![]() ![]() As we mentioned, they dispatched Cleveland so easily that I’m moving them ahead of the Dodgers, even though they have to somehow beat the Red Sox just to get to the World Series. That was based mostly on their path, with Cleveland and then either the 108-win Red Sox or 100-win Yankees waiting in the ALCS. I had the Astros second on this list before the LDS. 327 as a team, with a 1.037 OPS - basically every hitter was J.D. Four different relievers threw at least two innings in the three games and posted a 0.00 ERA. Gerrit Cole struck out 12 and allowed just three hits in seven innings. ![]() Justin Verlander carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning. ![]() The Astros had more home runs (eight) than runs allowed (six). Why they’re here: The reigning World Series champs looked pretty damn good in that sweep of Cleveland. Which team is best positioned - by talent, opportunity, schedule and other criteria - to take home the Commissioner's Trophy? Instead of a straight power ranking - determining the best teams - the goal here is to rank teams by their chances of winning the World Series. Predictions are, generally speaking, exercises in futility. But they’re done because October isn’t always fair. Were the Yankees one of the three best teams in the sport this year? Yeah, probably. See, they had to face the 108-win Red Sox in the ALDS, and Boston proved too tough. Speaking of the Yankees, they were one of three teams to win at least 100 games this season, but they’re already out of the playoffs. Starting with the 2000 season, the team with the baseball’s best record has only claimed the championship four times - the Cubs in 2016, the Red Sox in 20 (they tied for the most wins both years) and the Yankees in 2009. As we talked about last week, baseball’s best team doesn’t always win the World Series. ![]()
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