It's a mitzvah of sorts that Shohei Ohtani had the Ohtani-est, unicorniest postseason game in the history of baseball last night -- not just because we got to watch it (live, and the Bluesky timeline, which was 33 1/3 short variations on "hooooooly crap"), but because, thanks to that, the conversation is about that and not as much about the Crew not really showing up for the LCS.
Someone made the comment on Bsky last night that the Brewers hadn't seemed "in" any of these games since last week; watching Yelich flapping at garbage sinkers the last couple days, he was overmatched, but also it looked like he didn't want to be there really. How did a team this well-oiled and dominant for six months, with that many big win streaks, just...recede?
Not to take anything away from the Dodger starters, or their professional postseason hitting attack. The team is not the defending champ for no reason. But the Brewers had opportunities and let them starve in a positively Metsy fashion. I'm not a pro athlete and what I don't know is a lot, but this specific instance of a team getting out over the canyon, looking down, and plummeting out of recognizable view is remarkable.
"Great, you've remarked, now get to the points!!" - Ohtani pickers
On it! You know the drill: picks and slates in italics are out. Relatively minor damage compared with what we'll see in a couple days, and lbr, these Brewer picks weren't critical anyway, but:
Chourio 3
Frelick 0
Turang 0
Yelich 0
The Crew's series in a nutshell: Chourio playing hurt but trying to make things happen; Turang and Yelich doing shit-all to help. Frelick does have the fewest TB of the group...but barely, notching 6 to Turang's 7 and Yeli's 8. Yelich looked worse, but I forgot Turang existed for most of the post, so he's the pool's series LVP.
In happier news,
Betts 1
Freeman 1
Hernandez T 1
Ohtani 12
Pages 0
Nobody else among the Dodger picks had as many as 10 TB for the entire LCS. Ohtani is the MVP here, and everywhere else, truly. Best "smelling a fart" faces on the mound? Ohtani. Legend. Kiké, Edman, and Will Smith doing that Victorinoid thing the lower half of the Dodger order always does in October.
All righty: the full standings, which actually complicate things more than they clarify them, because there's a clear leader and then a bunch of people splitting place and show. (And Brady's out; sorry, honey.)
100 Izzo
89 Quinn 2, MArbour 1, and Mectomy
84 Crase AL and Bauer Snoozical
81 Mopsiukas 1
79 Dunn 2
77 Winklepleck 1
Everyone else after the jump...
73 Fell 1, Yuhan, Bauer Fun, and Shotwell 1
70 Green
69 (nice) Drake 2 and DGB
68 Cameron First
67 Wonsetler 1
66 AK Dos
65 Bingham Prime
63 Reid Omega
62 Shotwell 2
59 Reid Alpha and AK Uno
56 Cameron Second
54 Dunn 1
51 Fell 2
48 Winklepleck 2
43 The Estros
42 Wonsetler 2, JArbour, MArbour 2, and Drake 2
38 BIngham Emo
36 Tormey
31 Mopsiukas 2
27 Brady
23 SDB Prayers
21 Quinn 1
Still a fair number of complete slates in play, and with the Dodgers resting for nearly a week, AL-forward cards have a chance to gain some ground. Not a great chance -- Vlad Jr. has to fall into a hole, in, like, Grimsby -- but a chance. We'll find out tomorrow night at 8:03 PM ET.
Until then, my condolences to Milwaukee fans, and my exhortations to let me know if these numbers look off. Good luck!
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