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It is, but as you state those walks are brutal. Every time this guy pitches I have heart palpitations. If there is a statistic for getting yourself in and out of jams then this guy must hold the record. I've never seen a pitcher give up less runs with 2 men on in all my years of watching baseball. How many runners does he leave on base per start? per inning? Anyone know this, or more willing to do the work?
Sweeping the series clinches tiebreaker advantage. If the Sox split the next two, they'll finish the season series 9-9 and it goes to best divisional record. The Devils Rays are 8 games over .500 at the moment to the Red Sox 6 over, but Boston has six divisional games left and Tampa has seven, so it's possible that could be the difference. It's also possible that method could also produce a tie, which would then force the use of the third tiebreaker, best record in the last half of intraleague games. Assuming this means the final 72 games of the season, the Sox would win this tiebreaker, as they trailed Tampa by two/four games after 90 games.
I agree it sounds odd. But that's how it's laid out at BBRef.
And if they're still tied after that, they simply go back one game at a time in intraleague contests (non head-to-head contests) until a winner is identified.
That sounds complicated and unlikely, but I think it's actually quite plausible.
Yes. If they're passed by the Central runner-up, then it's just a playoff.
And if they're tied with the Central runner-up, see the NL East thread and subtract by one team.
And if they're tied with the Central runner-up, see the NL East thread and subtract by one team.
Now I appreciate the thoroughness of the posters here as much as the next guy, but now you're all just getting silly.
Neither of those things is going to happen. Both the Rays and BoSox are going in comfortably.
No argument.
The thing with Dice K is that this year, his hit rate is really, really low without his BABIP being absurdly unsustainable (.265 BABIP). I have no idea if his pattern of pitching is tenable in the long term, but this year at least it appears to me that he's willing to allow the walk but not the hit, and that allows him to escape numerous jams because it's pretty damn tough to drive in a run or two with a walk.
Batters are hitting .214/.327/.325 off of him this year. Fluke? Lucky? I have no idea; that HR rate is very, very low. But IMHO that's why he's 17-2 with a low ERA despite bad periphs this year. I don't know what that would portend for next season, though.
It's hard to watch as a fan, certainly, and you'd never advise a young pitcher to adapt this approach. But it is what it is.
If I had to guess now, I'd say a few less walks, a few more HR, and an ERA around 4. But frankly, neither a 3 or a 5 ERA would really surprise me.
The White Sox have injury problems and seem to have a lot of slump-prone hitters. The Twins simply aren't as good as they looked for a while and have played a lot more road games lately.
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