Sunday, March 31, 2013

2013 MLB Regular Season Predictions

Just putting these here for posterity (you can also see part of these predictions and awards picks at FanGraphs here). Maybe I'll go into more detail on them at a later time, but more likely I won't.

AL EAST
TB, 88-74
TOR, 87-75
BOS, 83-79
NYY, 82-80
BAL, 78-84

AL CENTRAL
DET, 93-69
CHW, 86-76
CLE, 76-86
KC, 74-88
MIN, 61-101

AL WEST
TEX, 93-69
LAA, 91-71 * Wild Card
OAK, 89-73 * Wild Card
SEA, 71-91
HOU, 63-99

NL EAST
WAS, 94-68
ATL, 91-71 * Wild Card
PHI, 74-88
NYM, 67-95
MIA, 59-103

NL CENTRAL
STL, 88-74
CIN, 87-75
PIT, 82-80
MIL, 81-81
CHC, 72-90

NL WEST
SF, 89-73
SD, 88-74 * Wild Card
LAD, 86-76
ARI, 83-79
COL, 74-88

Real quick thoughts: Really could see any team winning the AL East...the White Sox are perpetually the hardest team to figure out, but I like their pitching...I'm not as high on the Angels as most, probably, and higher on the A's than most. Again, the gap is closed by the A's pitching...I don't think the gap between Washington and Atlanta has increased that much...I'm not sold on the changes in Cincy. If Choo can't play center they may be in big trouble, and I'd be very surprised if they have the same starting pitching health that they had last year...Pittsburgh finally gets their above-.500 season...the NL West seems almost as open as the AL East to me, although I can't picture a scenario where the Rockies win the division...Padres are clearly my surprise team. If they get any pitching, watch out.