AL Playoff Thread

[grandy]

Updated

NY wins
Baltimore wins
Oakland beats Texas

NY is still ahead of Baltimore by 1 game, and owns the top seed in the AL for the time being

Texas and Oakland are tied atop the AL West

There are multiple scenarios that can play out tomorrow, what happens for sure...
- If NY wins tomorrow, they hold the best record, thus earning the top seed in the AL
- The winner of the Oakland-Texas game tomorrow wins the AL West


There are 8 possible scenarios

1
Texas beats Oakland
NY wins
Baltimore wins

1 NY
2 Texas
WC Oakland @ Baltimore

2
Texas beats Oakland
NY wins
Baltimore loses

1 NY
2 Texas
WC Baltimore @ Oakland

3
Texas beats Oakland
NY loses
Baltimore wins

AL East Playoff NY @ Baltimore

if NY wins
1 NY
2 Texas
WC Oakland @ Baltimore

if Baltimore wins
1 Texas
2 Baltimore
WC Oakland @ NY

4
Texas beats Oakland
NY loses
Baltimore loses

1 NY
2 Texas
WC Baltimore @ Oakland

5
Oakland beats Texas
NY wins
Baltimore wins

1 NY
2 Oakland
WC Texas @ Baltimore

6
Oakland beats Texas
NY wins
Baltimore loses

1 NY
2 Oakland
WC Baltimore @ Texas

7
Oakland beats Texas
NY loses
Baltimore wins

AL East Playoff NY @ Baltimore

if NY wins
1 NY
2 Oakland
WC Baltimore @ Texas

if Baltimore wins
1 Oakland
2 Baltimore
WC Texas @ NY

8
Oakland beats Texas
NY loses
Baltimore loses

1 Oakland
2 NY
WC Baltimore @ Texas


Any questions/comments let me know...it's late

 

[cmlfactor]

If the Rangers yack up the division I'm going to laaaaaauuuuuugggh...

 

[byco42]

Who here is not pulling for a Rangers-Yankees play-in? This new arrangement has introduced an unforeseen brand of schadenfreude.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I thought they had changed this but a Balt win tonight with a Yankee loss means a game between the two on Thursday to decide the division winner.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/10/...n-the-playoffs
Do the Tigers have the best starting rotation in the playoffs? Best FIP and ERA.
from blessyouboystigersblog

 

[cmlfactor]

If the Rangers yack up the division I'm going to laaaaaauuuuuugggh...

Hahahah ahahahahahahahah hahahahahahahaha ha ha ha ha ha hahahahahahah haaaaaaaa....

Suck it, Rangers...

 

[grandy]

Updated

Oakland comes back and wins the AL West by sweeping the Texas Rangers and winning their last 6 in a row

As of this moment, Oakland is the #2 seed...however there's still a couple games left that could change things

Here are the scenarios now that Oakland has won

1
NY wins
Baltimore wins

1 NY
2 Oakland
WC Texas @ Baltimore

2
NY wins
Baltimore loses

1 NY
2 Oakland
WC Baltimore @ Texas

3
NY loses
Baltimore wins

AL East Playoff NY @ Baltimore

if NY wins
1 NY
2 Oakland
WC Baltimore @ Texas

if Baltimore wins
1 Oakland
2 Baltimore
WC Texas @ NY

4
NY loses
Baltimore loses

1 Oakland
2 NY
WC Baltimore @ Texas

 

[cmlfactor]

Who here is not pulling for a Rangers-Yankees play-in? This new arrangement has introduced an unforeseen brand of schadenfreude.

Yeah and there's bad blood between these two teams. I'd like to see all their stars get HBP's and play banged up the whole playoffs...like WE did last year...

 

[grandy]

Updated

The playoff seeding is set (barring the best comeback ever by a team that already mailed it in)

NY clinches the 1st seed and plays the wild card winner
Detroit plays Oakland
Texas hosts Baltimore (Texas has the head-to-head advantage) for the wild card

I will continue to update this thread throughout the playoffs, which will include schedules and results

 

[Mitchrapp]

I want to thank you for the thread all year long. It was very helpful..

 

[bavarianinnman]

Was hopen we could of seen a Tigers vs Yankees playoff series again. but i guess ill take the A's.

I just hope those Rangers bite the dust.

 

[grandy]

Updated

Added playoff schedules

 

[cmlfactor]

Winning the first two games at Comerica will be imperative. Trying to go into the Coliseum with that ravenous crowd having to win any more than 1 out of 3 will be difficult if not damn near impossible...

 

[Thumb]

Winning the first two games at Comerica will be imperative. Trying to go into the Coliseum with that ravenous crowd having to win any more than 1 out of 3 will be difficult if not damn near impossible...

It's going to depend on the offense, the A's are a surprise team but are starting rookie pitchers, if the offense shows up I think we'll be okay, if we have these 1 run games dragging on for 7 innings, we'll be in trouble.

 

[Mitchrapp]

The stupid format they have this year is just stupid. The worse team gets home field first, lol. If Detroit wins 2 at home, advantage them - always harder to win 3 in a row. If they split at home, winning 2 of 3 on the road will be tough.

 

[cmlfactor]

And they only have game times for game 1 right now. Verlander starting for us Oakland TBD. All others TBD as well...why? Verlander-Fister-Scherzer for the first three...has to be...

 

[Mitchrapp]

JV pitches Saturday, 6:40 I think. That's all I know.

 

[Thumb]

And they only have game times for game 1 right now. Verlander starting for us Oakland TBD. All others TBD as well...why? Verlander-Fister-Scherzer for the first three...has to be...

Dickerson said Scherzer might be game 4 starter.

Because it will likely be an elimination game, and they would rather have Scherzer in it than Sanchez.

The way dickerson mentioned it would likely be because of rest, etc, was JV, Sanchez, Fister, Scherzer.

If Fister goes game 2 it will only be 4 days rest, and Sanchez will have gone 7 days without pitching.

 

[cmlfactor]

And all division series games are on TBS. Oh joy. I hope Smoltz does our series, at least.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Dickerson said Scherzer might be game 4 starter.

Because it will likely be an elimination game, and they would rather have Scherzer in it than Sanchez.

The way dickerson mentioned it would likely be because of rest, etc, was JV, Sanchez, Fister, Scherzer.

If Fister goes game 2 it will only be 4 days rest, and Sanchez will have gone 7 days without pitching.

Then Dickerson is one dumb fool. Possible elimination game? That's all he's got. Game 3 could be elimination day as well or game 5?