Dan McCloskey reclaims the lead, thanks to Stephen Strasburg’s 7 Ks against the Marlins. Johnny Cueto’s start in Cincinnati today should determine whether Dan holds on to win the tenth annual MLB Predictions Pool.
Dan’s competition is a bit more complicated. MLB made a surprise scoring revision regarding the Mariners’ 10-2 Tuesday loss to the Blue Jays, rendering four of the eight runs allowed by Felix Hernández unearned. The Seattle ace’s ERA is now 2.18 (down from the original 2.34), and only a trace above AL leader Chris Sale’s 2.17. Hernández is making his final start today in a do-or-die game against the Angels.
Here are today’s scenarios:
If Johnny Cueto gets less than eight strikeouts today, Dan is in first place.
If Cueto gets eight or more Ks AND Felix does NOT lower his ERA below Sale ’s, Jim Kushner takes first.
If Cueto gets eight or more Ks AND Felix lowers his ERA below Sale ’s, Jeff Gatland and Mark Watzke enter into a tie for first.
The possibility of as many as three (!) one-game playoffs on Monday may prevent us from declaring a winner after today’s games, but we’ll worry about that later. Stay tuned!
-Dan and Jud
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