LAD 8, NYM 0

Well, that was fugly to watch -- with the exception of that Ohtani moonshot, which, always a pleasure but uch. The Mets' inconsistent offense is really frustrating the last few days -- and as far as the pool goes, the Dodgers' isn't that much better. Yes, there's the moonshot, but when the most popular pick hits it, and favored picks of yesteryear also hit them and the points don't go anywhere...so goes the BPP, I guess.

Broad, but not deep, sprinkling of points otherwise:

Betts 1
Freeman 1
Hernandez T 0
Ohtani 4
Smith W

Iglesias 1
Lindor 0
Nimmo 1
Vientos 1

Mark Vientos pulls into a tie for the pool-MVP lead; Hernandez K doing that postseason-Kiké thing he does, though it doesn't help any of us; here's how everyone's sitting going into today:

63 Bauer OMG
54 Cameron 2
49 MArbour 2

46 Bauer Snooze
45 Shotwell 1, JArbour Winklepleck LLC
43 Quinn

39 SDBs Safe and Sorry
38 Stempel and Johnson

34 Dunn, Cameron 1, Drake, and Wonsetler
32 Reid 2, Fell 1, Tormey, and Shotwell 2

29 Reid 1, Bingham 2
28 Bingham 1

23 Brady
20 MArbour

Today's games kick off with NYY/CLE at 5 ET on TBS, the Guardians trying to get on the board; LAD/NYM is another night game, 8 PM on FS1. Check my math, as always, and good luck, ditto!

NYY 6, CLE 2

Well, the Yankees don't look great out there...but the Guardians look like they're moving underwater, and they've looked that way for a lot of the postseason, to me. Seems like it's getting late early in the ALCS.

But what a relief for Judge that he finally went yard (and a relief for much of the pool, not for nothing). It took like five years off his face.

All Guardians picks got points; only Stanton did not for the Yanks, in an inversion of the usual scorelines of late...

Naylor 2
Ramírez 4
Thomas 1

Judge 4
Soto 1
Stanton 0

This changes the landscape somewhat, for now, as the AL takes a travel day tomorrow and the NL is back on. I forget, year to year, that weird musical-chairs quality of the LCSes for the pool, where it's different standings every day and you hope the music stops when you're closer to the top. 

61 Bauer OMG
54 Cameron 2
44 MArbour 2

Everyone else after the jump...

NYY 5, CLE 2

The second game of the day, the second instance of an entire team's picks doing bubkes. Not the second instance of Judge and Ramírez doing bubkes, alas, but let's have a look...

Naylor 0
Ramírez 0
Thomas 0

Judge 0
Soto 5
Stanton 4

So the standings reshuffle in favor of Soto pickers; here's the full list after LCS Day 2:

57 Bauer OMG
46 Cameron 2
43 MArbour 2

40 Bauer Snooze
39 JArbour Winklepleck LLC
38 SDB Sorry

36 Shotwell 1
34 Stempel and Quinn
31 SDB Safe

29 Dunn
28 Reid 2 and Johnson
27 Fell 1

26 Fell 2, Cameron 1, and Drake
25 Reid 1 and Wonsetler
24 Bingham 1

22 Tormey
21 Brady
20 Shotwell 2 and Bingham 2
16 MArbour 1

We'll see how things develop tomorrow with the NL off day; the AL plays at 7:40 PM ET again. Until then, check my numbers and good luck!

NYM 7, LAD 3

This Mets fan will take a split on the road anytime, and especially after the media spent the last couple days talking up that Dodger scoreless streak.

Weirdly, though the Dodgers themselves scored several times in this Game 2, not one of the picks created a base. Met pickers had a nice night of it, though.

Betts 0
Freeman 0
Hernandez T 0
Ohtani 0
Smith W 0

Iglesias 1
Lindor 4
Nimmo 0
Vientos 5

Apparently Nimmo is dealing with plantar fasciitis, but it isn't bothering Bauer any...

57 Bauer OMG
46 Cameron 2
39 JArbour Winklepleck LLC

38 MArbour 2
36 Shotwell 1
35 Bauer Snooze
33 SDB Sorry
31 SDB Safe
30 Stempel

I'll save the rest of the standings for the end of ALCS play, where Rocchio is making his best pitch for the Victorino, but if any numbers look weird in the meantime, LMK!

LAD 9, NYM 0

Welp, this is sort of what I feared with the Dodger offense AND pitching heating up (and it looked like the Senga gambit wasn't as intimidating the second time), but it's a longer series, so as a Met fan, I'm not freaking out too much yet. 

As a pool fan, this is fine. Points!

Betts 2
Freeman 2
Hernandez T 0
Ohtani 2
Smith W 0

Iglesias 1
Lindor 0
Nimmo 0
Vientos 0

A somewhat different view at the top with Betts pickers coming on:

48 Bauer OMG
46 Cameron 2
39 JArbour Winklepleck LLC

38 MArbour 2
36 Shotwell 1
35 Bauer Snooze

31 SDB Safe
30 Stempel

29 SDB Sorry and Quinn
28 Reid 2
26 Fell 2 and Cameron 1
25 Reid 1

24 Bingham 1 and Dunn
23 Johnson
22 Fell 1 and Tormey
21 Brady

20 Wonsetler and Shotwell 2
19 Bingham 2
16 MArbour 1

All remaining picks in play tomorrow, NL at 4 PM ET, AL plays Game 1 at 7:30. We'll see where we are then; in the meantime, check my math and good luck...

CLE 7, DET 3; Guardians move on

Thanks to disrespectful start times, this series may not have gotten the attention it warranted -- and now it's over, and the Tigers' magic season is too. But Cleveland's most-picked bat may be heating up in time for the LCS -- and we only lost one pick, who will appear in italics below.

Greene 1

Naylor 0
Ramírez 1
Thomas 5

And Thomas is our MVP here...with the other two Cleveland picks sharing the LVP "honors." The Victorino is pretty clearly Kwan, who was a popular pick in previous BPPs and seemed never NOT to be on base last week.

No slates knocked out, and no change to the money, but some shuffling of the field...

48 Bauer OMG
46 Cameron 2
34 MArbour

33 JArbour Winklepleck Ltd.
32 Shotwell 1
31 Bauer Snooze

29 the SDBs 
28 Reid 2 and Stempel
27 Quinn
26 Fell 2

24 Cameron 1, Drake, and Bingham 1
23 Reid 1
22 Dunn and Fell 1
21 Brady
20 Tormey

19 Johnson
18 Wonsetler and Shotwell 2
16 Bingham 2 and MArbour 1

This will get VERY interesting IF Judge and Soto start cranking, but we won't find that out until Monday -- and that's the 7:40 game on TBS.

In the meantime, NLCS action starts tomorrow night at 8:15 ET on FOX, with the Mets sending Senga to the hill against L.A.'s fluffily-ERA'd Flaherty at Chavez Ravine. You may hear my wails of anxiety before you see an update ;) -- in the meantime, good luck, and if the numbers/math looks off, LMK!

LAD 2, SD 0; Dodgers move on

This is the preferable result for Mets fans, and for fans of pool chaos; I am both, but I didn't call this outcome -- and the rising of Dodger pitching to this occasion is somewhat worrisome for Met partisans.

Somewhat objectionable for Padre pickers too, as the Dads depart with only one point among them.

Lots of admin tonight, so let's start with the points:

Betts 0
Freeman 1
Hernandez T 4
Ohtani 0
Smith W 1

Arraez 1
Machado 0
Merrill 0
Tatis Jr. 0

Those italics mean, as you know, that these picks are out.

Technically, our pool LVP for this round is Freeman, but given what he's going through just to stay in the lineup, I can't do it -- and Arraez wasn't any better in this round of the playoffs. MVP remains Tatis Jr., who did what Machado usually does in the pool. The Victorino is...well, that's a tough one. Higashioka, let's go with that.

Now, while a handful of slates got gut-punched by the Pads' departure, we didn't lose any (technically; there are a handful with one functionally immaterial pick left, but we'll get there). We did see a realignment of fortunes, and will likely keep seeing them daily for the next week, but for now here's the money:

47 Bauer OMG
45 Cameron 2
34 MArbour 2

And we'll see the rest of you after the jump.