Here are the teams that made a push and got it within the July 30 deadline despite the playoff odds that suggested their chances were slim. Most of them are rewarded for their efforts, while some teams that have followed a more conservative course have retreated.
It doesn’t always turn out that way. It may not even turn out that way, as only three weeks have passed since the deadline and six are retained in the regular season. But Major League Baseball is better when teams choose to compete in the present rather than focus on the future. Believe it or not, clubs can pursue both goals without acting irrationally.
Some of the buyers will not arrive in the postseason and will wonder if they saw their clubs too optimistic. Some of the possible exchanges will again chase the clubs that moved them. Very well, it happens. The game is unpredictable and humiliating forever. But the goal, always, should be to win.
According to FanGraphs, according to FanGraphs, the website generates the odds of the current standings, the remaining schedule and the rest of the limit candidates with their acquisitions, although they faced playoff odds of less than 50% at the time they did. his great movements. the projected performance of the team, simulating the remaining season 10,000 times.)
Some clubs that failed to meet their needs sufficiently tried to do bigger things, and their post-qualifying layoffs were due solely to their fouls.
The Fathers tried it for Max Scherzer and