# MLB: Post-Season 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [September 30, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046 "2019-09-30T14:37:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [September 30, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/1 "2019-09-30T14:37:55Z")
Now things get real! ---
**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:** [September 30, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/2 "2019-09-30T14:48:35Z")
**Tue** : Brewers @ Nats . . 8pm TBS **Wed** : Rays @ A’s . . . . . 8pm ESPN \*All times are To be Determined below here. \* **Thu** : NLWC @ Dodgers TBS . . . .Cards & Braves TBS **Fri** : ALWC @ Astros FS1 . . . . Twins @ Yanks FS1 . . . . NLWC @ Dodgers TBS . . . . Cards & Braves TBS **Sat** : ALWC @ Astros FS1 . . . . Twins @ Yanks FS1 ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/3 "2019-09-30T15:04:04Z")
Unfounded predictions I’m taking the Brewers over the Nats and the Ray’s over the A’s in the wildcards. Then I’ll take the Yankees, Braves, Dodgers and Astros in the DS making the wildcard games meaningless. Then I think Yankees over Astros and Dodgers over Braves, though those both are far from locks. They should be good series both. Finally I’m taking the Dodgers to finally win the WS, though in my heart I think it’s likely the Yankees are looking at another ring. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/4 "2019-09-30T15:30:34Z")
As a Yankee fan I am more worried about the Astros then any other team. I feel like the Yanks match up to the Dodgers very well. But first, need to beat the Twins yet again. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/5 "2019-09-30T15:38:33Z")
I really don’t see a team beating the Astros in a 5- or 7-game series, they’d really have to put on an amazing display both offensively and on pitching. They’re just so ridiculously stacked this year. Greinke is their 3rd starter?! ---
**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:** [September 30, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/6 "2019-09-30T16:11:32Z")
Astros are definitely the team to beat. Nobody comes close to their pitching. If anyone can, it’s the Yankees with that bullpen and those bats. Losing German was huge, though. Personally, I’d love to see Yankees-Dodgers. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/7 "2019-09-30T16:21:17Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I really don’t see a team beating the Astros in a 5- or 7-game series, they’d really have to put on an amazing display both offensively and on pitching. They’re just so ridiculously stacked this year. Greinke is their 3rd starter?! The A’s, in the middle of September, in Houston, took 3 of 4 from the Astros. Including wins over [Verlander](https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=401076926) and [Miley](https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=401076897). I don’t know if Miley even makes the postseason squad, he’s been so bad this last month. It’s hard to see Verlander or Cole, or even Greinke now, pitching much better than this. The bullpen can be pretty shaky though. There isn’t a Rivera in the Astros pen, but there are a lot of decent pitchers. I don’t think any team will be a favorite over the Astros in any series they’ll face this year, but the point is, in a short series, anything can happen. Ask the 90’s Braves, or that [2001 Mariners](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Seattle_Mariners_season) team with 116 wins. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/8 "2019-09-30T17:16:11Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > The A’s, in the middle of September, in Houston, took 3 of 4 from the Astros. Including wins over [Verlander](https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=401076926) and [Miley](https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=401076897). What an insane series that was. Astros blank the As 15-0 in the first game, then lose 21-7 the next day! Like I said - it would have to be an incredible display to beat them. And I like the As a lot this year - they’re a dark horse pennant champ for me. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/9 "2019-09-30T17:49:00Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > What an insane series that was. Astros blank the As 15-0 in the first game, then lose 21-7 the next day! Like I said - it would have to be an incredible display to beat them. And I like the As a lot this year - they’re a dark horse pennant champ for me. They’re a great team. Just not enough pitching, I think. I want the Astros facing Tampa much more than I want them to see Oakland. I can’t think of another pitcher imploding as bad in September as Wade Miley. He was until then the legit #3 on the club, even after they traded for Greinke. Now, it’s an almost Steve Sax or Chuck Knoblauch style inability to perform his job. I mean he went from a 3.00 ERA guy to a guy who gives up 3 and more runs without recording an out. He’s run out of gas in August and September before, but not to this degree. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/10 "2019-09-30T18:17:56Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I really don’t see a team beating the Astros in a 5- or 7-game series, they’d really have to put on an amazing display both offensively and on pitching. They’re just so ridiculously stacked this year. Greinke is their 3rd starter?! The Astros were stacked last year, too. You just never know. They’re my pick too, but I would never bet anything on them - or any other team - I could not afford to lose. My default choice is always whatever team has the best three starting pitchers because you can ride those guys way, way harder in the playoffs than in the regular season; an ace pitcher becomes far more valuable just because you can use him so much more. That clearly favors Houston this year. Anyway MLB has a bracket challenge this year and it’'s free to enter; the tie breakers are things like “guess the World Series MVP” and such. For the hell of it I picked LA to beat Houston, but my bracket went like this: WC: A’s beat Rays, Nationals beat Brewers ALDS: Twins beat Yankees, Astros beat A’s NLDS: Dodgers beat Nationals, Braves beat Cardinals LCS: Dodgers beat Braves, Astros beat Twins WS: Dodgers beat Astros Tiebreakers: WS MVP: Clayton Kershaw Games It Goes: 7 Total Runs Scored: 55 Total Home Runs In The Series: 18 ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/11 "2019-09-30T18:21:20Z")
I think if the Astros get past Oakland (not having to play them would be ideal) they will go all the way. Unless the bullpen goes to hell. Which it has done before, though usually not for more than one or two games. I sure hope they get it done this year because I think the personnel will change after this season, and not in a good way. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/12 "2019-09-30T18:31:08Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > The Astros were stacked last year, too. You just never know. They’re my pick too, but I would never bet anything on them - or any other team - I could not afford to lose. > > My default choice is always whatever team has the best three starting pitchers because you can ride those guys way, way harder in the playoffs than in the regular season; an ace pitcher becomes far more valuable just because you can use him so much more. That clearly favors Houston this year. > > Anyway MLB has a bracket challenge this year and it’'s free to enter; the tie breakers are things like “guess the World Series MVP” and such. For the hell of it I picked LA to beat Houston, but my bracket went like this: > > WC: A’s beat Rays, Nationals beat Brewers > ALDS: Twins beat Yankees, Astros beat A’s > NLDS: Dodgers beat Nationals, Braves beat Cardinals > LCS: Dodgers beat Braves, Astros beat Twins > WS: Dodgers beat Astros > > Tiebreakers: > WS MVP: Clayton Kershaw > Games It Goes: 7 > Total Runs Scored: 55 > Total Home Runs In The Series: 18 From your post to the Baseball Gods’ ears. I’d much rather the Dodgers face the Yankees. The Astros are just _vicious_. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/13 "2019-09-30T18:37:07Z")
The sooner the Yankees are out, the better. It’s just so boring to have them in. The Twins haven’t been to the ALCS since what, 2002? Something like that. The Twins actually scored more runs than the Astros. I would not count them out. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/14 "2019-09-30T18:47:33Z")
Since 1960 the Yankees have won nine World Series Championships and all have come with a Democratic president in the White House. Unless the dems can figure out how to install president Pelosi in the next few weeks, the Yankees are screwed. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/15 "2019-09-30T20:05:54Z")
Hoping for a Twins/Brewers series. It’s not MLB’s preference, I’m sure, but hey, better than Rays/Brewers. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/16 "2019-10-01T00:44:21Z")
gotta feel for the manager for this one …[MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/angels-fire-brad-ausmus-potentially-clearing-way-for-joe-maddon-return/ar-AAI4k5P) "You didn’t do great but weren’t horrible but since a team/hometown hero might be available we hope you have luck with your future endeavors … ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/17 "2019-10-01T00:47:15Z")
ok I want the dodgers winning the series if they lose before they get there anyone else but the braves and Yankees ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/18 "2019-10-01T01:21:06Z")
Here’s how I think it plays out: Nats over Brewers A’s over Rays Astros over A’s in 4 Twins over Yankees in 4 Dodgers over Nats in 3 Braves over Cardinals in 5 Astros over Twins in 5 Braves over Dodgers in 7 Astros over Braves in 5 ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/19 "2019-10-01T02:04:01Z")
Just to get my predictions down in concrete Brewers and A’s advance Astros over A’s in 4 Yankees over Twins in 3 Dodgers over Brewers in 4 Braves over Cardinals in 5 Yankees over Astros in 7 Dodgers over Braves in 5 Dodgers over Yankees in 7 ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046/20 "2019-10-01T02:04:08Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > The sooner the Yankees are out, the better. It’s just so boring to have them in. The Twins haven’t been to the ALCS since what, 2002? Something like that. > > The Twins actually scored more runs than the Astros. I would not count them out. Any postseason without New York and Boston is a good postseason. Since those don;t happen very often, any postseason in which New York and Boston are eliminated early is a good postseason. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-2019/841046.md?page=2)