Autumn Dreamin

On the one hand, interesting that they all made the postseason. On the other, Brewers are the last ones standing.

If XB got his walk, is that a game tying sac fly?

If the game comes down to that missing runner...

They should have the tying run on with no outs

Egregious call in this moment

Would like him to be overtaken by wholesome Colson

Crowd at Wrigley going WILD for an immensely routine flyout lol

You're welcome Dingler

Detroit remains the only team without a postseason HR so far

Treinen's 1.93 ERA in 46.2IP last season is also good, but If you're holding his recent performances against him then you can't just ignore Kopech's. I disagree that the stuff is the same. Fastball is slower/straighter/wilder with a career worst K% and he doesn't throw a slider anymore. Career high pitches per batter/inning because his misses are too uncompetitive to get chase. Between OKC and LA, he has walked 33/122 (27%) of batters faced this season. And that includes his stats before the knee surgery, he's been even worse since then. 9 walks (and a HBP) vs 5Ks across ~32 batters in 5.1 rehab innings in AAA. 9 walks vs 4Ks across ~24 batters in 4 MLB innings. A guy with twice as many walks as Ks, allowing a free pass to every 3rd batter and 3 baserunners per inning, just does not scream postseason leverage arm to me.

Eh. He's running a 1.73 WHIP with more than a walk per inning (and more walks than Ks) on the season...But even worse, 6.75 ERA/3.00 (!!!) WHIP since his return from the IL in September. 62 of 117 pitches for strikes, and a lot of the misses are bad. I remember watching him walk the bases loaded with 1 out in low leverage, they had to burn Vesia to strand his runners. And that's all after ramping up with a rehab stint that obviously wouldn't be available to him now (though he was getting lit up in AAA too, 18 ER in 11.2 innings with a 2.91 WHIP). In any case, he's so banged up that the team apparently didn't even know what to put on his IL designation at the end of the season so I don't think he he'll be healthy (and don't see why they would trust him even if he was). Sucks for him going into free agency this year.

Rodon off to a great start

104 right on the corner, wowza

Saw a WGN reporter saying how it's so hard to dislike PCA because he's so mature and humble. Must be watching a totally different player.

Washington out, Pujols allegedly in for the Angels

Yikes, Chapman.

Plenty of people (including some here) called Crochet soft for not wanting to risk his arm without an extension last October. Silly stuff.

1 run scored in their last 33 playoff innings

What is PCA doing lol

Big play to catch JRam breaking for home. One more out.