Baseball predictions completely off the top of my head…
AL East: Blue Jays, Rays*, Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles
AL Central: Tigers, White Sox, Royals, Indians, Twins
AL West: Angels, A’s*, Rangers, Mariners, Astros
NL East: Nats, Braves*, Phillies, Mets, Marlins
NL Central: Reds, Cardinals, Pirates, Brewers, Cubs
NL West: Giants, Dodgers*, Rockies, Diamondbacks, Padres
(* denote Wildcard Teams)
I have the Rays over the Angels in the AL and the Nats over the Reds in the NL, with the Nats taking home the World Series Trophy.
AL MVP goes to Mike Trout and the Cy Young goes to Yu Darvish
NL MVP goes to Joey Votto and the Cy Young goes to Stephen Strasburg.
All predictions guaranteed wrong or your money back.
So… who you got?
Nice. I think the Jays are going to disappoint, though, so I’ll say Rays followed by Orioles. Also, the Royals will finish last, because they’re the Royals. And the Cards will earn a wildcard and get to the NLCS, because that’s what they do.
Also, the NL CY Young will go to Matt Cain, because you gotta believe.
They Jays may not turn out as good as their off-season would indicate, but I don’t see any real juggernauts in the East. Even if they falter, I still think they stay ahead of the O’s, Yanks, and Sox.
As for the rest of what you say, I’d be hard pressed to make much of an argument against any of those picks. It would not surprise me to see the Giants take the West and the Cards take a WC and leave the Dodgers at home.
Words cannot express how beautiful I find the prospect of a post-season without either the Red Sox or the Yankees. Although I think you’re vastly underrating the Orioles.
I have been told that the Rockies are due.
Due? Teams that haven’t won a pennant as recently as the Rockies:
A’s
Angles
Astros
Blue Jays
Braves
Brewers
Cubs
Diamondbacks
Dodgers
Indians
Mariners
Marlins
Mets
Nationals
Orioles
Padres
Pirates
Reds
Royals
Twins
White Sox
Oh, the Cubs are on there! They are my second favorite team.
The Cubs are my favorite team, too. In fact, I think the Cubs are generally people’s second favorite, and not their favorite team, unless those people are either over 100 or they enjoy pain.
I’ve never especially liked the Cubs. My favorites (in order) are
Giants (that’s news, I’m sure)
Tigers
Pirates
Indians
with the least favorites (worst first) being
Dodgers (Also stop the presses-worthy)
Yankees
Braves
Cardinals (though better with LaRussa gone)
I’d like the Orioles if Peter Angelos weren’t such a douche.
I meant to say second favorite team.
I’m a Braves fan.
Dude, tomahawk chops?
Yeah, I know, though they seem to have toned that down over the last few years (maybe it’s just not winning, but maybe it’s someone realizing that is not cool). But I was born a Braves fan. Hank Aaron and Dale Murphy were preached to me from a very young age.
REPEAT
I like that, but I’ve got the Tigers beating the Nats in the Series. Of course.
I miss 1986, too. The music was much better.
Wait, they won in 1984. Dang, that was a long time ago.
Well, it really only needs to be 2006 or 2012 with a slight tweak. To be fair.
Considering the Tigers won a total of one game in the two Series, maybe more than a slight tweak.
That’s one more game than 28 other teams won.