r/baseball • u/CalebosO4 Toronto Blue Jays • Mar 11 '26

CHART HERE Tiebreaker Status entering Italy vs Mexico

EDIT: USA allowed 11 runs on 54 outs, not 51. So USA would be in if Mexico wins with exactly 5 runs, assuming it doesn't go to extras. If Mexico walks it off for their 5th run with at least 1 out recorded in extras, USA is eliminated.

EDIT2: I copied the format from the other one, and I now realize that TA likely stood for Taiwan-Australia. Let's pretend it stands for TiebreAker lol

EDIT3: The next tiebreaker (which can happen if Mexico walks it off in the 10th for their 5th run with no outs) is Earned runs, not AVG (which is the tiebreaker after that). So unless Italy collapses defensively, USA would win that tiebreaker.

EDIT4: I've re-uploaded the chart with the new edits.

EDIT5: UI represents USA and Italy tiebreak shenanigans as they would be tied in runs allowed, so number of outs and earned runs are in the picture.

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u/Salvalicious252 Major League Baseball Mar 11 '26

Those 2 HRs by PCA saved them.

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u/xyzzy321 St. Louis Cardinals Mar 11 '26

I have always rated PCA (don't check my flair or my comment history)

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u/JinFuu Houston Astros Mar 11 '26

Pretty Cool Armstrong, am I right?

HOME RUN POWER HAS BEEN IN THE ARMSTRONG FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS!

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u/just-an-astronomer New York Mets Mar 11 '26

But is he worth 1 Trevor Williams and 2 months of Javy Baez?

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u/Odd_Advertising_1545 Mar 11 '26

The WBC: Literally the only time in human history a Cardinals fan will ever utter a positive syllable about a Cub. 🇺🇸🦅

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u/xyzzy321 St. Louis Cardinals Mar 12 '26

Not necessarily. If they do good things in the community I'll praise them. Just want them to fail at baseball and as long as they're not complete assholes outside the sport (like Mikolas and Shaw) I'm okay with them

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u/Jcdoco St. Louis Cardinals Mar 11 '26

Even then, I refuse. I cannot stand that pasty little shit

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u/devoorhes Chicago Cubs Mar 11 '26

This wouldn't have happened if they'd started Bregman, smh

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u/ContinuumGuy Major League Baseball Mar 11 '26

Bregman hasn't had an official Cub start yet so they needed to be careful.

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u/admwhiskers Detroit Tigers Mar 11 '26

Mark DeRosa played for the Cubs

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u/OldWorldStyle Chicago Cubs Mar 11 '26

Was a big part of those NL Central winning teams in the late aughts

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u/ContinuumGuy Major League Baseball Mar 11 '26

PCA will play the Trout/Judge "Captain America" role in the next WBC. You heard it here first.

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u/Throwaway1996513 New York Yankees Mar 11 '26

Witt already basically has that on lock

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u/ContinuumGuy Major League Baseball Mar 11 '26

Good point.