2019 Predictions

2019 Predictions

AL EAST

2. Boston Red Sox 94-86
WC2- New York Yankees 87-75
Baltimore Orioles 70-92
Toronto Blue Jays 63-99

AL CENTRAL

3. Chicago White Sox 91-71
Kansas City Royals 85-77
Cleveland Indians 77-85
Minnesota Twins 68-94

AL WEST

1. Los Angeles Dodgers 98-64
WC1- Texas Rangers 88-74
Oakland Athletics 85-77
New Orleans Crawfish 78-84

NL EAST

3. New York Mets 88-74
Atlanta Braves 83-79
Washington Nationals 79-83
Florida Marlins 62-100

NL CENTRAL

2. Orlando Century 92-70
WC1- Chicago Cubs 90-72
Pittsburgh Pirates 80-82
Milwaukee Brewers 74-88

NL WEST

1. Arizona Diamondbacks 93-69
WC2- Houston Astros 87-75
Colorado Rockeis 83-79
Seattle Mariners 68-94

PLAYOFFS

WILD CARD ROUND

AL- New York over Texas
NL- Chicago over Houston

DIVISION SERIES

AL- Los Angeles over New York 3-1
AL- Boston over Chicago 3-2
NL- Chicago over Arizona 3-2
NL- Orlando over New York 3-1

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

AL- Los Angeles over Boston 4-2
NL- Chicago over Orlando 4-3

WORLD SERIES

Chicago Cubs over Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3

AL Power Rankings

-Tom Kurkjian

Today we are going to look a bit further into the numbers to see who the best teams are in the AL. A formula was created by ranking each team in 17 different statistical categories and ranking how each team fared in each category. The season is still young and the rankings will probably fluctuate as we gather more data. But for now, here are your power rankings:

1. LAD - 3.71

2. KCR - 3.82

3. BOS - 4.65

4. CHW - 4.71

5. SFG - 4.94

6. NYY - 6.53

7. OAK - 6.65

8. BAL - 6.94

9. TOR - 7.00

10. CLV - 7.12

11. TEX - 10.35

12. MIN - 10.65