The Major League Baseball season opens tomorrow afternoon; so we’re going to take a look at our predictions for the 2017 season. I almost got all four of us to make predictions; so here’s what we came up with.
A.L. East
Schaumburg Stu has: 1) Boston Red Sox 2) Baltimore Orioles 3) Toronto Blue Jays 4) New York Yankees 5) Tampa Bay Bays.
Mr. Fantasy has; 1) Red Sox 2) Blue Jays 3) Orioles 4) Yankees 5) Rays
Dan the Man has: 1) Red Sox 2) Blue Jays 3) Yankees 4) Orioles 5) Rays
I have the A.L. East like this: 1) Red Sox 2) Yankees 3) Blue Jays 4) Orioles 5) Rays
A.L. Central
Schaumburg Stu has: 1) Cleveland Indians 2) Detroit Tigers 3) Kansas City Royals 4) Minnesota Twins 5) Chicago White Sox
Mr. Fantasy has 1) Indians 2) Tigers 3) Royals 4) White Sox 5) Twins
Dan the Man has 1) Indians 2) Tigers 3) Royals 4) White Sox 5) Twins
I have the A.L. Central like this: 1) Indians 2) Tigers 3) Royals 4) Twins 5) White Sox
A.L. West
Schaumburg Stu has 1) Houston Astros 2) Texas Rangers 3) Seattle Mariners $) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 5) Oakland A’s
Mr. Fantasy has 1) Rangers 2) Astros 3) Mariners 4) Angels 5) A’s
Dan the Man has 1) Astros 2) Mariners 3) Rangers 4) Angles 5) A’s
I have the A.L. West like this 1) Mariners 2) Astros 3) Rangers 4) Angels 5) A’s
N.L. East
Schaumburg Stu has 1) Washington Nationals 2) New York Mets 3) Miami Marlins 4) Atlanta Braves 5) Philadelphia Phillies
Mr. Fantasy has 1) Nationals 2) Mets 3) Marlins 4) Braves 5) Phillies
Dan the Man has 1) Mets 2) Nationals 3) Braves 4) Phillies 5) Marlins
I have the N.L. East like this 1) Nationals 2) Mets 3) Phillies 4) Braves 5) Marlins
N.L. Central
Schaumburg Stu has 1) Chicago Cubs 2) Pittsburgh Pirates 3) St. Louis Cardinals 4) Milwaukee Brewers 5) Cincinnati Reds
Mr. Fantasy has 1) Cubs 2) Pirates 3) Cardinals 4) Brewers 5) Reds
Dan the Man has 1) Cubs 2) Pirates 3) Cardinals 4) Brewers 5) Reds
I have the N.L. Central like this 1) Cubs 2) Cardinals 3) Pirates 4) Brewers 5) Reds
N.L. West
Schaumburg Stu has 1) San Francisco Giants 2) Los Angeles Dodgers 3) Arizona Diamondbacks 4) San Diego Padres 5) Colorado Rockies
Mr. Fantasy has 1) Giants 2) Dodgers 3) Diamondbacks 4) Padres 5) Rockies
Dan the Man has 1) Dodgers 2) Giants 3) Diamondbacks 4) Rockies 5) Padres
I have the N.L. West like this 1) Giants 2) Dodgers 3) Diamondbacks 4) Rockies 5) Padres
Wild Card teams
Schaumburg Stu has in the A.L. Baltimore Orioles & Detroit Tigers in the N.L. Los Angeles Dodgers & Pittsburgh Pirates
Mr. Fantasy has in the A.L. Toronto Blue Jays & Houston Astros in the N.L. Dodgers & New York Mets
Dan the Man has in the A.L. Blue Jays & Seattle Mariners and in the N.L. Washington Nationals & St. Louis Cardinals
My wild card teams in the A.L. are Tigers & Astros and in the N.L. Cardinals & Dodgers
In the World Series Schaumburg Stu has the Cubs and the Red Sox with the Cubs winning.
Mr. Fantasy has the Giants and the Indians with the Indians winning.
Dan the Man has the Dodgers and the Red Sox with the Dodgers winning
I have the Giants and the Red Sox in the World Series with the Red Sox winning.
As for the individual awards; here’s what we have.
MVP winners
Schaumburg Stu N.L. Anthony Rizzo A.L. Mike Trout
Mr. Fantasy N.L. Kris Bryant A.L. Jose Altuve
Dan the Man N.L. Kris Bryant A.L. Gary Sanchez
My MVP’s are N.L. Paul Goldschmidt A.L. Mookie Betts
Cy Young
Schaumburg Stu N.L. Kyle Hendricks A.L. Corey Kluber
Mr. Fantasy N.L. Noah Syndegaard A.L. Corey Kluber
Dan the Man N.L. Madison Bumgarner A.L. Chris Sale
My Cy Young winners are N.L. Johnny Cueto A.L. Justin Verlander
Rookie of the Year
Schaumburg Stu N.L. Dansby Swanson A.L. Yoan Moncada
Mr. Fantasy N.L. Hunter Renfroe A.L. Jharel Cotton
Dan the Man N.L. Dansby Swanson A.L. Andrew Benintendi
My Rookie of the Year’s are N.L. Manuel Margot A.L. Aaron Judge
Manager of the Year
Schaumburg Stu N.L. Joe Maddon A.L. John Farrell
Mr. Fantasy N.L. Bruce Bochy A.L. Terry Francona
Dan the Man N.L. Dave Roberts A.L. John Farrel
My Manager’s of the Year are N.L. Pete Mackanin A.L. Scott Servais
This season we’ve added Comeback Player of the Year.
Schaumburg Stu N.L. Bryce Harper A.L. Pablo Sandoval
Mr. Fantasy N.L. Matt Harvey A.L. Mike Moustakas
Dan the Man N.L. Andrew McCutchen A.L. Felix Hernandez
My Comeback Player of the Year’s are N.L. Clay Bucholtz A.L. Yu Darvish
There you go; that’s what we came up with for the 2017 season. Join in; e-mail us at SportsTimeRadio.com or just leave your picks in the comments.
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