GDT: 2024 AL Wild Card Series: (3) Houston Astros vs. (6) Detroit Tigers

[MMC]

Astros in 3

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[SwordsgoneWild]

Astros in 3. Going to say that Skubal takes G1 then we come and take the next 2.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Houston in 3. Same as the above. Skubal throws a gem game 1 and then the astros experience takes over.

 

[Reality Check]

Not being forced to use Skubal today certainly helps. But I have zero expectations here.

It was stated during one of the Tigers games last week that they have the most rookies on a roster to ever reach the playoffs in the Wild Card era.

No clue which team holds that record outside of them.

 

[Suntouchable13]

2 years in the expanded wild card era, small sample but only 1 wildcard series went 3 games. Padres Mets 2022. I am thinking taking one team or the other in 2 is the smart play. Houston in 2. But I wouldn't be surprised if Detroit goes on a run either. We've seen time and time again these teams who get hot late in the season continue staying hot. Every post season it seems like there is a team like this.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Hinch against his old team...

I think Detroit takes 1 of these games but the experienced Astros prevail in 3.

 

[GKJ]

Not being forced to use Skubal today certainly helps. But I have zero expectations here.

It was stated during one of the Tigers games last week that they have the most rookies on a roster to ever reach the playoffs in the Wild Card era.

No clue which team holds that record outside of them.

Probably the A’s. They had a whole rotation of rookies one year.

 

[Terry Yake]

2012 A's had jarrod parker, tom milone, aj griffin, and travis blackley all start 10+ games during the season and all were rookies

colon, brandon mccarthy, and brett anderson were the veteran starters

 

[punk_o_holic]

Skubal, home field (sometimes Astros suck at home),Alvarez health scares me. Hopefully Astros still take it. Return of Hinch and Espada knowing him and still being friends with him is a interesting story line. Too bad Verlander is struggling lately. He won't or at least shouldn't see any action in this series unless they try him out as a relief pitcher? Him facing his old team would have been fun.