After a year of pandemic-related shut downs and a truncated 60-game schedule last year, the 2021 baseball season is scheduled to kick off on Thursday with a full slate of games and some percentage of fans back in the stands. For the eleventh consecutive year, I’ve looked into the crystal ball to make my picks for the upcoming season.
American League
East: Yankees
Central: Twins
West: Astros
Wild Cards: White Sox, Blue Jays
AL Champion: Yankees
Cy Young: Lucas Giolito
MVP: Aaron Judge
National League
East: Braves
Central: Cardinals
West: Dodgers
Wild Cards: Padres, Mets
NL Champion: Dodgers
Cy Young: Walker Buehler
MVP: Fernando Tatis Jr.
[…] baseball season, which will be announced next week. It is a good bet that few of my original predictions for the winners will be accurate. Hopefully, these new predictions will be slightly better, […]