MLB 2022: The Long and Winding Thread

Eddings is the ump who screwed the Angels and made asshole A.J. Pierzynski a hero on Chicago's South side.

 

After they won the WS, classy A.J. wore a T-shirt that said, It ain’t gonna suck itself.

 

I agree, this is magnificent, I almost wish there was a similar round after it. It's like a blackjack shoot.

 

LOL Mets

 

Timmy Trumpet can go to bed early.

 

Delayed reaction: Mariners and Blue Jays playing in the playoffs. Vegas probably gave great odds for that back in March.

M's win Game 1 4-0 behind Castillo.

TORONTO — After striking out the side in the seventh inning in his seemingly effortless fashion, whipping triple-digit fastballs with terrifying movement past hitters, freezing them with knee-buckling sliders and mixing in a few shake-your-head changeups just because he could, Luis Castillo flashed a grin, removing his hat and offering his trademark fist pump that looks like a celebratory uppercut.

This is why the Mariners made acquiring the 29-year-old right-hander their priority at the Major League Baseball trade deadline — this setting, this moment, this performance.

Always at ease on the mound regardless of the situation, Castillo delivered the best postseason pitching performance in Mariners team history. And this is an organization that had Randy Johnson. ​

Castillo became the first Mariners pitcher to toss seven-plus shutout innings in a postseason game, dominating and demoralizing a stacked Blue Jays lineup in the process, while leading the Mariners to a stunning 4-0 victory Friday in Game 1 of the American League Wild Card Series.

With the win, the Mariners are a victory from going to the American League Division Series and guaranteeing at least one postseason game at T-Mobile Park.​

Mariners shut out Blue Jays in Game 1 of wild card behind Luis Castillo’s stellar outing

Always love a good dose of recency bias. The statement qualifies obviously because the Mariners rarely play in the playoffs.

On a macro level, Moyer is the best playoff pitcher in Mariners team history. The ageless wonder went 3-0 with and allowed just 3 ER in 19 innings in the 2001 ALDS and ALCS.

Mariners/Jays.

How 'bout a Padres/Mariners World Series?

 

The best pitchers of the century are a combined 34-30 in the postseason
Max Scherzer is 7-7 after losing last night, Clayton Kershaw is 13-12 and Justin Verlander is 14-11, 0-6 in the World Series

 

The large number of decisions for each of the three, especially for Verlander and Kershaw, indirectly speaks to a great deal of regular season success. Also, Verlander is tied for third place in all time postseason wins, and Kershaw is fifth. The leader is Andy Pettitte, who had a 19-11 record and a pretty amazing 276 innings pitched. Pettitte was an excellent pitcher but hardly in the class of the above three. He was fortunate to play for one of the all time dynastic powers, the late '90s Yankees.

 

With all due respect, I cannot think of a more ridiculous stat than all time postseason wins, in this era of playoff expansion.

 

But isn’t that why these guys make $30M per year, because they’re supposed to win in the postseason?

 

Do you have any real stats that tell me how they pitched in the post season?

 

Kershaw career regular-season ERA 2.48, WHIP 1.001
Kershaw postseason ERA 4.19, WHIP 1.074

Scherzer career regular-season ERA 3.11, WHIP 1.074
Kershaw postseason ERA 3.58, WHIP 1.118

Verlander career regular-season ERA 3.24, WHIP 1.117
Verlander postseason ERA 3.40 (5.68 in 7 WS games), WHIP 1.066 (actually better)