REMINDER: NO SIM SUNDAY AND MONDAY...BILLY RULES!!
News:
Bri Bry lost for the season with a ruptured finger tendon...Shel looks like a genius now!
Steve Moore wins NL POTW: Hit .483 w/3HR
John Farris wins AL POTW: Hit .545 w/1hr
Gates smacks 5 hits!
Padilla signs with Bama in the latest FA signing in our history!
Munoz gets hit #2000 in Boston!
Bascombe gets 5 hits!
AL Wildcard PHI (-): 6 Home / 8 Away --- .357 AUG / .733 SEP NAS (+1): 7 Home / 5 Away --- .500 AUG / .600 SEP SF (+1): 6 Home / 8 Away --- .393 AUG / .533 SEP Prediction:
Spoiler!
Of the three teams, only Nashville has a winning record since the All Star break and has been the more consistent team overall, albeit underachieving slightly. They will do just enough to hold off competition from the teams on either coast.
NL East OCD (-): 8 Home / 6 Away --- .852 AUG / .800 SEP WAS (+2): 8 Home / 6 Away --- .593 AUG / .867 SEP Prediction:
Spoiler!
It's a cruel world when a team who will win 110+ games will finish second in their division and have to play in the wild card round. These two teams have a crucial 3 game set this week at the Thunder Dome which may very well determine the division. The midseason trades (Ducks: +Alexander, +Orozco, +Quick, -Herrera, -Langley / Crabs: +Kikuchi, -Potts, -Delgado) have swung the momentum to a point where Washington can't quite catch up
NL Wildcard LA (-): 8 Home / 7 Away --- .538 AUG / .600 SEP NJ (+1.5): 6 Home / 8 Away --- .571 AUG / .467 SEP Prediction:
Spoiler!
On paper, Los Angeles should run away with this as their roster has far more household names. New Jersey is certainly an ascendant team, but the veteran led Bombers will look to seek some revenge in the postseason, this time as an underdog