2016 MLB Postseason Thread

[Mexi]

Also, why are you millennials not hating on the Rangers for their run differential?

i didnt realize it was 8

But ive been on their bandwagon since last year. Beltran, lucroy and now gomez only enhanced it

 

[Mexi]

Nah, Boston has the MVP and CY Young. Would be pretty bad to not win the world series after that tho, no pressure

britton has it locked up

 

[CameronCrazy06]

i didnt realize it was 8

But ive been on their bandwagon since last year. Beltran, lucroy and now gomez only enhanced it

Saying it's "only 8" implies that if matters at all, which it doesn't.

 

[elcheato]

It kinda does matter. Winning by slim margins is unsustainable. Acting like a team can't have a flukey year that spans 162 games is foolish tho.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

It kinda does matter. Winning by slim margins is unsustainable. Acting like a team can't have a flukey year that spans 162 games is foolish tho.

It's very sustainable if you have a good bullpen. For some sports I might give a little weight to point differential, but not baseball. When you lose a game by 10 runs, what typically happens? Your starter has a bad day and then your mop up guy, typically the worst pitcher on any team, comes in and sucks? And then the next night you win by a run and that doesn't hold the same weight to you? Baseball run differential is literally the most meaningless stat.

 

[elcheato]

Their bullpen ERA ranks 25th in the league

 

[CameronCrazy06]

All their main guys have been pretty good. I don't like looking at bullpen ERA as an overall stat for the same reason, it's slanted by guys who aren't going to even make the playoff roster

 

[brett05]

i didnt realize it was 8

But ive been on their bandwagon since last year. Beltran, lucroy and now gomez only enhanced it

It's because they've been blown out quite a bit in losses.  However, you look, at the Rangers record against the best teams and they are 29 over .500.  The rest of the teams that are over .500 against the same are only 38 games over combined!

 

[brett05]

britton has it locked up

 

He won't get a first place vote and rightly so.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

I'm sure he'll get at least one haha

 

[elcheato]

All their main guys have been pretty good. I don't like looking at bullpen ERA as an overall stat for the same reason, it's slanted by guys who aren't going to even make the playoff roster

rangers trash get over it

 

[bosoxlover12]

It's because they've been blown out quite a bit in losses.  However, you look, at the Rangers record against the best teams and they are 29 over .500.  The rest of the teams that are over .500 against the same are only 38 games over combined!

lol can you please fucking stop with this

Your stat ONLY holds up by including the Asstros.

Texas has a 53.3% win percentage against playoff teams, when Boston has a 55.7% win percentage (and the much larger sample size). Texas plays in arguably the easiest division in baseball lmao

 

[Foreman]

Is there a chance Verlander wins the Cy? That almost seems unheard of based on where he was two years ago.

Saw a chart comparing him to other AL candidates and he was leading in mostly everything, but his 16-9 record could hold him back. Also had the lowest run support out of the other guys too. But I think Porcello is gonna get it

 

[CameronCrazy06]

lol can you please fucking stop with this

Your stat ONLY holds up by including the Asstros.

Texas has a 53.3% win percentage against playoff teams, when Boston has a 55.7% win percentage (and the much larger sample size). Texas plays in arguably the easiest division in baseball lmao

Why would you just take out a team that the Rangers played 19 games against? That doesn't seem fair

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Yes! got 2 free tickets to the Wild Card game tomorrow night. It's gonna be insane. 

 

[bosoxlover12]

Why would you just take out a team that the Rangers played 19 games against? That doesn't seem fair

because it is literally a statistical outlier. I can show you the math if you don't believe me lol

 

[Teagz]

I can't believe Rick Porcello turned into a Cy Young quality pitcher, even if it's only for one season. That dude, at his best, was only a league average starter for the first seven years of his career and was frustrating as hell to watch.
 
 
Still don't trust him to pitch well in a playoff game though.

 

[Mexi]

 

He won't get a first place vote and rightly so.

oh he'll get mpre than 1.
Guys like bowden, Rosenthal and heyman all picked him. Theyre a pretty solid indication at how the votes will go

 

[brett05]

oh he'll get mpre than 1.
Guys like bowden, Rosenthal and heyman all picked him. Theyre a pretty solid indication at how the votes will go

We shall see.  I predict he'll not get a vote.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

because it is literally a statistical outlier. I can show you the math if you don't believe me lol

If you take out the Astros from that sample, their winning % against teams .500 or better is still 62.5% vs. Boston's 53.3%