After a crazy September the playoffs are finally here and the competition could not be any more wide open. You have the division champion Braves, Dodgers, and Cardinals in the National League. Then you have the division winning A's, Tigers, and Red Sox in the American League. Along with these 6 teams you have the wild card winning Pirates in the NL and the what I am picking as the wild card winning Rays in the AL. All of these teams have their own strengths and weaknesses' but in the end it always seems to come down to pitching. So lets sit back, relax and watch these teams leave every thing on the field for that World Series Championship.
My Predictions:
NLDS:
Dodgers in 5, over the Braves
Cardinals in 4 over the Pirates
ALDS:
Rays in 5 over Red Sox
A's in 5 over Tigers
NLCS:
Dodgers over Cardinals in 5
ALCS:
Rays over A's in 7
World Series:
Dodgers over Rays in 7
Quick Hit; AL Wild Card game:
After the Rays took care of the Rangers in the wild card play in game they take on the surprise Indians in a chance to move on and play the Red Sox. The Rays bring to the mound Alex Cobb who was 11-3 with a 2.76 ERA during the regular season. This includes a 5-1 record with a 2.84 ERA over his final 9 starts. He will be opposes by Indians Righty Danny Salazar who was 2-3 with a 3.12 ERA in 10 games started. But, in 52 innings he had 65 strikeouts compared to 15 Walks. I think the Rays are going to jump on him early and never lose the lead as Fernando Rodney nails the door after a solid 7 innings from Cobb.
Rays 5-2
Check back for a little more in depth look into each series later this week
