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Because the MLB is dumb. While the rays screwed up going in they had 99 wins and were the 4 seed as well
Are the Atlanta Braves the best team in baseball?
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I know. Like I said they screwed up. They can't win in the playoffs. I meant if you take regular season into account they should have had a first round bye with the Os. 1 and 2 in record should get byesthey had 99 wins but the playoffs wasnt one
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It not a straight bracketed tournament - they give the higher seeds an advantage to paly the weakest team in order. I think it makes more sense - to give the higher seeds a better advantage.
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Winning your division counts. You play more in your division than any other factor - then you can assess the division winners based on overall record.
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Yes but then you get the twins. Granted they booted the jays. My issue is the current format doesn't take into account weak divisions. The twins had 13 games each vs 4 losing teams. One of those was a 100+ loss team. The white Sox almost had 100 losses too
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I was having this discussion with someone last night....my guess is they assume/hope you won't have a AZ/MIL situation that often where the 6 seed upsets the 3....normally if the 3 seed wins they would get the 2 and then the 1 seed gets the 4/5...but unfortunately that didn't happen this year....
This feels like deja vu honestly from a Braves standpoint....we own the Phillies during the year, they sneak in, and get hott when it matters....
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So now you want strength of schedule input to the seedings.
There is only so much that can be done here.
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No. I want the top record to be the 1 seed and the second yo be the 2 seed and so on. Pretty simple.
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Man, Murphy needs to see a shrink, the dude has completely checked out. Giving up steals left and right, a catcher's interference that costs a run, and OBTW hitting something like 5 for his last 55 at bats. Phillies are on a hot streak and this is no time to be slumping.
And of course Strider is pitching just fine so they take him out and luckily only give up the one run. Braves better wake up or its going to be a very short post season.
And of course Strider is pitching just fine so they take him out and luckily only give up the one run. Braves better wake up or its going to be a very short post season.
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Why did Snit change the lineup?
WTF
Phillies played loose tonight, Braves hitters took too many pitches and played tight.
Awful.
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I was originally not against the shake up and thought it was overblown (albeit I don’t get why he did it), but once you get shutout after doing it, better expect the blame.
Braves don’t play well in the playoffs as the favorite. Think of our last WS this millennium: 2021 when we didn’t belong and were underdogs
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Snit is Cox all over again. Flukes into one series win in spite of him, then chokes every postseason otherwise. Old peckerhead needs to retire.
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I thought the 3 sim games they played this week would keep the bats hot-obviously not. Murphy has been terrible also. I agree that I’d rather start out on the road- only need to win 1 of 2 and then you go home. Weird we don’t play till Monday. Hopefully Fried pitches pissed off like he did in Game 6 against the Astros.
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Only problem is Game 3 has Elder starting in Philly. He’s awful.
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