MLB Standings, Wild Card and Postseason Talk!

Published: Sep 04, 2024 Duration: 00:22:44 Category: Sports

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what is going on everyone welcome to the SB baseball podcast where gosh darn it we try hard as always I'm Allan I'm Rd how you doing pal you know what it's it's been a minute we've just been kind of you know whatever but you know bu post postseason baseball's here almost here we're getting close um getting down to the final push although all but two teams are still in it technically um but we're going to take a look at the standings see who's who's looking like they're going to get in the playoffs who's not how those defending World Series champs doing over there buddy I know we might make you cry today I don't know we'll see what happens but uh let's let's get into it where where we start where you want to start you want to start at the top yeah we're gonna go t2b we'll start in the East uh the Baltimore Orioles now have a game well a half game up on the Yankees but um so Orioles are 81- 59 they're the lead in the east Yankees half game back they just lost the Rangers walkoff by Wyatt Langford surpris he didn't make the recap but the recap I guess hasn't been around a while but uh socks are 10 and a half games back in third place what it suck to be like five you're you're 70 and 69 and you're 10 and a half games back in your division like it's crazy it's so strong um Tempe Rays 68 and 70 they're 12 games back Toronto Blue Jays 67 and 74 14 and a half games back yeah I mean in there I mean it's it's the top two teams right it's Baltimore it's the Yankees everyone else is playing like differential wise it's zero or negative there uh the cool thing is you know with the Orioles being at 81 and the um and the Yankees are at 80 they are the leaders of the um the AL with the exception of the Guardians the Guardians are right there with them speaking of which if you want to go through the central yeah so you got the Guardians at 80 and 59 they're four and a half up on the twins who are 75 and 63 The Royals are 75 and 65 they're five and a half back my tigers are 70 and 69 they're 10 games back and then the white socks oh buddy um 31 and 109 49 and a half back they've won four gamees since the All-Star break they're on their third 10 game plus losing streak of the Season they're negative 310 12 game losing streak going to definitely say the 12- game losing streak and if you've been uh paying attention to us or anybody else you have been betting on the white socks to lose I me it's uh it's been crazy and then especially they've been going up against the Orioles lately so it's kind of easy money just you gotta cash in right you don't always get a chance at uh at complete losers like this I mean yeah no and I mean you look at a division if if it wasn't for the white socks m arguably the best division in baseball as far as all your teams have winning records minus the White Soxs but their record is so bad yeah it kind of it definely all good everybody else is doing right well you know you have to understand your bunk mates the say the twins Royals even the Guardians all of them right Royals and tigers they all took advantage of them being a terrible team but you're right like they are you you take them off one team out and then yeah they're all above 500 which is a really good division um it's good it's fun to watch these teams especially the Royals I think this year um haven't caught as many guarding games that I like but I seem to always tune in around when the twins or Royals are playing I've caught a couple of tiger games as well but uh all in all good division solid division um and especially with the gardens right The Gardens have been good we've been talking about them pretty much all season every time we talk about rankings and standings I think the Guardians have been in the top five of the AL discussion yeah and with the Tigers you got TQ scoel who's probably going to win the triple crown for pitching more than likely your he's probably going to be your Sai Young winner um as well dude's just been it it's been he's been insane this year just he's been fun to watch uh take us through your West well um you got the Houston Astros back in the lead I told everybody I go listen you know they're gonna they're gonna start getting hot and they did is is inevitable right so they're six and a half games up on the Mariners who have continued to slip and have a massive problem Rangers are now in third or been in third I guess 67 or 66 and 73 N9 and a half games back then you got the Oakland Athletics 14 and a half back you know with a Mir 439 win percentage Angels 18 games back on them on the the Astros 57 and 81 this division let's just be honest has falling apart um they they were never really that great you've always had two kind of really decent teams with the Astros Rangers turned it on uh well last year struggled a little bit this year but the Mariners I kind of expected a little bit more from them right they've they've kind of they're on a four- game losing streak they're having some problems I do look at the Run scored versus runs allowed differential they are in the plus side but only plus 22 Astros are plus 87 Rangers are negative 61 but you know it's shouldn't be as tough as what it is and these teams are better than their record shows I would say with the exception of Athletics even though the Athletics have some really good hitters on their team they do but uh but yeah the Rangers are still we're going to look at some uh we'll look at the wild card here in a second flipping over the national league what do you got uh National League East you got the Phillies leading the way to that Division I mean they've been the the the class of of the NL all year pretty much uh 83 and 56 they're seven and a half up on the Braves who have kind of stuck with it despite all the injuries and problems that they've had this year the Braves have kind of just kind of stayed Pat they're 75 and 63 behind them you've got the Mets who have come on as of late right more of like a second half of the Season type team 75 and 6 4 they're eight back the Nationals are 62 and 76 20 and a half back and the Marlins eliminated 51 and 87 31 and a halfback I knew there was a third team yeah there you go did we mention the uh that just happened oh okay that happened today okay yeah well the last couple days okay okay yeah I I've been on the Phillies bandwagon if you want to call it all season I've been really like they've been a dominant team and they were actually like the number one team in baseball and as you can see they got 83 wins which tops anybody in the uh the Al and they're actually second fiddle to a team we're going to get to in the west and you there's no surprise there but uh yeah you know Marlins are eliminated we're not shocked there anybody in this division other than the Phillies gonna make a run you think the Braves will somehow sneak in the Braves and the Mets are are fighting for it um they're they're right there in the Wild Card race uh I expect one of the two of them to to get into that wild card the crazy thing is like with the Phillies then they start off so hot and Ranger Suarez started off so hot and then he's just disappeared cool off like just he's just kind of there now uh he's not as dominant as he was the beginning of the year but they they still I mean that that Philly's lineup top to bottom is just they're stacked I like that the Mets have won six in a row I do want to see the Mets kind of get in just to cause a little chaos yeah the they've been sneaky good um and they've played great like I said the second half of the year they they've played really good um fought back they were down they weren't that great but they they've snuck in there they've hung around um it's Grim man are back and forth right so we'll see but one of those two will sneak in for sure yeah I mean right now Braves have a 74.9% chance of making the playoffs the Mets you know 38.7 a little bit lower but you know if they if they catch they leap for out the Braves Leap Frog the Braves here um it's going to be fun stuff moving on to the central you got the Brewers still hanging on they're 81 to 58 10 games up no one's even threatening them right now you know the Cubs are 10 games back they're plus 500 they're they're you know over 500 the Cardinals are 11 games back they're 70 and 69 and then you get the Reds 66 and 73 15 games back and the Pirates and the seller which is it really the seller they're a half game back on the Reds they're 65 and 73 this division has been up and down all season but one thing's been consistent the Brewers put up a ton of runs and they don't give up a lot they are plus 136 On The Run scored versus runs allowed um they're dominant on the road they're dominant at home I mean they're currently on a one game loser Street they lost uh last night but they're six and four in their last 10 they got a 99.8% chance of making the playoffs everyone else has 1% or lower yeah and the Reds and the Pirates were two teams that the beginning of the year I had high hopes for the Reds uh one of the most electric players in the league Ellie De La Cruz uh they just they just didn't have it this year and the pirates that pitching staff is great but they've kind of fallen off the second half of the Season Paul skines is the the kid's unbelievable um if they can just get some bats work in there in Pittsburgh you've got a team that that you definitely got to worry about so we'll see what they do this offseason to to improve that but yeah yeah with the Cardinals and the the the Pirates are both sub uh you know the 40 negative 43 on the runs scored versus runs allowed and and the Cardinals are negative 55 it it's you gotta you got to get the runs in right I mean they're not giving up a ton of runs they need to score runs there's some close games that they could have eak out and then they've taken on the chin a couple times as well yep yep uh that takes us to the West you've got the Dodgers at 84 and 55 they're five and a half up on the Padre's who are 79 and 61 the Diamond Backs are 7 8 and 61 they're six back the Giants are 68 and 71 16 back and the Colorado Rockies 51 and 88 33 games back uh the Padres have been one of the hottest teams in the league since the All-Star break they've been playing lights out since since the All-Star break and it's just if it wasn't for the fact that the Dodgers had such a huge lead your padr would be at the top they've played better than the Dodgers the second half of the Season uh they're a team you do not want to face in the playoffs you do not want to see them in the playoffs because it's it's probably not going to work out for you and they'll most likely make it you know the Dodgers they got a Almost 100% chance of going it's 99.9 and then the Padres are right there at 95.8 even the Diamondbacks have an 88.1% chance of making it and you're I mean let's let's be honest yeah the Padres are lightning hot the Dodgers I've said it all season they've bought and paid for this the division you know they're they're essentially hoping that they win the the NL I mean I'd like to see them in the Phillies in the final to be honest with you because I think that'd be a brawl that'd be so awesome you gotta go west coast you gotta go east coast oh buddy sign me up for that kind of chaos oh give me a little wiggle down there you know what I'm saying oh yeah for sure I mean that's that that's what you that's who you want to see in the finals there in the in the NL so you know we it is about that time of the year where we have to start looking at the Wild Card obviously because there's been a couple teams eliminated including the the Rockies uh so you got the Rockies the Miami Marlin and um the white socks now we have I think what 20 23 24 five days left there yeah yeah games it's Bonkers it's tough for you know some teams got it better than others and then there's a chance for some but yeah I mean go and take a look at the American League uh you got the Yankees at the top of there they're five and a half up and the twins they're one up and then the Royals are there uh four and a half back you've got the Tigers and the Red Sox the Mariners are five and a half back the rays are six back and I think that's kind of where you end it right um I I think at eight and a half back the Blue Jays and the Rangers you're out of it there's just two there's just there's not enough baseball left right I think so I think so I actually just covered this and I was looking at the the the teams they have to play and they just beat the the Yankees they got to go against the Mariners they got to go against the Blue Jays they get to play the Athletics they get to play the angels you know now they have to play the Diamondbacks for two games but everything else I mean you talk about winning the series maybe three out of four games two out of three you need sweeps more than anything and there's a chance we're holding on to Hope over here in Dallas here here's the problem you're playing a lot of the teams that are out of it you're not playing the teams that are ahead of you right and and that's what you gotta play you you and you're asking for teams that are for all intents and purposes better than you to lose I mean we're we're 85% of the way through the 90% through the season their records are better than you they're better than you you are what you are at this point right it just is what it is you know if you played more of those teams ahead of you okay now now we've got a chance right but like like you're saying you're you're playing something you're playing the Blue Jays who are you know they you're tied with them well that doesn't do you anything right you get the dubs but it's not going to it's not going to help you climb right yeah so we need we need uh the twins to lose some the Royals to lose some um but yeah I mean it's possible but yeah know they've taken such a massive hit on pitching and you know they're not even activating guys other guys getting s down they get put on the iil they're getting shut down for the season so yeah it's getting a bit bit dicey but fingers crossed my man right it was fun while it lasted you know you guys went on an un believable run last year uh you came out this year and you're were like yeah man we're that team and then all of a sudden you're like you know what I think I'm I think it's that SpongeBob me I think I'm gonna head out now right just kind of you turn the TV off and you you're leaving the recliner and just gonna go lay down in bed you're tired I'm tired boss I'm tired it has been a long long season let me let me check a look I think there's something different here that I've been looking at all season okay so that was the American League so right now as it sits you have the Orioles in the East Cleveland in the Central and Houston in the west your wild card right now as it sits Yankees Twins and Royals so there you go and then you're talking socks are four and a half games back Tigers four and a half games back Mariners five and a half I mean do you see any of those teams making a run to kind of bump off I mean maybe the Royals could fall or slip but I think the Yankees are just gonna they're there the Yankees are there right the Yankees are there it's it's the Twins and it's the Royals that that you got to look at and the twins have shown this year they're either the best team in baseball or they're the worst team in baseball right they talk about a team that goes on runs they just lucky that when they win they win more but they've been known to drop off a seven a game losing streak just like that right um so I think those are the two team the Yankees now the Yankees are in um the Yankees might still win their division they're only half a game back right so it's either going to be the Yankees of the orios right there at the top of the wild card and then from there we'll see you know you're really looking at the Tigers and the Red Sox at four and a half back the Mariners they just they haven't been playing great baseball the second half of the season I just don't I just don't see it there um to to me it could be the tigers or it could be the Red Sox it could sneak in there and if you're looking at this uh if you're looking at the screen with us you know thank you for being in the YouTube channel soe we go live uh we're trying to do back to back on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. but the audio can be found wherever you listen to podcast but if you notice here you know right now the Red Sox are on a four- game losing streak the Mariners are on a four- game losing streak the Royals that are in it right now they're on a seven game losing streak so this this last spot is absolutely I would say the last two spots are up you know for whoever wants it right but yeah I I I think it's good that the Yankees and the orals are going to be in it because they're going to be fun team to watch in October both of those teams it's so it's fun might hate them but it's good baseball but but but also if you look you take it a step further you just look at the last 10 the tigers are are the only one a winning winning record over the last 10 of those top team seven3 you know you got the Yankees the twins at four and six The Royals are three and seven the Red Sox are three and seven Mariners four- six you know the Blue Jays four- six they just keep going down you the Rangers and the A's have a winning record at six and four Angels three and seven and the White Sox 0 and 10 oh buddy yeah the the problem that you see here is you know with the the Red Sox or with the Tigers let's say that you know Monday they they're going against the Padres right now which is arguably the hottest team in baseball right but they do get a break so they well they have to play the the Padres tonight and tomorrow they get you know late games and then they get to play the Athletics but they're in they have to go to Oakland it is what it is but then they get to play the Rockies you're talking two teams at six games from teams that aren't even in the playoffs but then you got to run into the Orioles you get to play the Royals so then you go you get you get the chance to to to beat up a you know knock them out contention team that's only four and a half up on you right at this point right now they're four and a half up on you that can change and that that could right there could be the difference of who makes the playoffs and who doesn't make the playoffs yeah so then when you you got to play the Orioles like I mentioned uh three games in September and then you get to you play the Tamp Bay race for three games and then who do you finish the season against the Chicago White Socks for three games there we go so it's you know when you see schedules like this you're like oh buddy here we go and you start licking your chops because you of course you you know you want your team in the the playoffs or whatnot but it's like you know because anybody can if you don't think anybody can win it this is the wrong sport I mean they put five games in the divisional series seven games in the championship in the World Series just to kind of balance out and look the best team's GNA win some teams get hot so that's why that's why postseason baseball October baseball is amazing so much fun nobody would have predicted the Rangers and the Diamondbacks in the World Series last year nobody did y nobody did those were two teams that came out of nowhere and next thing you know that's your World Series so you just got to make it you just got to make it in little scratch and Claw and boom there you are can't win it if you ain't in it all right flipping over to National League you're taking a look at you got the Padres at the top of this plus three games Diamondbacks plus two and a half games the Braves right there at the breaking point um Met's only a half game back you got Chicago Cubs four and a half games back St Louis are five and a half Giants seven and a half Red's nine and a half Pirates 10 Nationals 13 and then everybody else has been eliminated so it's just a matter of time for the Nationals and Pirates get bounced um I mean if you take a look at these streaks or whatever the Mets we already talked about this they're hot they've won SI they won their last six right they're on a six game win winning streak and then we were talking about the last 10 as well if you notice the last 10 in most of these are a little bit higher right Padre's are six and four dond backs are five and five Braves six and four Mets eight- two Cubs seven and three so these top teams are definitely pounding away on the Lesser and they are trying to get their their butts into the postseason it's nut cutting time and they're cutting away is what they're doing um I think it with this over here I think you kind of cap it at at the Cardinals I think the the Giants and down it's been a fun season but you're you're you're not getting back in there I mean even the Cardinals is a tough is a tough sell at five and a half back um but that that's kind of where where you got it um like I said you're going to get the brav or you're going to get the Mets in there one of those two teams is going to be in there uh the Diamondbacks have been playing great the second half of the Season as well uh that was a team that the first half of the Season you're like uh they were in the same boat as the Rangers right you're like hey you had a great run last year it's been fun but they said hold on we want to play a little bit longer let let's give this a let's give this a go right right buddy yeah so I hear an echo now it's probably on my end um so here's the NL as it sits um you got the obviously the Dodgers in the west Phillies in the East Brewers in the central Wild Car sits at Padres Diamondbacks and Braves as I just mentioned I think for me I think the Padre's get in Diamondbacks should go and I think it's the Braves are met it's going to flip-flop one of those two teams one of those two teams getting in and I think it's kind of curtains for the Cubs and Cardinals and you know what I mean it's the Cubs got in' be fun it would be fun to see it's always fun when the Cubs are in it right they're the they're The Lovable losers right they've always been that um and you just always like to see them in there because odds are if the Cubs are in the playoffs something crazy is GNA happen right get Bart get an A Bartman incident or they're winning the whole thing right um they've got a decent pitching staff you know they can get in there and they can they can make some noise once you get into the playoffs it's all about pitching um it's about the top of your rotation and get some hitting in there too bats can't go quiet you gota you know if they get hot the pitching gets good get get hot Unstoppable Unstoppable I can't wait I mean I you know I was I'm kind of like just kind of riding out the rest of the season but I know I'm going to be glued to the TV as soon as postseason happens and it's you get a lot of Day games too that's the cool thing too you you you do get some day games in the Wild Card rounds where you know it's a 105 pitch like let's do it let me fire it on up you boss walks by what are you doing watching baseball what are you doing like it's October D baseball it's time deal with it have fun there you go Take Me Out to the Ball Game so but what do you guys think who's making it in who's who's who's going to be left out you know are we're going to have some little little changes I mean we're getting down to we're getting down to nut cutting time who's going to be in there who isn't let us know but hey guys thank you so much for watching we appreciate you we love you as always I'm Allan I'm Rd talk to you later deuces

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