOH

[JRX]

One thing fox may want to consider since they'll never get rid of the stupid on field interviews, is replacing Verducci and Rosenthal with someone younger and more interesting. The 55+ crowd is the only one reliably tuning in regardless.

[JRX]

Interesting results

Source: top 10 local markets (household rating/share) for World Series Game 5:

Dallas: 23.8/57
Phoenix: 18.0/45
Austin: 12.7/37
San Antonio: 10.6/29
Kansas City: 8.2/22
St. Louis: 8.0/21
Houston: 7.9/23
San Diego: 7.4/27
Baltimore: 6.7/18
Minneapolis: 6.6/18

[jdandns]

Originally Posted by whitmm

I'm assuming you think Steve Pearce is better than Mike Trout then? Since his one WS MVP is worth more than all of Trout's regular season MVPs? That 5 game sample (really 2 games, since he was 0-4 in the first 3 games) really tells you how good a player is

2 hot games is way more impressive than 7 full seasons of being great. GTFOH

I should be clear that there was hyperbole involved in the original creation of my MVP comparative value scale (MCVSBFE-7 in the manual.)

Pearce is not better than Mike Trout, but has been more successful when it really counted. Is there luck involved in getting into that big spot?
Sure, plenty.

[whitmm]

Originally Posted by jdandns

I should be clear that there was hyperbole involved in the original creation of my MVP comparative value scale (MCVSBFE-7 in the manual.)

Pearce is not better than Mike Trout, but has been more successful when it really counted. Is there luck involved in getting into that big spot?
Sure, plenty.

And did Steve Pearce carry that team to the World Series? Or did he just have a couple really good games after going 0-for in games 1 and 2 and only appearing in a pinch hit role in game 3?

[jdandns]

Uh, yes.