Here is the follow up to the American League predictions.
The staff found it very easy to predict the division winners but all had
different answers on the Wildcard winners. Both Zach and Nick picked National
League teams to take down the World Series title while Tyler went with an
American League powerhouse.
Division Winners:
NL East:
Zachary: Washington
Nationals
Tyler: Washington
Nationals
Nick: Washington
Nationals
“The Nats underperformed big time last year but finished
with a good September just missing the playoffs. They added Fister in the
offseason to make their rotation even better and they have this guy named Bryce
Harper.” –Zach
“The Nationals should easily win this year, especially given
the recent injuries suffered n the Atlanta rotation.” –Nick
NL Central:
Zachary: St.
Louis Cardinals
Tyler: St. Louis
Cardinals
Nick: St. Louis
Cardinals
“Cards are still the class of the central division, probably
the most well balanced team in the National League.” –Nick
“The Cards have one of the deepest lineups in all of
baseball, combine that with their nasty young pitching and they are a lock in
the NL Central.” –Tyler
NL West:
Zachary: Los
Angeles Dodgers
Tyler: Los
Angeles Dodgers
Nick: Los Angeles
Dodgers
“The Dodgers are the most talented team in the NL, if not
all of baseball. They should pick right up where they left off during the
regular season last year.” –Nick
NL Wildcard:
Zachary: Atlanta
Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates
Tyler: Cincinnati
Reds, San Francisco Giants
Nick: Milwaukee
Brewers, San Diego Padres
“This was probably the hardest thing for me to predict.
There are a lot of teams I like in the NL and honestly I am not sold on either
team I chose but they seem to have the most talent out of any of the remaining
teams.” –Zach
“I am going out on a very long limb on this one, but I think
the Padres will surprise a lot of people. They don’t have any superstars so
they’ll be counting on breakout years from guys like Yonder Alonso and Jedd
Gyorko.” –Nick
World Series:
Zachary: Washington
Nationals over Texas Rangers 4-2
Tyler: Detroit
Tigers over Washington Nationals 4-2
Nick: St. Louis
Cardinals over Tampa Bay Rays 4-2
"Two words: Bryce Harper" -Zach
"With a strong pitching staff and Miguel Cabrera in the middle of the lineup the Tigers will be too much for anyone they play in the postseason." -Tyler
"As I said before the Cards are the most balanced team. They got a taste of the World Series last year losing to the Red Sox so they will want it even more this year." -Nick
MVP:
Zachary: Bryce
Harper
Tyler: Paul
Goldschmidt
Nick: Paul
Goldschmidt
“Goldy put up big numbers last year and probably could have
won the MVP if the D-Backs made the playoffs. He wont be flying under anyone’s
radar this year which will give him a much better shot at the award.” –Tyler
“If people continue reading our articles they will
eventually realize I am in love with Bryce Harper so it should come to no
surprise I picked him to win the MVP this year or that I chose the Nats in the
World Series.” –Zach
Cy Young:
Zachary: Clayton
Kershaw
Tyler: Clayton
Kershaw
Nick: Jose
Fernandez
“Kershaw is just too good. He will put up dominate numbers
again this season and easily take home the Cy Young award.” –Tyler
“I love Jose Fernandez he is a great young
pitcher but I think Nick is insane to pick against Clayton Kershaw.” –Zach
RoY
Zachary: Billy Hamilton
Tyler: Kolten Wong
Nick: Javier Baez
“Rookie of the
Year is one of the harder awards to pick. If no one really seems like the are
head and shoulders better than everyone else in the league I just try and pick
someone who won a starting job out of spring training. I love Baez and he would
be my pick if he was starting the year in the bigs but Hamilton will get more
playing time so I am going with him.” –Zach
“Baez has
massive power and can hit in the middle of the order right away.” –Nick
Comeback Player of the Year:
Zachary: Matt Kemp
Tyler: BJ Upton
Nick: Johnny Cueto
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