Baseball is back, so let's see what the Tigers got done this past off-season. This winter was a weird one for baseball. The collective bargaining agreement between the players' union had expired at the end of the 2021 season, December 2nd to be precise. The owners decided to execute a preemptive lockout on that day to force a swift agreement. This was slightly undercut…
Power rankings system devised and compiled weekly by Stemshul. “Expert” analysis by paradroid. The Braves have done it! The worst ranked team to make the playoffs beat the Brewers (#8), the Dodgers (#1), and the Astros (#4). They did benefit from avoiding a one game playoff in the wildcard round due to everybody else in the N.L. East sucking winning their division, but they…
Power rankings system devised and compiled weekly by Stemshul. “Expert” analysis by paradroid. The unexpected has happened in the NLCS: the Braves, only here because everybody else in the division was worse, a team whose record was under .500 before game #110 (L.A. was at 65-44 at this point, but were about to reel off 16 wins in their next 19 games), a team…
Power rankings system devised and compiled weekly by Stemshul. “Expert” analysis by paradroid. Well, well, well! Looks like, as with most things, I'm terrible at predictions. I got exactly one of the final four teams right, although I did manage to pick one of the two wildcard games. I correctly picked the Dodgers to beat the Cardinals, but in a close game 5 that…
Power rankings system devised and compiled weekly by Stemshul. “Expert” analysis by paradroid. He sees the future! Well, it was an exciting end to the season, with both A.L. wildcard spots up for grabs between 4 teams on the final day. The N.L. West title was also decided by game 162, with the Giants winning to push the 106 win Dodgers into the N.L.…
Power rankings system devised and compiled weekly by Stemshul. “Expert” analysis by paradroid. The Situation, rocking a 3 pack and T-Rex arms. It's the penultimate regular season power rankings; time to look at playoff situation one last time before we have all the answers. In the senior circuit, the only one yet to be answered is whether the Phillies can catch the Braves. Losing…
Power rankings system devised and compiled weekly by Stemshul. “Expert” analysis by paradroid. The Yankees and Blue Jays are looking to step up 2 the playoffs. More wildcard excitement this week! In the American League, it's all about the East division, with the Yankees, Blue Jays, and Red Sox separated by only two games in the standings. FanGraphs, once again providing all playoff odds,…
Power rankings system devised and compiled weekly by Stemshul. “Expert” analysis by paradroid. "It's got what plants crave!" With the division winners all but decided (almost there, Atlanta), the wildcard is where the action is with just 3 weeks left in the regular season. In the National League, the Philadelphia Phillies are fading (from a 30.3% chance to a 14.2% chance; all Playoff Odds…
Power rankings system devised and compiled weekly by Stemshul. “Expert” analysis by paradroid. With just a few weeks left in the regular season, let's check in on the playoff standings, starting in the American League, where there aren't too many mysteries left. The Tampa Bay Rays (3rd in our rankings), after winning 4 of 5 and watching both the Yankees (lost 8 of 10)…
Power rankings system devised and compiled weekly by Stemshul. “Expert” analysis by paradroid. Look out for the Rays! Week 22 is here and we have a new #1: the Tampa Bay Rays! It was looking like the Yankees were a real threat in the A.L. West after their 13 game winning streak, but after getting within 4 games of first place, a 4 game…
