Sal Bando

On baseball message boards you can't express opinions without citing lots of statistics. I knew people would be outraged. It doesn't bother me in the least though as I know the opinion is correct.

Dubon with a 127 OPS+ right now at the MLB level. .302/.327/.547 slash line in 55 plate appearances.

I actually don't like to be a Negative Nellie but this season has really soured my outlook. With regard to the MVP race, the national media is convinced that the award is going to Bellinger absent a huge swoon on his part. The Athletic has their assessment of the MVP race (below). I've also added Rotoworld's write up on Bellinger this evening (below).

I'll take wagers from anyone who wants to bet that Yelich will win the MVP.

This is the new "The Brewers have a negative run differential". -24 as of this writing.

There's no way Yelich wins the MVP this year.

This is quite possibly the worst analogy I’ve seen here. 50+ percent of NBA teams make the playoffs each year. If the brewers make the playoffs two consecutive years it would be absolutely huge for the franchise. From the occasional pretenders to legit contenders. Just a horrible take, and a horrible comparison. Ugh. Nope. This is an unusual year. Normally good teams make the wild card. Not this year. It will be a crap fest. The NBA #8 seed analogy is appropriate this year. I'll take bets from anyone who wants to put the Brewers in the NLCS.

I'd rather the Brewers win than lose, and I'd rather the Brewers make the playoffs than not. But if this team makes a wild card entry it will be like an NBA team being the 8th seed in the playoffs. Yay! We made the playoffs! Whoa, we just got trucked by a 1 seed. There is no joy here because this is not a good team (which they were last year). -25 run differential as of this writing.

This is decidedly uncool.

-45 run differential. No playoffs for you!

This thread will have the shelf life of gas station sushi.

I have no interest in Gennett but I can assure you no one is paying him $1.5 million for the remainder of the season.

This is not a bad team. But it's not a good one either. No playoffs for you!

-42 now. My mistake. I thought mlb.com had already updated. Now I feel worse.

-39 run differential. This is not a playoff team.