Tuesday, February 27, 2018

2018 Major League Baseball Notoriously Unreputable Prognostications

Another year out on the diamond is fastly approaching and with it comes my, what has become annual for no apparent reason, notoriously unreputable Major League Baseball Prognostications. It's quite simple, in this "preview", I will forecast my division by division predictions whilst handing out the hardware selections for the major end of year awards.

American League East:

1.New York Yankees
2.Boston Red Sox
3.Baltimore Orioles
4.Toronto Blue Jays
5.Tampa Bay Rays


American League Central:

1.Cleveland Indians
2.Minnesota Twins
3.Kansas City Royals
4.Chicago White Sox
5.Detroit Tigers

American League West:

1.Houston Astros
2.Seattle Mariners
3.Texas Rangers
4.Los Angeles of Anaheim Angels
5.Oakland Athletics

National League East:

1.Washington Nationals
2.Atlanta Braves
3.Philadelphia Phillies
4.New York Mets
5.Miami Marlins

National League Central:

1.Chicago Cubs
2.Milwaukee Brewers
3.St.Louis Cardinals
4.Pittsburgh Pirates
5.Cincinnati Reds

National League West:

1.Los Angeles Dodgers
2.Colorado Rockies
3.San Diego Padres
4.Arizona Diamondbacks
5.San Francisco Giants

Playoffs;

Wild Card:

Seattle v Boston=Seattle
Colorado v Milwaukee=Milwaukee

Divisional:

New York Yankees v Seattle=Yankees in four
Cleveland v Houston=Indians in four

Los Angeles Dodgers v Milwaukee=Brewers in five
Chicago Cubs v Washington=Cubs in five

Championship:

New York Yankees v Cleveland=Yankees in five

Chicago Cubs v Milwaukee=Brewers in seven

World Series:

New York Yankees v Milwaukee=Yankees in five

AWARDS/MISCELLANEOUS

American League M.V.P:Aaron Judge(NYY)
National League M.V.P:Bryce Harper(WSH)

American League Cy Young:Jose Berrios(MIN)
National League Cy Young:Clayton Kershaw(LAD)

American League Manager of the Year:Aaron Boone(NYY)
National League Manager of the Year:Craig Counsell(MIL)

First Manager fired:John Gibbons(TOR)