TWiB Notes - Sept 7th thru 13th

[Frayed Knot]

So the Nats just lost 3 - 2 out in SD putting the Mets & Nats in a virtual 4th place NL East tie 5- 1/2 games behind Miami. The Nats [now 67 - 79] have played two extra games compared to the Mets [66 - 78] which gives the Nats a slight edge in win pct (.4589 vs .4583)

 

Phils/Braves finished their four game series winning two each as the Phils won today 1 - 0 on an 8th inning Kyle Schwarber HR (his ML leading 43rd) and a CG / 109 pitch / 2 hit / 1 walk / 12 K performance by Jesus Luzardo. The way the Philly bullpen has been lately I would have sent him back out in the 10th  and probably the 11th if the Braves tied it up. But, as good as that win was for Philly, a split favors the Braves here as they maintain the same 4-game lead they had coming into the series and have erased four games off the schedule. These two teams have a three-game set in Atlanta this coming weekend.

 

It's Labor Day and eight teams are idle.

[Edgy MD]

Not only did the Reds lose despite sending Chase Burns to the mound against the defending world champs, but they lost by pulling him after three no-hit innings.

Baseball is getting weirder and weirder every week.

[Frayed Knot]

Some news involving some pretty prominent players:

- Yanx activate Judge off the IL list. He last played on May 31st

- Ohtani "unlikely" to pitch again in 2026 although he's expected to return to the lineup tonight after sitting out four of the Dodgers' seven games so far in September.

[Edgy MD]

That certainly appears to include the playoffs.

That's a heck of a bargain with fate, considering he's 8-2 with a 1.79 ERA.