AL Central Discussion

[Stakesarehigh]

Biggest series of the year right here. 3 against the Royals. Cleveland plays Minny. Can either make up more ground or that's probably it. Hell of a run Detroit has been on though

Detroit finishes with the White Sox thankfully lol. The next 6 games are huge.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Clase is a beast.

Guardians bullpen is dangerous.

Yeah I mean to have possibly 50+ saves by the end of the year and under 1.00 ERA is insane but he is at 0.66 ERA. Pretty crazy.

They need Cobb back and get him some work before the postseason. Offense needs get hot, start hitting better with RISP. It hasn't been good and isn't the reason they are winning games. Pitching and BP has been the main reason.

 

[bksballer89]

Clase is a beast.

Guardians bullpen is dangerous.

My fantasy team agrees

 

[bksballer89]

Let’s go tigers

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Let’s go tigers

Somewhere Mr hockey is having an aneurysm

 

[Stakesarehigh]

The Kerry Carpenter platoon is crazy. Dude has 3, yes THREE hits against lefties lol. Hinch pulls him almost every time. 2 years ago he was .650 OPS against lefties albeit limited. His minors splits must be horrendous

 

[WiggyRuss]

5 up on the Royals, 5.5 up on the Astros- 11 games left....lets hopefully get it done--- those last 3 games against the Astros could be for a first round bye...lets hopefully take care of business before then

 

[WiggyRuss]

My fantasy team agrees

the comparisons to Rivera are legit

both threw a cut fastball 90 percent of the time and just dared people to hit it- neither are extremely high strikeout guys.

Clase has a chance to be the first person ever to lead the league in saves 3 years in a row.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Definitely enjoying the ride. It has been a fun season especially when expectations weren’t high but I’m not sure how this team wins a playoff series. The hitting especially with RISP is brutal right now. Basically the only way they can score is hitting homers

 

[Shanemansj13]

Pulled that one out somehow. Maybe that gives the lineup some encouragement

 

[WiggyRuss]

Somewhere Mr hockey is having an aneurysm

Mr. Hockey is having a bad bad night. lol.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Definitely enjoying the ride. It has been a fun season especially when expectations weren’t high but I’m not sure how this team wins a playoff series. The hitting especially with RISP is brutal right now. Basically the only way they can score is hitting homers

gonna have to rely on the bullpen and somehow squeezing out a couple runs

gotta hope Kwan gets healthy, and Jose, Naylor do their thing.....the first round bye is looking pretty good- dont want to jinx it- especially wth the last 3 games against the Astros--- but they are def. in solid shape.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Somewhere Mr hockey is having an aneurysm

lol the Tigers are about to be a half game back. lol...unbelievable. Skubal in a short series is scary....honestly id much rather play the Twins then Tigers right now.

 

[WiggyRuss]

the Twins are just cratering.

Tigers did come alive in August--- they did beat hte Yanks in a series and swept the M's and then took advantage of a pretty fucking easy schedule-- and now get the O's who are playing like dog shit.

 

[Jordan23]

My goodness the Twins are a fucking joke. Only team who can be in a playoff spot comfortably and piss it away in one month.

 

[bksballer89]

Happy for you guys @broncosmitty @Stakesarehigh

 

[Shanemansj13]

I wouldn’t want to play Detroit in the playoffs. Hot team with a bonafide ace.

If the matchups are Houston vs Detroit and Baltimore vs Kansas City that would be very interesting

 

[broncosmitty]

Happy for you guys @broncosmitty @Stakesarehigh

They can’t really play any better than they’ve been playing.

 

[broncosmitty]

I wouldn’t want to play Detroit in the playoffs. Hot team with a bonafide ace.

If the matchups are Houston vs Detroit and Baltimore vs Kansas City that would be very interesting

The bullpen is what would scare me. Whole thing is performing at a high level.

Will Vest with the save tonight.

 

[bksballer89]

They can’t really play any better than they’ve been playing.

Ending the season with a struggling Baltimore team followed by a homestand vs Tampa and CWS is setup perfect for them

Should go 5-4 at least but more like 6-3 if we assume they speak the white sox