# MLB Playoffs **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [October 2, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374 "2024-10-02T10:22:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 2, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/1 "2024-10-02T10:22:37Z")
First four games of the wildcard round were played yesterday. Three of the road teams won. The Mets appeared to suffer no ill effects from playing a doubleheader on Monday, handing the Brewers their 10th loss in their last 11 playoff games, 8-4. New York scored 5 in the fifth, all with two outs, to take the lead and never looked back. Detroit scored 3 runs in the second and hung on to beat the Astros 3-1 behind the stellar pitching of Tarik Skubal. Houston scored their run in the ninth and had the bases loaded with two out before the game ended a lineout to first. Bobby Witt, Jr. drove in the game’s only run in the sixth inning as the Royals blanked the Orioles 1-0. Four KC pitchers combined on the franchise’s first playoff road shutout in team history. Each team had only five hits. San Diego scored two in the first and one in the second on their way to a 4-0 victory over the Braves. Starting pitcher Michael King struck out 12 in seven innings. The game lasted just two hours and nine minutes. The second game of each series is today. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/2 "2024-10-02T21:35:32Z")
Thank you Tigers! Yanks will not face their kryptonite this year. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/3 "2024-10-02T21:38:40Z")
Happy the Cheat-stros are eliminated. Not so happy their cheatin’ manager is the one to do it. ---
**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 2, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/4 "2024-10-02T21:46:46Z")
Tigers now play Cleveland. Guardians won the season series, but just 7 games to 6. Cleveland better be ready, because Detroit is playing as good as anybody. ---
**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 2, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/5 "2024-10-02T21:48:59Z")
Yay, the Asstros won’t be in the ALCS ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/6 "2024-10-02T21:58:39Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Cleveland better be ready, because Detroit is playing as good as anybody. I (Giants and Tigers fan) quit paying attention to baseball back in early August when it was apparent that neither team was going anywhere good this year. But that was a hell of a finish to the Tigers’ regular season, and so far it seems to be continuing in October. I guess I better pay attention. ---
**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 2, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/7 "2024-10-02T22:05:03Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > in early August when it was apparent that neither team was going anywhere good this year On August 10, Detroit was 55-63. They went 31-13 the rest of the way, which included losing their last two games after they clinched a wild-card spot. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/8 "2024-10-02T22:16:28Z")
If Detroit can get a couple wins from Skubal in the next round they could make it to the ALCS. Probably not enough pitching to win a best of seven series. A nice story, whatever happens. Since my crystal ball is generally crap, ignore my prediction that the Brewers will shut out the Mets 5-0 tonight to tie that 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 2, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/9 "2024-10-02T23:46:03Z")
Royals scored 3 runs and won both games in Baltimore. Stellar pitching, obviously. I will predict that 3 runs in 2 games against the Yankees will not win both games. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/10 "2024-10-02T23:50:18Z")
Best news I’ve heard all day. **Fuck** the Asterisks! ---
**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 3, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/11 "2024-10-03T00:03:32Z")
Second year in a row where the Orioles turned in a stellar regular season and just no-show’d in the playoffs. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/12 "2024-10-03T00:07:39Z")
As one internet commenter put it, “They’re just the Blue Jays in black and orange.” ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/13 "2024-10-03T00:08:27Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Best news I’ve heard all day. **Fuck** the Asterisks! MLB called it a “Shocking sweep.” I gotta tell ya, I am less than “shocked” a team beat another team two games in a row. ---
**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 3, 2024, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/14 "2024-10-03T00:16:40Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > MLB called it a “Shocking sweep.” I gotta tell ya, I am less than “shocked” a team beat another team two games in a row Hell, the _White Sox_ ended the season winning two in a row. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/15 "2024-10-03T04:35:43Z")
The Brewers rallied late in Game 2 against the Mets, behind two home runs from rookie Jackson Chourio. Milwaukee has made the playoffs in six of the past seven seasons, but their win tonight is only their second win in a playoff game since 2018. The Mets-Brewers series is the only one of the four WC series which will go to Game 3, as the Royals, Tigers, and Padres all swept their opponents. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/16 "2024-10-03T07:38:52Z")
The Tigers are the first team to make the playoffs in a 162-game season while having no players with 150+ hits, 75+ RBI, 25+ HR, or 25+ SB, according to OptaStats. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/17 "2024-10-03T07:48:38Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Detroit scored 3 runs in the second and hung on to beat the Astros 3-1 behind the stellar pitching of Tarik Skubal. Houston scored their run in the ninth and had the bases loaded with two out before the game ended a lineout to first. as a fan of the Dodgers and since mom was born and raised in Lower mich the Tigers were her AL team I say in the voice of nelson “HA HA !” so the cheatstros are out of it altogether? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/18 "2024-10-03T13:45:54Z")
Baseball Nation is thus spared three rounds of watching Altuve eat his fingers. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/19 "2024-10-03T14:07:29Z")
Guardians, Tigers and Royals payrolls = $168mm combined Yankees payroll = $260mm I have a feeling most of the country is rooting against the Yankees! I am ready for Detroit to lose their mojo, any day now… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374/20 "2024-10-03T17:00:02Z")
So Yanks & KC are about equal at home but KC is a .500 road team and the Yanks played at .617 away. It appears the Yanks went 5-2 vs. KC this season. Outscored them 42-24 also. If Clay Holmes isn’t tasked as the closer, the Yanks odds of winning seem even higher. Yanks are well rested and healthy enough, only Rizzo is down of the starting position players. He only played 92 games this year, so not a huge hit. It looks like Weaver might be the closer over Clay Holmes, this is the biggest question in the series I think. At least the fans have more confidence in Weaver. Starters for Yanks should be Cole (R), Rodon (L) and Schmidt (R) moving Stroman & Luis Gil to the bullpen. Nestor Cortes won’t be available for this series at least. Austin Wells & Jose Trevino C Ben Rice 1b Gleyber Torres 2b Anthony Volpe SS Jazz Chisholm Jr., 3B Outfield will be Judge and Soto and maybe the Martian? Jasson Dominguez? otherwise Alex Verdugo. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/1008374.md?page=2)