Thursday, March 28, 2013

MLB Preview and Unbiased Predictions

AL East                                                             

Toronto Blue Jays          91-71 (#3 Seed)       
Tampa Bay Rays           86-76 (Wild Card #2)     
New York Yankees      80-82                    
Baltimore Orioles          79-83                      
Boston Red Sox           73-89                             

AL Central

Detroit Tigers               93-69 (#1 Seed)                                                         
Chicago White Sox      83-79                        
Kansas City Royals     81-81                        
Cleveland Indians        77-85                    
Minnesota Twins         69-93                        

AL West

Los Angeles Angels     92-70 (#2 Seed)      
Oakland Athletics       87-75 (Wild Card #1) 
Texas Rangers            86-76                                 
Seattle Mariners         76-86                            
Houston Astos           60-102                             

NL East                                                               

Washington Nationals 99-63 (#1 Seed) 
Atlanta Braves            95-67 (Wild Card #1)             
Philadelphia Phillies     82-80                           
New York Mets        74-88                               
Miami Marlins            62-100                         

NL Central

St. Louis Cardinals      92-70 (#3 Seed)         
Cincinnati Reds           91-71                             
Pittsburgh Pirates        80-82                    
Milwaukee Brewers    75-87                   
Chicago Cubs            65-97                          

NL West

Los Angeles Dodgers       96-66 (#2 Seed)   
San Francisco Giants       92-70 (Wild Card #2)
Arizona Diamondbacks   79-83                  
San Diego Padres           70-92                         
Colorado Rockies          63-99                             
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AL East                Fantasy Hero                          Fantasy Goat

Toronto-     Jose Bautista/Brandon Morrow       Melky Cabrera/Mark Buerhle
Tampa Bay-    Ben Zobrist/Matt Moore                 Matt Joyce/Alex Cobb
New York-  Robinson Cano/Mariano Rivera      Mark Teixeira/Ivan Nova
Baltimore-       Manny Machado/Jason Hammel     Nick Markakis/Chris Tillman
Boston-        Mike Napoli/Clay Bucholz               Shane Victorino/Felix Doubront

AL Central

Detroit-   Austin Jackson/Max Scherzer             Torii Hunter/Doug Fister
Chicago- Alexei Ramirez/Addison Reed              Gordon Beckham/Jake Peavy
Kansas City-   Salvador Perez/James Shields         Alex Gordon/Ervin Santana
Cleveland-       Carlos Santana/Justin Masterson   Nick Swisher/Ubaldo Jimenez
Minnesota-       Josh Willingham/Vance Worley       Trevor Plouffe/Scott Diamond

AL West

Los Angeles-  Howie Kendrick/Jason Vargas          Mark Trumbo/Tommy Hanson
Oakland-      Yoenis Cespedes/Jarrod Parker         Brandon Moss/Tommy Milone
Texas-           Elvis Andrus/Alexi Ogando             Lance Berkman/Matt Harrison
Seattle-          Kyle Seager/Hisashi Iwakuma           Raul Ibanez/Joe Saunders
Houston-        Matt Dominguez/Wesley Wright        Brett Wallace/Erik Bedard

NL East                   Fantasy Hero                          Fantasy Goat

Washington-  Bryce Harper/Jordan Zimmermann    Danny Espinosa/Drew Storen
Atlanta-         Justin Upton/Mike Minor                  Dan Uggla/Kris Medlen
Philadelphia-   Dominic Brown/Cliff Lee                  Michael Young/Roy Halladay
New York-    Ike Davis/Matt Harvey                      Lucas Duda/Johan Santana
Miami-          Giancarlo Stanton/Jacob Turner        Juan Pierre/Ricky Nolasco

NL Central

St. Louis-    Allen Craig/Shelby Miller                  Carlos Beltran/Lance Lynn
Cincinnati-    Zack Cozart/Mat Latos                 Shin-Soo Choo/Homer Bailey
Pittsburgh-   Starling Marte/Wandy Rodriguez   Garrett Jones/A.J. Burnett
Milwaukee-  Carlos Gomez/Marco Estrada          Corey Hart/Mike Fiers
Chicago-      Anthony Rizzo/Jeff Samardzija          David DeJesus/Carlos Marmol

NL West

Los Angeles-     Carl Crawford/Zack Greinke      Andre Either/Chris Capuano
San Francisco- Brandon Belt/Tim Lincecum        Marco Scutaro/Ryan Vogelsong
Arizona-           Martin Prado/Brandon McCarthy  Aaron Hill/Wade Miley
San Diego-          Yander Alonso/Luke Gregerson  Chase Headley/Huston Street
Colorado-         Michael Cuddyer/Juan Nicasio   Wilin Rosario/Jeff Francis


AL CY YOUNG: Justin Verlander  AL MVP: Jose Bautista
NL CY YOUNG: Clayton Kershaw NL MVP: Bryce Harper

Playoffs:

Tampa Bay over Oakland in Wild Card Game
Atlanta over San Francisco in Wild Card Game

Detroit over Tampa Bay in 4 games in ALDS
Toronto over Los Angeles Angels in 5 games in ALDS

Washington over Atlanta in 5 games in NLDS
Los Angeles Dodgers over St. Louis in 4 games in NLDS

Detroit over Toronto in 6 games in ALCS
Washington over Los Angeles Dodgers in 6 games in NLCS

Detroit over Washington in 7 games in World Series
World Series MVP:  Justin Verlander


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