2025 Postseason Thread

[tony&rodney]

The task was impossible almost and in the end proved to be too much: Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, and Shohei Ohtani  with Roki Sasaki closing. Those 4 starting pitchers are @$170M per year of superb talent. 

The Dodgers are really good and play excellent baseball. MLB set up this Frankenstein. We may as well enjoy their skills.

[Parfigliano]

MILW got steamrolled.  Total beat down.

[tony&rodney]

2 hours ago, Permanent Twins Fan said:

A bunch of uncompetitive at-bats for the Brewers in this game and this entire series. They seem to have already given up. There is no energy.
 

You have to give credit to the pitchers. It is similar to facing Tarik Skubal in every game. I don't think the Brewers gave in at all. The talent separation was pretty big. 

[Vanimal46]

1 hour ago, Aggies7 said:

At least there will be a clear villain in the World Series 

The way I’m viewing it… if we want real change in the next CBA, we need the Dodgers to make a mockery out of the league. They just steam rolled the NL after enduring 40 something injuries this year. We’re getting there…

[Vanimal46]

Also, this outcome is why I was rooting for the Cubs. I think they had a better chance of making the NLCS interesting. Instead we see the Brewers get dominated 

[mrtwinsfan]

I enjoy watching Ohtani -  but why cant he learn english ?  wanna play M.L.B. here  everyone should know it ,  its not that hard to learn,   ,maybe he cant afford a Teacher ?

[tony&rodney]

When you eliminate the dollars (which is impossible but try) the Dodgers have superior players. Smith, Freeman, and Betts are total superstars but the players who fill in all of the remaining slots are dedicated to winning. The organization has money but they use it well too. The Dodgers are talented but they played really well, doing all of the little things needed to win games. Oh, and that pitching is crazy unfair.

I'm not sure how MLB works out some form of sharing. The business minds in the LAD offices introduced a level of defrayed salaries unseen previously. Now how is that genie put back in the battle? I don't know what will happen in the 2026-7 offseason negotiations but the owners have never had much of a plan because most of them make a bunch of money and quite a few of them are on huge ego trips just owning a baseball team. Maybe some expanded punishments for going above certain salary limits. Perhaps additional rewards for teams that invest and win is a possibility. However, we should not expect a real salary cap or floor because the owners want their books closed. Hopefully, there is some discussion and action on real revenue sharing. The Brewers will almost certainly post a profit this year but that number will be nowhere near the profit that the Dodgers attain and LAD will have spent @$550M compared to MIL's roughly $125M. The way the revenue streams are set up and shared needs to be addressed. Look up and read this article:

Does the MLB Revenue-Sharing Model Require Adaptation?

By Jake McKibbin                                                     January 30

As a baseball fan I have to enjoy the game in front of me. That is all I can do. I hope we have a very well played World Series.

[tony&rodney]

2 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

I enjoy watching Ohtani -  but why cant he learn english ?  wanna play M.L.B. here  everyone should know it ,  its not that hard to learn,   ,maybe he cant afford a Teacher ?

Baseball is an international sport. Once upon a time only a few white people played the game. Things have changed. Few people who travel to other countries from the United States speak the language where they are visiting. Some people learn languages easily while others have a difficult time. Some use whatever words they can to communicate at a very basic level while other people are very self-conscious about sounding awkward or unintelligent. English is actually one of the more difficult of all languages to learn because it has roots in many other languages. I'm pretty sure Shohei Ohtani speaks English pretty good, about as well as most people born in the U. S., but his sophistication internally is in Japanese and he can express himself very clearly, even using humor through the use of an expert translator. That is my guess. Or perhaps you were being sarcastic or facetious. Either way, He is crazy great.

[Parfigliano]

10 hours ago, tony&rodney said:

You have to give credit to the pitchers. It is similar to facing Tarik Skubal in every game. I don't think the Brewers gave in at all. The talent separation was pretty big. 

Like Grand Canyon big between LAD pitching and MILW bats

[Permanent Twins Fan]

Wow. Ohtani is otherworldly. I think that was the best ever single game postseason performance. 6 shutout innings to go with 3 home runs! I wouldn't be surprised if he is intentially walked more times than not in the WS.

[Vanimal46]

 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Payroll is a big part of the story, but not the whole story. We look at the Dodgers, but we can also look at the Angels too. 

When I saw the score 4-0, I had missed the fourth run and had no idea it was the ball Ohtani destroyed. Looking at the Dodger stadium dimensions and where the ball landed ;(or might have landed) I say there’s no way it only traveled 469 feet.

[Vanimal46]

40 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Payroll is a big part of the story, but not the whole story. We look at the Dodgers, but we can also look at the Angels too. 

You realize there’s a $350 million difference between the Dodgers and Angels correct? Or about 3.5 Twins payrolls in between #1 and #11 in payroll rank. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

1 hour ago, Vanimal46 said:

You realize there’s a $350 million difference between the Dodgers and Angels correct? Or about 3.5 Twins payrolls in between #1 and #11 in payroll rank. 

Yes. Angels have run huge payrolls recently and it didn’t move the needle. So there’s more to it than payroll (ask the Mets). For anyone correlating high payrolls with the biggest markets. 

[Parfigliano]

Come on SEA end this tonight.

[Aggies7]

Defense failing the mariners early 

[Parfigliano]

This is about to get out of hand for SEA

[Blyleven2011]

On 10/17/2025 at 11:35 PM, tony&rodney said:

When you eliminate the dollars (which is impossible but try) the Dodgers have superior players. Smith, Freeman, and Betts are total superstars but the players who fill in all of the remaining slots are dedicated to winning. The organization has money but they use it well too. The Dodgers are talented but they played really well, doing all of the little things needed to win games. Oh, and that pitching is crazy unfair.

I'm not sure how MLB works out some form of sharing. The business minds in the LAD offices introduced a level of defrayed salaries unseen previously. Now how is that genie put back in the battle? I don't know what will happen in the 2026-7 offseason negotiations but the owners have never had much of a plan because most of them make a bunch of money and quite a few of them are on huge ego trips just owning a baseball team. Maybe some expanded punishments for going above certain salary limits. Perhaps additional rewards for teams that invest and win is a possibility. However, we should not expect a real salary cap or floor because the owners want their books closed. Hopefully, there is some discussion and action on real revenue sharing. The Brewers will almost certainly post a profit this year but that number will be nowhere near the profit that the Dodgers attain and LAD will have spent @$550M compared to MIL's roughly $125M. The way the revenue streams are set up and shared needs to be addressed. Look up and read this article:

Does the MLB Revenue-Sharing Model Require Adaptation?

By Jake McKibbin                                                     January 30

As a baseball fan I have to enjoy the game in front of me. That is all I can do. I hope we have a very well played World Series.

If owning a professional baseball team give them big egos,  why haven't we found a buyer for the Twins  ..

 

The pohlads have big ego's that's for sure , but its the money factor that make more money than the average Joe ..., 

[Parfigliano]

Watch the ball.  Don't run.  Hurt team.

[Aggies7]

It’s time to lose the ridiculous baserunning gloves too. At least make them smaller

[Blyleven2011]

2 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Watch the ball.  Don't run.  Hurt team.

Maybe the Mariners would do better with their eyes closed  ...

[Parfigliano]

Rut roh SEA

[Blyleven2011]

Toronto's 6 through 9 batters are just killing Seattle's pitchers , defense isn't helping much either ...

3 innings and it's a poorly played game for Seattle  ...

[Parfigliano]

10 minutes ago, Blyleven2011 said:

Toronto's 6 through 9 batters are just killing Seattle's pitchers , defense isn't helping much either ...

3 innings and it's a poorly played game for Seattle  ...

SEA bases loaded DPs not helping 

[Aggies7]

Toronto is the bomba squad tonight 

[Blyleven2011]

Looking like a seventh game  , advantage Toronto at this point with a hungry crowd ...

[Vanimal46]

Just learning there has been a baseball game going on tonight. Game 7 here we come

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, Vanimal46 said:

Just learning there has been a baseball game going on tonight. Game 7 here we come

Toronto wins game 7  and the dodgers gotta open up there on Friday--  Seattle wins game 7  and Dodgers stay at home , its been to easy for L.A.      But fun watching that Japanese guy !!

[Blyleven2011]

What a enthusiast crowd , 

Game 7 tomorrow night ...

Winner take all for American league  ...

[Aggies7]

Haven’t watched every pitch of this series but I feel like every time I look, someone is missing a chance to score runs