For years now, some college buddies and I have sent out our predictions for the upcoming baseball season days before each season begins.
We pick division winners, wild card teams, miscellaneous individual awards/distinctions and lots of other things, including win totals for our favorite teams.
Anyway, I know the season began on Sunday, but this list was completed just before Sunday's Pittsburgh-St. Louis game began. Here you go. Enjoy, and feel free to tell me how smart or stupid I am.
- NL West: Giants, Dodgers, DβBacks, Rockies, Padres
- NL Central: Cubs, Pirates, Cards, Brewers, Reds
- NL East: Nats, Mets, Marlins, Phillies, Braves
- AL West: Rangers, Astros, Mariners, Angels, Aβs
- AL Central: Royals, Indians, Twins, Tigers, White Sox
- AL East: Yankees, Blue Jays, Red Sox, Rays, Orioles
Playoffs
- Wild Card: NL β Dodgers over Pirates; AL β Astros over Blue Jays
- Division: NLDS β Pirates over Nats
- NLDS β Cubs over Giants
- ALDS β Astros over Royals
- ALDS β Rangers over Yankees
- League: NLCS β Cubs over Pirates; ALCS β Rangers over Astros
- World Series β Rangers over Cubs
Award Winners
- NL MVP β Andrew McCutchen
- AL MVP β Carlos Correa
- NL CY β Clayton Kershaw
- AL CY β Carlos Carrasco
- NL ROY β Trevor Story
- AL ROY β Byron Buxton
- NL Mgr β Clint Hurdle
- AL Mgr β Terry Francona
- NL Comeback β Jose Fernandez
- AL Comeback β Yu Darvish
Other Notables
- First Fired skipper β Buck Showalter
- Biggest name to be traded β Sonny Gray
- Most HRs β Bryce Harper
- First Tommy John β Yordano Ventura
- Most wins at All-Star break β Nationals
- All-Star Game SPs β Matt Harvey/Chris Archer
- Closer with most saves β Ken Giles
- First team to clinch playoffs β Nationals
Season Win Predictions
- Cubs wins β 96
- Dodgers wins β 87
- Rangers wins β 91
- Cards wins β 84
- Royals wins β 88
Prediction: Ian Desmond makes All-Star Game as Rangersβ starting center fielder
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