9/6 - Cards (Dakota) vs. Cubs (Jon) - 6:08p ESPN

[soccer10k]

 

i honestly don't care at all about the playoffs. first of all, we all know they aren't going to win. and even if they do, they'll have done it while going 31-29 or some horsefeathers, and it will never mean anything. the only thing they could have done this year that would have actually meant something to me would have been to buck all the stupid trends and play good baseball for 60 games. i didn't have any real hope for this until the stupid 13-3 start tricked me into thinking things were different.

The rest of the NL sucks/is average, get lucky and hope someone bounces the Dodgers early and we have a shot. They very likely lose round 1 or 2 but whatever. This is a weird season, but they still will be playing playoff baseball and that’s exciting enough for me whatever the format and regular season record.

 

Yup. Padres are legit now too, though still way worse than the Dodgers. Every other contender is in the same boat as us or worse. The Braves rotation is basically Fried and pray for rain. The Phillies' rotation is similar to ours but the bullpen is still trash even post reinforcements. The Mets have been ravaged by injuries and opt-outs. We know what's wrong with all the Central teams. No reason to pack it in, when for as historically great as the Dodgers are it's still fairly likely they get crapshooted before we would even face them

 

I am pretty pessimistic about going for it next year, but that's obviously a thing you don't worry about 'til November.

 

There’s a good chance they’ll be on the soft side of the bracket also, assuming MLB doesn’t reseed after the first round.

 

Dodgers will for sure be the 1 seed and the Padres will probably be the 4, which means they’re on the same side. If they Cubs win the division, they’ll be the 2 or the 3. If they finish second, it’s either 5 or 6. Third place and you’re either 7 or 8. So if you want to avoid LA, being seeded 2, 3, 6 or 7 gets you there.