Play Ball! Predictions for MLB Season
- Author: Min-Q Kim
- Posted on: Monday April 5, 2010 at 7:00 AM
- Filed under: sports, major league baseball, mlb, new york yankees, alex rodriguez, roy halladay, felix hernandez, albert pujols, exclusive, philadelphia phillies
A few things to get you prepared for this upcoming baseball season. Major League Baseball wasted no time getting the juices flowing, starting the season with the league's fiercest rivalry: Yankees vs. Red Sox on Sunday night. The Yankees visited Fenway Park to play their first meaningful game since winning it all last November, "awash in championship afterglow," to borrow a phrase.
This past Sunday, the boys of Summer christened the 2010 baseball season with a rivalry renewed.
Lest we forget, reporters are getting prepared for the season, too.
So JT.com is following suit. We're makin' predictions y'all.
AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez is coming off a career-defining postseason, and now has little left to prove. He's primed to just let his talents fly, and have one of those ridiculous seasons only he can have.
An A-bomb! From A-Rod! (Getty)
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez had an amazing season last year, living up to the potential that earned him the nickname 'King Felix' before he had even thrown a Major League pitch, only to be overshadowed by Kansas City's Zack Greinke. King Felix takes it this time. Here he is having a little fun with new teammate Cliff Lee.
NL MVP: Albert Pujols is as close to a sure thing you can have in this funny game of baseball. He's so good it's scary. In fact...
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay. He's the best pitcher on the best team in a league without a designated hitter. Finally out of the minefield of the AL East, he'll dominate the NL.
"Oh, great..." said the rest of the National League. (Getty)
AL Champ: The Yankees won it all last year, and all they did was use their seemingly limitless resources to somehow get even better. Top to bottom, the Red Sox may have a better pitching staff (debatable), but the Yankees are the total package.
NL Champ: The Phillies look unbeatable. With Roy Halladay now in the fold, if Cole Hamels is right, this team could win 100 games.
So print it: we're predicting a repeat of the World Series matchup from last year... And, of course, 1950.
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