On 8/27/2026 at 11:08 PM, Colome's Hat said:

I reiterate this but anybody who thought the cubs would catch the brewers this year were out of their minds. You cannot drop multiple games in a row and expect to catch a team like that this is so well drilled and basically working from muscle memory about what they have to do down the stretch.

I still think the Cubs could make a deep playoff run even if they don’t catch the Brewers.

18 minutes ago, The Beast said:

I still think the Cubs could make a deep playoff run even if they don’t catch the Brewers.

• No. 1 Milwaukee Brewers (BYE)

• No. 2 Los Angeles Dodgers (BYE)

• No. 6 San Diego Padres (NL Wild Card No. 3) at No. 3 Atlanta Braves (NL East winner)

• No. 5 Philadelphia Phillies (NL Wild Card No. 2) at No. 4 Chicago Cubs (NL Wild Card No. 1)

Why would that be an easier path?

Avoiding the Dodgers until the NLCS?

Now it's the DBacks by 1/2 games but SD the slight favorite...

Edited August 30Aug 30 by caulfield12

According to FG, Sox have a 30% chance of reaching ALCS.

Also on our side of the bracket:

Astros 22%, Guardians 16%, Mariners 11%, Rangers 7%.

Sox have 10% chance to win AL.

44 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

• No. 1 Milwaukee Brewers (BYE)

• No. 2 Los Angeles Dodgers (BYE)

• No. 6 San Diego Padres (NL Wild Card No. 3) at No. 3 Atlanta Braves (NL East winner)

• No. 5 Philadelphia Phillies (NL Wild Card No. 2) at No. 4 Chicago Cubs (NL Wild Card No. 1)

Why would that be an easier path?

Avoiding the Dodgers until the NLCS?

Now it's the DBacks by 1/2 games but SD the slight favorite...

I said nothing about it being an easier path.

5 minutes ago, The Beast said:

I said nothing about it being an easier path.

Brewers have the X factor in the Miz this year

On 8/25/2026 at 9:50 AM, flavum said:

A four game winning streak right now, please.

thank you very much

10 hours ago, The Beast said:

I still think the Cubs could make a deep playoff run even if they don’t catch the Brewers.

Is deep winning two series? I could see that.

10 hours ago, The Beast said:

I said nothing about it being an easier path.

Taking down MIS in a longer series than 5 games...good luck with that one.

PCA MVP or not.

On 8/28/2026 at 11:13 AM, Green Line said:

I sure hope so. I don't know which to choose. I'll say yes very hesitantly because I don't think any of the Wild Card contenders (excluding Cleveland) are any good. I guess the most likely option of the three is they take the last wild card spot, but I wouldn't be shocked if they fell out of the playoffs. The starting rotation is as bad right now as Ive ever seen it. Blowing a 4.5 game lead in a month is hard to do but not THAT hard. The Sox have done it before.

Prophetic

I never looked at the names that didn’t believe!

ET TU, TRAY?!?!?? Ohhhh dios mio. I’m glad the Sox made it and I’m sure you are too

I vote anyone that voted "No, the Sox miss the playoffs" isn't allowed to make a playoff game thread.

Finally voted.

a few things they gotta clean up in the off season, imo

I'm hesitant to think that Murakami will be open to any sort of changes heading into his free agency year, so it is what it is, his issues are identical to his issues in japan, pretty much the exact same player

If Colson Montgomery wants to be a big league player, he can't strikeout 40%+ of the time and also never take walks. if his zone contact rate and lack of understanding the strike zone is gonna continue, he will be somewhere else in 2028. and that might be hard to fix because I don't think he's a particularly cerebral hitter and seems confused often on what pitch to expect in certain counts

I see them putting in a lot of work with Sam, with his defense in LF being a key area to work on, would be nice if Sizemore was still around. Also he's gotta get better facing LHP that goes without saying. he has the same weaknesses that Peters has, he sucks against breaking balls, and he's elite vs fastballs. his spray chart is very good, he will pretty much hit the ball where it's thrown (Pull 31%/Str8 42%/Opp 26%), it will be interesting to see if the astros throw him a lot of breaking/off speed this series

Doyle getting more selective in his at bats and cutting back on the strikeouts. I think they're gonna invest a lot of time in him

Benintendi, idk what happened to him, this wasn't his profile until last year, he was never a low on base slugger, he was a high on base contact hitter who drove the ball to the gaps. Are the Sox just not equipped to fix guys like him, or are they actively trying to turn him into something he's bad at

Peters will be interesting, I see major regression in 2027 unless they really put in the work. One thing I will say about him, I think he is a highly intelligent hitter and that helps cover up the lack of physical tools. Statcast shows that he's pretty much a dead pull hitter (Pull 51%/Str8 29%/Opp 20%), and he also struggles a lot vs breaking balls, so I think pitchers will start to attack him away with junk until he adjusts, which I feel he is 100% capable of doing.

what do you want the Sox to work on after the labor s%*# is over? I don't think coaches can work with players until the new CBA