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Gimenez had a 40 point difference between his wOBA and xwOBA, it's very possible he isn't as good next year. He doesn't profile the same as a guy like Kwan. A huge reason the Guardians were so good is because of how much contribution they got from their rookies. Usually when guys who weren't known as great prospects come up and do well, they regress in their second year.

Rosario is the player they can afford to lose. He's nothing special, just extremely annoying to play against with how many cheap hits he gets.

I thought Servais should have gone to Swanson in game 1 against Alvarez. Swanson just proved me right. His splitter vs. lefties is very good.

Get ready for the Sox to sign him.

Is this just a ploy to get a better hitting coach?

Pressly in for the 9th without a lead. Never thought I'd see Dusty do that.

The playoffs are more fluky than ever, especially this new format. None of the teams that got a bye have played well. The Astros would be down 2-0 if it wasn't for Yordan Alvarez. All you gotta do is get in and hope your team gets hot. The Sox could have done that had they made a change at manager in June or July.

The Braves pitching just hasn't been good outside of Kyle Wright. Strider reminds me of Rodon last year. Both he and Fried were injured towards the end of the year. Just bad timing for the Braves.

Strider looked way off in the 3rd inning.

This Guardians team is the 2000s Twins reincarnated.

Why the hell did Ramirez want to stay in Cleveland so badly? As Joakim Noah once said...

I definitely thought they had enough time to run the ball especially towards the sideline.

Fields played alright besides the missed layup for the TD and throwing the ball at the lineman's helmet. Even the best WR in the group fucked up royally in the biggest moment of the game today. Fields' receivers are all terrible.

Holmes looks nowhere near as good as he was early in the season.

How does he keep doing this and not get benched?

Upset city in game 1. It's looking like sitting around for 5 days is not an advantage.

I laughed at this...but this is actually happening.

Chapman and Diekman would be known as the 7 walks per 9 brothers.

He's worth the contract if you believe he can stay healthy. If he's not able to throw at least 50 innings a year in the next 2 years, he's not worth the contract.

And then they failed to show up in the playoffs, just like Shildt's team. I don't want the guy to manage the Sox, but I also don't think he was the reason the Cardinals lost a close wild card game to one of the best teams in baseball.

Tender: Giolito, Lopez, Cease, Kopech: $21.6 MM

I wouldn't mind Bassitt as an addition to the rotation but he might be out of our price range.

They play tomorrow and Wednesday. But get an off day on Thursday. Darvish could go Wednesday on full rest since he last pitched on Friday. They might have to start Clevinger in game 1.

It's pretty hilarious. Never thought I'd see umpires massage guys' hair and ears.

Looks like every road team besides Tampa will win their series. So much for home field.