We are less than 48 hours away from Jon Lester’s first pitch to Matt Carpenter, so no better time than now to dole out our predictions for this coming season. As you will see, we have some agreements and disagreements. Zact’s World Series pick of the Marlins has, we can assure you, remained the same since long before Grantland made it cool. Will and I are taking the safe route by picking the Cardinals. Until the Cardinals Way is proven to be beatable, they are always the smart money. The AL is far more difficult to foresee and is basically a crap shoot, so we each threw some darts and landed on a different pennant winner. After the A’s failure last year, I think this is their year, while Will thinks the Royals are going to make a second straight trip. Zact’s going out on a limb with the ChiSox, but hey you never know…
As for the blog itself, we will continue to find our format and see what works. We’ve gained a few consistent followers which is nice. Hopefully the content only gets better and the visitors grow with it. The Scott PodsedCast will take on topics from around the league each week. We will also dig into some more baseball history. First with the Total Base Value and Next Base Value leaders from every era, then compelling writeups on players who may not have gotten the acclaim, but contributed under the radar. For instance, did you know Dom DiMaggio led the league in both TBv and NBv in 1950 yet his brother Joe never led in either?
Please continue to visit and offer feedback. We look forward to an awesome first season of baseball analysis.
Without further ado:
| Zac | Zact | Will | |
| MVP | AL: Mike Trout | AL: Jose Abreu | AL: Jose Abreu |
| NL: Anthony Rendon | NL: Giancarlo Stanton | NL: Andrew McCutchen | |
| CY YOUNG | AL: Chris Sale | AL: Felix Hernandez | AL: Felix Hernandez |
| NL: Jordan Zimmerman | NL: Stephen Strasburg | NL: Jordan Zimmerman | |
| BREAKOUT PLAYER | AL: Carlos Carrasco | AL: Taijuan Walker | AL: Danny Santana |
| NL: AJ Pollock | NL: Corey Dickerson | NL: AJ Pollock | |
| DISAPPOINTMENT | AL: Corey Kluber | AL: Pablo Sandoval | AL: Pablo Sandoval |
| NL: Yasiel Puig | NL: Yasmany Tomas | NL: Madison Bumgarner | |
| COMEBACK PLAYER | AL: Alex Rios | AL: Kris Medlen | AL: Kendrys Morales |
| NL: Brandon Beachy | NL: Matt Harvey | NL: Joey Votto | |
| ROOKIE OF THE YEAR | AL: Dalton Pompey | AL: Daniel Norris | AL: Micah Johnson |
| NL: Kris Bryant | NL: Kris Bryant | NL: Jorge Soler | |
| BEST RELIEVER | AL: Cody Allen | AL: Greg Holland | AL: Greg Holland |
| NL: Ken Giles | NL: Craig Kimbrel | NL: Craig Kimbrel | |
| WILD CARD GAME | AL: A’s over Tigers | AL: White Sox over Red Sox | AL: White Sox over Mariners |
| NL: Pirates over Padres | NL: Marlins over Pirates | NL: Marlins over Pirates | |
| DIVISION SERIES | AL: Royals over Mariners | AL: White Sox over Blue Jays | AL: White Sox over A’s |
| A’s over Jays | Mariners over Tigers | Royals over Jays | |
| NL: Cards over Dodgers | NL: Nationals over Dodgers | NL: Marlins over Nationals | |
| Nationals over Pirates | Marlins over Cardinals | Cards over Dodgers | |
| CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES | AL: A’s over Royals | AL: White Sox over Mariners | AL: Royals over White Sox |
| NL: Cards over Nationals | NL: Marlins over Nationals | NL: Cards over Marlins | |
| WORLD SERIES | Cards over A’s | Marlins over White Sox | Cards over Royals |
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