Bonn1997 wrote:

Finestrg wrote:Just curious -- do you guys like the current setup where there's only 1 playoff game between the two wildcard teams to see who gets in or would you rather see a best of 3 between the two teams?

It's OK unless we lose the game!
Seriously, I don't like the fact that if we lose the game, our season is lost, while a division winner with a worse season gets to play a whole series.

Right. That's kind of how I feel as well. A best of 3 would give a little better determination on who deserves to move on. And while we're at it, I wouldn't mind a day or two off after the wildcard best of 3 series is over. Seems a little unfair to have to blow your ace in such a game (or a best of 3) and then not have him available for the first game and also multiple games (game 4 or 5) of the Division Series. That might be asking for too much though..People will say that a wildcard team is lucky even to get into the playoffs. That's true--I can see the logic in giving the division winners an advantage, they probably do deserve it, unless like you're saying, one of the division winners winds up with a worse record than one of the wildcard teams. Can't really make a case for them deserving an advantage in that scenario. Any advantage should probably go to the teams that won the most regular season games. The whole wildcard affair feels like it needs to be tweaked a little better.

Hey Bonn, try reading posts other than your own. I mentioned Drew a few days ago.

Bonn1997 wrote:Well, at least Tanaka has pitched like an ace lately. If we get the wild card, we'll have to use him up in the one game playoff though.

Bonn1997 wrote:What a performance by Tanaka against a great offense!

We need 3 more Tanakas. Our starting pitching other then him is pathetic against Toronto. What'd they score, 25 runs or so before the shutout? Even Severino looked like crap. I hate the Jays.

A-rhoid diving into home plate! The feel good DH story of the year. And who the eff is Dustin Eakley?

Yeah Bonn, Tex with a month-old broken leg (?), but Byrd looks good! Not Tex-like good, but good. How can you not see a fracture in a shin bone?

Bonn1997 wrote:

jrodmc wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Well, at least Tanaka has pitched like an ace lately. If we get the wild card, we'll have to use him up in the one game playoff though.

Bonn1997 wrote:What a performance by Tanaka against a great offense!

We need 3 more Tanakas. Our starting pitching other then him is pathetic against Toronto. What'd they score, 25 runs or so before the shutout? Even Severino looked like crap. I hate the Jays.

A-rhoid diving into home plate! The feel good DH story of the year. And who the eff is Dustin Eakley?

Yeah Bonn, Tex with a month-old broken leg (?), but Byrd looks good! Not Tex-like good, but good. How can you not see a fracture in a shin bone?

Yeah, Bird is not Teix good but he's definitely better than a typical replacement player.
Still, these young players we held onto have to develop into something special. George probably would have acquired Price and there's a decent chance that would have made the difference between an early exit and a WS appearance.

Or Price could have been the next Big Unit in NYC... you really think Price by himself is getting us to the WS? Jays are still scoring a billion runs with or without him...
Price gives us one, maybe 2 more wins in a 7 game series that we still lose. Tanaka and Price cant both pitch twice in a series... or can they?

I still like that we held on to these yoots more than the old Catfish Hunter George approach...

And how many times is Betances going to walk the bases loaded before striking out the side? This is worse to experience than when Wetteland was giving up all those home runs in the 9th inning of almost every game...

Byrd is a freakin phenom. Please, please, please don't get hurt.