2009 Playoffs Thread

[Omar]

Standings as of 8/14

NL East

TEAM      WIN     LOSS     GB      E#     REMAINING

PHI       64       48      ---    ---     50
FLA       61       54      4.5     45     47
ATL       60       54      5.0     45     48

Teams Mathematically Alive: 5
Worst Team Remaining: Washington (40-75, E# 24)

NL Wild Card

TEAM      WIN     LOSS     GB      E#     REMAINING

COL       64       51      ---    ---     47
SFG       62       52      1.5     47     48
FLA       61       54      3.0     45     47
ATL       60       54      3.5     45     48
CHC       58       55      5.0     44     49

Teams Mathematically Alive: 14
Worst Team Remaining: Washington (40-75, E# 24)

Wins Needed for 90 Total: 29
Win Percentage Needed: .617

Tonight's Games
PIT (Morton) @ CHC (Wells) [2:20]
SFG (Zito) @ NYM (Parnell) [7:10]
COL (Hamell) @ FLA (Johnson) [7:10]
PHI (Blanton) @ ATL (Jurrjens) [7:30]

Where We Stand going into the Rockies series
3.0 back of the Wild Card (3rd place) [+0, +1 place]
4.5 back of the Division (2nd place) [-0.5]
15-10 since the All Star Break
15-7 since the Phillies' sweep
7-5 in the Nick Johnson Era

Remaining Homestand
3 vs Colorado (2-1 on year, 0-0 at home)

[PitchingWinsGames]

Something I noticed about our schedule, figured this was as good a place as any to post it:

Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP

April	14	8	112	105	.636
May	9	20	119	161	.310
June	17	11	131	120	.607
July	14	10	104	88	.583
August	7	5	80	73	.583

The main culprits of May's debacle being the Rays, Brewers, Cubs, Dbacks and Dodgers - none of which we play from here on out.

[Omar]

Have to love two .600+ months (and one at .583). Gives hope that getting to 90 wins is indeed possible.

I'd also argue that the biggest antagonist in that month was Tampa Bay - we've handled the Cubs, Dodgers, and Dbacks in subsequent series post-May (Arizona and Los Angeles on the road). It was just a crappy month overall.

[Omar]

Standings as of 8/15

NL East

TEAM      WIN     LOSS     GB      E#     REMAINING

PHI       65       48      ---    ---     49
FLA       62       54      4.5     44     46
ATL       60       55      6.0     43     47

Teams Mathematically Alive: 5
Worst Team Remaining: Washington (41-75, E# 23)

NL Wild Card

TEAM      WIN     LOSS     GB      E#     REMAINING

COL       64       52      ---    ---     46
SFG       62       53      1.5     46     47
FLA       62       54      2.0     45     46
ATL       60       55      3.5     44     47
CHC       59       55      4.0     44     48

Teams Mathematically Alive: 14
Worst Team Remaining: Washington (41-75, E# 24)

Wins Needed for 90 Total: 28
Win Percentage Needed: .609

Tonight's Games
PIT (Duke) @ CHC (Gorzelanny) [1:05]
PHI (Hamels) @ ATL (Kawakami) [4:00]
SFG (Cain) @ NYM (Santana) [4:10]
COL (Cook) @ FLA (VandenHurk) [6:10]

[Omar]

Apologies for the late update:

Standings as of 8/16

NL East

TEAM      WIN     LOSS     GB      E#     REMAINING

PHI       65       49      ---    ---     48
FLA       62       54      4.0     44     46
ATL       61       55      5.0     43     46

Teams Mathematically Alive: 5
Worst Team Remaining: Washington (42-75, E# 23)

NL Wild Card

TEAM      WIN     LOSS     GB      E#     REMAINING

COL       64       52      ---    ---     46
SFG       63       53      1.0     46     46
FLA       62       54      2.0     45     46
ATL       61       55      3.0     44     46
CHC       60       55      3.5     44     47

Teams Mathematically Alive: 14
Worst Team Remaining: Washington (42-75, E# 24)

Wins Needed for 90 Total: 28
Win Percentage Needed: .609

Tonight's Games
SFG 1 NYM 2 TOP 6
COL 1 FLA 6 BOT 3 (Game 1)
PIT 0 CHC 0 DELAY

COL (De la Rosa) @ FLA (VandenHurk) [Game 2]
PHI (Happ) @ ATL (Vazquez) [8:10] [ESPN]

[Omar]

Standings as of 8/17

NL East

TEAM      WIN     LOSS     GB      E#     REMAINING

PHI       66       49      ---    ---     47
FLA       63       55      4.5     42     44
ATL       61       56      6.0     41     45

Teams Mathematically Alive: 5
Worst Team Remaining: Washington (43-75, E# 22)

NL Wild Card

TEAM      WIN     LOSS     GB      E#     REMAINING

COL       65       53      ---    ---     44
SFG       63       54      1.5     44     45
FLA       63       55      2.0     43     44
CHC       60       55      3.5     43     47
ATL       61       56      3.5     42     45

Teams Mathematically Alive: 14
Worst Team Remaining: Washington (43-75, E# 23)

Wins Needed for 90 Total: 27
Win Percentage Needed: .614

Tonight's Games
ARI (Scherzer) @ ATL (Hanson) [4:05]
SFG (Martinez) @ NYM (Hernandez) [7:10]
CHC (Lilly) @ SDP (Correia) [10:05]

Off
Florida
Philadelphia
Colorado

Where We Stand going into Houston
2.0 back of the Wild Card (3rd place) [+1]
4.5 back of the Division (2nd place) [No Change]
17-11 since the All Star Break
9-6 in the Nick Johnson Era

Upcoming Roadtrip
3 @ Houston (3-1 on season, 0-0 on road)
3 @ Atlanta (5-3 on season, 3-0 on road)

[Omar]

Standings as of 8/18

NL East

TEAM      WIN     LOSS     GB      E#     REMAINING

PHI       66       49      ---    ---     47
FLA       63       55      4.5     42     44
ATL       62       56      5.5     41     44

Teams Mathematically Alive: 5
Worst Team Remaining: Washington (43-75, E# 22)

NL Wild Card

TEAM      WIN     LOSS     GB      E#     REMAINING

COL       65       53      ---    ---     44
SFG       64       54      1.0     44     44
FLA       63       55      2.0     43     44
ATL       62       56      3.0     42     44
CHC       60       56      4.0     42     46

Teams Mathematically Alive: 14
Worst Team Remaining: Washington (43-75, E# 23)

Wins Needed for 90 Total: 27
Win Percentage Needed: .614

Tonight's Games
COL (Jimenez) @ WSH (Stammen) [7:05]
ARI (Garland) @ PHI (Martinez) [7:05]
SFG (Lincecum) @ CIN (Bailey) [7:10]
ATL (Lowe) @ NYM (Perez) [7:10]
FLA (Nolasco) @ HOU (Norris) [8:05]
CHC (Dempster) @ CHC (Carrillo) [10:05]

[Omar]

Finals
COL 4 WSH 3
ATL 4 NYM 9
FLA 6 HOU 2

In Progress
ARI 1 PHI 5 BOT 8
SFG 8 CIN 5 BOT 10
CHC 1 SDP 1 BOT 2

[Omar]

Standings as of 8/19

NL East

TEAM      WIN     LOSS     GB      E#     REMAINING

PHI       67       49      ---    ---     46
FLA       64       55      4.5     41     43
ATL       62       57      6.5     39     43

Teams Mathematically Alive: 5
Worst Team Remaining: Washington (43-76, E# 20)

NL Wild Card

TEAM      WIN     LOSS     GB      E#     REMAINING

COL       66       53      ---    ---     43
SFG       65       54      1.0     43     43
FLA       64       55      2.0     42     43
ATL       62       57      4.0     40     43
CHC       60       57      5.0     40     45

Teams Mathematically Alive: 14
Worst Team Remaining: Washington (43-76, E# 21)

Wins Needed for 90 Total: 26
Win Percentage Needed: .605

Tonight's Games
COL (Marquis) @ WSH (Balester) [7:05]
ARI (Haren) @ PHI (Lee) [7:05]
SFG (Zito) @ CIN (Arroyo) [7:10]
ATL (Jurrjens) @ NYM (Parnell) [7:10]
FLA (West) @ HOU (Bazardo) [8:05]
CHC (Harden) @ SDP (Latos) [10:05]

[PitchingWinsGames]

I like when the "Win Percentage Needed" gets to be a lower number.

[Namaste]

One of SFO or COL need to start slipping a little.

[m26555]

I'm still puzzled as to how the Giants are still in this with that offense.

[PitchingWinsGames]

Dat Pitching

[m26555]

They have two outstanding starters, but the rest of their rotation is very average. And I mean, they rank near or at the bottom of the league in just about every offensive category. I would think two good pitchers could only carry you so far.

[PitchingWinsGames]

They have two outstanding starters, but the rest of their rotation is very average. And I mean, they rank near or at the bottom of the league in just about every offensive category. I would think two good pitchers could only carry you so far.

You're talking about 2/5 of your rotation almost being an automatic win every turn in the rotation. That's a .400 win percentage right there. The other three are all average, yes...

But you're basically saying, can that 5 man rotation get me 3 wins a turn and with a top two like that, it's a very real possibility that one of the back three does it..

Their bullpen is also pretty cool, so the offense only has to be "good enough" and it is.