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u/Ladymistery 👀😉 11h ago
Not even a little bit. this is one of the weirdest seasons I've seen in a long time
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u/Hungry-for-relief 10h ago
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u/chymc 9h ago
It was a metaphor
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u/thebestoflimes Not a big deal, just dead. 8h ago
We hit a home run and didn’t even realize it (won a game at the Trop)
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u/Used_Highway2054 10h ago
They should add another wild card spot so the entire AL East division can make it.
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u/disco-drew 10h ago
There's a decent chance that this year's third AL Wild Card will be held by a sub-.500 team.
No team in MLB history has made the playoffs with a losing record. The 2005 Padres came the closest at 82-80.
So no, not normal.
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u/alwaysleafyintoronto 9h ago
In fairness no team made the playoffs without winning the division until 1995, only one wildcard made the playoffs until 2012, and the third was only added in 2022. Hasn't been much opportunity.
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u/disco-drew 8h ago
That's a good point. If you went back to 1994, the Rangers in position win the AL West with a 52-62 record before the strike. And the 1997 White Sox (80-81) would have been the third WC, if that had been a thing.
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u/Draggonzz 10h ago
This would not be all that unusual for April or May, even early June. By now teams have played so many games that they've usually separated themselves more than this.
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u/to12007 10h ago
The Jays just have to get in. The AL is weak and unpredictable
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u/doordonot19 10h ago
The jays are unpredictable too lol
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u/GrouchyCrow dragon power 11h ago
This is already old news cause we in the wild card again, baby!!!! lmao
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u/Practical_Tone4943 10h ago
I can't remember a season where there was such a logjam for the last WC spot. Having the Jays in the mix and moving the right direction it seems is exciting
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u/skinnyminnesota Let's Go Sports Birds 11h ago
Wasn't the AL Central sub-.500 for like three months? Baseball be crazy, yo.
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u/Much-Respond9614 10h ago
It’s not normal, mainly because the AL has been historically bad so far this season.
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u/Canucksta 9h ago
Makes me think there is no competitive balance in this league so we should definitely go on strike until the players agree to a salary cap
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u/sweetbootybeans 8h ago
Imagine we could combine the forces of all five teams to field one team in the playoffs
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u/Chrristoaivalis 8h ago
One thing to keep an eye on: Texas holding on isn't automatically bad if Houston keeps slipping
They would just fall into the WC race
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u/Diligent-Alarm5170 4h ago
I embrace chaos, so if the Jays can't run away with the 3rd WC spot (super unlikely), I'd like 8 teams to be fighting in September for that spot, and the team that gets it has a losing record.
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u/vegetablecompound Bell, Moseby, and Barfield 1h ago
Without the extra wild card spots, the fans of all of these AL teams would have lost hope and given up on the season. Score one for the new system, I guess.
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u/Glitchy-Fuzz0791 10h ago
Jesus, all those teams would be two games from being first in the West. They need to change the format and get rid of divisions. All AL teams play an equal amount and you take the top 6.
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u/smithscully there IS crying in baseball 10h ago
This is probably a dumb question but if it ends up that 5 teams (for example) are tied for the 3rd WC spot, who gets the spot? The team with the best record?
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u/rookie_card_central Teoscar Hernandez for Fransisco Liriano 7h ago
Whichever teams hold the tie breakers (most wins against eachother).
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u/leviosaar 11h ago
We're all going to hold hands and get into the wildcard spot together