2025 Postseason Thread

[Aggies7]

It’s early. But. Pretty confident in saying, the varland trade was not good.

[mrtwinsfan]

3 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

It’s early. But. Pretty confident in saying, the varland trade was not good.

of all that happened on D-day the Varland trade still pisses me off more than any of the others,   Young - good arm  -contract was good ,   made zero sense ,   but Happy now foe Varland !!!

[h2oface]

Best thing that can happen to a Twins player is to get traded. At least then you might get to be in the playoffs AND WIN SOME GAMES, and even get a ring, as many traded have. Bader and Duran are really smiling, and look to have a great chance to play in the Series. 

[Mike Sixel]

27 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

It’s early. But. Pretty confident in saying, the varland trade was not good.

Outside the FO, did anyone like this trade?

[mnfireman]

A worthwhile collapse by the Yankees 'pen.... 

[Aggies7]

42 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Outside the FO, did anyone like this trade?

This one, I can’t think of anyone who said it was good. From the start

[Vanimal46]

The early games were blowouts. Hopefully there’s a little more drama in this Phillies Dodgers game. 

[Vanimal46]

Bader with the sweet sliding catch in CF. He’s making himself known in this game 

[Vanimal46]

This is a classic Bader game. Now leaning in to get that hit by pitch

[Vanimal46]

Can Philly’s bullpen hold up tonight? I wanted more drama and got it 

[Vanimal46]

14 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Can Philly’s bullpen hold up tonight? I wanted more drama and got it 

Narrator: they will not hold up 

[Aggies7]

Good grief the HP umpire just took that 100 mph Duran right off the shoulder 

[Aggies7]

What a great day for 2025 twins relievers 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

4 hours ago, Eris said:

Unfortunately the statistics are true. Over the course of a season the team that scores the most runs wins the most games. The stat most closely related to runs scored is ISO, and ISO is not correlated with strikeouts (i.e., strikeouts really don’t matter). The challenge comes when applying statistics that are true on a large sample size to a much smaller sample size. For the first round on the playoffs. Every team that advanced scored the most runs—except the Guardians.  The Guardians lost the series to the Tigers primarily because of very poor defense especially in the first game. 

You may be right. I don’t know. I am skeptical and I like to look at very specific situations.

For example, stolen bases. 

The view from 30,000 feet is that you need a SB rate to be like 75-80% successful to be worth doing. But not all caught stealings are the same. There are the CS that run you out of innings, and there are the CS that come with 2 out and 2 strikes. 

Sac bunts are considered awful, until you need one in the late innings and the situation calls for it. 

Wallner may have a good ISO but how many of his dingers were useless late inning solo shots when the game was not on the balance? 

[The Great Hambino]

Is Julio Rodriguez bringing raising the roof back?

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

My gut feeling for how this postseason would turn out is approaching zero, lol. Good thing I am not a degenerate gambler 

(gambling problems? Call 1-800……)

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

I would guess the Yankees come back and win that series. Toronto only has Bieber left as a pitcher and then will have to go back to Gausman for game 4.. Toronto has Scherzer but he has become a batting practice pitcher at this point. 

[Vanimal46]

3 minutes ago, The Great Hambino said:

Is Julio Rodriguez bringing raising the roof back?

He scored the first run for the Mariners in a home playoff game since October 18, 2001

[Vanimal46]

2 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

I would guess the Yankees come back and win that series. Toronto only has Bieber left as a pitcher and then will have to go back to Gausman for game 4.. Toronto has Scherzer but he has become a batting practice pitcher at this point. 

Yankees Mariners ALCS and Dodgers Cubs NLCS is my prediction

[The Great Hambino]

2 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

He scored the first run for the Mariners in a home playoff game since October 18, 2001

Wow, that is a rough stat

[Permanent Twins Fan]

11 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

He scored the first run for the Mariners in a home playoff game since October 18, 2001

Yeah, but they only had one game, not counting this one since then, a 1-0 loss to the Astros in 2022

[Permanent Twins Fan]

11 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Yankees Mariners ALCS and Dodgers Cubs NLCS is my prediction

I don't know, the Brewers are a really hard team to take 3 of 4 from especially with their depth all the way through their roster

[Vanimal46]

5 minutes ago, Permanent Twins Fan said:

Yeah, but they only had one game, not counting this one since then, a 1-0 loss to the Astros in 2022

The stat goes to show how long they were in MLB purgatory for. 24 years in between something home fans had something to cheer for in a playoff game... 

[Vanimal46]

3 minutes ago, Permanent Twins Fan said:

I don't know, the Brewers are a really hard team to take 3 of 4 from especially with their depth all the way through their roster

They're the 1 seed for a reason... but I like the Cubbies in that series. 

[Aggies7]

6 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

The stat goes to show how long they were in MLB purgatory for. 24 years in between something home fans had something to cheer for in a playoff game... 

I’ve wondered if that sort of irrelevance would be preferable to what the twins did in that span.  

[Vanimal46]

6 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

I’ve wondered if that sort of irrelevance would be preferable to what the twins did in that span.  

I can only speak for myself but I'd most likely not be a Twins fan today if they missed the playoffs from 2002-2021 like the Mariners. I doubt I'd be much of a baseball fan in general. I was 11 years old in 2001. The Twins early 2000s success was a key factor into me diving into the Twins. My earliest baseball fandom was reading the box scores every morning to track the McGwire/Sosa HR race in 1998

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

The burning question is whether Detroit’s manager will bring in the guy who only throws change ups in a tight game. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

17 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

The burning question is whether Detroit’s manager will bring in the guy who only throws change ups in a tight game. 

Update: he just pitched the 7th, and threw 7 straight changeups to retire the first two hitters. Then threw change, change, and fastball to strike out the last guy. 
I dunno, man….

[Aggies7]

That catch was incredible by Munoz 

[Permanent Twins Fan]

I don't like having no automatic runner in the playoffs. I don't like the rule, but I think that consistency is important