With the state side opening night upon us, the staff at Lets
Talk Real Baseball decided it was a good time to make some predictions for the
upcoming season. The staff was asked to predict the winners of each division,
wild card, World Series, MVP, Cy Young, RoY, and the Comeback Player of the
Year award. This will be posted as a two part column. First you will be given
the predictions for the American League awards than the National League.
Division winners:
AL East:
Zachary: Tampa
Bay Rays
Tyler: Tampa Bay
Rays
Nick: Tampa Bay
Rays
“This won’t happen if the Rays trade David Price, but they
have a fantastic rotation with him. They have a lot of young arms who should
all be good. They will also have Wil Myers for a full season in the lineup.”
–Nick
“The Rays always have a good young team. I like them a lot
over the defending World Series champs.” –Tyler
AL Central:
Zachary: Detroit
Tigers
Tyler: Detroit
Tigers
Nick: Detroit
Tigers
“The Tigers have one of the best players on the planet and
one of the best pitching staffs in all of Major League Baseball. They lost some
depth when they traded Doug Fister and Jose Iglesias went down with an injury
but they should still be fine.’ -Zach
“The easiest division winner to choose in my opinion, the
Tigers should run away with this one by at least 7-8 games.” –Nick
AL West:
Zachary: Texas
Rangers
Tyler: Texas Rangers
Nick: Oakland
Athletics
“The Rangers have a lot of talent in their
lineup and should be able to hold out until they get healthy.” –Zach
“The A’s aren’t the most talented team in the West, but they
play the best as a team.” –Nick
AL Wildcard:
Zachary: Kansas
City Royals, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Tyler: Boston Red
Sox, Kansas City Royals
Nick: Boston Red
Sox, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
“I think the Angels will finally put it all together this
year and actually have a shot at the division title with all the injuries out
West. I didn’t think Boston was good enough to win the World Series last year
and they proved me wrong so they may very well prove me wrong again but I am
saying they will miss out on the second wildcard spot to the Royals.” –Zach
“The Royals have always had talent but could never put it
together. Last year they showed that they can be a contender almost making the
playoffs. This year they will finally win a wildcard spot and make it in.”
–Tyler
MVP:
Zachary: Mike
Trout
Tyler: Mike Trout
Nick: Mike Trout
“I really don’t want to root for Trout because as everyone probably
knows I am on team Harper but I think this is the year he finally wins the MVP.
It shouldn’t shock anyone though if Miggy decides to put up Triple Crown
numbers still and wins for a third year in a row.” –Zach
“Trout will finally have number that are much better than
Miggy that they wont be able to give the award to anyone else. It will also
help that the Angels will be a much improved team this year.” –Tyler
Cy Young:
Zachary: Yu
Darvish
Tyler: Felix
Hernandez
Nick: Chris Sale
“With the M’s spending some money in the offseason they
finally are starting to put together a real team. They have a long way to go
but with more run support Felix could win 20 games and easily win the Cy Young.”
–Tyler
Rookie of the Year:
Zachary: Jose
Abreu
Tyler: Yordano Ventura
Nick: Yordano Ventura
“It looks like
Ventura has won the Royals 5th starter job out of spring training.
The right hander has an electric fastball that easily will hit triple digits.”
–Nick
“It may be
unfair to think of Abreu as a rookie but technically he is according to MLB.
Guy has the power to put up some huge numbers.” –Zach
Comeback Player of the Year:
Zachary: Grady Sizemore
Tyler: Josh Hamilton
Nick: Derek Jeter
“I think the
smart pick here is Jeter because if he plays even 100 plus games he’s a lock
for it in his final season but I think Sizemore will have a better year and is
a much better story.” –Zach
“He deserves a
much more prestigious award than this in what will be his final season (MVP?),
but he should easily win this one as long as he can stay healthy.” –Nick
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