2013 Major League Baseball Prognostications

2013 Major League Baseball prognostications:

 

In this entry, I will comprehensively (as best as I can) predict how I see the 2013 Major League Baseball campaign playing out. Expectations are sky high for the boys from T.O but this blogger isn’t completely convinced after a winter of examining in greater depth the moves that general manager Alex Anthopoulos was able to accomplish. Are they a greater team then the team that was fielded in the 2012 ball season? No question, but some would argue, including myself that the same holes that plagued Toronto last year still exist.  Sergio Santos as a bonafide closer for a contending club? He’s no Billy Koch to put it mildly.

I will predict the division by division standings while at the same time mapping out how I see the post-season materializing in what I expect will be an unpredictable, exciting summer. I will also hand out some award winner prognostications along with some miscellaneous thoughts along the way.

 

American League:

 

East:

 

1.Tampa Bay Rays

2.New York Yankees(W)

3.Toronto Blue Jays

4.Boston Red Sox

5.Baltimore Orioles

 

Central:

1.Detroit Tigers

2.Chicago White Sox

3.Cleveland Indians

4.Kansas City Royals

5.Minnesota Twins

West:

1.Texas Rangers

2.Los Angeles of Anaheim Angels(W)

3.Oakland Athletics

4.Seattle Mariners

5.Houston Astros

 

National League:

 

East:

1.Atlanta Braves

2.Washington Nationals(W)

3.Philadelphia Phillies

4.New York Mets

5.Miami Marlins

 

Central:

1.Cincinnati Reds

2.Milwaukee Brewers

3.St.Louis Cardinals

4.Pittsburgh Pirates

5.Chicago Cubs

 

West:

1.San Francisco Giants

2.San Diego Padres(W)

3.Los Angeles Dodgers

4.Colorado Rockies

5.Arizona Diamondbacks

 

Playoffs:

Wildcard round:

New York Yankees over the Los Angeles of Anaheim Angels

San Diego Padres over the Washington Nationals

 

Divisional:

Atlanta Braves over the San Diego Padres

San Francisco Giants over the Cincinnati Reds

New York Yankees over the Detroit Tigers

Tampa Bay Rays over the Texas Rangers

 

LCS:

Atlanta Braves over the San Francisco Giants

Tampa Bay Rays over the New York Yankees

 

World Series:

 

Atlanta Braves over the Tampa Bay Rays

 

Awards and Miscellaneous

AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera(Detroit) Runner-up:Robinson Cano

NL MVP:Buster Posey(San Francisco) Runner-up:Ryan Braun

AL CY Young:David Price(Tampa Bay) Runner-up:Hiroki Kuroda

NL CY Young:Yovani Gallardo(Milwaukee) Runner-up:Clayton Richard

World Series M.V.P:Jason Heyward-Atlanta

First Coach Fired:Kirk Gibson-Arizona

Manager of the year: Joe Maddon-Tampa Bay

Home Run King: Miguel Cabrera-Detroit

Surprise team-San Diego Padres

Disappointing team-Arizona Diamondbacks