Well, no. But you can make a case they have a real chance at upsetting the Wild Card leading Wildlings.
Ball Four is 4 games out with 6 to play. Hardly in a good position. However they commence a 3-game set with the Wildlings tonight, and close out the season with 3 games against the 62-94 Brews.
The Wildings have 8 games remaining, Ball Four just 6. Lets play out the most extreme scenario (within the realm of plausibility).
The Wildlings lose game 1 tonight, and with an off day for Ball Four, they're 3.5 games out.
If Ball Four takes 2 of 3 from the Wildlings, they'll head to the Brews series with a 2.5 game deficit. Probably not close enough.
However, the Wildlings close the season with a 4-game set against Planet 10. The Wildlings are just 3-5 against Planet 10 this year and it stands to reason they may lose 3 of 4 in this series.
If Ball Four sweeps the Brews, certainly possible as they're already 7-2 against them, it would result in a tie and a one game playoff.
A LOT has to break right for Ball Four, but stranger things have happened.
Note: Not to mention the "Mechanics" are just 3 games back and the Red Lectroids just 4. Remember, the Red Lectroids finish the season with a 4 game set against the Wildlings.
Can you say 4 way tie?
Can you say 4 way tie?
Interesting ... Ball Four also has the strongest run differential. 812 runs scored through Sim 12B - the AL East hasn't a whiff of that kind of offense, we're all in the 600s - pitching division baby. Ball Four vs The Wall is the only inter-divisional matchup that the East has clearly dominated the Central - all others the central dominates or it's too close to call.
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