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awesomerwb1

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4. You could find the same argument for every team in MLB

Mon Oct 16, 2023, 01:17 PM

Oct 2023

That they get a few wins playing against poor teams. This is a silly argument. The angels are in the same division as the Trashtros and Rangers which means they played more games against them than the Dodgers did.

And the Dodgers lost because they didn't have any starting pitching. The past couple years they have lost Bauer (Cy Young winner previous year), Buehler (all star), Gonsolin (all star), Urias (personal issues) and Kershaw pitched hurt and then they had to pitch a rookie and a veteran who gives up home runs like it's Halloween candy (he gave up 4 in one inning vs Arizona lol). Oh yeah, and their hitting got cold.

But you don't win 100 games if you're "overrated". A team can barely make it into the playoffs and then get hot at the right time and it doesn't mean they underachieved for 162 games.

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The crying and gnashing of teeth about how unfair the MLB playoff format is needs to stop. [View all] Yavin4 Oct 2023 OP

Baseball is a game of streaks ... Charging Triceratops Oct 2023 #1

Go Diamondbacks! MLAA Oct 2023 #2

True. But if the teams are relatively equal going in, no one would complain. Yavin4 Oct 2023 #3

How are you gonna design a schedule for good teams to play only good teams??? awesomerwb1 Oct 2023 #5

Relegation! Yavin4 Oct 2023 #6

You could find the same argument for every team in MLB awesomerwb1 Oct 2023 #4

You can definitely be "overrated" in MLB. Yavin4 Oct 2023 #7

All teams play really bad teams throughout the year, every single one of them awesomerwb1 Oct 2023 #8

How is it silly? Yavin4 Oct 2023 #9

What's really needed: a true SALARY CAP and real REVENUE SHARING Auggie Oct 2023 #10

MLB does have a very progressive luxury tax system Yavin4 Oct 2023 #11

A luxury tax means nothing to a team with billions Auggie Oct 2023 #12

The Mets paid over $30 million in luxury taxes. Yavin4 Oct 2023 #13

So? Auggie Oct 2023 #14

The problem isn't a salary cap. Yavin4 Oct 2023 #15

The Athletics are an exception. Teams like Cleveland will never have the financial resources ... Auggie Oct 2023 #16

Out of the top 10 payrolls, 6 teams made the playoffs. Yavin4 Oct 2023 #17

I can't fix poor ownership and management decisions ... Auggie Oct 2023 #18

In the last 10 years... Yavin4 Oct 2023 #19

Disagree, Yav ProfessorGAC Oct 2023 #20

Point taken. Yavin4 Oct 2023 #21