September 30, 2020

Postseason Predictions (MLB.com, The Athletic, ESPN)

Some predictions for the postseason:

MLB.com

(I'm including only ALCS, NLCS, WS, and YED.)

Richard Justice
ALCS: Rays over Twins in 6
NLCS: Dodgers over Atlanta in 7
World Series: Dodgers over Rays in 7
YED: MFY lose to Rays in ALDS

Jesse Sanchez
ALCS: Rays over Twins in 6
NLCS: Dodgers over Reds in 5
World Series: Dodgers over Rays in 6
YED: MFY lose to Rays in ALDS

Alyson Footer
ALCS: Rays over Twins in 6
NLCS: Dodgers over Reds in 6
World Series: Rays over Dodgers in 7
YED: MFY lose to Rays in ALDS

Mark Feinsand
ALCS: Rays over Twins in 6
NLCS: Padres over Reds in 6
World Series: Rays over Padres in 6
YED: MFY lose to Rays in ALDS

Sarah Langs
ALCS: Rays over Twins in 7
NLCS: Dodgers over Reds in 5
World Series: Dodgers over Rays in 7
YED: MFY lose to Cleveland in WC

Anthony Castrovince
ALCS: Yankees over Twins in 6
NLCS: Dodgers over Reds in 6
World Series: Dodgers over Yankees in 7

Will Leitch
ALCS: Cleveland over Twins in 6
NLCS: Dodgers over Atlanta in 5
World Series: Cleveland over Dodgers in 7
YED: MFY lose to Cleveland in WC

Mike Petriello
ALCS: Yankees over Twins in 7
NLCS: Dodgers over Reds in 5
World Series: Dodgers over Yankees in 6

Nathalie Alonso
ALCS: Rays over Athletics in 7
NLCS: Dodgers over Reds in 6
World Series: Dodgers over Rays in 6
YED: MFY lose to Rays in ALDS

Andrew Simon
ALCS: Rays over Twins in 6
NLCS: Dodgers over Reds in 5
World Series: Dodgers over Rays in 6
YED: MFY lose to Cleveland in WC

Jon Paul Morosi
ALCS: Yankees over Athletics in 6
NLCS: Dodgers over Reds in 7
World Series: Dodgers over Yankees in 7

David Venn
ALCS: Yankees over Twins in 7
NLCS: Dodgers over Reds in 6
World Series: Dodgers over Yankees in 6

The Athletic

A filled-in bracket is given for each writer/editor, along with Playoff MVP, Cy Young, and Breakout Star.

Ken Rosenthal
ALCS: Twins over Cleveland
NLCS: Dodgers over Reds
World Series: Dodgers over Twins in 7
YED: MFY lose to Cleveland in WC

Jim Bowden
ALCS: Rays over Athletics
NLCS: Dodgers over Cubs
World Series: Dodgers over Rays in 7
YED: MFY lose to Rays in ALDS

Marc Carig
ALCS: Athletics over Rays
NLCS: Dodgers over Reds
World Series: Athletics over Dodgers in 7
YED: MFY lose to Rays in ALDS

Keith Law
ALCS: Rays over Twins 
NLCS: Dodgers over Cubs
World Series: Rays over Dodgers in 7
YED: MFY lose to Rays in ALDS

Andy McCullough
ALCS: Yankees over Twins 
NLCS: Dodgers over Cubs
World Series: Dodgers over Yankees in 6

Joe Posnanski
ALCS: Yankees over Astros
NLCS: Cardinals over Cubs
World Series: Yankees over Cardinals in 4
"Because this is 2020, I simply picked the exact opposite of what I want to happen."

Eno Sarris
ALCS: Twins over Rays
NLCS: Padres over Reds
World Series: Padres over Twins in 7
YED: MFY lose to Rays in ALDS

Emma Span
ALCS: Rays over Twins
NLCS: Dodgers over Atlanta
World Series: Dodgers over Rays in 5
YED: MFY lose to Rays in ALDS

Kaci Borowski
ALCS: Rays over Twins
NLCS: Dodgers over Marlins
World Series: Dodgers over Rays in 5
YED: MFY lose to Cleveland in WC

Tracy Greer
ALCS: Athletics over Rays
NLCS: Dodgers over Cubs
World Series: Dodgers over Athletics in 5
YED: MFY lose to Cleveland in WC

ESPN

Votes from 30 people at ESPN.com, TV, Stats & Information, etc.

National League Wild-Card Series
Dodgers 30, Brewers 0
Padres 27, Cardinals 3
Cubs 20, Marlins 10
Reds 16, Atlanta 14

American League Wild-Card Series
Rays 29, Blue Jays 1
Twins 21, Astros 9
Cleveland 20, Yankees 10
Athletics 19, White Sox 11

National League Division Series
#1: Dodgers 25, Padres 5
#2: Reds 11, Atlanta 9, Cubs 8, Marlins 1

American League Division Series
#1: Rays 19, Cleveland 11, Yankees 2
#2: Twins 13, Athletics 8, White Sox 6, Astros 3

National League Championship Series
Dodgers 24, Padres 3, Reds 2, Atlanta 1

American League Championship Series
Rays 15, Cleveland 6, Twins 4, White Sox 2, Yankees 2, Athletics 1

World Series
Dodgers 16, Rays 6, Twins 2, Padres 1, Athletics 1, Cleveland 1, White Sox 1, Yankees 1

1 comment:

allan said...

Fun Fact from Sarah Langs: The Dodgers had an average run differential of plus-2.3 per game, the third highest since 1903, behind the 1939 Yankees and 1927 Yankees.