re: Official 2017 MLB Season Prediction Thread

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Do you go to Steamer and zips projections and sort descending? Where's the fun in that?

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no but that's a great idea for next year

NL East- Washington
NL Central-Chicago
NL West-LA Dodgers
NL Wild Cards- Mets,Rockies

AL East-Boston
AL Central-Kansas City
AL West-Houston
AL Wild Cards-Texas, Cleveland

NLDS-Cubs over Mets, Nats over Dodgers
ALDS-Houston over Kansas City, Boston over Texas
NLCS-Cubs over Nats
ALCS-Red Sox over Astros
World Series-Red Sox over Cubs in six

NL MVP Nolan Arenado
AL MVP Mookie Betts

NL Cy Young: Kershaw
AL Cy Young: Sale

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To the people that Arenado winning the MVP but dont have the Rockies making the playoffs......how?

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Harper did in 2015. Trout did in 2016. So it's certainly possible, although you pretty much have to lap the field to pull it off, and I don't see Arenado doing that.

Astros are in the AL homie

Going to be hard for Correa to win NL MVP

I wasnt talking about you since you had the Rockies in the WC. I could definitely see him being in the discussion if they make the playoffs. Im just saying that if they miss the playoffs, it would take a Trout like year for him to get it.

Rockies could definitely be a contender for the playoffs if that young pitching takes another step. They will definitely hit the ball.

You are not off base with your point, but I am also hoping that the voters have gotten a little bit smarter.

I am just saying that a stupid 8+ win season from a guy like Arenado is not impossible. He is already a top 10 type player.

Giants over Indians

Last year, Giants had no closer, they locked that up, and having no closer cost them the free fall to wild card.

NL West - Dodgers
NL Central - Cubs
NL East - Nationals
NL WC - Giants, Mets

AL West - Rangers
AL Central - Indians
AL East - Red Sox
AL WC - Astros, Royals

NLCS - Cubs over Nationals
ALCS - Red Sox over Indians
WS - Red Sox over Nationals (4-1)

Most improved team in MLB for 2017 - Atlanta Braves (80 Wins)

I'm going full homer. I don't think the Red sox are nearly as good as people think. Their "3 aces" staff includes a declining David Price and Rick Porcello coming off an outlier of a great season. And for all the talk of how young they are, their hitters (even excluding Ortiz) are at league average and their staff is actually older than league average. Throw in that teams that make a huge progression one year tend to regress the next, and I think the Sox will struggle more than anyone thinks. Full homer. It's Orioles Magic, baby.

AL East: Orioles
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Rangers
AL WC: Royals
AL WC: Blue Jays
AL MVP: Manny Machado. FULL HOMER.
AL Cy Young: Yu Darvish, Rangers

The Nats can't choke again, can they? Of course they can. They are the Nats, but they will wait until the playoffs, because that division sucks out loud. The Cubs will have a hangover, sneak into the playoffs, and then wreck things from there.

NL East: Nats
NL Central: Pirates
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC: Rockies
NL WC: Cubs
NL MVP: Anthony Rizzo, Cubs
NL Cy Young: Stephen Strasburg, Nats

ALCS: Rangers over Orioles, my marriage falls apart over it
NLCS: Cubs over Dodgers

WS: Cubs over Rangers. Repeat city.