Now that we are a couple weeks into the season and my division by division standings are out there, it’s time to get on to my postseason predictions and a couple possible awards. Am I a little late with these? No. Absolutely not. Shut up.
AL Playoffs:
Yankees over A’s – The Yankees, I think, have the offense needed to overcome the A’s pitching in a short series. Especially since the A’s offense is critically sparse this year, compared to other playoff teams.
Indians over Angels – After watching the Indians versus the Twins, it’s clear. The Tribe is a dangerous, scary team, that if they get hot a the right time, they won’t be stopped in the playoffs, kind of like the Florida Gators in the NCAA tournament.
Indians over Yankees – I’m riding the Indians to the end. I had them coming on strong last year (which I was ridiculed for) and I think they are scarier this year. Forget the Yankees. They’ll have to wait until next year.
NL Playoffs:
Braves over Padres – This will be an interesting series. The Padres will win or come very close to winning their home games but won’t stand a chance in the games in Atlanta. Of course, Atlanta will be the higher seed, so they will go to the NLCS.
Mets over Cardinals – As I said, I just have a feeling about the Mets. They will bug me all season. As it is, Beltran or Delgado, one of the two Carloses will come through. There will be some good pitching and the Mets will smoke the Cardinals. The Cards just don’t have playoff quality pitching.
Mets over Braves – The Braves, like every year, will win their division, then fall apart in the playoffs. So the Mets, with their superior offense will face th Indians in the World Series.
World Series:
This is one of those classic matchups. You have the store bought team, with some proven veterans who haven’t played together before, and then you have the emerging team with guys who have played together for a while. And in all of these stories, the veterans win the first time, and then the up and comers win about 9 titles down the road. So this year, I think those annoying Mets will win in an unusually good World Series.
Mets over Indians in 7
Awards
AL MVP – Victor Martinez – Indians
NL MVP – Andruw Jones – Braves
AL Cy Young – Johan Santana – Twins
NL Cy Young – Pedro Martinez – Mets
And that’s that. Perhaps a non baseball related post sometime soon.
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