Coach's Picks- 2016 Predictions

AL EAST

1. New York Yankees 96-66 (1 seed)
2. Tampa Bay Rays 93-69 (1 WC)
3. Toronto Blue Jays 89-73 (2 WC)
4. Boston Red Sox 82-80
5. Baltimore Orioles 68-94

AL CENTRAL

1. Kansas City Royals 92-70 (2 seed)
2. Chicago White Sox 85-77
3. Detroit Tigers 83-79
4. Cleveland Indians 80-82
5. Minnesota Twins 77-85

AL WEST

1. Oakland Athletics 84-78 (3 seed)
2. Seattle Mariners 82-80
3. California Angels 75-87
4. Texas Rangers 70-92
5. Houston Astros 62-100

NL EAST

1. Washington Nationals 105-57 (1 seed)
2. Atlanta Braves 90-72 (2 WC)
3. Miami Marlins 86-76
4. Philadelphia Phillies 74-88
5. New York Mets 67-95

NL CENTRAL

1. Chicago Cubs 95-67 (3 seed)
2. Pittsburgh Pirates 93-69 (1 WC)
3. Cincinnati Reds 85-77
4. St. Louis Cardinals 84-78
5. Milwaukee Brewers 72-90

NL WEST

1. Los Angeles Dodgers 100-62 (2 seed)
2. Colorado Rockies 80-82
3. Arizona Diamondbacks 70-92
4. San Diego Padres 68-94
5. San Francisco Giants 60-102

PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS

WILD CARD

AL- Tampa Bay over Toronto
NL- Pittsburgh over Atlanta

DIVISION SERIES

AL- New York over Tampa Bay 3-2
AL- Kansas City over Oakland 3-1
NL- Washington over Pittsburgh 3-1
NL- Los Angeles over Chicago 3-2

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

AL- New York over Kansas City 4-2
NL- Washington over Los Angeles 4-3

WORLD SERIES

Washington over New York 4-3

NL Lineup Ranking

NL Lineup Rankings

NL EAST

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

NL CENTRAL

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

NL WEST

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

OVERALL NL RANKINGS

1. Washington Nationals
2. Cincinnati Reds
3. Chicago Cubs
4. Pittsburgh Pirates
5. Colorado Rockies
6. Atlanta Braves
7. Los Angeles Dodgers
8. Miami Marlins
9. Milwaukee Brewers
10. St. Louis Cardinals
11. Arizona Diamondbacks
12. Philadelphia Phillies
13. San Francisco Giants
14. New York Mets
15. San Diego Padres

AL Lineup Rankings

AL Lineup Rankings

AL EAST

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

AL CENTRAL

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

AL WEST

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

OVERALL AL RANKINGS

1. New York Yankees
2. Boston Red Sox
3. Detroit Tigers
4. Seattle Mariners
5. Toronto Blue Jays
6. Kansas City Royals
7. Oakland Athletics
8. Tampa Bay Rays
9. Cleveland Indians
10. Texas Rangers
11. Chicago White Sox
12. Minnesota Twins
13. California Angels
14. Baltimore Orioles
15. Houston Astros

NL Rotation Rankings

NL Rotation Rankings

NL EAST

1. Washington Nationals
Projected- 1. Tyler Glasnow (93/95) 2. James Shields (93) 3. Alex Colome (88) 4. Joe Ross (89/93) 5. Lucas Giolito (89/93)

2. Miami Marlins
Projected- 1. Jose Fernandez (93) 2. Nate Karns (90) 3. Jared Cosart (85/88) 4. Homer Bailey (88) 5. Mat Latos (83)

3. Atlanta Braves
Projected- 1. Shelby Miller (93) 2. Alex Wood (92) 3. Julio Teheran (89) 4. Kyle Lohse (84) 5. Matt Garza (79)

4. New York Mets
Projected- 1. Matt Harvey (92) 2. Noah Snydergaard (93/95) 3. Zack Wheeler (82) 4. Bartolo Colon (79) 5. Rafael Montero (79/82)

5. Philadelphia Phillies
Projected- 1. Max Scherzer (93) 2. Brandon McCarthy (83) 3. Wei Chung Wang (87/94) 4. Kyle McGowin (80/83) 5. Chris Anderson (80/84)

NL CENTRAL

1. Chicago Cubs
Projected- 1. Jake Arrieta (95) 2. Madison Bumgarner (93) 3. Jon Lester (93) 4. John Lackey (84) 5. Kyle Hendricks (84)

2. Pittsburgh Pirates
Projected- 1. Yu Darvish (92) 2. Gio Gonzalez (92) 3. Francisco Liriano (85) 4. Derek Holland (86) 5. AJ Burnett (80)

3. Cincinnati Reds
Projected- 1. Jacob deGrom (90) 2. Robert Stephenson (90/94) 3. Aaron Sanchez (84/90) 4. Pierce Johnson (81/85) 5. Domingo German (84/89)

4. St. Louis Cardinals
Projected- 1. Stephan Strasburg (94) 2. Lance Lynn (84) 3. Marcus Stroman (91) 4. Drew Hutchison (84) 5. Jon Niese (74)

5. Milwaukee Brewers
Projected- 1. Ian Kennedy (85) 2. Hisashi Iwakuma (86) 3. Casey Kelly (85) 4. Willy Peralta (84) 5. Mike Fiers (84)

NL WEST

1. Los Angeles Dodgers
Projected- 1. Clayton Kershaw (95) 2. Jordan Zimmerman (93) 3. Zack Greinke (93) 4. Cole Hamels (93) 5. Hyun Jim Ryu (86)

2. San Diego Padres
Projected- 1. CJ Wilson (83) 2. Wade Miley (79) 3. Michael Wacha (80/84) 4. Robbie Erlin (79/82) 5. Aaron Northcraft (78/79)

3. Colorado Rockies
Projected- 1. Jon Gray (86/90) 2. Joe Kelly (79) 3. Tyler Matzek (79) 4. Marco Estrada (77) 5. Christian Friedrich (80)

4. Arizona Diamondbacks
Projected- 1. Gerrit Cole (86/91) 2. Allen Webster (71/73) 3. Chase Anderson (80) 4. Vidal Nuno (76) 5. Kevin Munson (82)

5. San Francisco Giants
Projected- 1. Matt Cain (74) 2. Brett Anderson (78) 3. Daniel Hudson (75) 4. Yusmeiro Petit (78) 5. Clayton Blackburn (79/85)


OVERALL NL RANKINGS

1. Los Angeles Dodgers
2. Washington Nationals
3. Chicago Cubs
4. Miami Marlins
5. Pittsburgh Pirates
6. Atlanta Braves
7. Cincinnati Reds
8. St. Louis Cardinals
9. New York Mets
10. Philadelphia Phillies
11. Milwaukee Brewers
12. San Diego Padres
13. Colorado Rockies
14. Arizona Diamondbacks
15. San Francisco Giants

AL Rotation Rankings

AL ROTATION RANKINGS

AL EAST

1. Tampa Bay Rays
Projected- 1. Chris Archer (93) 2. Jake Odorizzi (92) 3. Alex Cobb (90) 4. Dallas Keuchel (84) 5. Henderson Alvarez (84/88)

2. Toronto Blue Jays
Projected- 1. Johnny Cueto (93) 2. Adam Wainwright (92) 3. RA Dickey (88) 4. Tony Cingrani (88) 5. Nathan Eovaldi (86)

3. New York Yankees
Projected- 1. Doug Fister (90) 2. Michael Pineda (88) 3. Andrew Cashner (86) 4. Masahiro Tanaka (88) 5. Garrett Richards (86)

4. Boston Red Sox
Projected- 1. Jameson Tallion (91/94) 2. Rick Porcello (90) 3. Taki Sato (86) 4. Andrew Heaney (86/89) 5. Clay Buchholz (82)

5. Baltimore Orioles
Projected- 1. Chris Tillman (92) 2. Kevin Gausmann (88) 3. Jered Weaver (86) 4. Dylan Bundy (85/93) 5. Mike Wright (81)

AL CENTRAL

1. Chicago White Sox
Projected- 1. Chris Sale (94) 2. Jose Quintana (90) 3. Jeff Samardzija (88) 4. Jake Peavy (86) 5. Mark Buehrle (82)

2. Kansas City Royals
Projected- 1. Tanner Roark (90) 2. Yordano Ventura (90) 3. Matt Shoemaker (85) 4. Scott Kazmir (82) 5. Brandon Finnegan (85/93)

3. Detroit Tigers
Projected- 1. Justin Verlander (91) 2. Buck Farmer (90/93) 3. Anibal Sanchez (86) 4. Nick Tropeano (86) 5. Shane Greene (78)

4. Cleveland Indians
Projected- 1. Corey Kluber (93) 2. Carlos Carrasco (92) 3. Danny Salazar (86) 4. Carlos Martinez (88/90) 5. Trevor Bauer (82/86)

5. Minnesota Twins
Projected- 1. Phil Hughes (90) 2. Michael Lorenzen (88/93) 3. Alex Meyer (83/88) 4. Trevor May (85/88) 5. Colin McHugh (82)

AL WEST

1. Seattle Mariners
Projected- 1. Felix Hernandez (94) 2. Yovani Gallardo (86) 3. Sean Nolin (90) 4. Tiajuan Walker (81/89) 5. Tim Cooney (81)

2. Oakland Athletics
Projected- 1. Sonny Gray (92) 2. Jarrod Parker (86) 3. Jeff Hoffman (82/91) 4. Daniel Norris (81/90) 5. AJ Griffin (73)

3. California Angels
Projected- 1. David Price (93) 2. Tyson Ross (92) 3. Danny Duffy (86) 4. Austin Voth (75/78) 5. Tyler Skaggs (74/81)

4. Texas Rangers
Projected- 1. Mark Appel (84/90) 2. Reynaldo Lopez (86/94) 3. Alex Gonzalez (78/84) 4. Zach Petrick (80) 5. Matt Harrison (77)

5. Houston Astros
Projected- 1. Lance McCullers (84/88) 2. Matt Moore (79) 3. Brett Oberholtzer (74) 4. Dan Straily (74) 5. Martin Perez (72/75)

OVERALL AL RANKINGS

1. Tampa Bay Rays
2. Chicago White Sox
3. Toronto Blue Jays
4. Kansas City Royals
5. Detroit Tigers
6. New York Yankees
7. Cleveland Indians
8. Seattle Mariners
9. Boston Red Sox
10. Baltimore Orioles
11. Oakland Athletics
12. Minnesota Twins
13. California Angels
14. Texas Rangers
15. Houston Astros