AL Wild Card Scenarios

[SteveS]

How 'bout those Dodgers!!

[Vegas Cards]

Epic game setting up what should be an intense series. Two best teams in baseball this year meeting for the first time in the post season.

[Snowman]

Well, what do you know... The Dodgers opened up as a -144 betting line favorite to beat the Giants in the NLDS despite the Giants having home-field advantage.

The best teams don't always win, but they are always the betting favorite.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Snowman

Well, what do you know... The Dodgers opened up as a -144 betting line favorite to beat the Giants in the NLDS despite the Giants having home-field advantage.

The best teams don't always win, but they are always the betting favorite.

I am not a fan of either team
But I am a Baseball Fan and Love a Good Game/Series
This has the potential to be a classic.

Should be a Great Series and on paper the Dodgers Should be the favorites based on their pitching and offense.

However the Giants are built more old school style and have veteran players that know how to play good fundamentals, knows how to work the count and work the pitchers pitch count up, and just get on base. Their defense has also been more solid than I would have thought.

So I will be Cheering for a Close, Tight, and Long Series

[SteveS]

The lifelong Dodger fan in me obviously picks them to win it. And the objective baseball observer in me agrees. I'll take Buehler, Urias, and Scherzer in any series where a trash can isn't involved.

But as much as I despise the Giants, I have to tell you why their manager, Gabe Kapler, is a class guy. My dad and stepmother have a small, two-unit apartment building behind their house. About ten years ago, they were looking to rent one of the units, and a big, muscular guy showed up. My stepmother asked him if he was an athlete, and he introduced himself and said that he was a baseball player and he lived down the street, but was looking for a place for his brother. My dad said that his son is a huge baseball fan and would be excited to know that he was there. He ended up deciding that the apartment was probably too small for his brother but he'd let him know about it, then left. But a few minutes later, he came back with a couple of autographed cards and asked my dad and stepmother to give them to me. Just a nice guy doing a nice thing.

[mrreality68]

Any Prediction who is going to win each series and in how many games?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Any Prediction who is going to win each series and in how many games?

Contrarian (sort of) picks.
Giants in 5.
Braves in 4.
Red Sox in 5 lol.
Astros in 4.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Any Prediction who is going to win each series and in how many games?

Giants in 5
Brewers in 3
Rays in 4
Astros in 5

[egri]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Any Prediction who is going to win each series and in how many games?

Giants in five.
Tampa Bay in four.
Astros in four.
Brewers in five.

[tschock]

Originally Posted by Snowman

Well, what do you know... The Dodgers opened up as a -144 betting line favorite to beat the Giants in the NLDS despite the Giants having home-field advantage.

The best teams don't always win, but they are always the betting favorite.

Dodgers were 0-2 this year when they were the underdogs (home and away), so they were favored to win in all but 2 games. Giants were 33-24 (25-14 away, 8-10 home) when listed as underdogs, yet ended up essentially with the same record as the Dodgers. The Giants also as an underdog had the best point-spread and margin of victory of any team in both leagues. It wouldn't be a big surprise (to me) if the Giants lost 2 games at home and still won the series (or at least went 5 games). They seem to be one of the best teams to do the most with the least. I think it will be a 5-gamer to decide.

And I just realized, that since the Dodgers were the underdogs only 2 times this year, that means at most the Giants were the favorites against them only 2 times, yet the Giants went 10-9 against the Dodgers during the season.

[Snowman]

My experience as a life-long Dodgers fan tells me that they will probably lose the series. But my experience as a sports bettor tells me to not bet against them.

[mrreality68]

My predictions (none of these are my teams)

Dodgers in 6
Braves in 5
Houston in 7
Tampa in 7

Then Dodgers over Braves
Tampa Over Houston

Then Dodgers over Tampa

[SteveS]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

My predictions (none of these are my teams)

Dodgers in 6
Braves in 5
Houston in 7
Tampa in 7

Then Dodgers over Braves
Tampa Over Houston

Then Dodgers over Tampa

Jeff, I love your pick of the Dodgers' winning it all, but these series going on now are best of five games.