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12 minutes ago, Tommy Nobis said:

My playoff rotation if Morton is not right...

Verlander, Cole, pitcher by committee

with james, valdez, mchugh, peacock, you could certainly cobble a game together a few innings at a time if you needed to, without using the theoretical 7-8-9 guys you would want to use in the other games.

not to mention lmj, if he's healthy enough.

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27 minutes ago, UTHornFan014 said:

Twins surprisingly didn't fuck it up. Magic # down to 3 now. I like our chances of being able to win 3 out of 7 against Toronto and Baltimore

Especially on the road...

The A's are also on the road the rest of the way only they only have 6 games remaining.

I don't know what the odds of winning the division are outright but they have to be pretty high at this point.  Bring on OAK vs MFY and Go A's!

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they basically have to win out and have us go 2-5 to tie.  i'll take my chances with that situation. 

they're only 1.5 back of the yankees though.

really want to get this thing done by end of toronto series.  give everyone a day off the next day in balt.  then play guys as needed the last 2-3 days of the season.

for those that care about the logistics of clinching, keep in mind that oakland will be playing on the west coast while we're in toronto.  so it would be best if we worked the magic number down to 1 before one of our games, so that we could clinch on the field with a win, instead of in the clubhouse with an a's loss.  just sayin.

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I know the playoffs can be a "be careful what you wish for" situation, but man I'd be pulling for the Yankees if they meet OAK in the WC game. Because I'd rather run into the Yankees than the A's if it comes to that. The Yankees are good, but Judge may be rusty from the wrist injury, Gregorius is likely out, Severino hasn't been the same the second half of the season, etc. 

 

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17 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

I know the playoffs can be a "be careful what you wish for" situation, but man I'd be pulling for the Yankees if they meet OAK in the WC game. Because I'd rather run into the Yankees than the A's if it comes to that. The Yankees are good, but Judge may be rusty from the wrist injury, Gregorius is likely out, Severino hasn't been the same the second half of the season, etc. 

 

Any chance to thump the Yankees is one to look forward to. 

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5 hours ago, TonyTexas said:


We’ll be ok with Dallas. Wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t see CFM until the ALCS

Not no, but Hell no. He might be our 6th best starting pitcher right now. James and Valdez have been pitching much better than this guy. He is not the same pitcher he was a few years ago.

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Hinch thinks Morton will be fine and is planning to have him make his next scheduled start.  He says if it had been a playoff game, they wouldn't have taken him out.  They were planning on him getting an early hook yesterday, so they shut him down in the 1st when his velocity was down a bit.

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3 hours ago, kevwun said:

Hinch thinks Morton will be fine and is planning to have him make his next scheduled start.  He says if it had been a playoff game, they wouldn't have taken him out.  They were planning on him getting an early hook yesterday, so they shut him down in the 1st when his velocity was down a bit.

Astros injury info is actually fake news

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