I mentioned in the introductory post that there have been 114 World Series winners. To get to a nice round number, I added one representative from each franchise that has not won a World Series, and then because that still didn't get me a nice round number, added a few more representatives to get to an even 128 teams.
In a number of instances, these non-champions received automatic bids. The 1998 San Diego Padres, 2011 Texas Rangers, and 1995 Cleveland Indians, for instance, all made the postseason of the 2017 Tournament of Champions and are thus automatically in.
But there are three scenarios that I need to play out to get us to a field of 126, then follow that up with the teams that didn't win the following scenarios, plus a couple others, to fill out the field. I'll get to that towards the end of Spring Training when those scenarios get played out, but here's what's at hand now.
- 1904 World Series: This series was not played, and we're remedying that problem. The 1904 Boston Americans and 1904 New York Giants will face off in the traditional best-of-nine format the old World Series employed. With the better record, the Giants will get home field advantage in a 3-4-2 format. Winner gets a berth.
- Montreal Expos: I couldn't leave out baseball in Montreal. The Expos made one postseason in their existence in 1981, and were on pace to make the 1994 playoffs before the strike (though we saw how that ended last summer). Those two iterations will face off in a best-of-seven; with the better record, the '94 Expos get home field advantage in the traditional 2-3-2 format. Winner gets a berth.
- 2012/2014/2016/2017 Washington Nationals: These four squads all won the NL East; all four failed to get out of the Division Series. They'll get their chance here with a double round robin; all games will be played at Nationals Park, with each team getting a three game series at home against the other. The top team in those 18 games will get a berth.
The results of these series is below. With these decided, the five losing teams will be paired with the 1984 San Diego Padres, 2010 Texas Rangers, and 1995 and 1997 Seattle Mariners in a single round robin, with the top two teams getting the remaining two berths. We'll deal with that in a few weeks though. For now, here's a look at the first round of preliminaries.
Game 1: BOS 3, @ NYG 1 | WP: Young (1-0) | LP: Mathewson (0-1)
Game 2: BOS 2, @ NYG 1 | WP: Dinneen (1-0) | LP: McGinnity (0-1)
Game 3: BOS 7, @ NYG 0 | WP: Gibson (1-0) | LP: Taylor (0-1)
Game 4: @ BOS 11, NYG 6 | WP: Tannehill (1-0) | LP: Wiltse (0-1)
Game 5: NYG 7, @ BOS 1 | WP: Ames (1-0) | LP: Young (1-1)
Game 6: NYG 9, @ BOS 0 | WP: Mathewson (1-1) | LP: Dinneen (1-1)
Game 7: NYG 6, @ BOS 3 | WP: McGinnity (1-1) | LP: Gibson (1-1)
Game 8: @ NYG 6, BOS 0 | WP: Taylor (1-1) | LP: Tannehill (1-1)
Game 9: @ NYG 9, BOS 4 | WP: Wiltse (1-1) | LP: Young (1-2)
Montreal Expos Preliminary
Game 1: '81 MON 9, @ '94 MON 8 | WP: Gullickson (1-0) | LP: Hill (0-1) | SV: Fryman (1)
Game 2: @ '94 MON 3, '81 MON 0 | WP: Martinez (1-0) | LP: Rogers (0-1) | SV: Wetteland (1)
Game 3: '94 MON 5, @ '81 MON 2 | WP: Fassero (1-0) | LP: Sanderson (0-1) | SV: Wetteland (2)
Game 4: @ '81 MON 6, '94 MON 3 | WP: Bahnsen (1-0) | LP: Shaw (0-1)
Game 5: '94 MON 6, @ '81 MON 5 | WP: Shaw (1-1) | LP: Bahnsen (1-1) | SV: Wetteland (3)
Game 6: @ '94 MON 6, '81 MON 4 | WP: Martinez (2-0) | LP: Rogers (0-2) | SV: Wetteland (4)
Game 6: @ '94 MON 6, '81 MON 4 | WP: Martinez (2-0) | LP: Rogers (0-2) | SV: Wetteland (4)
Washington Nationals Preliminary
Day 1: @ '14 WAS 3, '16 WAS 1 | WP: Strasburg (1-0) | LP: Scherzer (0-1) | SV: Soriano (1)
Day 1: '17 WAS 16, @ '12 WAS 9 | WP: Albers (1-0) | LP: Stammen (0-1)
Day 1: '17 WAS 16, @ '12 WAS 9 | WP: Albers (1-0) | LP: Stammen (0-1)
Day 2: @ '14 WAS 3, '16 WAS 0 | WP: Zimmermann (1-0) | LP: Roark (0-1)
Day 2: @ '12 WAS 7, '17 WAS 6 | WP: Clippard (1-0) | LP: Romero (0-1)
Day 2: @ '12 WAS 7, '17 WAS 6 | WP: Clippard (1-0) | LP: Romero (0-1)
Day 3: '16 WAS 6, @ '14 WAS 3 | WP: Treinen (1-0) | LP: Roark (0-1) | SV: Melancon (1)
Day 3: '17 WAS 8, @ '12 WAS 2 | WP: Roark (1-0) | LP: Jackson (0-1)
Day 3: '17 WAS 8, @ '12 WAS 2 | WP: Roark (1-0) | LP: Jackson (0-1)
Day 4: '17 WAS 5, @ '16 WAS 1 | WP: Strasburg (1-0) | LP: Strasburg (0-1)
Day 4: '14 WAS 20, @ '12 WAS 5 | WP: Fister (1-0) | LP: Strasburg (0-1)
Day 4: '14 WAS 20, @ '12 WAS 5 | WP: Fister (1-0) | LP: Strasburg (0-1)
Day 5: '17 WAS 2, @ '16 WAS 1 (11) | WP: Romero (1-1) | LP: Rivero (0-1) | SV: Doolittle (1)
Day 5: '14 WAS 5, @ '12 WAS 1 | WP: Gonzalez (1-0) | LP: Detwiler (0-1)
Day 5: '14 WAS 5, @ '12 WAS 1 | WP: Gonzalez (1-0) | LP: Detwiler (0-1)
Day 6: @ '16 WAS 3, '17 WAS 1 | WP: Scherzer (1-1) | LP: Gonzalez (0-1) SV: Belisle (1)
Day 6: '14 WAS 5, @ '12 WAS 2 | WP: Strasburg (2-0) | LP: Gonzalez (0-1) | SV: Soriano (2)
Day 6: '14 WAS 5, @ '12 WAS 2 | WP: Strasburg (2-0) | LP: Gonzalez (0-1) | SV: Soriano (2)
Day 7: @ '17 WAS 4, '14 WAS 3 | WP: Albers (2-0) | LP: Storen (0-1)
Day 7: '16 WAS 6, @ '12 WAS 2 | WP: Roark (1-1) | LP: Zimmermann (0-1) | SV: Melancon (2)
Day 7: '16 WAS 6, @ '12 WAS 2 | WP: Roark (1-1) | LP: Zimmermann (0-1) | SV: Melancon (2)
Day 8: @ '17 WAS 5, '14 WAS 4 | WP: Kintzler (1-0) | LP: Storen (0-2) | SV: Doolittle (2)
Day 8: '16 WAS 12, @ '12 WAS 5 (11) | WP: Solis (1-0) | LP: Gorzelanny (0-1)
Day 8: '16 WAS 12, @ '12 WAS 5 (11) | WP: Solis (1-0) | LP: Gorzelanny (0-1)
Day 9: '14 WAS 14, @ '17 WAS 12 | WP: Clippard (1-0) | LP: Doolittle (0-1) | SV: Soriano (3)
Day 9: '16 WAS 4, @ '12 WAS 2 | WP: Strasburg (1-1) | LP: Strasburg (0-1) | SV: Melancon (3)
Day 9: '16 WAS 4, @ '12 WAS 2 | WP: Strasburg (1-1) | LP: Strasburg (0-1) | SV: Melancon (3)
Day 10: '17 WAS 5, @ '14 WAS 0 | WP: Jackson (1-0) | LP: Gonzalez (1-1)
Day 10: @ '16 WAS 7, '12 WAS 6 | WP: Solis (2-0) | LP: Stammen (0-2)
Day 10: @ '16 WAS 7, '12 WAS 6 | WP: Solis (2-0) | LP: Stammen (0-2)
Day 11: @ '14 WAS 6, '17 WAS 5 | WP: Strasburg (3-0) | LP: Gonzalez (0-2) | SV: Soriano (4)
Day 11: '12 WAS 2, @ '16 WAS 1 | WP: Gonzalez (1-1) | LP: Scherzer (1-2) | SV: Clippard (1)
Day 11: '12 WAS 2, @ '16 WAS 1 | WP: Gonzalez (1-1) | LP: Scherzer (1-2) | SV: Clippard (1)
Day 12: '17 WAS 6, @ '14 WAS 4 | WP: Scherzer (1-0) | LP: Zimmermann (1-1) | SV: Albers (1)
Day 12: '12 WAS 4, @ '16 WAS 2 | WP: Zimmermann (1-1) | LP: Roark (1-2) | SV: Clippard (2)
Day 12: '12 WAS 4, @ '16 WAS 2 | WP: Zimmermann (1-1) | LP: Roark (1-2) | SV: Clippard (2)
Day 13: @ '17 WAS 9, '16 WAS 3 | WP: Roark (2-0) | LP: Gonzalez (0-1)
Day 13: '12 WAS 6, @ '14 WAS 0 | WP: Jackson (1-1) | LP: Roark (0-2)
Day 13: '12 WAS 6, @ '14 WAS 0 | WP: Jackson (1-1) | LP: Roark (0-2)
Day 14: '16 WAS 4, @ '17 WAS 0 | WP: Strasburg (2-1) | LP: Strasburg (1-1)
Day 14: @ '14 WAS 7, '12 WAS 6 | WP: Clippard (2-0) | LP: Stammen (0-3) | SV: Soriano (5)
Day 14: @ '14 WAS 7, '12 WAS 6 | WP: Clippard (2-0) | LP: Stammen (0-3) | SV: Soriano (5)
Day 15: @ '17 WAS 8, '16 WAS 0 | WP: Jackson (2-0) | LP: Ross (0-1)
Day 15: '12 WAS 7, @ '14 WAS 2 | WP: Detwiler (1-1) | LP: Gonzalez (1-2) | SV: Stammen (1)
Day 15: '12 WAS 7, @ '14 WAS 2 | WP: Detwiler (1-1) | LP: Gonzalez (1-2) | SV: Stammen (1)
Day 16: @ '17 WAS 5, '12 WAS 4 | WP: Gonzalez (1-2) | LP: Gonzalez (1-2)
Day 16: @ '16 WAS 5, '14 WAS 4 | WP: Belisle (1-0) | LP: Soriano (0-1)
Day 16: @ '16 WAS 5, '14 WAS 4 | WP: Belisle (1-0) | LP: Soriano (0-1)
'17 WAS clinches
Congratulations to the 1904 New York Giants (who pulled off the reverse sweep), 1994 Montreal Expos, and 2017 Washington Nationals, who have earned berths in the 2019 MLB Tournament of Champions! The remaining teams will battle it out over the course of March to determine our final two entries!
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