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Thursday: Won- White Sox, Padres, Braves Lost- Phillies, Tigers, Reds 10 days left Team (Games left) - Sox Magic Number to have higher pick: 1. Giants(9) - 11 (-1.5 GB)* 2. Phillies(9) - 11 (-1.5 GB)** 3. White Sox(10) 4. Tigers(9) - 9 (+1.5 GA)*** 5. Mets(10) - 6 6. Reds(9) - 6 7. Braves(11) - 4 8. Padres(9) - 3 9. Pirates(9) - 2 10. A's(10) - 3 *The Sox need to be 1.5 games worse with the remaining schedule to have a higher pick than the Giants **The Sox need to be 1.5 game worse with the remaining schedule to have a higher pick than the Phillies ***The Tigers need to be 1.5 games worse with the remaining schedule to have a higher pick than the Sox

At this point, I'd be happy if the Tigers go 3-6 and the Sox go 4-6. That would get the 3rd pick. But deep down, you know the Sox are dropping to 4th.

Giants 60-93 -- 3 at Dodgers, 3 at Dbacks, 3 vs Padres Phillies 61-92 -- 3 at Braves, 3 vs Nationals, 3 vs Mets White Sox 61-91 -- 3 vs Royals, 4 vs Angels, 3 at Indians Tigers 62-91 -- 3 vs Twins, 3 at Royals, 3 at Twins Tiebreaker priority- Phi, Sox, Det, SF

Angels fall to .500. KC comes to Chicago with a fighting chance. Nobody wants it.

Indians 27 out of 28

QUOTE (ptatc @ Sep 21, 2017 -> 04:03 PM) Not unreasonable for a HS draft pick. That would make him 24 years old. That's a little long but not unreasonable. If a 1-1 out of high school didn't get to the bigs until 24, that's not what the parent club had in mind when they drafted him.

Phillies-Dodgers 2-2, top 5. Maeda is out of there.

Maeda-Leiter at noon. Phils going for a sweep. I wish them the best. Giants off. Twins-Tigers begin a 4 gamer tonight. Get motivated, Tigers.

27 games is a month's worth of baseball games. The Indians just played a month's worth of games at 26-1. Simply incredible. They are 89-43 vs AL teams this season.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Sep 21, 2017 -> 09:30 AM) Wouldn't cubs Dodgers be the division series? Unless the Dodgers blow a 3.5 game lead to the Nationals, it will be Nats/Cubs and Dodgers/Wild Card. Divisions don't matter anymore. It changed when they went two wild cards. Mods- can you change thread title so it's more general to both leagues? Thanks.

QUOTE (Jimmy3Putt @ Sep 21, 2017 -> 05:53 AM) Wait, didn't the Giants have a better record than us last year? Shouldn't that give us the tie breaker with them? Yes. The Sox are a game behind (ahead) the Giants now. Even in wins, two in the loss column. Any combination of Sox losses and Giants wins equal to 11 gives the Sox a better pick. Same against the Phillies.

Wednesday: Won- Giants, Phillies, A's, Pirates Lost- White Sox, Tigers, Mets, Reds, Padres, Braves 11 days left Team (Games left) - Sox Magic Number to have higher pick: 1. Giants(9) - 11 (-1.0 GB)* 2. White Sox(11) 3. Phillies(10) - 11 (-0.5 GB)** 4. Tigers(10) - 9 (+2.5 GA)*** 5. Mets(10) - 6 6. Reds(10) - 6 7. Braves(12) - 5 8. Padres(10) - 4 9. Pirates(9) - 2 10. A's(10) - 3 *The Sox need to be 1 game worse with the remaining schedule to have a higher pick **The Sox need to be 0.5 game worse with the remaining schedule to have a higher pick ***The Tigers need to be 2.5 games worse with the remaining schedule to have a higher pick than the Sox

SF 60-93 Sox 60-91 Phi 61-91 Det 62-90

If the Sox lose this, they'll be worse than the Phillies, but still would have to be a half game worse the rest of the season. I love Abreu, but don't homer.

Cool. Phillies go for the 4-game sweep tomorrow afternoon.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 05:37 PM) Where were they sitting? Closer in than dugout? He pulled a liner over the 3rd base dugout, about 5 rows deep.

Giants win 1.5 games behind

Todd Frazier hit a foul ball that hit a young girl today. Hopefully she is ok, but it pisses me off when parents bring really young kids, let alone babies, to games and sit that close. It's time they have netting in every park. No excuses, MLB. It's time.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 03:49 PM) You're already giving the Astros the series over Boston? I'm not. Just a preference, not a prediction. Honestly, in either league, seeds 1-4 are worthy. If the LCSs have Red Sox, Yankees, and Cubs, I'm out.

Sox 60-90 Det 62-90 Go Astros.

Twins suck in NY no matter the roster. Can we just skip to Astros-Indians and Nationals-Dodgers and send everyone else home?

1-0, A's after 5 Tigers are something.

A's - Tigers - 12:10 Rockies- Giants - 2:45 Rockies only have a game lead on the Brewers.

Fangraphs thinks the Sox get the 1st pick. Sox 64-98 SF 64-98 Phi 65-97 Det 67-95 I don't agree, but it's interesting.

Tuesday: Won- Giants, Phillies, Padres, A's Lost- White Sox, Tigers, Mets, Reds, Pirates, Braves 12 days left Team (Games left) - Sox Magic Number to have higher pick: 1. Giants(10) - 13 (-2.0 GB) 2. Phillies(11) - 13 (-1.5 GB) 3. White Sox(12) 4. Tigers(11) - 10 (+2.5 GA) 5. Mets(11) - 7 6. Reds(11) - 7 7. Pirates(10) - 4 8. Braves(13) - 6 9. Padres(11) - 5 10. A's(11) - 5