American Baseball: The Calm Before the Storm

[onejayhawk]

Prediction time:

AL:
East -
Central -
West -

NL:
East -
Central -
West -

Largest Improvement in Wins:

Biggest Collapse:

All Star Game Winning Pitcher:

AL Pennant:
NL Pennant:
World Champion:

Player of significance that only fantasy players have heard about:

I'll give mine in a few.

J

 

[Darkness]

Prediction time:

AL:
East - Yankees
Central - Indians
West - Astros

NL:
East - Nationals
Central - Cubs
West - Dodgers

Largest Improvement in Wins: Mets

Biggest Collapse: Red Sox

All Star Game Winning Pitcher: Kluber

AL Pennant: Astros
NL Pennant: Cubs
World Champion: Astros

Player of significance that only fantasy players have heard about: No clue. I haven't played fantasy baseball in years...

 

[Bamspeedy]

Player of significance that only fantasy players have heard about:

Don't really follow baseball (but pay attention to it more than NBA or soccer), but it will be interesting to see if that Pitcher/DH, whatever his name is, gets 10 wins/10 HR that hasn't been done since Babe Ruth. If he actually does that people like me might actually remember his name.

 

[onejayhawk]

AL:
East - Red Sox
Central - Indians
West - Astros

NL:
East - Nats
Central - Cardinals
West - Dodgers

Largest Improvement in Wins: Phillies

Biggest Collapse: Reds

All Star Game Winning Pitcher: Kluber

AL Pennant: Indians
NL Pennant: Cardinals
World Champion: Cardinals

Player of significance that only fantasy players have heard about: Ronald Acuna

 

[Arwon]

Are the Padres any good yet?

 

[Bamspeedy]

Padres are in last place in their division (40% win %), but don't have the worst record in baseball that goes to the White Sox (31.1) followed closely by the Orioles (31.3).
Brewers are off to their usual strong spring start, being first place in their division (over the Cubs and Cardinals), but are likely to fall as the season progresses like they usually do.


Shohei Ohtani
4-1 record, 3.35 ERA in 7 starts pitching
.310 BA and 6 HR when batting

Could be the first player in 100 years to win 10 games as pitcher and hit 10 HR as a batter (Babe Ruth-1918).
Rick Ankiel was a pitcher who got 10 wins (2000), but then later became a batter and got 10 HR (2007-2009), so he didn't do both in one season.

 

[BirraImperial]

Cubs Cubs Cubs!!!