Fan Interference

I got the projections below from Bleacher Report and  have no idea how well reasoned they are but do know that the graphics were easy to copy and paste and their projection for the Twins is one of the more optimistic ones so I expect that they’re as good as any.  I don’t think they account for the Machado and Harper signings so I suppose we should add 4 -6 wins for the Padres and Phillies.

If you want to read the accompanying explanations, which I didn’t, you can find them here

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2819454-mlb-predictions-2019-projecting-the-final-standings

AL East

Looks like the AL East won’t be as boringly dominant this year and that the fightin O’S will vastly improve. Wowzie!!!

Team	Record	W +/-
Boston Red Sox	101-61	-7
New York Yankees	100-62	+0
Tampa Bay Rays	88-74	-2
Toronto Blue Jays	68-94	-5
Baltimore Orioles	57-105	+10

AL Central

Looks like the AL Central will be considerably less bad this year but sorry Historio and Sparty the Spreadsheet Gods have spoken.

BTW the way Sparty both our teams made the sweet sixteen. Epic collision course?

Team	Record	W +/-
Cleveland Indians	95-67	+4
Minnesota Twins	87-75	+9
Chicago White Sox	74-88	+12
Kansas City Royals	63-99	+5
Detroit Tigers	62-100	-2

AL West

Good to see the Astros still on top

Team	Record	W +/-
Houston Astros	99-63	-4
Oakland Athletics	84-78	-13
Los Angeles Angels	82-80	+2
Seattle Mariners	74-88	-15
Texas Rangers	64-98	-3

NL East

There you go Prof and the Nats are better without Harper.

Team	Record	W +/-
Atlanta Braves	95-67	+5
Washington Nationals	91-71	+9
New York Mets	87-75	+10
Philadelphia Phillies	82-80	+2
Miami Marlins	55-107	-8

NL Central

Damn! I want me some Brew Crew in the playoffs. I imagine spoiled Cardinal fans don’t like this. Histrio please let Paper know he’s being trolled.

Team	Record	W +/-
Chicago Cubs	90-72	-5
St. Louis Cardinals	88-74	+0
Milwaukee Brewers	83-79	-13
Cincinnati Reds	81-81	+14
Pittsburgh Pirates	75-87	-7

NL West

Wouldn’t it be nice if somebody besides the Dodgers win the NL West

Team	Record	W +/-
Los Angeles Dodgers	95-67	+3
Colorado Rockies	86-76	-5
Arizona Diamondbacks	81-81	-1
San Diego Padres	77-85	+11
San Francisco Giants	66-96	-7

For those of you whose team’s prospects are on the darker side let’s see those delusional thinking skills you’ve been working on this spring.

Although not directly related to baseball I found this helpful. Perhaps you will too.

Per the Twins, they made some nice additions, Buxton and his pals in the outfield looked good this spring, not so sure about everybody else, but all in all I think it’s likely that I’ll have meaningful games to watch until about the middle of September.

If the Twins do have a playoff season it will probably have to include a big bounce back year from their DSA (Designated Sexual Assailant / Designated Strikeout Artist) Miguel Sano. He’s stating the year on injured reserve having cut a tendon or something during a celebration of the Dominican League championship this winter. It’s not hard to imagine the stupidity that must have been involved. If he does have a big year I’ll have to trade in my cheap ass big ass TV for a smarter than me one so I can make him look like Harmon Killebrew.

However, I do confidently predict the completion of many a warm summer day in front of a baseball game for all of us.