2016 Division Series: Blue Jays vs. Rangers, Red Sox vs. Indians, Dodgers vs. Nationals, Giants vs. Cubs (Blue Jays, Indians, Dodgers, Cubs advance)

[1992casey]

[h1]Thursday, October 6, 2016[/h1]

[h2]Blue Jays (Marco Estrada) vs. Rangers (Cole Hamels), Game 1[/h2][margin]3:30 PM CDT, Globe Life Park, Arlington

TV: TBS

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Blue Jays win, 10-1; Jays lead series, 1-0

Blue Jays at Rangers Game 1 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[h2]Red Sox (Rick Porcello) vs. Indians (Trevor Bauer), Game 1[/h2][margin]7:00 PM CDT, Progressive Field, Cleveland

TV: TBS

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Indians win, 5-4; Indians lead series, 1-0

Red Sox at Indians Game 1 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[hr=60][/hr]

[h1]Friday, October 7, 2016[/h1]

[h2]Blue Jays (J.A. Happ) vs. Rangers (Yu Darvish), Game 2[/h2][margin]12:00 PM CDT, Globe Life Park, Arlington

TV: TBS

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Blue Jays win, 5-3; Jays lead series, 2-0

Blue Jays at Rangers Game 2 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[h2]Red Sox (David Price) vs. Indians (Corey Kluber), Game 2[/h2][margin]3:30 PM CDT, Progressive Field, Cleveland

TV: TBS

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Indians win, 6-0; Indians lead series, 2-0

Red Sox at Indians Game 2 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[h2]Dodgers (Clayton Kershaw) vs. Nationals (Max Scherzer), Game 1[/h2][margin]4:30 PM CDT, Nationals Park, Washington

TV: FS1

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Dodgers win, 4-3; Dodgers lead series, 1-0

Dodgers at Nationals Game 1 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[h2]Giants (Johnny Cueto) vs. Cubs (Jon Lester), Game 1[/h2][margin]8:00 PM CDT, Wrigley Field, Chicags

TV: FS1

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Cubs win, 1-0; Cubs lead series, 1-0

Giants at Cubs Game 1 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[hr=60][/hr]

[h1]Saturday, October 8, 2016[/h1]

[h2]Dodgers (Rich Hill) vs. Nationals (Tanner Roark), Game 2[/h2][margin]3:00 PM CDT, Nationals Park, Washington

POSTPONED[/margin]

[h2]Giants (Jeff Samardzija) vs. Cubs (Kyle Hendricks), Game 2[/h2][margin]7:00 PM CDT, Wrigley Field, Chicago

TV: MLBN

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Cubs win, 5-2; Cubs lead series, 2-0

Giants at Cubs Game 2 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[hr=60][/hr]

[h1]Sunday, October 9, 2016[/h1]

[h2]Dodgers (Rich Hill) vs. Nationals (Tanner Roark), Game 2[/h2][margin]12:00 PM CDT, Nationals Park, Washington

TV: FS1

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Nationals win, 5-2; Series tied, 1-1

Dodgers at Nationals Game 2 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[h2]Indians (Josh Tomlin) vs. Red Sox (Clay Buchholz), Game 3[/h2][margin]3:00 PM CDT, Fenway Park, Boston

POSTPONED[/margin]

[h2]Rangers (Colby Lewis) vs. Blue Jays (Aaron Sanchez), Game 3[/h2][margin]6:30 PM CDT, Rogers Centre, Toronto

TV: TBS

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Blue Jays win, 7-6, 10 innings; Jays win series, 3-0

Rangers at Blue Jays Game 3 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[hr=60][/hr]

[h1]Monday, October 10, 2016[/h1]

[h2]Nationals (Gio Gonzalez) vs. Dodgers (Kenta Maeda), Game 3[/h2][margin]3:00 PM CDT, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

TV: MLBN

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Nationals win, 8-3; Nationals lead series, 2-1

Nationals at Dodgers Game 3 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[h2]Indians (Josh Tomlin) vs. Red Sox (Clay Buchholz), Game 3[/h2][margin]5:00 PM CDT, Fenway Park, Boston

TV: TBS

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Indians win, 4-3; Indians win series, 3-0

Indians at Red Sox Game 3 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[h2]Cubs (Jake Arrieta) vs. Giants (Madison Bumgarner), Game 3[/h2][margin]8:30 PM CDT, AT&T Park, San Francisco

TV: FS1

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Giants win, 6-5, 13 innings; Cubs lead series, 2-1

Cubs at Giants Game 3 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[hr=60][/hr]

[h1]Tuesday, October 11, 2016[/h1]

[h2]Nationals (Joe Ross) vs. Dodgers (Clayton Kershaw), Game 4[/h2][margin]4:00 PM CDT, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

TV: FS1

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Dodgers win, 6-5; Series tied, 2-2

Nationals at Dodgers Game 4 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[h2]Cubs (John Lackey) vs. Giants (Matt Moore), Game 4[/h2][margin]7:30 PM CDT, AT&T Park, San Francisco

TV: FS1

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Cubs win, 6-5; Cubs win series, 3-1

Cubs at Giants Game 4 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[hr=60][/hr]

[h1]Thursday, October 13, 2016[/h1]

[h2]Dodgers (Rich Hill) vs. Nationals (Max Scherzer), Game 5[/h2][margin]7:00 PM CDT, Nationals Park, Washington

TV: FS1

Radio: ESPN Radio

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Dodgers win, 4-3; Dodgers win series, 3-2

Dodgers at Nationals Game 5 Gameday, MLB.com[/margin]

[Bombers]

I see some 5 game series coming up here. This could be a fun round. I forget about Estrada as I don't really watch the Blue Jays. Crazy to see he will get game 1 tonight.

[1992casey]

Lineups, Jays vs. Rangers, Game 1:

 

Jays

1. 2B Devon Travis ®
   
2. 3B Josh Donaldson ®
   
3. 1B Edwin Encarnación ®
   
4. DH José Bautista ®
   
5. C Russell Martin ®
   
6. SS Troy Tulowitzki ®
   
7. CF Kevin Pillar ®
   
8. LF Melvin Upton Jr. ®
   
9. RF Ezequiel Carrera (L)

 

Rangers

1. LF Carlos Gómez ®
   
2. CF Ian Desmond ®
   
3. DH Carlos Beltrán (S)
   
4. 3B Adrián Beltré ®
   
5. 2B Rougned Odor (L)
   
6. C Jonathan Lucroy ®
   
7. 1B Mitch Moreland (L)
   
8. SS Elvis Andrus ®
   
9. RF Shin-Soo Choo (L)

[1992casey]

Lineups, Red Sox vs. Indians, Game 1

 

Red Sox

1. 2B Dustin Pedroia ®
   
2. 3B Brock Holt (L)
   
3. RF Mookie Betts ®
   
4. DH David Ortiz (L)
   
5. 1B Hanley Ramírez ®
   
6. SS Xander Bogaerts ®
   
7. CF Jackie Bradley (L)
   
8. C Sandy León (S)
   
9. LF Andrew Benintendi (L)

 

Indians

1. DH Carlos Santana (S)
   
2. 2B Jason Kipnis (L)
   
3. SS Francisco Lindor (S)
   
4. 1B Mike Napoli ®
   
5. 3B José Ramírez (S)
   
6. RF Lonnie Chisenhall (L)
   
7. LF Coco Crisp (S)
   
8. CF Tyler Naquin (L)
   
9. C Roberto Pérez ®

[pacopete4]

First time I've looked at Aaron Hills stats since the trade. He's been horrible.

[1992casey]

When I turned on the game, TBS took a quick peek at the goings-on at the ballpark while the studio pundits were babbling. I guess I'd rather see the on-the-field pregame stuff than listen to the babbling.

[adambr2]

Too bad Fielder retired, or you'd have Lucroy, Gomez, Fielder, and Jeffress all on the same squad.

[adambr2]

Gomez would have had that.

[stoutdude04]

I love Gomez...but it's silly that they have him leading off and have Lucroy batting 6 or 7 or whatever.

[rondoman]

Marco Estrada is dominant.

[adambr2]

Marco Estrada's name isn't brought up very often when we discuss guys we sold too low on, but it probably should be.

[sveumrules]

Tough to argue we sold low on Estrada when his performance took such an unpredictable jump after being traded, to the tougher league no less. Granted his 2012 was pretty solid but in the two years immediately prior to the trade he was trending down with 2014 being especially brutal, MLB worst 29 HR in only 150 IP.

 

2013-14 w/ MKE: 4.13 ERA (88th of 111, min 250 IP) 4.41 FIP (101st of 111)

2015-16 w/ TOR: 3.50 ERA (19th of 98, min 250 IP) 4.28 FIP (72nd of 98)

 

His batted ball profile has stayed mostly the same with the only noticeable difference being about a 6% reduction in hard contact since the trade to TOR. It also looks like he added (or at the very least increased his usage of) a cutter since he got to TOR. If anything I think the TOR front office/coaching staff should get credit for identifying someone whose issues they thought were fixable & then fixing them.

[MadThinker88]

Not like the deal looked bad in 2015. Estrada did well for Toronto and Lind was doing well/ as expected in his role for the Brewers.

 

Time will tell if any of the 3 lottery tickets Lind was dealt for before 2016 turn into anything (by themselves or as part of another deal).

[MadThinker88]

Tribe takes game 1 and the maligned catching situation is a huge reason why.

Perez showed himself to be a solid backstop.

 

Who would have guessed that before the series began???

 

Kluber aka Klubot vs Price in game 2 should be a good match up. Rematch of opening day except this time Tribe has Guyer (very underrated pickup) to be in RF. IF Tribe wins game 2 to go up 2-0 before heading to Boston, I wonder how on edge that Boston fan base will be...

[trwi7]

Would be difficult for the announcers in the Boston/Cleveland series to be more annoying. Ortiz is the greatest thing g since sliced bread. Pedroia is the grittiest battler in the history of gritty battlers. The supposedly awful swinging strike call to end the game and "hating to see the game end like that." One of them even refusing to change that stance even after replay showed Pedroia clearly swung seemingly because there was no way Pedroia would throw a hissy fit the way he did if he didn't actually swing.

[Polish Falcons]

The supposedly awful swinging strike call to end the game and "hating to see the game end like that." One of them even refusing to change that stance even after replay showed Pedroia clearly swung seemingly because there was no way Pedroia would throw a hissy fit the way he did if he didn't actually swing.

 

 

Yeah that really got under my skin too. After the replay Ripken took it back and was like "he definitely went around, strike 3" but either Darling or Johnson refused to admit it. "Hate to see a game end like that." Come on! What? There were other points in the game where they refused to accept what could be seen on replay too. So weird

[1992casey]

Lineups, Jays vs. Rangers, Game 2:

 

Jays

1. 2B Devon Travis ®
   
2. 3B Josh Donaldson ®
   
3. 1B Edwin Encarnación ®
   
4. RF José Bautista ®
   
5. C Russell Martin ®
   
6. SS Troy Tulowitzki ®
   
7. DH Michael Saunders (L)
   
8. CF Kevin Pillar ®
   
9. LF Ezequiel Carrera (L)

 

Rangers

1. LF Carlos Gómez ®
   
2. CF Ian Desmond ®
   
3. DH Carlos Beltrán (S)
   
4. 3B Adrián Beltré ®
   
5. 2B Rougned Odor (L)
   
6. C Jonathan Lucroy ®
   
7. 1B Ryan Rua ®
   
8. SS Elvis Andrus ®
   
9. RF Nomar Mazara (L)

[1992casey]

Lineups, Red Sox vs. Indians, Game 2

 

Red Sox

1. 2B Dustin Pedroia ®
   
2. 3B Brock Holt (L)
   
3. RF Mookie Betts ®
   
4. DH David Ortiz (L)
   
5. 1B Hanley Ramírez ®
   
6. SS Xander Bogaerts ®
   
7. LF Andrew Benintendi (L)
   
8. C Sandy Leon (S)
   
9. CF Jackie Bradley (L)

 

Indians

1. CF Rajai Davis ®
   
2. 2B Jason Kipnis (L)
   
3. SS Francisco Lindor (S)
   
4. 1B Mike Napoli ®
   
5. DH Carlos Santana (S)
   
6. 3B José Ramírez (S)
   
7. LF Brandon Guyer ®
   
8. RF Lonnie Chisenhall (L)
   
9. C Roberto Pérez ®

[1992casey]

Lineups, Dodgers vs. Nationals, Game 1

 

Dodgers

1. 2B Chase Utley (L)
   
2. SS Corey Seager (L)
   
3. 3B Justin Turner ®
   
4. 1B Adrian González (L)
   
5. RF Josh Reddick (L)
   
6. CF Joc Pederson (L)
   
7. C Yasmani Grandal (S)
   
8. LF Andrew Toles (L)
   
9. LHP Clayton Kershaw (L)

 

Nationals

1. CF Trea Turner ®
   
2. RF Bryce Harper (L)
   
3. LF Jayson Werth ®
   
4. 2B Daniel Murphy (L)
   
5. 3B Anthony Rendon ®
   
6. 1B Ryan Zimmerman ®
   
7. SS Danny Espinosa (S)
   
8. C Pedro Severino ®
   
9. RHP Max Scherzer ®

[1992casey]

In Progressive Field, it's possible to homer off of plexiglass that's placed to protect the cameraman.

[Lee16]

David Price in the post season...uh, leaves much to be desired. Yikes.

 

Also, the Indians don't seem to mind being spurned by Lucroy.

[1992casey]

Lineups, Giants vs. Cubs, Game 1

 

Giants

1. CF Gorkys Hernández ®
   
2. 1B Brandon Belt (L)
   
3. C Buster Posey ®
   
4. RF Hunter Pence ®
   
5. LF Ángel Pagán (S)
   
6. SS Brandon Crawford (L)
   
7. 2B Kelby Tomlinson ®
   
8. 3B Conor Gillaspie (L)
   
9. RHP Johnny Cueto ®

 

Cubs

1. CF Dexter Fowler (S)
   
2. 3B Kris Bryant ®
   
3. 1B Anthony Rizzo (L)
   
4. LF Ben Zobrist (S)
   
5. SS Addison Russell ®
   
6. RF Jason Heyward (L)
   
7. 2B Javier Báez ®
   
8. C David Ross ®
   
9. LHP Jon Lester (L)

[jerichoholicninja]

I think that Giants lineup might be the worst I've ever seen for a playoff game.

[yfinn6]

I think that Giants lineup might be the worst I've ever seen for a playoff game.

 

Nah, it doesn't have Mark Kotsay in CF.

[adambr2]

Terrible mental mistake by Posey. Forgot how many outs there were, wasn't running on contact on the missed flair to Zobrist, and cost the Giants an extremely valuable run.