Offseason moves already started.

Dodgers extend Lilly, and Tigers extend Inge. Braves release Saito (retiring?) and the worst position player of 2010, Melky Cabrera. I honestly don't understand how Cabrera managed to stay in the majors all these years.

I'll be cheering for the Phillies myself. The ever popular Jamie Moyer used to pitch for my local AAA team.

Of course, I have to admit I'm intrigued by the success the Padres have had this year and hope they make the playoffs by some miracle this year. They are a very fan-friendly team on the road, so it's hard to root against them.

Can't wait for the playoffs to start. My Phils have home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. I just picked up a ticket for game two of the first series in Philly.

dfreely wrote:Has anyone noticed how drastic Carlos Gonzalez's home/away splits are? Playing for the Rockies really does wonders for your hitting.

Well I guess there is a huge advantage to playing half of your games in Colorado, I wonder what type of year he would be having if he stayed in Oakland?

Carlos' home stats: .392 batting, 25 homers, .766 slugging
His away stats: .293 batting, 8 homers, .459 slugging
The difference in slugging is just insane. It's bigger than the difference between Albert Pujols and Juan Pierre.

The Phillies' magic number is 4. Basically, any combination of Phillies wins and Braves losses that total 4 means they take the division. The wild card looks like it could be a pretty tight race.

I kinda have.
The Phillies have a 6 game lead over the Braves, but hopefully the Braves will comeback at them.
If I'm correct, the only way they can tie for the division lead is win the last 6 games to tie it, or win 3 games while the Phillies lose 3. But if they can't, they'll just have to hold on to the wild card race against the Padres.

Has anyone noticed how drastic Carlos Gonzalez's home/away splits are? Playing for the Rockies really does wonders for your hitting.

I'm a Mets fan but I'm pretty much rooting for the Braves to take the division at this point.

Phillies took first place in the NL east from the Braves. Lukcily, the Braves are the NL Wild Card leaders!

Aroldis Chapman's debut was yesterday. Had Reds fans up and LOUD!