Rooting for Brewers, Reds, or Padres. Cubs winning it wouldn't be too bad either, but yeah, I can't see myself watching even one pitch this postseason.

Sucks big time that the Astros are out, but I'll definitely be watching. At the end of the day it's baseball. Get all you can until football is all you have as you prep your balls to be swiftly kicked by the Ags.

texasaggie2015 said:

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txags92 said:

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So Ketch has gone quiet...does that mean it goes down today? Or is the unthinkable happening and we aren't going to fire anybody and just run it all back next season?

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There will be changes - the extent of which remains to be seen but there will almost certainly be changes.

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Thank you. Something has to change. Can't just run it back with exactly the same cast and expect things to be different.

the Brewers always seem to come up short in the playoffs -- despite strong regular seasons

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what a bizarre season for Jake

on May 3rd vs. the White Sox...Jake hit 2 HR's and posted 7 RBI

yet he finished the year with just 3 HR and 24 RBI in 343 at-bats

he did not homer at Daikin this season...and only drove in 4 runs in 47 home starts

final OPS .727 and OPS+ 103 -- which were large improvements over the past 3 years

defensive runs saved +5 -- which ranked 14th among centerfielders

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Jake went from looking like a guy who could bat around .250 with 15-20 HRs to a pure contact hitter. He cut down the strikeouts and was on base more, which are good things, but was it worth the loss of power?

I'll probably keep up with it as background noise… But won't watch full games until the World Series or if an ALCS/NLCS gets to a game six or seven

Unless it's dodgers vs Yankees again then I'm out

Many thanks for running the bingo, it was fun even though I finished middle.

Prediction Time

Wild Card:
Guardians over Tigers
Red Sox over Yankees
Dodgers over Reds
Padres over Cubs

DS:
Mariners over Guardians
Blue Jays over Red Sox
Phillies over Dodgers
Padres over Brewers

ALCS: Blue Jays over Mariners
NLCS: Phillies over Padres

World Series: Phillies over Blue Jays

Wild Card:
Guardians over Tigers
Red Sox over Yankees
Dodgers over Reds
Cubs over Padres

DS:
Guardians over Mariners
Blue Jays over Red Sox
Phillies over Dodgers
Brewers over Cubs

ALCS: Blue Jays over Guardians
NLCS: Phillies over Brewers

World Series: Phillies over Blue Jays

Off-season thread: https://texags.com/forums/53/topics/3563527/replies/70944134

texasaggie2015 said:

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txags92 said:

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So Ketch has gone quiet...does that mean it goes down today? Or is the unthinkable happening and we aren't going to fire anybody and just run it all back next season?

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There will be changes - the extent of which remains to be seen but there will almost certainly be changes.

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Everone pray for ketch's inside guy

MaxPower said:

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I'm going to watch 0 playoffs but I think the Brewers have a good chance and it would be good for that org to win a WS

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I think the Brewers are going to get bounced in the first round. They are the aberration of the teams in the postseason where they don't hit for power. Much, much harder to string together hits against consistent better pitching than the regular season.

Wild Card:
Tigers over Guardians
Yankees over Red Sox
Dodgers over Reds
Cubs over Padres

DS:
Mariners over Tigers
Yankees over Blue Jays
Phillies over Dodgers
Cubs over Brewers

ALCS: Mariners over Yankees
NLCS: Phillies over Cubs

World Series: Phillies over Mariners

Thats fair. All I care about right now is Aggie football and then if the Texans can find a way to get to 3-3 I'll be locked in on them too

After having a little time to digest it -- this season was such a disappointment.

But... if you would have told me we would only have 48 games of Yordan, Pena and Hader would both be out for two months, two of our pitchers in the rotation at the start of the season went down with TJ and a third coming back from TJ went down on his 3rd start back -- and that we won 87 games with a shot at the postseason -- I would have taken it.

We'd operated as a house of cards all reason long. We were in a position due to smoke and mirrors. A better approach at the plate would have helped. Better motivation and leadership from the managerial chair would have helped.

The most disappointing part is we had led the division for so long, then the house of cards fell when it mattered the most. For perspective, the Orioles were close to where we were with injuries, and they finished with 75 wins after winning 91 last year and 101 in 2023.

This team was not going to win the WS with all the injuries. So -- let's take the extra time in the offseason to recover. Our best hope is to retool and reload for 2026.

iBrad said:

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W said:

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what a bizarre season for Jake

on May 3rd vs. the White Sox...Jake hit 2 HR's and posted 7 RBI

yet he finished the year with just 3 HR and 24 RBI in 343 at-bats

he did not homer at Daikin this season...and only drove in 4 runs in 47 home starts

final OPS .727 and OPS+ 103 -- which were large improvements over the past 3 years

defensive runs saved +5 -- which ranked 14th among centerfielders

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Jake went from looking like a guy who could bat around .250 with 15-20 HRs to a pure contact hitter. He cut down the strikeouts and was on base more, which are good things, but was it worth the loss of power?

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If we had the rest of the lineup hitting the way they should, having Jake hitting a lot of base hits from the 8-9 at around a .300 clip would be fine. When 2-5 can't hit the broad side of a barn with a bat and Jake is batting 6th, we needed more power from him.

Turned on 790 this morning for a few minutes just to hear how Espada was assumed to be returning next year simply based on injuries. Nope nope nope, that was enough of that.

Crossed T-Mobile Park off my list this weekend. Great atmosphere as expected, but having the doyers in town probably brought it up a notch. Wish i hadn't forgotten to try a Seattle Dog outside the stadium.

handing out some flowers across the league...

15 players played 160 or more games this season. Rafael Devers led MLB with 163 games played.

the Mariners had 2 players reach 160 games: J-Rod and Arozarena. Raleigh played in 159

the Mets had 3 players reach 160 games: Alonso, Lindor, and Soto

the Royals had 2 players and the Braves had 2 players. Witt jr. played in 157

Rooker with the A's played in 162

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maybe it's a culture thing within organizations. Some emphasize and prioritize rest during the season (like the Astros) and others don't

MosesHallRAB04 said:

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iBrad said:

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W said:

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what a bizarre season for Jake

on May 3rd vs. the White Sox...Jake hit 2 HR's and posted 7 RBI

yet he finished the year with just 3 HR and 24 RBI in 343 at-bats

he did not homer at Daikin this season...and only drove in 4 runs in 47 home starts

final OPS .727 and OPS+ 103 -- which were large improvements over the past 3 years

defensive runs saved +5 -- which ranked 14th among centerfielders

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Jake went from looking like a guy who could bat around .250 with 15-20 HRs to a pure contact hitter. He cut down the strikeouts and was on base more, which are good things, but was it worth the loss of power?

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For a guy who is supposed to be at the bottom of the order I think it was a very good change. If he was the 9 hole all year he'd have had a great season

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This is where I'm at on Jake.

And... it's going to be strange not having to plan my October around Astros games this year.

What a sad, sad piece of "journalism."

It completely discounts injuries and click bait. Shame on USA Today for posting this *****

The Houston Astros' dynasty is over. Downfall was years in the making. https://t.co/7YiRBYGjY3

— USA TODAY Sports (@usatodaysports) September 28, 2025

Wild Card:
Tigers over Guardians
Yankees over Red Sox
Dodgers over Reds
Padres over Cubs

DS:
Mariners over Tigers
Blue Jays over Red Sox
Phillies over Dodgers
Brewers over Padres

ALCS: Mariners over Blue Jays
NLCS: Phillies over Brewers

World Series: Phillies over Mariners