# MLB: 2025 Postseason **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [September 29, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478 "2025-09-29T12:49:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/521 "2025-10-18T00:25:15Z")
And George Springer appears to have taken a nasty pitch right on the kneecap and is out of the game. Wonder what effect that will have on things. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/522 "2025-10-18T00:42:15Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > The Yankees and Mets both have enormous payrolls. Neither are in the playoffs. I wouldn’t call that domination. Domination is looking at how a team fares over the years. Not just who wins the World Series in a single season. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/523 "2025-10-18T00:45:13Z")
Since we’re having this discussion, here’s my ideas to avoid a strike: 1. Hard Salary Cap of X . 2. Salary FLOOR of X - (X x .25) - Teams must pay players this or they take x2 the penalty of teams exceeding the cap. 3. Rookie contracts capped at a hard 3 years. No more gamesmanship with playing time. If you’re drafted at 18, you’re unrestricted at 21. X becomes the negotiating point. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/524 "2025-10-18T01:02:44Z")
How about eliminate any talk of salary cap and have the owners share 100% of all revenues equally among all their teams. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/525 "2025-10-18T01:04:19Z")
The eighth inning has not been good. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/526 "2025-10-18T01:04:39Z")
Wow, the game turned around in a hurry. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/527 "2025-10-18T01:08:16Z")
Nicely understated. Way to go, Suarez. Meanwhile to the South, Ohtani (HR on 1st at-bat!) & the Dodgers getting started quickly to try and get it done with. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/528 "2025-10-18T01:09:08Z")
Dang. First, Cal’s crazy self-made double play in the 4th, then the HR in the 8th to tie it up. What a freaking monster of a player. And then Geno, with his two HRs, one of which is a grand slam. The Mariners needed that so badly. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/529 "2025-10-18T01:13:36Z")
That’s a wrap. 3-2 series lead for Mariners as they head back to Toronto. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/530 "2025-10-18T01:25:45Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Domination is looking at how a team fares over the years. Not just who wins the World Series in a single season. [According to this](https://brewerfanatic.com/blogs/entry/136-team-payroll-and-winning-the-world-series/) - since 1995, 48% of the champions and 38% of the contestants in the World Series have had top 5 payrolls. So 52% weren’t in the top five when they won the world series. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/531 "2025-10-18T01:31:28Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > I wonder how often the team with the highest payroll has won the World Series. > Baseball’s biggest spender has won the World Series just three times in the last 23 seasons: the 2009 New York Yankees, 2018 Boston Red Sox and 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers. Going back to the start of the Wild Card Era in 1995, the highest roller has just six championships, with the Yankees also winning in 1996, 1999 and 2000. [Link](https://apnews.com/article/mlb-2024-ohtani-yamamoto-rangers-1314e3dc9851c25a60636a1f762667d2) to AP March 2024 article. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/532 "2025-10-18T01:40:52Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > I wonder how often the team with the highest payroll has won the World Series. It’s a great question, this article covers it pretty well. > **[MLB payroll history as it relates to the World Series winner since 1998...](https://dailymcplay.com/2023/11/02/mlb-payroll-history-as-it-relates-to-the-world-series-winner-since-1998-and-some-cheating-too-for-good-measure/)** > > We wrote about this in 2019, and it’s time to update the data: you don’t win the World Series with a small payroll. In fact, you pretty much have to be in the Top 10 in spending to win,… The very top has won 5 times since 1998, but with rare exceptions you need to at least be in the top ten to even have a chance. Only twice in that span has someone outside of the top ten won, and the lowest was the 25th in salary out of 30. There’s a clear correlation between spending and winning. But spending the _most_ is absolutely not a guarantee of winning the championship, I totally agree. If the Brewers managed to win the World Series, they’d be the second-lowest salary (by rank) to win since 1998. But it’s looking like they’re being swept by the team with the first or second highest payroll (depending on whose numbers you go by). The Mariners, who I’m rooting for (as they’re my home team) is 16th from what I can tell. If they win it all they would only be the 3rd team not in the top ten to win since '98. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/533 "2025-10-18T02:10:13Z")
In case anyone was wondering if Shohei Ohtani is good at baseball, I can report that Shohei Ohtani is good at baseball. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/534 "2025-10-18T02:12:30Z")
Yeah, but it seems like every time he bats, they lose the ball. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/535 "2025-10-18T02:19:38Z")
K k K k K k K k K k ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/536 "2025-10-18T02:25:04Z")
Beyond the arguments on whether baseball has less parity then other sports, there is also the question of whether dominant teams are actually bad for a sport. Anyone want to argue that baseball would be better if Ohtani was playing golf in Anaheim right now? ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/537 "2025-10-18T02:52:08Z")
Ohtani now with as many runs in this game as the Brewers have this series. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/538 "2025-10-18T02:53:07Z")
Guaranteed Hall of Famer for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/539 "2025-10-18T02:56:56Z")
The crazy thing is that if the Dodgers win in a shutout, Ohtani technically won the game singlehandedly by himself, since he kept the Brewers from scoring any runs and his home run in the 1st inning provided all the runs the Dodgers needed to win. **Edit** : never mind. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2025-postseason/1023478/540 "2025-10-18T03:26:54Z")
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