Author: Off the Beaten Base Paths

So the Yankees came through and won the AL Wild Card game, the first three innings of which were pretty wild. Some of our predictions paid off, but we definitely didn’t see Luis Severino getting chased in the first inning after giving up two home runs to the first four batters. Oops.

Tonight we have NL West division rivals, the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies, duking it out for the right to play the Dodgers on Friday.

We touch on Zack Greinke, Jon Gray, JD Martinez and Charlie Blackmon and how those guys can push their teams to victory. PLUS, you get a surprise David Peralta shout out!

*singing poorly* “IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIIIIIMMME OF THE YEEAAAR!”

It’s Baseball Playoff Season, folks. And Josh and I will be hear all year to tell you exactly what to look for in every series from now until a new World Series Champion is crowned. Can you #SmellThePlayoffs?

The first game will be the Yankees and the Twins tonight, so look out for high fastballs, twins base runners, and whether or not that Minnesota Magic can keep working for a few more innings against the mighty Launch Angle Prophets from The Bronx.

Quick note, Josh and I expected Minnesota Twins young gun Miguel Sano to be DHing tonight, but it was announced this morning (10/3) that he will not be on the playoff roster. So we were wring about that, but it doesn’t really change anything from out predictions and keys to the game.

Somebody once told me, “Boy, you don’t realize it but the best thing you got going is you’re too stupid to realize you aren’t good enough.” Inspiring stuff.

But I think that adage is true in a lot of ways, especially when it comes to rookies in the playoffs. Sometimes the biggest stage is the best proving ground.

So with that in mind, Josh and I took a little dive into the world of the talented and naive to figure out which rookies might be having a major impact on the playoffs next month.

About a month ago Josh and I proclaimed the Dodgers as world beaters; a team so mighty that their World Series triumph was not only likely, but inevitable. About that…

There are a ton of teams involved in the AL Wild Card race because the American League is talented and exciting. Just kidding. There’s a bunch of forgettable teams involved that would need a real miracle run to be considered legit contenders for the World Series crown. Josh and I decided to talk about that.