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    2018 Predictions Thread

    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
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    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.

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    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

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    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.

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    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

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    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
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    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

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    I need some of what several people here are taking, I am looking at the Braves as a 73 win team.

    NL East Nats
    NL central Cubs
    NL west Dodgers
    Wild cards- Brewers and Mets (Brewers win)

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


    AL East Boston
    AL Central Indians
    AL West Houston
    AL Wild cards - Twins and Yankees (Yankees win)

    ALDS Houston over Yankees , Boston over Indians
    ALCS Boston over Houston

    WS Dodgers over Boston

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    Nats
    Cubs
    Dodgers

    Brewers - Diamondbacks

    .......


    Cy Young -- Kershaw
    MVP -- Harper

    Braves 79 wins.

    McCarthy, Teheran, Folty win 13+ games.

    Albies > .290
    Swanson < .250
    Acuna >20 HRs
    Freddie > 110 RBIs

    Newcomb > 4.50 ERA < 10 wins
    Gohara > 4.00 ERA < 10 wins

    Viz < 20 saves

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    NL East: Nats, Mets, Braves (79 wins), Phillies, Marlins
    NL Central: Cubs, Cardinals (WC), Brewers, Reds, Pirates
    NL West: Dodgers, Rockies (WC), Giants, Diamondbacks, Padres
    AL East: Red Sox, Yankees (WC), Blue Jays, Orioles, Rays
    AL Central: Indians, Twins, Tigers, Royals, White Sox
    AL West: Astros, Angels (WC), Mariners, Rangers, A's

    NL Wild Card: Cardinals over Rockies
    AL Wild Card: Yankees over Angels

    NLDS: Cubs over Cardinals; Dodgers over Nats
    ALDS: Astros over Yankees; Red Sox over Indians

    NLCS: Cubs over Dodgers
    ALCS: Red Sox over Astros

    World Series: Red Sox over Cubs - Kimbrel five-out save to close out game seven.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesnumberone View Post
    NL East: Nats, Mets, Braves (79 wins), Phillies, Marlins
    NL Central: Cubs, Cardinals (WC), Brewers, Reds, Pirates
    NL West: Dodgers, Rockies (WC), Giants, Diamondbacks, Padres
    AL East: Red Sox, Yankees (WC), Blue Jays, Orioles, Rays
    AL Central: Indians, Twins, Tigers, Royals, White Sox
    AL West: Astros, Angels (WC), Mariners, Rangers, A's

    NL Wild Card: Cardinals over Rockies
    AL Wild Card: Yankees over Angels

    NLDS: Cubs over Cardinals; Dodgers over Nats
    ALDS: Astros over Yankees; Red Sox over Indians

    NLCS: Cubs over Dodgers
    ALCS: Red Sox over Astros

    World Series: Red Sox over Cubs - Kimbrel five-out save to close out game seven.
    NL East: Nats, Phillies, Mets, Braves (75), Marlins
    NL Central: Cards, Cubs (WC), Brewers, Pirates & Reds tie
    NL West: Dodgers, Diamondbacks (WC), Giants, Rockies, Padres
    AL East: Yankees, Red Sox (WC), Blue Jays, Orioles, Rays
    AL Central: Indians, Twins, Royals, White Sox, Tigers
    AL West: Astros, Mariners (WC), Angels, Rangers, A's

    NL Wild Card: D'Backs over Cubs
    AL Wild Card: Red Sox over Mariners

    NLDS: Cards over D'Backs; Dodgers over Nats
    ALDS: Astros over Red Sox; Yankees over Indians

    NLCS: Dodgers over Cards
    ALCS: Yanks over Astros

    World Series: Dodgers over Yanks

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    Braves lose 90 games.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Southcack77 View Post
    Nats
    Cubs
    Dodgers

    Brewers - Diamondbacks

    .......


    Cy Young -- Kershaw
    MVP -- Harper

    Braves 79 wins.

    McCarthy, Teheran, Folty win 13+ games.

    Albies > .290
    Swanson < .250
    Acuna >20 HRs
    Freddie > 110 RBIs

    Newcomb > 4.50 ERA < 10 wins
    Gohara > 4.00 ERA < 10 wins

    Viz < 20 saves

    I really scored the rotation pretty high. you can kind of tell from the win predictions that I grew up in a different era.

    I would say I basically hit on Folty (might actually hit).

    Definitely missed on McCarthy and his getting injured again.

    Teheran was sort of a bounce back play without his necessarily being great. He was definitely worse than I thought in the first half. I guess his second half was more like I was anticipating. Something where he scraped together wins and decent performances that exceeded the peripherals.

    Miss on Albies. Didn't see him being power over average.

    Swanson - HIT.

    Acuna - HIT

    Freddie - MISS (prolly) - this was my predicting another MVP type season with better OBP in front of him and that didn't quite happen on either front. Freddie was merely very good and the top of the lineup was a struggle at times. And Albies did not turn out to be a big OBP guy up in the front. Again I totally missed on what sort of player Albies would be.

    Newcomb - MISS. I was predicting his season would go about like his second half has gone. Didn't see the All Star level first half coming.

    Gohara - HIT. About what I expected.

    VIZ - HIT. Barely, but this went according to my sense of things.

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    I was way off. Looks like I will get the Astros right and maybe the Dodgers.

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    A lot of people in here were off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NinersSBChamps View Post
    Braves lose 90 games.
    i believe you win the most negative nancy award...richly deserved i might add
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hudson2 View Post
    A lot of people in here were off.
    and some were off a lot more than others
    "I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."

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    I'm so glad these predictions were trash.

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    Things went pretty much according to form in the AL.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    Things were easier to predict in the AL, where there were four teams that clearly were the class of the league.
    I would use the Twins as a cautionary tale moving forward. After I watched their late-season push last year, I thought their young core was ready to really put it together, but man did they ever s*ck. Injuries, suspensions, and Sano getting really fat.

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