
And there you have it: the Texas Rangers are off to the World Series. Bruce Bochy, Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom – sort of – are all headed to baseball’s biggest stage.
Collective experience was not on their side, but the veterans still had their effect.
They will be the host team on Friday. The Phillies or the Diamondbacks, who will play Game #7 tonight, will join them. Finally, we have some tight series at the moment. It takes well.
At the start of the series, I thought the Astros were going to win this series thanks to the work of Yordan Alvarez. He ultimately had nine RBIs, two home runs and a .481 average.
Even though he started the series sick, his 13 hits are quite something…especially considering he sometimes got the Barry Bonds treatment. #GoalsOnBallsIntentional
Moreover, no one before him had managed, in the playoffs, to have six games in a row with at least two hits. He was really good.
But if I had told you, before the series, that it wasn’t him who was going to turn into Randy Arozarena, what would you have told me?
In fact, it’s Adolis Garcia, Arozarena’s good friend, who is stealing the show these days.
Garcia, the MVP of the American Championship Series, was extraordinary. Since being stung by being hit by Bryan Abreu on the show, Garcia has been pretty crazy.
And it’s not like he was bad before, on the contrary.
In seven games during the series, he collected 15 RBIs. This is a record for a player during the same series in history.
His 20 RBI before the World Series is also a record. He is two RBIs away from securing the exclusive record (which currently stands at 21) for the most PP in a playoff run.
The Championship Series MVP was challenged and he took advantage. Will the Diamondbacks or Phillies take notes?
But more importantly, will teams take notes before cutting guys with such power? After all, the Cards traded Garcia in 2019 for cash…
The Astros, who have allowed the slugger five home runs in the last four games, know how much of a threat he is. So does the rest of the MLB.
But there, we also know that it is clutch. Having an RBI in at least six straight playoff games is something.
- The last time we had a World Series without the Astros or Dodgers? 2016.
- We watch these guys at 8 p.m.
- Thad Levine is not moving to Boston to run the club’s baseball operations.
- A new contract in sight for the pitcher?