Regardless of the ALCS going a full seven video games and the Blue Jays not needing to journey anyplace earlier than the World Sequence begins, we’re now sitting via day three of no baseball.
The rationale for that is after all cash. MLB and the networks pre-determine the World Sequence dates and wish them locked in forward of time, which doesn’t permit the pure circulation of the LCS video games to dictate when the ultimate conflict begins. As a substitute, the potential for probably the most excessive state of affairs is prioritized in case the league with the later begin date within the LCS goes seven video games, after which there’s a postponement of Recreation 6 or 7, after which the street staff in that collection has to journey to a brand new vacation spot. As a result of company energy runs every thing, we will’t have a state of affairs shifting the World Sequence begin date.
The issue with this after all is we get the far, way more widespread state of affairs to play out the place one LCS is over in 4 or 5 video games after which that staff finally ends up sitting round for every week (typically extra) earlier than enjoying within the largest collection of the yr. That’s not baseball!
The staff in that place this yr is the Dodgers, who’ve now performed simply ten baseball video games within the final 25 days. However happily for them, this works out completely as a result of their total plan revolves round limiting the publicity of their bullpen (which sucks when the staff has to play day by day). So with additional break day, they are often each aggressive with sending Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, and Shohei Ohtani deep into video games the primary time via, after which find yourself in a state of affairs the place they nonetheless have loads of fuel within the tank to make use of their Recreation 4 and Recreation 5 starters in aid in Video games 6 and seven if wanted.
I’d a lot somewhat have a state of affairs the place groups are tearing via one another’s roster within the World Sequence and all of the video games bleed into one another extra, however that’s not what MLB has arrange within the again half of October. In fact, the layoff ought to assist Toronto too because it offers extra time for George Spring and Bo Bichette to relaxation their knees, and likewise permits the staff to reset their rotation and bullpen because it was very a lot trashed after that magnificent ALCS.
With this setup, hopefully the celebs will have the ability to shine beginning tomorrow evening as a result of each groups have been given each alternative to entrance load their artillery.
Within the meantime, use this thread to speak about what you’d like for the day, and as at all times, be good to at least one one other.
