Mr Gigem said:

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Why am I getting a PM that my name is being brought up on the other thread? How sad and pathetic.

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At some point you just need to make this your signature so they have a permanent reminder:

The game last night was what Championship teams do.

You find out your Ace SP is lost and you respond by everyone stepping up.

Montgomery had a spectacular performance. RP - Perez and Kennedy - Two guys relegated to also-ran status play the role the manager has given them, and they do exactly what needs to be done.

The Offense outperforms and you're getting contributions up and down the lineup. You get the lead to give your pitching some room. Your pitching replies with a shutdown inning.

And then you keep adding as the game goes on.

If there was any home town hope... you deliver the knockout with a 3R T9.

You know, it sure has been awhile since one of those nerds got lost and stumbled in here…

CampingAg said:

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Not to rain on the Wyatt Langford parade, I still think he's awesome. But take those HR in Amarillo with a grain of salt. Wife and I went to a game there on the way to Colorado and that place is a complete launching pad. We watched the last couple innings of game one and all of game two and there were probably 8 or 9 HR hit. Multiple were just pop flies that kept going and going and going.

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Plus they are the Sod Poodles.....which is awesome.

I've been blowing the prospect horn for Carter as long as anyone, I think he's going to be special and have for quite a while. That said, I too was not excited to see him called up so soon. I understand the "why" and he's done a great job since arriving, so maybe he's just one of those unique talents that rise to level of competition and he'll be a major leaguer from here on out.

I'm also not getting in front of my skis on it either, because the league will figure young Mr. Carter out in very short order, and it remains to be seen how well and how fast he'll be able to adjust once they do. Hopefully he'll be as impactful right now as I expected him to be in another year.

dave94 said:

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So now we DON'T want Adolis to come back for the playoff run?

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Who needs 34 HR 100 RBIs?!?!

gigem1223 said:

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Tksymm7 said:

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Langford homered again.

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Just a 1.234 OPS in frisco

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Grapesoda2525 said:

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DallasAg 94 said:

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The game last night was what Championship teams do.

You find out your Ace SP is lost and you respond by everyone stepping up.

Montgomery had a spectacular performance. RP - Perez and Kennedy - Two guys relegated to also-ran status play the role the manager has given them, and they do exactly what needs to be done.

The Offense outperforms and you're getting contributions up and down the lineup. You get the lead to give your pitching some room. Your pitching replies with a shutdown inning.

And then you keep adding as the game goes on.

If there was any home town hope... you deliver the knockout with a 3R T9.

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Evan Carter and……………Robbie Grossman of all people seem to be behind the latest surge. I know a few people troll me because I crapped on the Carter call up.

All I said was it was an extremely obvious and desperate move. I was just blowing off steam because of how mad I was about the injuries and overall performance of the team, it had little to do with Carter himself or his abilities. I was just disappointed that things were so bad with the team that it came to turning to Carter to try and save us.

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You don't have to explain yourself -- most of us have tuned out your ridiculously bad takes by now.

Carter's chase rate is 12%.

Edouard Julien leads MLB in lowest chase rate for players with at least 100 PAs. His rate is 18.1%. Interestingly, Robbie Grossman is #2 at 18.7.

It's a small sample size for Carter, for sure. But before last night's game, he had only swung at two balls outside the strike zone and one of those he had a base hit on.

This outfield is going to be awesome for a long time. Assuming Carter can figure out how to hit lefty's, he's going to be an amazing lead off hitter. Langford is an absolute dude and I expect him to be on the big club at some point early next year, maybe at the start of the season but before the all star break.

Carter
Simeon
Seager
Adolis
Jung
Langford
Heim
Lowe
TBD

That's an absolute murderers row of a lineup

Legal Custodian said:

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Any rumors on Jung? I know Bochy mentioned Cleveland as a possibility. I guess we'll hear something tomorrow?

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TV broadcast last night said he is back in AZ working on simulated games and some last minute rehab. Said he would now be available when they return home after Cleveland.

After the Scherzer news:

Btw, Langford ended up homering TWICE last night; and say what you want about Amarillo and it being a launching pad, but he absolutely crushed both and would've gone out many places.

My dream scenario for the playoff run: Texas clinches a playoff spot, but Houston needs us to beat Seattle in Game 162 to qualify for the wild card. Bochy gives them the double-bird and starts Hedges and lets him go the distance. Seattle wins 39-2. Manfred smiles but sends a strongly-worded email.

South Platte said:

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My dream scenario for the playoff run: Texas clinches a playoff spot, but Houston needs us to beat Seattle in Game 162 to qualify for the wild card. Bochy gives them the double-bird and starts Hedges and lets him go the distance. Seattle wins 39-2. Manfred smiles but sends a strongly-worded email.

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I laughed way too hard at this

South Platte said:

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My dream scenario for the playoff run: Texas clinches a playoff spot, but Houston needs us to beat Seattle in Game 162 to qualify for the wild card. Bochy gives them the double-bird and starts Hedges and lets him go the distance. Seattle wins 39-2. Manfred smiles but sends a strongly-worded email.

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So I had a quick look at the schedules remaining for all the teams within 2 games of the wildcard spot. I think the number to have a reasonable shot at the division is 11-6 and that would still require quite a bit of luck as the Astros would need to go 8-7 over their remaining 15 games. And with their schedule that would require quite a collapse from them with 6 still remaining with the Royals. But they did just lose a series to Oakland so I guess anything is possible.

Rangers (81-64) - 17 remaining games - 1@Tor, 3@Cle, 3vsBos, 3vsSEA, 3@LAA, 4@SEA
Astros (83-64) - 15 remaining games - 3@KC, 3vsBal, 3vsKC, 3@SEA, 3@AZ
Mariners (81-65) - 16 remaining games - 3vsLAD, 3@Oak, 3@Tex, 3vsHou, 4@Tex
Blue Jays (80-66) - 16 remaining games - 1vsTex, 3vsBos, 3@NYY, 3@TB, 3vsNYY, 3vsTB

If we go 11-6, these are the records the other teams will need to finish ahead of us:

Astros - 9-6 (they have the tiebreaker)
Mariners - 11-5 (12-4 if 2 of our 11 wins come against the Seattle, we currently hold the tiebreaker at 5-1)
Blue Jays - 13-3 (We have the tiebreaker)

So 11-6 to have a decent shot at the division due to the Astros remaining schedule. I think 9-8 would get us the last wildcard spot. The Jays would need to go 11-5 to pass us.

The Astros would have to go something stupid like 5-10 to miss out on the last wildcard. The one thing going against them is that the Mariners and the Blue Jays have the tiebreaker over them.