It’s that exciting time of the year again, the MLB playoffs and World Series! As I did in 2014, 2015, and 2016, I’m going to lay out what teams I’d like to succeed in the postseason and predict what teams will actually win.
NATIONAL LEAGUE PREFERENCES
The Washington Nationals are a team that as a Mets fan you’d expect me to dislike the Nationals, but I’ve never been able to muster strong feelings against them. The Nationals success since 2012 hasn’t really come at the Mets expense since the Mets generally are their own worst enemy (except in 2015, of course,when the Mets miraculously knocked the Nats out of postseason contention). The Nationals have not only never won a pennant, they have never won a postseason series (when the franchise played in Montreal they won a single post-season series). The Cubs are okay in my book, but since they won it all last year, I have no urgency to see them repeat. I’m indifferent to the Diamondbacks and Rockies. At the other end of the spectrum, the Dodgers are one of the teams (along with the Cardinals and Yankees) that I absolutely loathe. So I’ll be supporting the underdog Nationals to finally win a pennant this season, and for the Dodgers to lose, lose, lose.
Wild Card Game: Rockies beat Diamondbacks
NLDS: Rockies beat Dodgers, Nationals beat Cubs
NLCS: Nationals beat Rockies
NATIONAL LEAGUE PREDICTIONS:
Wild Card Game: Really no idea, so I flipped a coin and it came up Rockies
NLDS: Dodgers beat Rockies, Nationals beat Cubs
NLCS: Nationals beat Rockies
AMERICAN LEAGUE PREFERENCES
The Red Sox are my home town team, my favorite American League team, and my second favorite team of all. I’ve seen them win three World Series in recent years, but I wouldn’t mind seeing them win another. Obviously, Cleveland is probably the biggest underdog in the AL, not winning a title since 1954, but they should change their nickname first before the win a World Series. I have no strong feelings on the Astros other than that they should be a National League team. I like the Twins and hope they do well, starting by clobbering the Yankees (this will never happen because the Twins always lose to the Yankees in a big game.
Wild Card Game: Twins beat Yankees
ALDS: Red Sox beat Astros, Twins beat Indians
ALCS: Red Sox beat Twins
AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTIONS
Wild Card Game: Yankees beat Twins
ALDS: Red Sox beat Astros, Indians beat Yankees
ALCS: Indians beat Red Sox :(
WORLD SERIES PREFERENCE: Red Sox beat Nationals
WORLD SERIES PREDICTION: Indians beat Nationals
What are your preferences and predictions? Let me know in the comments.
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