Fansmanship Podcast Episode 217 – Chris Sylvester and Brint Wahlberg
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Back in January, about three months prior to the start of the 2013 Major League Baseball season, I wrote an article claiming my predictions for the upcoming season. Now that the All Star Game is upon us, that means the season is a little over halfway finished and my perception of the teams and players has changed over the course of the year from what it was before the season even started. So here are my updated predictions on what will transpire over the next few months of the season:
But first, here are my pre-season predictions:
AL East: New York Yankees
AL Central: Detroit Tigers
AL West: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
NL East: Philadelphia Phillies
NL Central: Cincinnati Reds
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers
American League: Baltimore Orioles and Oakland A’s
National League: San Francisco Giants and Washington Nationals
American League: Felix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners
National League: Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
American League: Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
National League: Matt Kemp, Los Angeles Dodgers
American League: Detroit Tigers
National League: Cincinnati Reds
American League: Jim Leyland, Detroit Tigers
National League: Don Mattingly, Los Angeles Dodgers
Updated Predictions (Stats are up to the All Star break):
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Detroit Tigers
AL West: Oakland A’s
NL East: Atlanta Braves
NL Central: Pittsburgh Pirates
NL West: Arizona Diamondbacks
American League: Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers
National League: St Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds
American League: Felix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners (10-4, 2.53 ERA, 140 Strikeouts, 1.10 WHIP)
National League: Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers (8-6, 1.98 ERA, 139 Strikeouts, 0.91 WHIP)
American League: Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers (.365, 30 HR, 95 RBI, .458 OBP)
National League: Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks (.313, 21 HR, 77 RBI, .395 OBP)
American League: Oakland A’s
National League: Pittsburgh Pirates
American League: John Farrell, Boston Red Sox
National League: Clint Hurdle, Pittsburgh Pirates
I’m usually pretty stubborn about my predictions, but I will admit that I have changed some of mine from the preseason. I was totally off about both the Dodgers and Angels, even though both can still make some sort of run at the playoffs — especially the Dodgers.
Staying in the National League West, Paul Goldschmidt is my new pick for National League MVP. Many people view Yadier Molina as the favorite but I think otherwise. Goldschmidt has better numbers than Molina in every category other than batting average and he isn’t that far behind him in that.
Before the season started, I said that the Angels would meet up with the Dodgers in the World Series creating a “Freeway” World Series, but the Angels have woefully underperformed and I have changed my World Series prediction on its head. I predict that the Arizona Diamondbacks and Oakland A’s will be the final two teams standing.
Let that sink in for a second and actually consider this scenario. Both of these teams are good enough to make it. I don’t have a winner from these two teams because in my mind, they are evenly matched. Since the American League won the All-Star Game and has home field advantage, I’ll go ahead and pick Moneyball to finally come through in the postseason.
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