2025 S3SL NLDS: Florida vs San Francisco

[bwitty24]

Dry, how can you insult him? You take this game way too seriously obv!! AHHHHHHHHH

[Kingdom]

Ok, Macaulay Calkin.

[Porter]

Im going to stay on my belief that the playoffs are random and will always be random.

Florida was a really hot team down the stretch and they were a freaking -9 people. It was a legit matchup and they won in 4. Lay the crap to rest and move on.

[Kingdom]

Nothing random when Florida has done this for almost 20 OOTP seasons. It's dyne-tastic. The Evil Empire of the South.


And I rest easy knowing I beat them once.

[Porter]

I wouldnt know KoZ, Im happy to make the playoffs in this league once in the while.

[Kingdom]

Believe in the team.
Yes We Can!

[missionhockey21]

Looking at ratings only to examine this.

Position	Name	Contact	Gap	Power	Eye	K's	....	Position	Name	Contact	Gap	Power	Eye	K's
C	Bryant Greene	8	4	8	8	8	....	C	Douglas Blair	9	7	7	6	9
1B	Randy Jacob	8	7	7	5	7	....	1B	John Gonzales	7	7	7	10	8
2B	Clemente Ramos	6	8	8	9	6	....	2B	Kris Lavery	9	6	2	10	7
3B	Chad Miller	8	8	10	6	6	....	3B	Albert Sanchez	8	7	10	8	6
SS	John Triado	8	7	6	1	7	....	SS	Eduardo Azevedo	7	5	10	10	6
LF	Jose Erazo	7	5	8	7	6	....	LF	Darrell Wicks	9	9	10	10	6
CF	John Holmes	8	9	10	9	9	....	CF	Emmanuel Brammer	7	7	9	6	7
RF	Luis Kelly	7	8	7	6	7	....	RF	Sonny Clark	8	8	7	5	5

C is pretty close to a toss-up. Jacob has more speed but Gonzalez has more OBP potential, I think Jacob is a bigger threat after his big season. Ramos is a bigger impact bat, but Lavery is a huge on-base threat coming from leadoff, Ramos would get it IMO. Miller vs Sanchez is close but I think Sanchez gets the slight edge. Azevedo is a huge power threat and easily better than Triado. Erazo is good, but Wicks is better. Holmes is your Wicks and better than Brammer. Kelly and Clark are pretty much a toss-up.
San Fran - 3
Florida - 3

Game	Name	Stuff	Control	Movement	....	Name	Stuff	Control	Movement
One	Mike McCullough	10	9	10	....	Floyd Paschal	9	9	7
Two	Darnell Keifer	10	10	6	....	Robert Hankerson	10	6	10
Three	Wayne Hage	10	9	7	....	John Frink	6	8	10
Four	Robert Savino	8	5	9	....	Valerio Mendez	8	9	8

McC over Paschal. Hankerson and Keifer are a toss-up. Hage over Frink, but Frink also had a great year with a sub 3 ERA. Mendez over Savino.
San Fran - 2
Florida - 2

Name	Stuff	Control	Movement	....	Name	Stuff	Control	Movement
Manuel Domenech	7	6	5	....
Paul Dalton	7	6	7	....	Gregory Ferguson	5	8	8
Richard Tucker	6	8	6	....	Tony Guzman	6	8	8
Michael Davidson	7	8	7	....	Arthur Schlosser	6	8	9
Juan Bonilla	5	9	7	....	Russell Karle	7	8	8
Robert Ward	8	10	6	....	Erwin Talamantez	10	5	9
Ferdy Loera	10	7	9	....	Christian Reder	10	10	9

I did not use complete bullpens, just who actually pitched in our games. I won't go through them all but I think we can both agree that I have more quality depth.

San Fran, I posted this just as a comparison (nothing in regards to your post that was mis-interpreted.) Game 1 and Game 4 were both close and won in late innings by me. Your core is there, but I think you lacking a really deep bullpen is what did you in. Not that you need perfect closers in each spot but by going with the law of averages, having that depth is what will win more games with the game goes deep. Getting another 7-7-8 type of arm or two for your pen in middle relief would be huge IMO.

Also losing Chalmers hurt a lot it seems. Tirado hit only .118 and with Chalmers who is better rated and brings big speed, that might of changed this whole series. I had Lavery lead off with little power but a .444 OBP and that setup the big guys in back. If Chalmers was able to get on at a .350 clip like he did this season, those close games could of went either way.

So despite the 3-1 score, we know this was a close series outside of Game two. If your bullpen held onto game 1, making it a 2-2 series if everything else stayed the same, I think game 5 would have been yours. Hankerson is a good pitcher but McC is a legend and I think that would have gone your way.

Anyway, a good fight and get a few arms in the offseason so you'll have someone who is really good be able to bridge over to Ward and Loera.

[mntwinsfan]

Thanks, Mission. Good post.