2019 Season Predictions: Detroit Stars

A time honored tradition in these parts on the eve of Opening Day, in all that is Holy. Our friend Corey “Detroit Stars”, Fantasy Baseball Legend and bright mind of the game provides us with his 2019 Season Predictions. Here are his from last year. Enjoy!

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EAST

1. New York Yankees
2. Boston Red Sox*
3. Tampa Bay Rays
4. Toronto Blue Jays
5. Baltimore Orioles

CENTRAL

1. Cleveland Indians
2. Minnesota Twins*
3. Chicago White Sox
4. Detroit Tigers
5. Kansas City Royals

WEST

1. Houston Astros
2. Los Angeles Angels
3. Oakland Athletics
4. Seattle Mariners
5. Texas Rangers

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EAST

1. Washington Nationals
2. Philadelphia Phillies*
3. New York Mets*
4. Atlanta Braves
5. Miami Marlins

CENTRAL

1. St. Louis Cardinals
2. Cincinnati Reds
3. Milwaukee Brewers
4. Chicago Cubs
5. Pittsburgh Pirates

WEST

1. Los Angeles Dodgers
2. Colorado Rockies
3. San Diego Padres
4. Arizona Diamondbacks
5. San Francisco Giants

*Denotes Wild Card teams

PLAYOFFS

Wild Card Games:

Red Sox defeat Twins

Mets defeat Phillies

Division Series:

Yankees defeat Red Sox

Astros defeat Indians

Mets defeat Cardinals

Dodgers defeat Nationals

ALCS / NLCS:

Yankees defeat Astros

Dodgers defeat Mets

World Series:

Los Angeles Dodgers defeat New York Yankees (4-2)

AL MVP

1. Mike Trout
2. Aaron Judge
3. Mookie Betts

NL MVP

1. Cody Bellinger
2. Bryce Harper
3. Yasiel Puig

AL Cy Young

1. Trevor Bauer
2. Justin Verlander
3. Chris Sale

NL Cy Young

1. Noah Syndergaard
2. Max Scherzer
3. Aaron Nola

AL Rookie of the Year

1. Vlad Guerrero Jr.
2. Eloy Jimenez
3. Forrest Whitley

NL Rookie of the Year

1. Victor Robles
2. Nick Senzel
3. Fernando Tatis Jr.

AL Bold Predictions

1. Judge and Stanton give us a summer like Mantle and Maris in ’61 (Both hit over 50 HR)
2. Jorge Soler belts 31 HR and is a top 10 fantasy OF in the AL.
3. Billy Hamilton steals 80 bases. The Royals ran like crazy last year and Billy won’t stop whenever he happens to reach base.
4. Jose Berrios competes for the Cy Young and Ks 220 with a 2.95 ERA
5. I’m going back to the well on Yoan Moncada. He breaks out and has a 25/25 season.

NL Bold Predictions

1. Mets have 3 SPs in the Cy Young race as Thor, deGrom and Wheeler each K over 200 and have ERAs under 3.
2. Michael Conforto leads the NL in HR with 43.
3. Yasiel Puig is a top 5 player in the NL and puts together his first 30 homer 100 RBI season. I’ll project a .281/353/.503 season with 33 HR and 102 RBI and chips in 16 SB. (Bonus: The Reds come a game short of the wild card but have a huge year offensively)
4. Ross Stripling wins 20 games for the Dodgers.
5. Garrett Hampson bats .290 and steals 40 bases as the regular 2nd basemen for the Rockies.