If this team manages to stay relatively healthy throughout the 2026, I feel like we have great odds to make it back to the World Series. It was a huge blow being so tattered by the end of this run, but that's baseball.

Starting rotation probably looks like:

1. Gausman
2. Yesavage (!)
3. [big trade?]
4. Bieber / [trade / FA pickup]
5. Scherzer / bullpen (Lauer, Bassitt, Varland, etc.)

Then we just need to figure out what to do about long-relievers and the closer role.

Run it back next year.

1. Springer (DH)
2. Schneider/Lukes (LF)
3. Guerrero Jr. (1B)
4. Bichette (2B) 💰
5. Barger (RF)
6. Clement (3B)
7. Kirk (C)
8. Varsho (CF)
9. Gimenez (SS)

If Santander is healthy, bump up Vladdy and Bo and have him hit cleanup. Still one of the scariest lineups in baseball.

You've heard of 15 innings in the 2025 post-season…

But what about 𝟣𝟨 𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈?

At what point do we consider this a doubleheader?

To be fair, speedrunning also has terms like "Snow Dram", named after Dram55 who had no part in discovering the skip, but is an ongoing gag because he claimed to dislike when stats are named after who found them.

smo.wiki/Snow_Dram

It's incredible that you created 25 days-worth of the highest-quality coding puzzles for *10 years straight* while also having to deal with all of the horrible aspects of hosting a site with a huge online presence.

Thanks for your hard work, and can't wait to see what the elves are up to this year!

I was truly contemplating not participating this year due to the (completely self-imposed) pressure of needing to stay up until midnight every night, so I'm happy that this December will be a purely-for-fun 12 days of puzzle-solving!

I cannot believe we're going to play the Dodgers in the World Series, that's CRAZY

I hope this playoff run has silenced the Vladdy haters in Toronto forever — he's been unreal.

I guess people were disappointed that he's not a 50 HR slugger, but imo being an elite hitter with an insane eye who incidentally slugs with his naturally effortless swing is way cooler.