1. 10-01-18 05:00 PM #2941
    cincinnatikid513
    contra spem spero
    cincinnatikid513's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 11-23-17
    Posts: 45,361
    Betpoints: 100

    khris davis hits .247 for 4th straight year unreal
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 10-01-18 06:03 PM #2942
    yisman
    yisman's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 09-01-08
    Posts: 75,682
    Betpoints: 246162

    pretty troubling for Chicago that they couldn't get on base against Chacin

    meanwhile, Addison Russell's future is in doubt

    MLB punishing him for domestic abuse
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 10-01-18 06:12 PM #2943
    JMobile
    CM Punk -1000.5 (100X)
    JMobile's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 08-21-10
    Posts: 19,064
    Betpoints: 26848

    So does this mean the Wild Card winner will face the Brewers?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 10-01-18 06:23 PM #2944
    Cross
    Cross's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 04-15-11
    Posts: 5,777
    Betpoints: 9281

    Gross offense by the Cubs, should be able to beat Rockies with Lester/Hamels though.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 10-01-18 11:01 PM #2945
    EmpireMaker
    EmpireMaker's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 06-18-09
    Posts: 15,430
    Betpoints: 561

    With Yoenis Cespedes set to miss some portion of next season as he recovers from two heel surgeries, Mets COO Jeff Wilpon admitted on Sunday that the team will have to plan as if he won’t play in 2019 (via Tim Healey of Newsday). “You probably do have to plan that way, given the fact that it’s uncertain,” Wilpon said of Cespedes, who will enter the penultimate season of a four-year, $110MM contract in 2019. Fortunately for the Mets, it appears they have at least two starting-caliber corner outfielders on hand in 2018 breakout star Brandon Nimmo and Michael Conforto, and their presences should make Cespedes’ absence less noticeable for however much time he misses next year.
    Here’s more from New York and one other East Coast city:

    • The re-signing of Cespedes in 2016 has been the Mets’ biggest free-agent splash in recent years, but Wilpon suggested that hasn’t been because of an unwillingness to spend on the team’s part; rather, it was outgoing general manager Sandy Alderson recommendation that the club avoid high-priced free agents, Mike Puma of the New York Post reports. Mets fans don’t seem to buy it, though, as the responses to Puma’s tweet indicate.
    • Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez has come under fire for his difficulty with blocking pitches – he was the majors’ third-worst catcher in that department during the regular season, according to Baseball Prospectus – but general manager Brian Cashman isn’t overly concerned about that aspect of his game. “Believe it or not, that falls down (the list) compared to the other things he brings to the table, including his bat,” Cashman told NJ.com’s Brendan Kuty, who goes into detail about Sanchez’s subpar regular season. After establishing himself as an elite offensive catcher from 2016-17, his first two seasons, Sanchez fell flat during an injury-shortened year with a .186/.291/.406 line in 374 plate appearances. The 25-year-old continued to provide considerable power, though, evidenced by his 18 home runs and .220 slugging mark, and may have deserved better production in general. Not only did Sanchez post a .220 batting average on balls in play, down from .308 over the previous two years, but he logged a .357 expected weighted on-base average – up 53 points from his .304 wOBA (per Statcast). And for all the handwringing over his defense, Sanchez actually earned a positive overall mark from BP.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 10-01-18 11:17 PM #2946
    hotcross
    hotcross's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 08-04-17
    Posts: 7,934
    Betpoints: 7208

    Quote Originally Posted by hotcross View Post
    NL seems ripe for at least one tiebreaker game after 162
    2x tiebreakers, so Dodgers win NL West and the Brewers take the Central

    Next = Rockies at Cubs for the Wildcard game. Tough travel for the Rockies leaving Los Angeles in the evening. Cubs only have a short drive back from Milwaukee.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 10-01-18 11:30 PM #2947
    cincinnatikid513
    contra spem spero
    cincinnatikid513's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 11-23-17
    Posts: 45,361
    Betpoints: 100

    so they couldn't of scheduled the american league wild card game 1st on tuesday to give the nl teams a day of rest cmon man
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 10-01-18 11:53 PM #2948
    JaimeMiro
    JaimeMiro's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 03-14-17
    Posts: 2,515
    Betpoints: 13

    It's about to get interesting; which teams goes all the way? I have the Astros, but no longer confident they'll win it all...
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 10-02-18 12:00 AM #2949
    JaimeMiro
    JaimeMiro's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 03-14-17
    Posts: 2,515
    Betpoints: 13

    Fivethirtyeight.com is projecting the Astros to win it all: 22%, Boston and Dodgers at 20%... Interesting read
    https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com...b-predictions/
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 10-02-18 01:21 AM #2950
    BarkingToad
    BarkingToad's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 08-31-08
    Posts: 5,853
    Betpoints: 19223

    Did any team ever finish over 60 GB like the Orioles?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 10-02-18 06:51 AM #2951
    Otters27
    Otters27's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 07-14-07
    Posts: 30,688
    Betpoints: 434

    Would love to face Rockies or Cubs after they have already played 2 games
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. 10-02-18 08:04 AM #2952
    batt33
    batt33's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 12-23-16
    Posts: 4,962
    Betpoints: 10173

    Quote Originally Posted by hotcross View Post
    2x tiebreakers, so Dodgers win NL West and the Brewers take the Central

    Next = Rockies at Cubs for the Wildcard game. Tough travel for the Rockies leaving Los Angeles in the evening. Cubs only have a short drive back from Milwaukee.
    That's Fricking Crazy....
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. 10-02-18 10:53 AM #2953
    koz-man
    Medula Oblongata
    koz-man's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 11-21-08
    Posts: 7,104
    Betpoints: 11971

    The Dodgers beat the Rockies, 5-2, and have won their sixth consecutive NL West title. They will now host the Braves on Thursday for the start of the NLDS, while the Rockies face Jon Lester at Wrigley Field in Tuesday's wild-card game. The Dodgers are only the sixth team to go from 10 games below .500 to a division title in the same season.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  14. 10-02-18 02:04 PM #2954
    ApricotSinner32
    ApricotSinner32's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 11-28-10
    Posts: 10,648
    Betpoints: 26

    Good luck tonight everyone!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  15. 10-02-18 02:04 PM #2955
    El Nino
    October 2014 POTM
    El Nino's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 05-03-12
    Posts: 18,426
    Betpoints: 1868

    Cubs bullpen will blow it again.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  16. 10-02-18 04:08 PM #2956
    Chi_archie
    GASPING FOR AIR
    Chi_archie's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 07-22-08
    Posts: 63,130
    Betpoints: 2392

    Quote Originally Posted by cincinnatikid513 View Post
    khris davis hits .247 for 4th straight year unreal

    that is an awesome achievement!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  17. 10-02-18 04:47 PM #2957
    JMobile
    CM Punk -1000.5 (100X)
    JMobile's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 08-21-10
    Posts: 19,064
    Betpoints: 26848

    I wonder how Yu Darvish is feeling right now.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  18. 10-02-18 05:58 PM #2958
    yisman
    yisman's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 09-01-08
    Posts: 75,682
    Betpoints: 246162

    Yu just wants to cash the checks from an organization dumb enough to give him a long term deal.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  19. 10-02-18 10:49 PM #2959
    BigSpoon
    Henlo
    BigSpoon's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 11-04-10
    Posts: 4,113
    Betpoints: 65573

    Quote Originally Posted by Chi_archie View Post
    that is an awesome achievement!
    Increased his HR total in each of the 4 seasons too I think.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  20. 10-02-18 11:05 PM #2960
    hotcross
    hotcross's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 08-04-17
    Posts: 7,934
    Betpoints: 7208

    Quote Originally Posted by hotcross View Post
    2x tiebreakers, so Dodgers win NL West and the Brewers take the Central

    Next = Rockies at Cubs for the Wildcard game. Tough travel for the Rockies leaving Los Angeles in the evening. Cubs only have a short drive back from Milwaukee.
    Actually my bad....Monday's game was in Chicago....there were more Brewers fans in attendance than normal. Kinda a reversal of how more Cubs fans usually at the Brewers home park whenever they play in Milwaukee.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  21. 10-02-18 11:10 PM #2961
    batt33
    batt33's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 12-23-16
    Posts: 4,962
    Betpoints: 10173

    well now we have extra innings......
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  22. 10-02-18 11:39 PM #2962
    EmpireMaker
    EmpireMaker's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 06-18-09
    Posts: 15,430
    Betpoints: 561

    The Cubs have acquired outfielder Terrance Gore from the Royals, per an announcement from the Kansas City organization. Cash considerations will head back in return.
    Gore, 27, will presumably reprise his role as a late-season/postseason threat on the bases. No doubt he’ll begin his tenure with the Chicago organization in the upper minors, where he has typically resided until rosters expand in September.
    Since first cracking the majors in 2014, the light-hitting Gore has taken only 14 plate appearances at the game’s highest level. But he has appeared in 49 total games and racked up 21 steals.
    Of course, utilizing a specialist in that manner only requires the commitment of a 40-man spot once rosters have expanded. For the time being, the Cubs won’t even need to tie up a slot on Gore, who had re-joined the Royals on a minors deal over the winter after being cut loose last fall.
    Whether or not Gore could also feature on the Cubs’ presumptive postseason roster remains to be seen. The Royals carried him throughout the 2014 and 2015 postseasons, up to but not including the club’s successful return to the World Series in the second of those two memorable campaigns. Despite being in uniform for quite a few contests, Gore has only appeared in eight total playoff games, stealing four bags but never striding to the plate.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  23. 10-03-18 12:12 AM #2963
    ApricotSinner32
    ApricotSinner32's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 11-28-10
    Posts: 10,648
    Betpoints: 26

    Man is the a's the play tommorow?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  24. 10-03-18 12:46 AM #2964
    BarkingToad
    BarkingToad's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 08-31-08
    Posts: 5,853
    Betpoints: 19223

    Cubs season ended with a thud in final 2 home games.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  25. 10-03-18 01:43 AM #2965
    cincinnatikid513
    contra spem spero
    cincinnatikid513's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 11-23-17
    Posts: 45,361
    Betpoints: 100

    less is more
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  26. 10-03-18 07:08 AM #2966
    Otters27
    Otters27's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 07-14-07
    Posts: 30,688
    Betpoints: 434

    Want to take Yankees today but every once in a while severino lays an egg
    Points Awarded:

    cincinnatikid513 gave Otters27 96 SBR Point(s) for this post.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  27. 10-03-18 10:27 AM #2967
    JaimeMiro
    JaimeMiro's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 03-14-17
    Posts: 2,515
    Betpoints: 13

    Quote Originally Posted by Otters27 View Post
    Want to take Yankees today but every once in a while severino lays an egg
    Hoping they get it done
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  28. 10-03-18 10:55 AM #2968
    BigSpoon
    Henlo
    BigSpoon's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 11-04-10
    Posts: 4,113
    Betpoints: 65573

    Quote Originally Posted by BarkingToad View Post
    Cubs season ended with a thud in final 2 home games.
    Lots of beer and champagne showers in visiting clubhouse the past two nights.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  29. 10-03-18 11:36 AM #2969
    yisman
    yisman's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 09-01-08
    Posts: 75,682
    Betpoints: 246162

    Buck Showalter will not return in 2019.


    Cubs scored 2 runs in 22 innings at home against the Brewers and Rockies.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  30. 10-03-18 12:39 PM #2970
    mr. leisure
    mr. leisure's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 01-29-08
    Posts: 17,505
    Betpoints: 33146

    Cubs with a pathetic showing at home the last two games .
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  31. 10-03-18 01:38 PM #2971
    El Nino
    October 2014 POTM
    El Nino's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 05-03-12
    Posts: 18,426
    Betpoints: 1868

    Quote Originally Posted by yisman View Post
    Buck Showalter will not return in 2019.


    Cubs scored 2 runs in 22 innings at home against the Brewers and Rockies.
    Team is a fraud. Pretender dynasty. Have been saying that all year.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  32. 10-03-18 03:39 PM #2972
    koz-man
    Medula Oblongata
    koz-man's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 11-21-08
    Posts: 7,104
    Betpoints: 11971

    MLB announces that Chicago Cubs infielder Addison Russell has accepted a 40-game suspension without pay for violating Major League Baseball's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. The unpaid suspension of Russell is retroactive to September 21st. Russell has agreed not to appeal the discipline.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  33. 10-03-18 06:33 PM #2973
    JMobile
    CM Punk -1000.5 (100X)
    JMobile's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 08-21-10
    Posts: 19,064
    Betpoints: 26848

    Quote Originally Posted by koz-man View Post
    MLB announces that Chicago Cubs infielder Addison Russell has accepted a 40-game suspension without pay for violating Major League Baseball's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. The unpaid suspension of Russell is retroactive to September 21st. Russell has agreed not to appeal the discipline.
    Slap in the hand...
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  34. 10-03-18 10:19 PM #2974
    Cross
    Cross's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 04-15-11
    Posts: 5,777
    Betpoints: 9281

    Cubs have too much talent to go away. They will keep contending year after year.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  35. 10-03-18 11:09 PM #2975
    batt33
    batt33's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 12-23-16
    Posts: 4,962
    Betpoints: 10173

    Was hoping for a little closer game tonight......
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
First ... 82838485868788 ... Last
Top
« Previous Thread | Fantasy Sports Betting & Contests | Next Thread »