Crabcake Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Seeing as it's October now and all the playoff teams are set, I figured it's time to get this started up. Here's my playoff predictions: Wild Card Games: Yankees vs. Twins Diamondbacks vs. Rockies LDS: Astros (in 4) vs. Red Sox Indians (in 3) vs. Yankees Cubs (in 5) vs. Nationals Diamondbacks vs. Dodgers (in 5) LCS: Indians (in 6) vs. Astros Dodgers vs. Cubs (in 5) World Series: Indians (in 7) vs. Cubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRicSlick Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 It's a shame that the Royals didn't make it with MLB using a blue/gold color scheme for the logos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 I honestly have no idea what to make of the Cubs. It all depends on which version of them shows up on any given day. They're arguably better than they were last season, which is weird to say, but defending the title? This is unfamiliar territory. I guess we'll just find out, and I hope along the way baseball's hatewagons will only invigorate with every Cubs win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyman314 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 So Red Sox have to play back to back series against Houston now (Regular season finale + playoffs). I wonder how often that happens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMcD29 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 /runs 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Six Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 The Dodgers are pretty much the Golden State Warriors of MLB. There's no stopping them, and the whole postseason is simply a formality. These playoffs will be dull unless you love complete domination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGM13 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Yankees over Twins DBacks over Rockies Astros over Red Sox (3-1) Indians over Yankees (3-2) Nationals over Cubs (3-1) Dodgers over DBacks (3-2) Astros over Indians (4-3) Dodgers over Nationals (4-1) Astros over Dodgers (4-3) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramerica Industries Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 2 hours ago, FGM13 said: Yankees over Twins DBacks over Rockies Would be an utter travesty if these two didn't happen, at a minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Jordan Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 3 hours ago, The Six said: The Dodgers are pretty much the Golden State Warriors of MLB. There's no stopping them, and the whole postseason is simply a formality. These playoffs will be dull unless you love complete domination. I can't tell if you're joking... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 10 hours ago, The Six said: The Dodgers are pretty much the Golden State Warriors of MLB. There's no stopping them, and the whole postseason is simply a formality. These playoffs will be dull unless you love complete domination. Depends on what team shows up, tbe team that looked like the 1998 Yankees or the team that looked like they couldn't beat the Bad News Bears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmm Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 19 hours ago, Kramerica Industries said: Would be an utter travesty if these two didn't happen, at a minimum. You mean pure awesomeness. Go Twins! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Yankees over Twins Diamondbacks over Rockies Astros over Red Sox Indians over Yankees Cubs over Nationals* Dodgers over DBacks Indians over Astros Dodgers over Cubs Indians over Dodgers *I feel like this is the only one I really need to explain. The Nationals have demons and Dusty Baker who has demons and who knows how hurt Scherzer is. It's always tough to play with those things haunting your brain, especially when your opponent doesn't. The more relaxed team wins 9/10 games in the postseason. Cubs in 5. As far as the Indians, they have all the pieces from last year's run, plus they're healthy and they have Encarnacion this time. They're better than they were last year. I'd be stunned if they don't at least make it back to the World Series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyman314 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Just going to copy my prediction from the regular season thread. WCYankees vs Twins Diamondbacks vs Rockies LDS Red Sox vs Houston - Houston in 4 Yankees vs Indians - Cleveland in 5 Cubs vs. Nationals - Cubs in 4 Diamondbacks vs Dodgers - D'Backs in 5 LCS Astros vs.Indians - Indians in 7 Diamondbacks vs. Cubs - D'Backs in 6 World Series Diamondbacks vs Indians- Indians in 5 I still think Arizona is a major dark horse, but after that 22 win streak It's hard to argue against Cleveland winning it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroywen Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Wild Card: Yankees over Twins Diamondbacks over Rockies LDS: Astros over Red Sox Indians over Yankees () Nationals over Cubs Diamondbacks over Dodgers LCS: Indians over Astros Nationals over Diamondbacks World Series: Indians over Nationals Pretty chalky outside of D-Backs/Dodgers. I don't like how the Dodgers have looked recently, and the D-Backs have performed surprisingly well against them this year (11-8 with a +28 run differential head-to-head). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramerica Industries Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 3 hours ago, cmm said: You mean pure awesomeness. Go Twins! My own bias aside, two teams that finished, what, six games worse than their opponent making the playoffs because they won a single isolated game at the end of the season? That would make an absolute mockery of MLB's already heavily-flawed playoff system. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Yankees over Twins, Rockies over Diamondbacks Indians over Yankees in 4 Astros over Red Sox in 5 Dodgers over Rockies in 4 Cubs over Nationals in 5 Astros over Indians in 7 Dodgers over Cubs in 6 Astros over Dodgers in 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Dynasty Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 It's about that time... WILD CARD NYY def. MIN ARI def. COL ALDS HOU def. BOS 3-1 CLE def. NYY 3-0 ALCS CLE def. HOU 4-3 NLDS LAD def. ARI 3-2 CHC def. WSH 3-2 NLCS LAD def. CHC 4-2 WORLD SERIES LAD def. CLE 4-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Going Diamondbacks over Astros. Although would love to see Verlander win his first ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninersdd Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Anybody but the Dodgers(yes even the Yankees) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Wild Card: MIN v NYY COL v ARZ NLDS: CHC v WAS COL v LAD ALDS: MIN v CLE BOS v HOU NLCS: CHC v LAD ALCS: HOU v CLE WS: HOU v CHC ---------- Although I would happily take a championship run from MIN, COL, HOU, and CLE. They are all okay in my book, even if it comes at the Cubs' expense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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