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It is because the Cards have the tiebreaker over us. Cards win out with the DH they get to 33. Cubs lose out after today and they get to 33 also. ETA: I posted something the other day from a Cards beat writer saying they would make up the game for the division because it would change home field.
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Was hoping they’d get a couple more so they wouldn’t have to use both of those guys in the first game.
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on monday you'll somehow be baffled this happened again Dude, do you just watch the Cubs in order to be miserable and negative? Following sports is supposed to be a fun hobby. Why not spend all of those hours with friends or loved ones? The 2018 Brewers broke him.
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I assume it's tiebreaker related but according to Fangraphs, the Cards have a better chance of finishing 1st and 2nd in the division than the Reds do but a worse chance of making the playoffs (87.7 for the Reds and 86.7 for the Cards). I don't think Fangraphs has the tiebreakers set up properly though. They list Cincy at 0.1 to win the division but that's not possible. Best they can do is tie the Cubs and the Cubs would win a H2H tiebreaker with them and Cincy went 4-6 against St. Louis also so they'd lose a 3-way tiebreaker as well. Plus Cincy plays the Twins so it's not like they're favored to win 2 or 3 games this weekend.
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What did he do? bases loaded and 2 outs in the 7th, protecting a 3-run lead. he bought in rodon, who just came off the IL and hadn't pitched in nearly 2 months. also he hadn't made a relief appearance since 2015. it went poorly. now they're going to blow their division if the cubs somehow win a game or 2 this weekend. That division is pretty nuts. Cleveland was dead a week ago but now they have an outside shot at the division, and a decent shot at 2nd place. Twins play the Reds while the Indians get the Pirates. Twins would have the three way tiebreaker but Cleveland would win a H2H against the Sox if they were to tie. And there's a good chance the 1st and 3rd place teams in the division play each other in the WC round also.
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What did he do?
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So this article says that the DH would be played if it’s for the division also, which makes sense because the reasoning for the Cards playing it if they could catch the Pads was for home field. So magic number is still 3 since the Cards have the tiebreaker over us. oh fun, now they're relying on the brewers and the tigers Why are we so scared of the Cards? I get that the Cubs are crap but every time the Cards win a game or two, there's this "here come the Cards" sentiment. And obviously they could win 6 or 7 straight or run off a 6-1 stretch. After all, the Cubs had a 9-1 stretch. But the Brewers are basically the same as the Cards. Milwaukee just took 3 of 5 from the Cards a week and a half ago. The Cards also already split a DH against Detroit this month and lost 2 of 3 to the Royals. They're mediocre. They'll probably split tomorrow and split the games Sat and Sun. And if the Cubs can't win a game against the WS, the Cards would still have to sweep Detroit. Their longest win streak is 4 games and their best 7 game stretch is 5-2. And at least through tomorrow, and probably Saturday, the Brewers will still have something to play for. Even if they get swept tomorrow, 29-31 could make the playoffs (I don't know if they would hold the tiebreakers over Cincy/Mia/Phi/SF). Detroit obviously wouldn't though.
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Wouldn’t the Cards have the tiebreaker on winning percentage? Cubs go 33-27 (.550) so the Cards would tie at 32-26 (.552). that would mean the cubs go 1-3 the rest of the way and the cardinals go 5-0. in that scenario, only 1 game (though sunday) goes their way, which is why 2 is basically the number So this article says that the DH would be played if it’s for the division also, which makes sense because the reasoning for the Cards playing it if they could catch the Pads was for home field. So magic number is still 3 since the Cards have the tiebreaker over us.
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Now this would be a good time to give Chafin an inning.
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Home field in the first round matters a bit.
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LOL Cubs.
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Wouldn’t the Cards have the tiebreaker on winning percentage? Cubs go 33-27 (.550) so the Cards would tie at 32-26 (.552).
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The 2020 Cubs motto: “Hey, at least the teams behind us are losing!”
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I don’t think cutting the lead from 6 to 5 counts as coming back. I know they had the bases loaded but still.
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It would be unbelievable if it wasn’t for that game against the Reds a week or two ago. Reds got two walks and a homer in the first off Darvish and he shut them down after but the Cubs didn’t score.
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That’s not possible. We have the tiebreaker over them.
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We’re going to get bounced from the playoffs in the first round because our offense no shows one game and scores 1 run on 4 hits and Ross blows a second game with some dumb pitching moves.
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What? ? I’m guessing he means the second paragraph. Who cares what the Cardinal fans would say in that scenario. We would win the division and they can suck it.
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Well it worked so well for Cleveland against us last week so it’s understandable that Ross would do the same thing.
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Sucks that we’re going to go into each series down a game because Ross is going to blow a game in each series.
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That’s a bingo.
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Per the Passan article on ESPN.com today, the Cardinals will play the Tigers doubleheader (or a game of it) if it determines whether someone makes the playoffs. They will not play the doubleheader merely to determine seeding. When determine seeding, they will go to winning percentage first. In your 30-28 versus 31-29 scenario, the Cardinals would get the better seed. The only way they’d play for seeding is the 4-5 which, while mathematically is still possible, obviously isn’t going to come into play.
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If the game gets rained out/cancelled it wouldn't result in a clinch. But yes, if the Cubs win, there's a heavily likely chance they clinch tomorrow. So the Cubs have the tiebreaker over the Giants then? Because if the Cubs win, they max out at 27 losses. If Mil-Cin gets postponed, they’re both at 27 and if the Giants lose, they’re at 27. So theoretically, the Cubs could then lose out after tomorrow, Reds win out, Phillies win out and Giants win out. All would then be 33-27. We’d also assume the Cards end up at 34-26 or better because if they win 32, Cubs would be top-2 in the division. I realize this is all largely irrelevant because the odds of all that happening aren’t even worth worrying about. Just curious as to the tiebreakers.
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Lester got out of that but Ross is still dumb.