Texas at LAA

[jta4437]

considering the phenomenon known as Washington, i expect to see Harrison, Darvish, Holland & Dempster. logically your rotation makes more sense but Wash, as someone already pointed out, has said he will split the lefties

I have no problem with Harrison pitching the first game, as he's earned it as much as anyone, but based solely on who's pitching best right now, I would definitely roll out Darvish the Holland based on recent results (the last 5 starts at least)

 

[romeo212000]

considering the phenomenon known as Washington, i expect to see Harrison, Darvish, Holland & Dempster. logically your rotation makes more sense but Wash, as someone already pointed out, has said he will split the lefties

This is what I think we'll see too.

 

[Windingmywatch]

All I can say is thank goodness Dempster is pitching Game 162.

Maybe Wash with a bout of veteranitis trots Oswalt out to start 162 ... rather than Dempster and slides Dempster to Game 1.

Wouldn't that be awful?

 

[Al Falfa]

All I can say is thank goodness Dempster is pitching Game 162.

Maybe Wash with a bout of veteranitis trots Oswalt out to start 162 ... rather than Dempster and slides Dempster to Game 1.

Wouldn't that be awful?

Thinking about Dempster going up against a good playoff line up makes me nervous.

 

[romeo212000]

Thinking about Dempster going up against a good playoff line up makes me nervous.

He'll be the #3 or #4 so he shouldn't face any given team more than once. Wash has already said he'll split up the lefties too. I don't think wash will get a case of veteranitis with dempster because he's not a veteran ranger. He's just a veteran.

 

[Senator_fan]

Don't be so sure. Oakland just lost another starting pitcher and we face them 7 more times this season. Texas could very easily hand them 4-5 losses alone. LA is not out of this by any means.

Mathmatically they are not out of it but statistically they have a 9.3% chance at the wildcard as of this post based on the rest of the season's games played being simulated over 1 million times.

Unfortunately the site that calculates these numbers is shutting down for good at the end of the season.

ESPN even has gone as far as saying the Phillies are still in it. Why? Ratings, what else. Phillies chances = 2%.

Angels = Done

It's the birds, O's, Braves and Cards.

 

[romeo212000]

It's all about the ratings in the big markets. They know the phillies don't have a prayer, but they see an opportunity to make some money.

 

[Windingmywatch]

It's all about the ratings in the big markets. They know the phillies don't have a prayer, but they see an opportunity to make some money.

ESPN has to do anything it can to hold onto its NE and LA audience base or they lose zillions. Or they just switch to football.

 

[Windingmywatch]

It's the birds, O's, Braves and Cards.

O's and A's you mean ...

 

[WilltheThrill]

Mathmatically they are not out of it but statistically they have a 9.3% chance at the wildcard as of this post based on the rest of the season's games played being simulated over 1 million times.

Unfortunately the site that calculates these numbers is shutting down for good at the end of the season.

ESPN even has gone as far as saying the Phillies are still in it. Why? Ratings, what else. Phillies chances = 2%.

Angels = Done

It's the birds, O's, Braves and Cards.

Brewers are only 1 game back of the Cards. That spot could come down to the last day or two. But the Braves, O's, and A's have just about punched their playoff tickets.