r/NPB • u/Defiant_Green6858 • 1d ago

Predictions for playoffs?

I think Fighters-Hawks series will be closer than many think, I reckon Fighters will win 3 games but that two game advantage is just so hard to overcome along with home advantage for all the games. For Bay Stars-Tigers, I think it’ll be pretty one sided. 4-0 or 4-1 for Tigers I reckon. What are everyone else’s thoughts?

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u/SevenLagoon 1d ago

I love the Fighters, but Softbank are a rolling steamroller...
I’m also worried about Hanshin, who have shown that they’re much more formidable away from home than at their home ground, Koshien.

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u/lefty797  1d ago

I want the Hawks to lose but I don’t think there’s any way that series is close. Hopefully I’m wrong though lol.
I think the Tigers Baystars series will be close with the Tigers winning 4-3 but we’ll see!

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u/Shitlord_Actual Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 1d ago

I very much want the Fighters to win but the last series against Softbank was pretty brutal.

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u/T-Ray-Ray Hanshin Tigers 1d ago

The Fighters won just one game in Fukuoka all season... I'm not feeling very good about that series. As a Tigers fan, I want them to steamroll the Baystars, but that team is just too dangerous in October. Still, I think it will be Hawks-Tigers in the Japan Series for the second straight season.

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u/eugenelavery Hanshin Tigers 1d ago

The one game advantage was a crappy rule, two game advantage is non-sensical.

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u/Catcher_Thelonious 1d ago

Climax series should abolished, just go straight to the Japan series. If they need to make more money, play for bronze with the two second best CL and PL teams.

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u/Fuuujioka Chiba Lotte Marines 1d ago

Exact opposite. Hawks end the series in 2 games, Bays win in 5 or 6

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u/antman11151 Hanshin Tigers 1d ago

I mean I’m hoping for 4-0 tigers - I’ve got tickets for tomorrow and Friday so to watch a climax series win would be insanity