I imagine A’s/Guardians series will go exactly as we expect.

All the more reason for the Sox to just take care of their own business.

Rangers lose. Back to 2 games up on the 2nd wild card team with a tiebreaker. That's big for our overall postseason hopes.

29 minutes ago, chw42 said:

Red Sox are absolutely not gonna help us down the stretch. They can't hit at all right now.

27 minutes later…

Red Sox win!

19 minutes ago, Snopek said:

I imagine A’s/Guardians series will go exactly as we expect.

All the more reason for the Sox to just take care of their own business.

Clev has a horse shoe up their ass but aren't any good. Athletics will have a shot imo to take 2/3.

Just now, SoxBlanco said:

27 minutes later…

Red Sox win!

Glad to be of service. I was typing that just as Story was coming to the plate.

So that makes the magic number for the post-season 7?

1 minute ago, JTB said:

So that makes the magic number for the post-season 7?

Yup, winning 5 of the last 9 basically ensures we at least get into the postseason.

1 minute ago, JTB said:

So that makes the magic number for the post-season 7?

5-4 finish means Texas Toronto now need to go 8-1 to win outright, 7-2 to tie

Cleveland would need 6-3

a 6-3 Sox finish means CLE needs 7-2

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by caulfield12

Great day for playoff hopes. I think Jays win 2 of 3 against Rangers.

2 minutes ago, fathom said:

Great day for playoff hopes. I think Jays win 2 of 3 against Rangers.

Cease Rocker

Soriano Quantrill

tbd vs. deGrom

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

Cease Rocker

Soriano Quantrill

tbd vs. deGrom

Jays take at least 1 of 3. Quantrill has been pitching well. That Soriano start won't be a gimme.

looks like Gavin Williams going Fri on short rest against A's at home after getting six full days off before Monday's White Sox game

16 minutes ago, chw42 said:

Glad to be of service. I was typing that just as Story was coming to the plate.

Love it. Appreciate your assist.

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

looks like Gavin Williams going Fri on short rest against A's at home after getting six full days off before Monday's White Sox game

I bet he gets pushed back to pitch against Boston. Do they really need to throw their best pitcher against the A's to win?

Jesus, that Rangers loss was HUGE. Vaulted us up 13% points to almost 80% again from 2/3 odds.

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by chitownsportsfan

1 minute ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Jesus, that Rangers loss was HUGE. Vaulted us up 13% points to almost 80% again from 2/3 odds.

Yup, it basically forces the 3 teams chasing us in the wild card race to be near perfect down the stretch. We're effectively 3 games up with 9 to play on Toronto and Texas.

What's sad is that we'd be in the same spot for the division had we just closed out the game on Tuesday.

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by chw42

Texas has seemingly hovered around in that -6 to E space all year

very similar to Sox no long streaks either way

2 minutes ago, chw42 said:

Yup, it basically forces the 3 teams chasing us in the wild card race to be near perfect down the stretch. We're effectively 3 games up with 9 to play on Toronto and Texas.

What's sad is that we'd be in the same spot for the division had we just closed out the game on Tuesday.

Was thinking similar, if we had just not blown those 2 games with Cle this s%*# is basically wrapped up.

5 hours ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Was thinking similar, if we had just not blown those 2 games with Cle this s%*# is basically wrapped up.

If they do go on and make the playoffs, the one big positive is going to be this extra week of games with close to do or die pressure each day...CLE definitely played like it was G7 after they lost the first game and had their backs against the wall.

Just like 2008 down the stretch (five losses in a row followed by three must win games), even though it really didn't carry into Tampa despite all the Alexei dramatics.