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The Final 17 - Guess the W/L


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The Final 17 - Guess the W/L  

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  1. 1. What will the Sox record be for their final 17 games?



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11 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I am going to go under .500.  I think the pitching injuries, plus getting guys rested and aligned for the playoffs costs them some games.

Very likely scenario... I went optimistic and said 10 - 7.
Think it goes down like this...

Det ( 2 -1 )
Twins ( 2 - 2 )
Reds ( 1 - 2 )
Indians ( 2 - 2 )
Cubs ( 3 - 0 )

Not likely but it sure would be fun!

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The pitching injuries and need to align the rotation will bring this team back to earth for a 9-8 record.  But the offense is good enough by itself to win 4 games on days that the staff has a clunker, and the staff will still have some solid games.

The schedule's difficulty also contributes.  I was listening to one of the podcasts, and they pointed out that Cleveland's is much easier down the stretch.  9-8 probably doesn't win us the division.  I figure we need 10 or 11 wins and at least a split with Cleveland to come out ahead of them.  Doable, but I'd say the chances are less than 50/50.

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2 minutes ago, daggins said:

2-1 vs Det

1-3 vs MN

2-1 vs Cin

2-2 vs Cle

1-2 vs Cubs (or 2-1)

 

So either 9-8 or 8-9.

That’s how I see it too. 8-8 the next 16, then they play the last game and somebody wins a game that probably won’t mean anything...especially for the Sox. It would be nice to spoil the Cubs seed in some way, whatever that means with neutral sites.

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9 minutes ago, joesaiditstrue said:

anyone else notice the twins have 2 consecutive days off? what's up with that?

They had to play the Cardinals a doubleheader, so the Cardinals could get a day off before another doubleheader. So the Twins got an off day before a regularly scheduled off day. 

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33 minutes ago, hi8is said:

Their worst 17 game stretch so far has been...

7 - 10 to open the year. 

Outside of Detroit, this is probably the most difficult stretch of the schedule outside of the first 15-20 games. The Reds, despite their record, have excellent SP, and the other 3 teams are just very good teams. No more games against the Pirates or Royals to run up the score.

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5 minutes ago, daggins said:

Outside of Detroit, this is probably the most difficult stretch of the schedule outside of the first 15-20 games. The Reds, despite their record, have excellent SP, and the other 3 teams are just very good teams. No more games against the Pirates or Royals to run up the score.

The Cubs are not "very good" but I get your point. Regardless the Twins and Indians have played bad teams too. I'm not going to penalize the Sox for beating them, especially when in years past they couldn't

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38 minutes ago, soxfan49 said:

Regardless the Twins and Indians have played bad teams too. I'm not going to penalize the Sox for beating them, especially when in years past they couldn't

...and lost to them.  If our trouncing the "bad teams" is unimpressive, the Twins and Indians must be absolute trash...right?

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