Isaac Rodriguez

49ers quarterbacks with 900+ passing yards through their 1st 3 games of a season

Joe Montana
Steve Young
Mac Jones

Trea Turner wins his 2nd career batting title as the only NL qualified player to hit .300 at .304, the 1st Phillie to win a batting title since Richie Ashburn in 1958

Aaron Judge wins the AL batting title with the best qualified average by a Yankee since Derek Jeter in 2009 at .331 and the 1st since Miguel Cabrera in 2013 to lead in all 3 slash categories

And its now official, the Toronto Blue Jays for the 1st time since 2015 are the champions of the American League East, their 1st appearance in the Division Series since 2016

And here we go

AL wildcard series

(4) NY Yankees vs (5) Boston
(3) Cleveland vs (6) Detroit

NL wildcard series

(3) LA Dodgers vs (6) Cincinnati
(4) Chi. Cubs vs (5) San Diego

Byes to LDS

AL: (1) Toronto, (2) Seattle
NL: (1) Milwaukee, (2) Philadelphia

After a 45-24 start the Mets end up with the 5th worst record in the majors from that point on at 38-55, only the 119 loss Rockies, Twins, Nationals, White Sox were worse

The Cincinnati Reds are in the playoffs for the 1st time since the 2020 covid season and their 1st full season playoff appearance since 2013

2007, 2008, now 2025, the Marlins have for a 3rd time eliminated the Mets from the postseason in Game 162

The Yankees close out the season at 94-68 sweeping the Orioles but barring the god of all comebacks by the Rays in the 9th the Yankees will prepare to play Boston in the wildcard series

The Yankees will host the Red Sox in the wildcard series, the Blue Jays will have homefield throughout the playoffs in the AL

Detroit completing one of the alltime great September collapses having still led the division by 11 games on September 4, Cleveland passes the 1978 Yankees for largest divisional deficit overcome at any point of the season to win a division title

15.5 games out on July 2, the Cleveland Guardians have completed the major 2nd half rally to win the AL Central and are the 3 seed in the playoffs vs Detroit for their 13th division title, 6th in the last 10 seasons

With Jose Altuve out of the playoffs for the 1st time since 2016 Manny Ramirez's alltime postseason home run record remains his for at least another year

Now its official that the Houston Astros' 8 year run of postseason appearances is over as the Guardians have clinched their spot in the postseason

The teams who have clinched postseason berths so far

Milwaukee Brewers
Philadelphia Phillies
Chicago Cubs
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
Toronto Blue Jays
New York Yankees
Seattle Mariners
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Guardians

Now down to the Mets and Reds for that last spot

The worst teams in the 4 major sports leagues at getting the most out of talented rosters and making the playoffs consistently

Arizona Diamondbacks
Miami Marlins
Chicago White Sox
Miami Dolphins
Jacksonville Jaguars
Chicago Bears
New York Jets
Buffalo Sabres
Sacramento Kings

The Boston Red Sox are back in the postseason for the 1st time since 2021 with the walkoff RBI triple by Rafaela to beat Detroit who will still be tied with Cleveland for 1st with the Rangers handling the Guardians

Most RA in season since 1920

1930 Phillies (1199)
1996 Tigers (1103)
1936 Browns (1064)
1936 Athletics (1045)
1929 Phillies (1036)
1939 Browns (1035)
1999 Rockies (1028)
1937 Browns (1023)
1939 Athletics (1022)
1923 Phillies (1008)
2025 Rockies (1001) (via 9 allowed tonight)

For those wondering this is in reference to Bregman saying after the Astros came back to win the division over the Rangers 2 years ago that he said “Lot of people were wondering what it’s gonna be like when the Stros don’t win the division, I guess we’ll never know”

Well Houston Astros I guess now we know what its like when you dont win the division

For the 1st time since I’m Real by J.Lo/Ja Rule topped the charts the Seattle Mariners have won the AL West, the 24 year wait is over, way back to when I was in my sophomore year of high school!

Baseball’s 60+ home run seasons

2001 Barry Bonds (73)
1998 Mark McGwire (70)
1998 Sammy Sosa (66)
1999 Mark McGwire (65)
2001 Sammy Sosa (64)
1999 Sammy Sosa (63)
2022 Aaron Judge (62)
1961 Roger Maris (61)
1927 Babe Ruth (60)
2025 Cal Raleigh (60)

The teams who have clinched postseason berths so far

Milwaukee Brewers
Philadelphia Phillies
Chicago Cubs
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
Toronto Blue Jays
New York Yankees
Seattle Mariners

He could be 2000 Jeff Cirillo at Coors

He might have to make serious mechanical changes with his swing to fix this without losing the power

Blake Snell gave the Dodgers what they needed tonight, that’s why he got the big money

I had a fun night at Yankee Stadium

Way late but thanks Raven! It was a great one!

And it is now my 39th birthday, cant believe Im now 1 year from turning 40

The division leaders entering September

Blue Jays
Tigers
Astros

Phillies
Brewers
Dodgers