First off, thanks to everyone who checked out our team season previews. We've wanted to do team previews for so long but never had the time to do it before. It means a lot that you read our previews and interacted with us on twitter.
Opening Day is finally here! We're giving our predictions for the playoffs and the end of season awards here. Feel free to copy and paste and share your predictions for the 2021 season!
Let's start with a quick summary of how we think the divisions will finish up this year.
AL East AL Central AL West
New York Yankees Minnesota Twins Houston Astros
Toronto Blue Jays Chicago White Sox Los Angeles Angels
Tampa Bay Rays Cleveland Indians Oakland Athletics
Boston Red Sox Kansas City Royals Seattle Mariners
Baltimore Orioles Detroit Tigers Texas Rangers
NL East NL Central NL West
Atlanta Braves St Louis Cardinals Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Mets Chicago Cubs San Diego Padres
Philadelphia Phillies Milwaukee Brewers San Francisco Giants
Washington Nationals Cincinnati Reds Arizona Diamondbacks
Miami Marlins Pittsburgh Pirates Colorado Rockies
Right then, on to the postseason!
We've already got our division champions above but what about the wild card teams?
AL Wild Card 1 - Chicago White Sox NL Wild Card 1 - San Diego Padres
AL Wild Card 2 - Toronto Blue Jays NL Wild Card 2 - New York Mets
Now we're getting to the serious stuff...
AL Championship Series - Chicago White Sox over the New York Yankees (4-2)
NL Championship Series - Los Angeles Dodgers over the San Diego Padres (4-3)
World Series - Los Angeles Dodgers over the Chicago White Sox (4-2)
On to the individual awards!
AL MVP - Mike Trout NL MVP - Mookie Betts
AL Cy Young - Gerrit Cole NL Cy Young - Jacob deGrom
AL Rookie of the Year - Jarred Kelenic NL Rookie of the Year - Ke'Bryan Hayes
AL Manager of the Year - Tony La Russa NL Manager of the Year - Jayce Tingler
We fully expect that these will look like awful predictions come the end of the season - like most of our predictions do!
Do you think we've got these right or horribly, horribly wrong?
Opening day is just hours away now and we can't wait to see what this season has in store!
Let us know what your predictions are in the comments or on twitter before the season starts!
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