Well that was a disappointing trade deadline unfortunately. No real big moves other than Verlander going to the Astros. My Blue Jays, who desperately needed an impact bat, got a backup shortstop and then got their asses kicked by the highly impressive Orioles. Nevertheless, we march forward. Now that the trade deadline is done and aside from injury we know what the top teams will look like heading into the playoffs.
Shill me your 2023 world series champs and if you are so inclined who they defeated in the WS.
Sats for all.
Cheers,
GR
Perhaps it's Atlanta's to lose. The Dodgers may not ever recover from last year. Rangers finally getting some love.
I'll say Tampa vs Atlanta.
Ugh please don't let it be the Braves
I really respect what the braves have built and how they have been very aggressive to lock up their young talent to long term deals.
I wish Anthopolous was still Jays GM instead of Atkins but Shapiro didn't want to give Anthopolous autonomy over baseball operations and the rest is history. Atlanta has one of the top GMs in the game and the Blue Jays have a Shapiro yes man who somehow traded away a middle of the order bat and didn't replace him on a team with a 200 plus million dollar payroll.
Atlanta is the obvious pick but Tampa is interesting. They got off to that ridiculous start and then came back down to earth. I don't think they have as much offense as it appeared at the beginning of the season but I don't know that it matters with their pitching. I certainly would not want to face McClanahan, Glasnow as a one, two punch in a short series. I like Valdez, Verlander as a close second but I think Rays have the best 1, 2 in AL.