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Red Sox moving on

This might be the end of the 2021 Rays…

Just imagine telling me before the season that Coors would host a World Series game…

Also, UPDATE: Astros vs. White Sox has been postponed due to severe weather.

@Otto von Ballpark the problem with that is that it wasn’t a wild throw. It bounced off of Renfroe and out of play, where it became dead, and Renfroe is clearly the reason the ball became dead.

NLDS Game 3 (Series Tied 1-1) Milwaukee Brewers vs. Atlanta Braves SP: Freddy Peralta (Brewers) vs. Ian Anderson (Braves) Time: 12:07 PM Central Standard Time Venue: Truist Park, Atlanta Broadcast: TBS Odds: Braves -110, Brewers -110 ALDS Game 4 (Astros Lead 2-1) Houston Astros vs. Chicago White Sox SP: Jose Urquidy (Astros) vs. Carlos Rodon (White Sox) Time: 2:37 PM Central Standard Time Venue: Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago Broadcast: FS1 Odds: White Sox -130, Astros +110 ALDS Game 4 (Red Sox Lead 2-1) Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox SP: TBA (Rays) vs. Eduardo Rodriguez (Red Sox) Time: 6:07 PM Central Standard Time Venue: Fenway Park, Boston Broadcast: FS1 Odds: Red Sox -125, Rays +105 NLDS Game 3 (Series Tied 1-1) San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers SP: Alex Wood (Giants) vs. Max Scherzer (Dodgers) Time: 8:37 PM Central Standard Time Venue: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Broadcast: TBS Odds: Dodgers -210, Giants +175

*Barring a miraculous three-in-a-row run, the Central division winner will bow out quickly for the fifth year in a row* FTFY

We’re seeing the Rays lack of a starting rotation hurt them.

I’m sorry, the Boston-Tampa Bay game is on MLBN, not FS1.

A screen on 3rd and 16. Great playcalling.

OK WTF. Why is Hill back in?

How about that, Darrisaw is on the field. And he didn’t look half-bad on that drive. Hope he lives up to the hype

Today’s games: ALDS Game 3 (Series Tied 1-1) Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox SP: Drew Rasmussen (Rays) vs. Nathan Eovaldi (Red Sox) Time: 3:07 PM Central Standard Time Venue: Fenway Park, Boston Broadcast: MLB Network Odds: Rays +750, Red Sox +900 ALDS Game 3 (Astros lead 2-0) Houston Astros vs. Chicago White Sox SP: Luis Garcia (Astros) vs. Dylan Cease (White Sox) Time: 7:07 PM Central Standard Time Venue: Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago Broadcast: FS1 Odds: White Sox -125, Astros +105 (What the literal ****)

I think this OL could be pretty good if they could realize that Hill and Bradbury aren’t getting it done and they put in Darrisaw and Wyatt Davis.

If Hill sucks again Darrisaw needs to take over.

Morton-Burnes and Fried-Woodruff have been great matchups.

Today’s games: NLDS Game 2 (Brewers Lead 1-0) Atlanta Braves vs. Milwaukee Brewers SP: Max Fried (Braves) vs. Brandon Woodruff (Brewers) Time: 4:07 PM Central Standard Time Venue: American Family Field, Milwaukee Broadcast: TBS Odds: Brewers -130, Braves +110 NLDS Game 2 (Giants Lead 1-0) Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants SP: Julio Urias (Dodgers) vs. Kevin Gausman (Giants) Time: 8:07 PM Central Standard Time Venue: Oracle Park, San Francisco Broadcast: TBS Odds: Dodgers -115, Giants -105

And this, my friends, is why the Twins let go of Matt Wisler.

I’m sorry but I don’t agree with any of this. He was not the main reason for the early collapse of anywhere close to it. The Twins faltered early on because of two things: 1. Colome blowing saves and the rest of the pitching staff sucking 2. Simmons giving the team COVID Neither of those two things are Baldelli’s fault. The FO is the one who signed Colome and designated him as their closer. Baldelli wasn’t the one who made that decision. If you want to argue he ruined Colome, how much do you think Baldelli actually coaches his pitchers? If he did it to any significant degree, they probably wouldn’t have a designated pitching coach. If you think they ruined Colome, it’s not Baldelli’s fault. Stuck with Colome too long? He only stuck with him for 5 blown saves, y’all act like it’s 15 or 20. As for the pitching staff, I don’t think you understand the true ****tieness of the hand dealt to him. He was handed a rotation featuring JA Happ and Matt Shoemaker for 40% of the starts. Both aging #5-at-best starters at the time. The Twins didn’t “ruin” Happ and Shoemaker, they were simply bad pitchers. As for the bullpen he was dealt, you can say the same thing about Duffey at times, Rogers at times, Thielbar at times, etc. that I said about Colome. That’s on the pitching coach, not Baldelli. Also, Simmons. Not only did he post a -0.5 WAR on the season, but he also came to camp unvaccinated and he was the first one to catch COVID. That derailed the team quite a bit. Saying that he’s only good at giving interviews and nothing else is pretty unfair. Have you ever considered he played the game himself and was a very fundamentally sound player? We have seen problems with the fundamentals throughout the year, but that is attributed to a coaching staff as a whole, not just a manager. And I don’t think that Baldelli would have much to do with problems with the fundamentals, because that’s something he demonstrated he can do well.

Today’s games: ALDS Game 2 (Astros lead 1-0) Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros SP: Lucas Giolito (White Sox) vs. Framber Valdez (Astros) Time: 1:07 PM Central Standard Time Venue: Minute Maid Park, Houston Broadcast: FS1 Odds: Astros +400, White Sox +1200 NLDS Game 2 Atlanta Braves vs. Milwaukee Brewers SP: Charlie Morton (Braves) vs. Corbin Burnes (Brewers) Time: 3:37 PM Central Standard Time Venue: American Family Field, Milwaukee Broadcast: TBS Odds: Brewers -155, Braves +135 ALDS Game 2 (Rays lead 1-0) Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays SP: Chris Sale (Red Sox) vs. Shane Baz (Rays) Time: 6:02 PM Central Standard Time Venue: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg Broadcast: FS1 Odds: Rays -135, Red Sox +115 NLDS Game 1 Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants SP: Walker Buehler (Dodgers) vs. Logan Webb (Giants) Time: 8:37 PM Central Standard Time Venue: Oracle Park, San Francisco Broadcast: TBS Odds: Dodgers -120, Giants +100

Astros currently beating the **** out of the Sox.

A poll has been added to the top of this thread. Games Today: ALDS Game 1 Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros SP: Lance Lynn (White Sox) vs. Lance McCullers (Astros) Venue: Minute Maid Park, Houston Betting Odds: Astros -130, White Sox +110 ALDS Game 1 Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays SP: Eduardo Rodriguez (Red Sox) vs. Shane McClanahan (Rays) Venue: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg Betting Odds: Rays -160, Red Sox +140

Bad year for Baldelli, no doubt. But I don’t really think it’s fair to say the past two years were the aberration while 2021 is how competent Baldelli really is, for more reasons than you might think. His pitching staff management was going to look bad no matter what with what was dealt to him, that’s on Falvey and Levine. Also, losing Mike Bell seems to have had a big part in his failures this season. Most competent managers have a decent bench coach. He definitely looked bad at some points but he wasn’t even close (IMO) to the main reason his team failed this year. IMO, Colome and Simmons should get more blame than he does. Both make more $$$ than Baldelli does and they combine a nearly impossible -4.29 WPA. Rocco is on the hot seat for next year. As for this year, I give him and “Incomplete” grade.