Alex a lot happened over the weekend and I don't even like I mentioned it with the A L
West, but I can't quite fathom the Res like you, there were three possible outcomes and
this seemed like the least likely one. Well, and no, it seems like no one wanted to win it
like this, this last couple of weeks of the season. Like it could have been the Rangers
Astros and Mariners even had a possibility of like somehow sneaking in and taking that,
taking that first one. But with the Rangers and the Astros win, it kicked the Mariners out
of the playoffs on Sunday, but then Sunday determined who was going to win the A L West. I
probably should have mentioned before this point that the Astros did win the American
League West and it all came down to Sunday. Uh , and, and as Alex just mentioned, the way both
series had played out with the Mariners winning the first two. the Rangers kind of it
just everybody got closer and closer together, but then it all comes down to Sunday
and the Mariners had been eliminated it Saturday night, the Mariners ended up being
eliminated. Astros had won the first two games against the D Backs. So they were still one
game behind the, the Rangers and then Sunday, I, all the Rangers needed to do
was win and you win the division against a team that was just eliminated and isn't playing
for anything. I mean, they ran into George Kirby who threw great, like the teams, I mean,
nothing and the Mariners scored one run. That's all it took was a one nothing ball game.
The biggest game of the year, a massive game for, for the Rangers obviously to win the
division. Yes. But seeding wise you go from the two down to, to, to a wild card team just
like that next thing, you know, you're having to play the Rays as the five seed and you got
to play the four seed in the first round. And that's just, I mean, worst case scenario for
the Rangers there. I mean, what an absolute choke job on Sunday. Well, I think the worst
case scenario was that the Rangers, they've been streaky the second half of the season,
obviously, right? They were great. The first half really had control of the A Os and then
went on that really tough slump. Then they seemed to start to kind of get the juice and
the flow back and, and started to win some games and, and look like they could once again
possibly win the A L West. But then the last seven of the 10 games were against the Mariners
and went on another bad slump at the wrong
time and now they're facing a team in Tampa Bay that is kind of on that opposite side and
playing really good baseball right now. Um So Astros end up winning the A Os never doubted it.
There were never any doubts at any point. Clearly, it was gonna be the freaking out the
entire time. What a wild division it was this year. In the wise wise words of Alex
Bregman, everybody wanted to know what it's gonna be like when the Stros don't win the
division. But I guess we're not going to find out. Uh, that was a, that was a pretty epic, uh,
speech to then pop the champagne bottles. That was good. That was great. Um So, yeah. A O
Mariners out all together Rangers, the five seed, the Houston Astros do wind up
with a buy when we, you could have told me if you were to, if you would have asked me last
week, what do you think is more likely to happen? The Astros win the division or missed
the playoffs? I probably would have said missed the playoffs. I always thought they were
going to get in. Um, but did, I think they were gonna win the division? Everything needed
to play out perfectly. They played really, really well against the Diamondbacks, uh, a
couple of good games in that series. Uh, Justin threw really, really well and the
clincher on Saturday, uh, five shutout innings there, a huge game and then they end up, uh,
dominating on Sunday. Justin really having back to back really important, dominating
starts that ultimately helped this team get into the postseason 13 innings last 13 innings,
one run. And he didn't even give it up, but it's his run because he gave up a hit in the
ninth and the against, the Mariners gave up, that hit in the ninth. Ends up coming out,
giving up. That run comes in that outing five innings. No runs. Yeah, 13 straight innings, um,
13 innings with just one run. So Astros end up winning the division Mariners out Rangers wild
card. That's crazy. Let's move to the National league because you got the D backs and the
Marlins in and the Cubs out, what a collapse from the Cubs worst time to go on a losing
streak. I mean, the writing was on the wall when they had the first two games in their
hands against the Braves and then Suzuki that play that, that's a loss and then the next game
they, they blow it bad defense in that game as well. Yeah, I mean, look, were the Cubs did
the Cubs overperform this year from what people thought? Yes. But does that make this
any better? No, I mean, this is a nightmare of a finish and they're now, uh, missing the
playoffs. Marlins did end up getting in and the D backs get in as well. We can see the D
backs are the six seed. Marlins end up being the five seed. So, uh, what Alex and I talked
about on, is it the Friday show all the possibilities? And then we talked about the,
the Marlins Mets like postponement. That was Friday's episode. Yeah. So they're not gonna go
back to, they're not going back to New York to finish that game on Monday. This is locked in.
Marlins are the five Diamondbacks are the six. They end up a half a game ahead of the D backs.
The reason they don't have to go back and play that game is because even if they lose, they
hold the tiebreaker over the Diamondbacks and would be the five anyway. Honestly, like, I'm
happy for them because that would suck. Like you're one day off where everybody has a day
off to kind of reset before you get into the postseason. You have to fly to New York and
play one inning. That would have, that's just brutal. Yeah. Yeah.