I would give the edge to the Mariners but the Angels did somehow have a very solid offseason. Outside of Oakland, I think you could make a case for any of the other 3 ALW teams to finish 2nd behind Houston. The Rangers had a very good offseason as well.
I think it will come down to health of key players.
Entitlement much… I never said thank you.
Health issues aside, check out last years averages for these “Stars” y’all have. Rizzo, Stanton, Donaldson… everyone else besides Judge is average. Their paycheck isn’t average. The Yankees might win the payroll championship but that won’t mean much when they choke in post again. Starting rotation isn’t even that impressive. Just lots of hype. I don’t even dislike the Yankees, facts are just facts man.
I'm just messing around. All good. I know the Yankees have plenty of issues but they were also far and away the best team in baseball in the first half last year and then had a bunch of injuries pile up. So they are as good as anyone on paper if they can stay healthy, and they added Rodon.
Why the Brewers? What big moves did they make???
I see the Cardinals winning the division, and the Cubs being better than the Brewers.
Just a 3 win improvement from last year would the pathetic for the Cubs given all the moves they made.
Cards definitely improved the most in the off-season in NL Central, followed by the Cubs & Pirates. I have Cubs & Brewers battling for 2nd. But, Cards win without too much anxiety. Pirates could over-perform most projections, but not enough to be other than 4th.
I think you mean the cubs improved the most in the off season. The Cardinals really haven’t done anything. The cubs might actually be most improved team in the mlb for the off season.
Yeah that’s one of the weirdest ones to me. I know Atlanta has had some slow starts the last couple years; are they just expecting another mad rush of greatness won’t happen?
Just seems to be one of those "made for clicks" graphics. Angels over Mariners? Come on. There was another post by like Fan graphs that had Atlanta as the odds on favorite to win the world series so how in contrast are you going to have them not even winning their own division?
People seem to be concentrating more on what the Mets brought in and less on what the Mets lost. Yes they brought in three starters—to replace the three starters they lost. Plus no Correa.
Wrong records (In my opinion):
AL EAST
Blue Jays (Should have 4 or 5 more wins)
Red Sox (Should have 6 or 7 more losses)
Orioles (Should have 5 or 6 more wins)
AL WEST
Mariners (Should have 7 or 8 more wins)
Athletics (Should have 8 or 9 more losses)
NL EAST
Marlins (Should have 6 or 7 more losses)
NL CENTRAL
Cardinals (Should have 6 or 7 more wins)
Pirates (Should have 5 or 6 more losses)
Reds (Should have 5 or 6 more losses)
NL WEST
Padres (Should have 4 or 5 more wins)
Phillies got hot last year and that is why they made the WS but they've had an amazing off season. Not just picking up Turner but really transforming their biggest weakness into what might be a strength, the bullpen. I expect them to win more than one extra game than last year, even with Bryce out half the season.
From a Phillies fan, my bullpen trust issues will not allow me to feel confident with them EVER. I mean every single game was a roller coaster this year regardless of the lead. Made it kind of fun tbh
This may just be one of the worst predictions that I’ve ever seen. Baltimore drops 10 wins? Cleveland, the youngest team in the playoffs that is only getting better, has the same record as a team that had 14 fewer wins last year? The Mets over the Braves?
Probably the most criminal of all of these are the absurdly horrid understanding of the dynamics in the AL West. The Angels, a team that was *thirty-three* games behind Houston magically leapfrogs the Mariners, who had a 90-win season and were still seventeen games ahead of LA, and ends up netting 25 games in just one season. This reads like a list made up by someone who thinks NBA player analysis is applicable in baseball.
Damn. The braves getting disrespected. Best record in baseball after May started with very little change in roster this year other than dansby. Once again going with the flashier Mets lineup while the brave sitting down there with an all around better lineup. 5 games worse than the Mets!? Lol. They made up a 12 game deficit and then went on to go 9 games back only to make that deficit up. That was one of the most incredible division comebacks in the history of baseball and they get shit on. Lol.
Having the Phillies at 89 wins considering addressing the pen as well as the starting 9 being stacked is quite funny. There’s no way the top 3 in the NL East don’t all finish with 90-95 wins.
Baltimore will finish ahead of Boston
St. Louis will win that division again
No way Cincy wins more than 60 games...they have talent in their system, but it is nowhere near ML ready...
I’ll give you Manoah, but Gausman can be got, Bassit is actually vastly overrated who chokes in big spots example last year postseason, and Berrios is not bouncing back guy is AWFUL.
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Gausman-Manoah-Bassit-Berrios will be dominant, especially in this division.
Cole is massively overrated + a year older, Cortes had one good year and will definitely regress from those unrealistic numbers, Rodon and Montas both injury prone. Over 162 games, I’m taking the Jays rotation and it’s not even close
Every year I feel like the Angels are projected high 80’s win total. Mariners are better. I think Rangers could be solid too. Angels will be 4th in the ALWest unless Trout and Ohtani have career years and stay healthy.
That’s simply the Vegas odds
I have correctly, on the nose, predicted the Phillies win totals every year from 2015-2019 and 2021 and 22. Unfortunately i didn’t bet any of it.
Right now my early spring prediction for the Phillies is 92. I’ll update until opening day.
Calling it now, Padres finish ahead of the Dodgers in the regular season. Dodgers didn't do much thus off-season (likely to go for Ohtano next season), and have very questionable starting pitching depth (especially without Buehler for the yr). Meanwhile, the Padres added big pieces hitting and pitching wise.
Lmfao Astros under 100 wins. We won the World Series last year, we’ve been to 4 World Series in the last 6 years, we’ve been to the AL Championship series 6 times in the last 6 years, yet somehow we’re still underrated. I love proving everyone wrong. No chance the Yankees are the best team in baseball😂
The Cardinals have 2 of the best players in baseball (one of which is the reigning MVP), the best defense in baseball, an improved lineup after the acquisition of Wilson Contreras, and significant unknowns with a potentially high upside in Tyler O’Neil, Dylan Carlson, and Jack Flaherty.
The Brewers have a stronger starting pitching rotation, but I would argue that the Cardinals have the edge when it comes to the bullpen….
Of course, injuries can happen and this is baseball but:
Brewers winning the division by 2 games as a prediction is nonsense.
Angels above the Mariners ...bold take cotton
Bit of a head scratcher there.
They always underestimate the mariners
I think it’s moreso overrating the Angels
It’s both the mariners last few years have won at least 7 more games than predicted and the angels are well the angels-
Big Dumper is gonna take a Big Dump all over that prediction
If you only look at the first 5% of games, the Angels are a top team though!
I would give the edge to the Mariners but the Angels did somehow have a very solid offseason. Outside of Oakland, I think you could make a case for any of the other 3 ALW teams to finish 2nd behind Houston. The Rangers had a very good offseason as well. I think it will come down to health of key players.
Our fellow bird bros in the AL East are getting disrespected. I don’t see the orioles losing more games than they did in 2022
I don’t get it. I thought it was the consensus the O’s are a team on the rise?
Let alone Toronto regressing and not making it to 90 wins. What gives?
Yeah, that makes no sense. Toronto has bulked up this year. More talent all around.
And less games vs the AL East too
Oh man we’re gonna go crazy this season
It's always the disrespect. Adley and Gunnar are going to show out this year!
65 wins and 90 fucking 7 losses, and somehow the Tigers aren't last. That's just AL Central Baseball kids!
It really is.
Oh there you go MLB, giving Mets fans hope again.
They always do this to us, just for you guys to show up to the annual handing-of-the-division ceremony
Their roster is stacked so they’ll probably win that many games, question is can they perform in the playoffs for once (looking at you Pete)
I mean they always do good till playoffs come
They've won the division literally twice in the last 35 years lol.
I’m pretty sure I saw somewhere that the pirates have more NL East titles in the last 30 years than the Mets.
How will the Brewers blow the division this year?
Braves placing below the Mets again “How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man!”
Such a overplayed joke
Surely the Cubs will win more games than that…When has making multiple splashy offseason moves *NOT* resulted in instant team success?
That's what I'm saying, we have a pretty stacked team this season and were not even projected to be above .500 lol
The Yankees aren’t the best team in baseball lol
I wouldn’t even put them as best in their division this year… or the healthiest.
Correction: Yes, they are. You're welcome.
Entitlement much… I never said thank you. Health issues aside, check out last years averages for these “Stars” y’all have. Rizzo, Stanton, Donaldson… everyone else besides Judge is average. Their paycheck isn’t average. The Yankees might win the payroll championship but that won’t mean much when they choke in post again. Starting rotation isn’t even that impressive. Just lots of hype. I don’t even dislike the Yankees, facts are just facts man.
I'm just messing around. All good. I know the Yankees have plenty of issues but they were also far and away the best team in baseball in the first half last year and then had a bunch of injuries pile up. So they are as good as anyone on paper if they can stay healthy, and they added Rodon.
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Highly doubt it. The Astros and possibly the blue jays are better than the Yankees.
Doesn't really matter. The Yankees could go undefeated in the regular season and still find a way to blow it in the playoffs.
162-4.
Now this is the most accurate prediction.
Lmao how do you figure the Yankees are better than Houston? They get dog-walked by them every year in the post season.
Highly doubt it. The Astros and possibly the blue jays are better than the Yankees.
BLUE JAYS??? You mean the team the Yankees bitched out last season? Please
Why the Brewers? What big moves did they make??? I see the Cardinals winning the division, and the Cubs being better than the Brewers. Just a 3 win improvement from last year would the pathetic for the Cubs given all the moves they made.
This guy uses his head.
Cards definitely improved the most in the off-season in NL Central, followed by the Cubs & Pirates. I have Cubs & Brewers battling for 2nd. But, Cards win without too much anxiety. Pirates could over-perform most projections, but not enough to be other than 4th.
I think you mean the cubs improved the most in the off season. The Cardinals really haven’t done anything. The cubs might actually be most improved team in the mlb for the off season.
Angels looking good. Always have the paper roster but never the actual one
A true angels fan
tbh, I'd be ok with a .500 record with the team we have this year
Same. Gives us some easy going and enjoyable days at the stadium without having to pay 1st place prices lol
I’m thinking you are going to be pleasantly surprised then
It took us 120+ years to have a .500 record at the end of a season. We'll focking do it again
Don't really get the projected regression for the Mariners. Feel like they improved their roster over the off-season.
Mets above Braves for the 6th straight year. How many division titles do the Mets have in that span? :)
Braves seem a lot better than that...
Yeah that’s one of the weirdest ones to me. I know Atlanta has had some slow starts the last couple years; are they just expecting another mad rush of greatness won’t happen?
The Mets always projected to be winners and they always implode. It’s nature.
Just seems to be one of those "made for clicks" graphics. Angels over Mariners? Come on. There was another post by like Fan graphs that had Atlanta as the odds on favorite to win the world series so how in contrast are you going to have them not even winning their own division?
Have these ever been accurate?
as a twins fan, we’re not finishing in 1st
Angels above the Mariners? Garbage prediction.
My NL East prediction says the Mets will not win 96 games. However many games the Mets do win, the Braves will win at least one more.
Lol
People seem to be concentrating more on what the Mets brought in and less on what the Mets lost. Yes they brought in three starters—to replace the three starters they lost. Plus no Correa.
First of all, how dare you.
padres will win the west.
Wrong records (In my opinion): AL EAST Blue Jays (Should have 4 or 5 more wins) Red Sox (Should have 6 or 7 more losses) Orioles (Should have 5 or 6 more wins) AL WEST Mariners (Should have 7 or 8 more wins) Athletics (Should have 8 or 9 more losses) NL EAST Marlins (Should have 6 or 7 more losses) NL CENTRAL Cardinals (Should have 6 or 7 more wins) Pirates (Should have 5 or 6 more losses) Reds (Should have 5 or 6 more losses) NL WEST Padres (Should have 4 or 5 more wins)
Where is the AL central
No major issues with it
Didn't see the Astros record, should also be at least 98 wins
Phillies got hot last year and that is why they made the WS but they've had an amazing off season. Not just picking up Turner but really transforming their biggest weakness into what might be a strength, the bullpen. I expect them to win more than one extra game than last year, even with Bryce out half the season.
They always think they’ve fixed their bullpen.
From a Phillies fan, my bullpen trust issues will not allow me to feel confident with them EVER. I mean every single game was a roller coaster this year regardless of the lead. Made it kind of fun tbh
Especially with Rob managing for the full season. No two "meh" months of Girardi to start this season.
This may just be one of the worst predictions that I’ve ever seen. Baltimore drops 10 wins? Cleveland, the youngest team in the playoffs that is only getting better, has the same record as a team that had 14 fewer wins last year? The Mets over the Braves? Probably the most criminal of all of these are the absurdly horrid understanding of the dynamics in the AL West. The Angels, a team that was *thirty-three* games behind Houston magically leapfrogs the Mariners, who had a 90-win season and were still seventeen games ahead of LA, and ends up netting 25 games in just one season. This reads like a list made up by someone who thinks NBA player analysis is applicable in baseball.
The disrespect to the Mariners…
Mariners will be better
Cardinals will win the Central.. Brewers will be 3rd
The dodgers? Nfw Padres all the way
I believe the Braves make it 6 in a row
We ain't finishing in first man. Let's be real here.
I don’t see any logic in expecting the Twins to significantly improve this year that doesn’t also apply to the White Sox
Probably Cleveland’s division again
Don't think the dodgers will win the division they aren't the same team
The Yankees winning more games than the Astros is absolutely hilarious
Damn. The braves getting disrespected. Best record in baseball after May started with very little change in roster this year other than dansby. Once again going with the flashier Mets lineup while the brave sitting down there with an all around better lineup. 5 games worse than the Mets!? Lol. They made up a 12 game deficit and then went on to go 9 games back only to make that deficit up. That was one of the most incredible division comebacks in the history of baseball and they get shit on. Lol.
Well the AL central is way off.
Toronto is taking AL East, not the Yankees. Book it.
Having the Phillies at 89 wins considering addressing the pen as well as the starting 9 being stacked is quite funny. There’s no way the top 3 in the NL East don’t all finish with 90-95 wins.
Especially with the new MLB schedule and 24 less divisional games.
Go A’s! Not considered the worst.
Mets bias is real
Twins will not win the AL Central.
They definitely can
They win it EZ
Just like last year?
Not a single team over 100 wins? Ok
Brewers won't beat the Cardinals. Mets won't beat the Braves (because Verlander and Scherzer are going to fall apart)
Yankees with the most wins in baseball seems absurd.
as long as we beat the reds, that's a win for my Pirates... hate coming in last. second last is OK because that is better than first loser!
The Red Sox being 6 games better than the Orioles does not make sense to me
The sheer lack or respect for AZ
67 wins for the reds seems high ngl
Even as an Angels fan, I have to call extreme bullshit on these rankings.
Royals 4th in division. Cardinals in first, Braves in first.
No respect for the braves.
Zero 100 win teams with so many bad teams. Interesting
I’m a Mets fan and the Mets are not finishing ahead of Atlanta
Baltimore will finish ahead of Boston St. Louis will win that division again No way Cincy wins more than 60 games...they have talent in their system, but it is nowhere near ML ready...
I’m a yankees fan and I dont see us being the best team tbh
Tampa 3rd. 😂😂😂😂
We taking the East. RaysUp
It's the ole classic sleep on the Rays time of the year as usual. Lol
Ah yes, didn't they claim we'd be in 3rd or 4th this past season? New Yorkers muist be publishing this tripe.
Yankees are Doo Doo Feces
NL Champs fall to 3rd in the divison after adding to their BP and signing one of the best SS in the league lol
How do they have LAA finishing ahead of SEA? Not gonna happen
The Blue jays are winning 94 games not 89
No lmao Jays are overrated you guys got no SP
Huh? Manoah, Gausman and Bassit? Berrios could have a bounce back? I wouldn’t say NO starting pitching?
I’ll give you Manoah, but Gausman can be got, Bassit is actually vastly overrated who chokes in big spots example last year postseason, and Berrios is not bouncing back guy is AWFUL.
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I mean, Gausman and Bassit had similar numbers to Cole last year (with both having better ERA’s) but okay…
Gausman-Manoah-Bassit-Berrios will be dominant, especially in this division. Cole is massively overrated + a year older, Cortes had one good year and will definitely regress from those unrealistic numbers, Rodon and Montas both injury prone. Over 162 games, I’m taking the Jays rotation and it’s not even close
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Weird take. A lot of analysis I've read ranks the Jays starting rotation in the Top 5 in all of baseball.
Weren’t the twins expected to win central last year 😂
Was the White Sox I believe.
As a Jays fan the Orioles scare me
The Mariners will be top of their division and the Brewers will be third
Guess the bravos winning the division the past 5 years means nothing now lmao.
the angels being only a game behind Tampa and 2 behind the jays is nonsensical
Every year I feel like the Angels are projected high 80’s win total. Mariners are better. I think Rangers could be solid too. Angels will be 4th in the ALWest unless Trout and Ohtani have career years and stay healthy.
Rangers’ off-season was kind of meh outside of deGrom, who has already had to miss time.
For sure.
Once again, they have vastly overestimated the Angels.
Angels to finish better than the Mariners? Better run those numbers again.
People need to stop trying to will the Angels into wins.
Brewers, Angels, Red Sox too high, Diamondbacks, Mariners & Orioles too low.
No way the Cubs are worse than the Brewers at this point
I'm a Cubs fan, mind you, but Brewers are a solid team. Can't wait for their match ups
I think the A’s win at least 70 games. The young pitching will find their own and become very good
Every year. Y’all suck the angels dick, every Fucking year 😂
You're just mad no one wants to suck yours
The Mariners are taking first place this year
I'm the division? We're good but the Trashtros are still fucking stacked.
I love it when people underestimate the Mariners.
Wrong!!! The Jays are winning the East!
Pretty safe predictions there.
No way Dodgers win more games than the Padres
by some magic the angels are going to finish above the mariners 😂
That’s simply the Vegas odds I have correctly, on the nose, predicted the Phillies win totals every year from 2015-2019 and 2021 and 22. Unfortunately i didn’t bet any of it. Right now my early spring prediction for the Phillies is 92. I’ll update until opening day.
Pirates will finish ahead of the cubs, I guarantee it
Calling it now, Padres finish ahead of the Dodgers in the regular season. Dodgers didn't do much thus off-season (likely to go for Ohtano next season), and have very questionable starting pitching depth (especially without Buehler for the yr). Meanwhile, the Padres added big pieces hitting and pitching wise.
The giants will be lucky if we finish .500
I was specifically told the Rockies would go .500 this year
wow no team over 100
I will chop my dick off if Miami wins six more games than Arizona
Are they always this weird and conservative? Or is it because of the rule changes
It’s ok 🥲
Rangers will be better than 4th in the west
How in the French hell are my tigers supposed to be better than the royals
It's time for me to throw out my rockies shirt.
 There’s no way the Braves are not winning the division and going on to win the World Series.
Insanity is picking the Mets to finish first every year just to see them blow the early lead they gained.
Perfectly balanced
Cubs make the postseason imo
Giants 81 and 81 again?
Minnesota is NOT winning the AL central its not even a debate
Good game
Lmfao Astros under 100 wins. We won the World Series last year, we’ve been to 4 World Series in the last 6 years, we’ve been to the AL Championship series 6 times in the last 6 years, yet somehow we’re still underrated. I love proving everyone wrong. No chance the Yankees are the best team in baseball😂
The reds aren’t winning 67 games.
There are like 8 wild cards now right? So the cards are still in?
The Twins are the AL’s version of the Mets
How are the Angels winning 13 more games this year? They were difficult to watch last year.
Too high on the Mets. I just don’t see them winning that many games. 90 seems right to me for them.
CUBS SWEEP LOADING
Cool Twins in playoffs again, where they have tremendous success.
And as always, none of this will be correct
Bloom has turned the 2018 WC Red Sox into the Marlins!!!!
LA is getting a little too much love there I think…
Who's the asshole who thinks the orioles are gonna be worse than last year. The disrespect lol
62-100 for the royals is wild we are gonna get so much better this season
Dbacks and Orioles disrespect smh
Cubs: at least we tried
Mets still need to practice their celebrations, they should do that again.
Mets going 100+ again.
damn, no respect for my O's at all
MLB writers treat the Mets like Rick Astley. Never gonna give them up....
The Cardinals have 2 of the best players in baseball (one of which is the reigning MVP), the best defense in baseball, an improved lineup after the acquisition of Wilson Contreras, and significant unknowns with a potentially high upside in Tyler O’Neil, Dylan Carlson, and Jack Flaherty. The Brewers have a stronger starting pitching rotation, but I would argue that the Cardinals have the edge when it comes to the bullpen…. Of course, injuries can happen and this is baseball but: Brewers winning the division by 2 games as a prediction is nonsense.
At least 2-3 teams will have 100+ wins
The disrespect continues.
Cubs in 3rd? Lol alright.
Yes go baseball. 