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Yep they still needed him for CF defense and Myers hasn't done anything all year. Profar would have been a fine acquisition because he can play everywhere on the field... but especially LF and 2B.

Hader was great at the end after figuring things out. Drury was fine for a $300,000 acquisition. Bell was Adam Frazier, 2021 version. (Compare to Leury Garcia.) But after watching Soto for two months now, just no way they will end up giving him a massive contract extension as well. But also no way they make the playoffs without Soto. Period. Also, can't imagine this pen with Brash and Munoz that were traded to the Mariners. Would top 2014-15 KC.

Machado Grisham Nola the only hitters with over a 734 ops in the postseason...pretty crazy.

Five FBI's. Highly unlikely either of those guys are back as FA's...Drury has played well but slumping mightily until today.

They only have his contract for two more years so not quite the same situation lol.

He hasn't been close to a $300-500 million type of player since joining the team. Soto does certainly walk a lot, though.

Friedman is blaming bad luck, definitely not himself nor Roberts. Says he’s planning 100% for his manager to return.

Why didn't that stop Kenny Williams from having a high level of success from 2000-2012? What changed?

His wife/fiance/taxes/family/atttractiveness of East Coast home base. Pretty sure he grew up a Braves' fan.

Or Drury. Who will cost a lot more than under $1 million coming off his 2022 season. But, alas, right-handed.

Bell has been terrible for months. Which means Hahn will probably sign him and lock Eloy into LF.

Further making JR/Hahn look like idiots for being so stubbornly unwilling to change managers until it was far too late in the season and there was basically zero choice.

I'm actually mildly surprised Wheeler didn't get hurt earlier in the game with how hard he was throwing tonight. We'll see if it factors into Game 4/5 match-ups. Maybe not. Now all the pressure shifts to Blake Snell and Joe Musgrove for Games 2/3.

I'm getting a feeling that just getting past the Mets and Dodgers (two 100+ win teams) is going to be moral victory enough for the Padres. This has never felt like a championship-caliber team all season. That said, I would have sworn about ten days before the end of the season when the Phillies were struggling mightily with teams like the Nationals that they were absolutely dead in the water and that the Brewers were going to overtake them down the stretch.

This game is pretty much an Exhibit A "tour de force" of players NOT signed by the Sox...yes, I replied to myself lol. This editing button still takes some getting used to. (At least Gen X is relatively closer to retirement. Not ready for the meta verse yet. Neither is FB. At least Netflix got their act in gear.)

Will Jared Kelenic equal Schwarber's homers this year...in his entire MLB career?

Or Castellanos, although he had an "unFathomably" poor season this year...

Yankees vs. Phillies would be a dream matchup from a media perspective...two toughest markets in the US, along with Boston, arguably.

Harper 1, Machado 0

https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/40934/aaron-civale Yankees' hitters 20/76 and 725 ops against Civale coming in. Still, you have to figure out a way to get your best pitcher on the mound instead of your fourth or fifth starter. Between that, on the road, and Naylor, felt like a loss from the get go. Still not over with a very shaky Yankees' but close.

Why would Correa take a $5 million pay cut unless he's getting a ten year deal for $300 million guaranteed?

Will add Nick Martinez back in the rotation with Pomeranz returning to pen...Morejon, Baez or Weathers #5 now but will undoubtedly add 1-2 FA's. Rodon wouldn't be a shocker here.

"Manager Terry Francona told reporters on Monday afternoon that Bieber would not be available out of the bullpen when Game 5 was scheduled to be played Monday night. He added that Bieber wouldn’t start on short rest Tuesday because he was throwing a bullpen session on Monday. That line of thinking is not likely to change. Minutes before the game was postponed, Civale played catch in left field, which is good indication that he wanted to do some light throwing preparation for Tuesday’s start. During the regular season the Guardians were forced to play 12 doubleheaders -- 11 because of weather and another because of COVID." Cleveland.com/sports

Since 1995, when a fourth team was added to each league’s playoff field, 40 teams have won 100 games. Of the 39 whose seasons have concluded (this season’s Astros are plugging right along, unfazed by the supposed favorite-killing new format), here’s how far they got: Champions: 5 Lost in World Series: 6 Lost in Championship Series: 8 Lost in Division Series: 19 Lost in wild-card round: 1 (Sorry, Mets fans) Almost half of them have gone down in the ALDS or NLDS! Out of those, 17 lost to teams with worse records — the vanquishing upstarts came in with 8.47 fewer regular season wins, on average. Among the 57 teams since 1995 that finished the regular season atop the AL or NL heap (including teams that tied for the honor), it’s a similar story. Champions: 11 Lost in World Series: 9 Lost in Championship Series: 13 Lost in Division Series: 24 The Padres, winners of 89 games, are not even particularly notable as underdogs go. Last year’s Braves — remember them? — eliminated a 106-win Dodgers team en route to their World Series title after winning 88 games. The 116-win 2001 Seattle Mariners famously lost to a 95-win Yankees team in the ALCS. https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-new-playoff-format-didnt-bounce-dodgers-braves-playoff-baseball-has-been-knocking-out-top-teams-for-years-051246936.html

Cortes on three days' rest vs. Civale still. Bieber likely the first one in relief. Curious decision not to start him here.