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I would put the amount of time to fully recover from COVID at 15 months.

What happened to Robert? He'd gotten so much better at not swinging at pitches out of the zone but the past two nights he's swinging at everything again.

That's why Adam Engel needs to be in RF even if he isn't hitting.

That's what he'll be on the playoff roster for. If One of the starters gets completely bombed and gives up 6+ runs in the first two innings. Dallas will come in and throw 5 innings to save the good pitchers for other games.

We probably cost Oakland a few wins when we almost killed one of their best pitchers.

I feel bad for him. He doesn't deserve this.

In a repeat of yesterday, the Yankees have lost and the Red Sox and Blue Jays have won. Live Wild Card Standings: BOS -- NYY -- TOR -1 Seattle -1.5 The Giants just lost, so the Dodgers are still alive for the NL West.

Huge day for Cincinnati. They beat ND convincingly on the road, and Oregon just lost, knocking down one more domino they need to become the first G5 team to make the playoff.

Was Eloy practicing dance moves?

For a marginal upgrade, I really don't see the Sox taking on even that much more money. Spend the money on a 2B and a couple relievers and you have the favorites to win the AL next year.

Why on earth would San Diego pay $141 million to have Moncada 4 years over paying $224 million to have Machado for 7 years?

My weather app says the rain stops at 6 and re-starts at 9. I hope that's accurate.

I think for the last three games, the pitcher usage was/is pretty much pre-scripted to get everybody a certain number of innings, regardless of the score of the game. Thus you saw Kimbrel and Liam last night even with a huge lead. Funny how you spend 159 games trying to keep your pitchers rested, then in your last 3 you're trying to find them all innings because you have 3 days off coming up.

It 100% makes sense. Leury is one of the 9 best hitters on the team right now so he needs to be in the lineup. It's just a matter of whether you put him at 2B or RF.

If he can give you at least 60 pitches and keep his fastball at/above 90, you have to have him on the playoff roster. It's not like Burr or Marshall or Ruiz or whoever you'd replace him with is going to be worth anything.

10/2: Houston missed a chance to lock up the #2 seed last night, but one more win by Houston or loss by the Sox will lock them in, with Tampa Bay already having clinched the #1 seed. New York and Seattle lost, Boston and Toronto won, so New York now leads Boston by 1 game, with Toronto and Seattle both 1 game further behind. A win by New York or losses by both Toronto and Seattle will clinch a spot for New York. A win by Boston and losses by both Toronto and Seattle will lock Boston in. In the National League, San Francisco and Los Angeles both won, and a win by San Francisco today or a loss by Los Angeles locks the Giants in as the NL west champs and #1 seed. Milwaukee is locked in at #2, Atlanta at #3, and Saint Louis at the second wild card. Playoff race series continuing today: Boston at Washington, Tampa Bay at NY Yankees, Baltimore at Toronto, Oakland at Houston, San Diego at San Francisco, Milwaukee at LA Dodgers.

Yankees lost, Boston and Toronto won. Live Wild Card Standings: Yankees +1 Boston - Seattle -0.5 Toronto -1

Is Lynn really running out of gas in the 4th inning?

Wild card can't have HFA in ALCS

Bad angle by Cameron turns TA's single into a double.

Nice 1st inning for Lynn. Elsewhere, Boston-Washington scoreless, Tampa up 2-1 on the Yankees, Toronto up 2-0 on Baltimore.

He's arb eligible, but they may very well non-tender him.

4 free agents: Rodon, Tepera, Garcia, Hamilton 2 club options: Kimbrel, Hernandez

I might consider Burr over Ruiz. I also might consider Romy Gonzalez over both if Goodwin is still hurt. Apparently there's a loophole where they can add him even though he wasn't on the 40 man roster at 11:59 pm on August 31.

Yeah I don't know why I skipped Saturday. Those last two days should be Saturday and Sunday.