MLB 2018 Season | Open Thread

[#gravelgang #lessiglad]

Hello opening day! I didn't see another thread on this season, so here goes.

Predictions:

ALE: NYY
ALC: CLE
ALW: HOU

ALWC1: BOS
ALWC2: MINN

ALCS Winner: CLE

NLE: WAS
NLC: CHC
NLW: LAD

ALWC1: STL
ALWC2: PHL

NLCS Winner: WAS

World Series: CLE vs. WAS

Anyone else?

[RINO Tom]

Cubs off to a nice start!  I like Opening Day, the day when even the bad fan bases can usually fill the park.

[MasterJedi]

Just popping in to say Cubs suck, down with Bro culture!

[JGibson]

My predictions:

AL
AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Astros

AL WC1: Red Sox
AL WC1: Angels


NL
NL East: Nationals
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers

NL WC1: Brewers
NL WC2: Cardinals


ALCS: Yankees v. Astros, HOU in 7
NLCS: Cubs v. Cardinals, CHC in 6.


World Series: Astros v. Cubs, HOU in 7.


Let's go Cardinals!

[Jaguar4life]

ALCS:Blue Jays and Yankees
NLCS:Nationals vs Diamond Backs

W.S:Yankees vs Nationals

[Illiniwek]

If certain fanbases are determined to hate you and call you arrogant, may as well embrace and make the most of it.

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CUBS >>>>>>>>>>>>>

[NewYorkExpress]

AL East: Yankees

AL Central: Indians

AL West : Astros

Al Wild Cards: Red Sox, Twins

NL East: Nationals

NL Central: Cubs

NL West: Dodgers

NL Wild Cards: Mets, Cardinals

AL Wild Card Game: Red Sox defeat Twins

ALDS: Yankees defeat Indians in three, Astros defeat Red Sox in five.

ALCS: Astros defeat Yankees in seven.

NL Wild Card Game: Mets defeat Cardinals

NLDS: Cubs defeat Mets in four, Dodgers defeat Nationals in five (and then Bryce Harper puts salt in the wound by signing with Yankees in the offseason)

NLCS: Dodgers defeat Cubs in seven

World Series: Astros repeat, defeat Dodgers in Seven.

[KingSweden]

Ah, opening day. The moment when we in the NW believe for a fleeting week (or so) that maybe THIS year the Ms won’t be an embarrassing dumpster fire

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Well the Sox are actually doing ok! (for a single game lol)

I'm just going to make this prediction, the White Sox will have a winning record this year.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Dodgers

[Illiniwek]

Well the Sox are actually doing ok! (for a single game lol)

I'm just going to make this prediction, the White Sox will have a winning record this year.

Not the craziest prediction ever. Some of these scrappy players make it look like they can be a professional ball club this summer. It helps that they have the Tigers and Royals in the division.

[Theodore]

Astros easily... no competition

[Sestak]

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: White Sox (because why the **** not)
AL West: Astros
AL Wild Card: Indians, Twins

NL East: Nationals
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: GIANTS!
NL Wild Card: Cardinals, Phillies

AL Champ: Yankees
NL Champ: GIANTS!

World Champs: GIANTS!

0-162: Dodgers

[Sestak]

Also, anyone else feel really weird having Opening Day not be on a Monday?

I'm not complaining, though. Any condition where you we can beat Kershaw is a good one.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

I know there has been one day of games, but:

NL East: Nationals
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Cards: Cardinals and Giants

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Astros
AL Wild Cards: Red Sox and Angels

LDS:
Dodgers over Cardinals in 4
Cubs over Nationals in 5
Yankees over Red Sox in 5
Astros over Indians in 3

NLCS: Dodgers over Cubs in 6
ALCS: Yankees over Astros in 6

WS: Yankees over Dodgers in 7 (as anti-Yankees as I am)

[#gravelgang #lessiglad]

Ah, opening day. The moment when we in the NW believe for a fleeting week (or so) that maybe THIS year the Ms won’t be an embarrassing dumpster fire

Hope springs eternal when the first game is won. Felix looked good (not King-level good, but still) and Cruz's homer was impressive. The Dee Gordon experiment looked dicey on the first day, but he should get better.

[Sestak]

Cueto is perfect through 6.

But Giants haven't scored either, and only have one hit (and three Dodger errors), so who knows what happens.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Cueto is perfect through 6.

But Giants haven't scored either, and only have one hit (and three Dodger errors), so who knows what happens.

     Yesterday was a defensive battle too.

[Sestak]

Cueto is perfect through 6.

But Giants haven't scored either, and only have one hit (and three Dodger errors), so who knows what happens.

     Yesterday was a defensive battle too.

Well so much for the perfecto. Now I feel like I jinxed it.

Anyway, we got the double play to make it up.

Seeing defensive battles like this is actually comforting because it shows our pitching staff isn't hopeless. Especially against a relatively good team like LA.

[Sestak]

This Tony Watson guy actually seems pretty good. Maybe the Giants bullpen is finally making a comeback?

[Sestak]

Yesterday: Giants win, 1-0, with the run off a Joe Panik solo shot.
Today: Giants win, 1-0, with the run off a Joe Panik solo shot.

Giants become the second team after the '43 Reds to win their first two games 1-0. Panik becomes the first player to homer in back-to-back 1-0 games.

Hey everyone, where are your projected NL West champs now?

(And even better, the homers, and the Ls, were off Kershaw and Jansen).

[#gravelgang #lessiglad]

Joe Panik is good at baseball.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

The Tigers got completely robbed on Friday.

[Sestak]

Man, Shohei Ohtani is really something.

[Mr. Illini]

Just popping in to say Cubs suck, down with Bro culture!

Just popping in to say that the Brewers suck, and there's no culture to say "down" to because they don't have any fans.

Also, are the Cubs really synonymous with bro culture outside of Chicago?