This thread could be valuable as it is a true look of what can occur in the MLB postseason .
Once the first pitch is thrown you can throw the regualr season out the window .
Last year each playoff teams record going into the postseason :
Best :
Dodgers = 9 - 1 >> smacked in the head swept in 3 by Mets .
Padres = 8 - 2 > Cards dusted em off 3 - 1 off the bat . Peavy was a 0 .
Twins = 6 - 4 >> got smoked by the As in 3 game sweep right out the gate .
500 baseball:
Yanks = 5 - 5 >> greatest show on earth were shut down knocked off barely out the gate , just ask Joe Morgan , he was billing them as the greatest hitting lineup of all time . lol
Mets = 5 - 5 >> lost to Cards in 7 games . (had no Pedro in his prime) , had squat , had glavine , maine , trachsel , perez .
Cold :
Cards = 3 - 7 >> WON THE WORLD SERIES !!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 - 1 . No drama !
Tigers = 4 - 6 >> made it to the WS then got smoked in 5 .
As = 4 - 6 >> dusted off the Twinkies in 3 - 0 sweep out the gate .
This was last year yes , it just shows that you can throw all the reg season hot and cold thinking , how bad a team looked , the #s , all that out the window . >>> When the first pitch hits the catchers glove in the postseason it is basically anyones day .