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He was a really good player from 2016-2018 as well (3.5+ WAR pace ever year during that stretch) but he became a legitimate star in 2019.

If he isn't extended Poles should be fired immediately. My concern with this move is that while Sweat is a solid player, I don't think he is special and I'm guessing he is going to get a really really big money extension.

It is honestly pointless following the Bulls and Sox until Reindsorf dies or sells unless they just flat out luck into an MVP caliber player like they did with Rose. And even then I wouldn't be confident they could built a championship team around that player. I've saved so much money and been happier since I stopped giving Reinsdorf any money for tickets. I just watch teams and players that I find fun to watch. Maybe someday I'll be able to follow the Bulls closely again.

Plaschke has always been an absolute moron so not surprising. And the Dodgers during their run have won a World Series, made two others and made the NLCS 5 times. Beyond hilarious to say they weren't built for the playoffs for several years when they won the World Series in 2020 and made the NLCS in 2021 and in 2021 Kershaw was hurt and then Roberts royally messed up their rotation by overusing Urias and Scherzer out of the pen. But a team with Scherzer, Buehler and Urias in the rotation is clearly set up to win in the playoffs. Plus look at the Braves, they win the World Series two years ago and now they are on the verge of losing in the NLDS the two subsequent years despite having much better teams in both of those years. I think the playoff setup for baseball is also really really dumb since expanding beyond four teams. Two years ago a 106 win Dodgers team had to play a Wild Card game and then play the 107 win Giants just to make the NLCS (which messed up their pitching bad as discussed above). They haven't had the postseason success they should have had for their talent level but s%*# happens sometimes in baseball. And their team this year looks way different if their pitching staff wasn't completely ravaged by injuries plus Urias being a piece of garbage. Not many teams are going to have a ton of pitching left when you lose Gonsolin, May, Buehler and Urias. I mean that is a couple top of the rotation type guys and solid depth. I assume they are going to go hard after Ohtani this offseason and also try to sign a starting pitcher and if they do they will 100+ again next year and be formidable in the postseason if their pitching is healthy.

This has been as boring of a postseason as I can remember and I’m surprised the Dodgers didn’t just try their young guys like Pepiot or Sheehan over Lynn. Dodgers without Buehler, May, Urias and Gonsolin just didn’t have enough pitching left.

Absolutely insane that Snitker let Elder face Harper. He has been bad for a while now and looked bad that inning.

Bears protecting and the left side of the secondary deciding not to cover Moore at all is something

I fully expect the Astros to handle them and advance to their 7th straight ALCS.

This Broncos defense showing how they allowed 70 last week and 32 in the last 36 minutes against the Commanders.

The Cubs need to win out, have the Marlins lose out and have the Reds lose at least one more time.

Three days for a lot of them. Absolutely bizarre as you want those guys still getting work.

And not even good AAA pitchers

Brewers trying to let the Cubs win by leaving an absolute scrub in the game in the 8th

So many dreadful at bats by the Diamondbacks today

Brutal by the ump in that at bat. Perdomo should have had a 3-0 count but had to hit 1-2 instead.

It’s insane the Diamondbacks are so close to the postseason with three-fifths of their rotation being absolute trash.

Yep, they are in a playoff race coming down to the final weekend. Under no scenario should they have been selling.

A ton of the sacks the last two years are on Fields. He had the same issue at OSU playing with a ridiculous amount of talent. It isn't coincidence that OSU's sack rate allowed was much higher when Fields was there than with Stroud.

They are badly missing the plot if they think "speed and athleticism" is the reason this team was terrible this year and didn't make the playoffs last year. But that would be about right for this organization.

Jordan Lyles’s being paid $9m to suck this year and over $50m in his career after next season is one of the most inexplicable sports things ever. The guy has never not been horrible.

Crochet has thrown 19 innings since 2021 (and he only threw 54 in 2021) and can't stay healthy. He isn't going to be in the Sox starting rotation next year. He needs to build innings.

Yep. We have had absolutely trash pitchers going through there for a while now. It isn't the stadium.

Try him out of the pen and see if he finds something. Team will be trash next year anyways. But he’s clearly never going to be a starter.

Nobody should spend a dime supporting this team until Reinsdorf is gone

Yep, if Getz ends up being good it’s entirely luck and I’d be shocked if he ends up good. An absolutely pathetic and insane process that he ends up as GM especially when the part of the organization he oversaw was horrible during his tenure.