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Scouting notes, predictions for ALDS matchups

ESPN.com | October 8, 2015

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Scouting notes, predictions for ALDS matchups

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The Baseball Tonight crew debates who will be the X factor for the Blue Jays when they take on the Rangers in the ALDS on Thursday.
  • Keith Law, ESPN Insider Close
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I'm of the opinion that most playoff series odds are no better than about 55-45, even when one team is clearly superior to the other, because of the randomness inherent in short series and in baseball in general.

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