2018 Predictions Thread

[CrimsonCowboy]

Braves go 81-81 this season and finish third in the division.

Division Winners:
NL East: Nationals
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Astros

NL Wild Card: Cardinals over Brewers
AL Wild Card: Twins over Red Sox

NLDS: Cubs over Cardinals, Dodgers over Nationals
ALDS: Astros over Twins, Yankees over Indians

NLCS: Cubs over Dodgers
ALCS: Astros over Yankees

World Series: Cubs over Astros

[Skeeter31]

Braves: 74-88 (4th in NL East)

NL East: Nats
NL Central: Brewers
NL West: Dodgers
AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Astros

NL Wildcard: Cubs over Mets
AL Wildcard: Angels over Indians

NL Division: Dodgers over Cubs and Brewers over Nats
AL Division: Yankees over Angels and Astros over Twins

NLCS: Dodgers over Brewers
ALCS: Yankees over Astros

WS: Dodgers over Yankees

Acuna will win NL Rookie of the Year but it won’t be enough to do anything for the Braves. The NL East will be tougher than last year with improved Phils and resurgent Mutts.

[msstate7]

Division Winners:
NL East: Nationals
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Astros

NL Wild Card: Braves over Brewers
AL Wild Card: Yankees over twins

NLDS: Braves over Cubs, Dodgers over Nationals
ALDS: Astros over Yankees, Red Sox over Indians

NLCS: Braves over Dodgers
ALCS: Red Sox over Astros

World Series: Braves over Red Sox

[Heyward]

Braves 83-79

AL East: Yanks
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Astros
NL East: Nats
NL West: Dodgers
NL Central: Cubs

NL WC: Rockies over Brewers
AL WC: Angels over Red Sox

NLDS: Cubs over Rockies in 4, Dodgers over Nats in 5.
NLCS: Cubs over Dodgers in 6.

ALDS: Astros over Indians in 5, Yankees over Angels in 4.
ALCS: Yankees over Astros in 6.

WS: Cubs over Yankees in 7.

[50PoundHead]

Braves: Mid-70s wins.

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Astros
NL East: Nationals
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Dodgers

NL WC: Brewers over Diamondbacks
AL WC: Indians over Red Sox

NLDS: Dodgers over Brewers, Nationals over Cardinals
ALDS: Yankees over Indians, Astros over Twins

NLCS: Dodgers over Nationals
ALCS: Yankees over Astros

WS: Yankees over Dodgers

[nsacpi]

NL East gnats
NL Central Cubs
NL West Dodgers
NL WC: Mets over Pirates

NLDS: gnats over Mets, Dodgers over Cubs
NLCS: gnats over Dodgers

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Stros
AL WC: Yankees over Twins

ALDS: Indians over Yankees, Stros over Red Sox
ALCS: Indians over Stros

WS: Indians over gnats

Braves win 80 games

[thewupk]

Braves will win 79 games. I predict they are squarely below .500 most of the year but make it up with a strong September in garbage time. Also giving myself a +5 window if Acuna and Albies go gangbusters.

NL East Nats
NL Central Cubs
NL West Dodgers
NL WC: Brewers over Mets

NLDS: Cubs over Brewers, Dodgers over Nats
NLCS: Dodgers over Cubs

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Astros
AL WC: Angels over Red Sox

ALDS: Astros over Angels. Yankees over Indians
ALCS: Astros over Indians

WS: Dodgers over Astros

[Heyward]

Braves 83-79

AL East: Yanks
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Astros
NL East: Nats
NL West: Dodgers
NL Central: Cubs

NL WC: Rockies over Brewers
AL WC: Angels over Red Sox

NLDS: Cubs over Rockies in 4, Dodgers over Nats in 5.
NLCS: Cubs over Dodgers in 6.

ALDS: Astros over Indians in 5, Yankees over Angels in 4.
ALCS: Yankees over Astros in 6.

WS: Cubs over Yankees in 7.

8 of 10 playoff teams isnt bad, thought the Nats would eventually turn it on but never happened.

[zbhargrove]

Negative or non homer? There is a big difference. Most everyone didn’t expect the Braves to be good or win the east. People are wrong all the time and I was in this case.

The difference is that you just go super contrarian to get a rise out of the board. Has nothing to do with homerism. Again... how did bashing all our prospects end up for you?

[NinersSBChamps]

The difference is that you just go super contrarian to get a rise out of the board. Has nothing to do with homerism. Again... how did bashing all our prospects end up for you?

I don’t recall bashing a single prospect. I do remember saying the team needed real MLB players and not simply relying on unproven supremely overrated prospects by the folks here.

[BeanieAntics]

I don’t recall bashing a single prospect. I do remember saying the team needed real MLB players and not simply relying on unproven supremely overrated prospects by the folks here.

Well you were super-duper wrong on that front. If not for the "prospects" like Folty, Acuna, Albies, Camargo, Swanson, Touki, Soroka, Sobotka, Minter, Newcomb, etc. this team would be nowhere this year. I never got the whole "we don't need prospects, we need real MLB players" line of thinking. Every single MLB player started out as a prospect. Sure, the attrition rate is high, but prospects turn into stars all the time and that is exactly what happened this year.

Mr. Kim Jong Wrong.

[nsacpi]

Well you were super-duper wrong on that front. If not for the "prospects" like Folty, Acuna, Albies, Camargo, Swanson, Touki, Soroka, Sobotka, Minter, Newcomb, etc. this team would be nowhere this year. I never got the whole "we don't need prospects, we need real MLB players" line of thinking. Every single MLB player started out as a prospect. Sure, the attrition rate is high, but prospects turn into stars all the time and that is exactly what happened this year.

Mr. Kim Jong Wrong.

And a lot of so-called real major league players have bad seasons in any given year. Its ok to cite uncertainty about rookies. But there is a lot of uncertainty too about established players. Guys like Bartolo Colon.

[Julio3000]

I didn’t get in this thread, but I think I had us pegged at 78 in another one. What did I miss? Acuña being an MVP-caliber player in the 2nd half, team defense (thanks Dansby, Ron Washington, and better analytics), Folty taking a step forward, Newcomb’s big first half, Neck Boogie, and Anibal the Canibal (I expected Ani to be good but not nearly the presence he ended up being).

[CyYoung31]

Braves win 90 games and clinch the NL East after the Nats greatly underachieve again.

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Rockies
NL WC: Brewers and Dodgers

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Astros
AL WC Yankees and A’s

Nailed it again.