McCABE MAGAZINES SEASON 28 PREDICTIONS and AWARD WINNERS

McCABE MAGAZINE PREDICTIONS THE VOTES ARE IN

THE PANEL

Spokane, Washington (McC.com) – As season 28 gets underway we here at McCabe Magazine, along with Baseball Writers Association of America, and the 32 beat writers in each major league city have put together the McCabe Magazine’s season 28 preview issue and postseason awards predictions.

Our award-winning panel spent the entire off season evaluating rosters, all the front office moves in terms of trades and free-agent signings. We visited all 32 spring training facilities and attended more than 300 spring training games. We have compiled more than 5000 pages of data and materials to evaluate the organizations, which is why we have 97% accuracy when selecting playoff teams each year. 

Once we compiled all the information and crunch the numbers, we came up with 5 teams  we feel have an excellent shot of bringing home the Robert E McCabe Season 28  World Series Crown. Those five teams are the Toronto Blue Jays, the Houston Astro’s, Anaheim Angels, Pittsburg Pirates, and the San Diego Padres. Before we reveal our season 28 World Series champion and award winners, I will like to apologize to my readers for my arrest this past Monday for my involvement with the tampering of Odell Beckham’s Gatorade prior to the
game against the Carolina Panthers this past Sunday.  I was merely trying to give the wide receiver a competitive edge by replacing his Gatorade with a can of “whoop ass.” As you all know the charges were later dropped after I was relieved of my part-time duties as locker room attendant at Giants Stadium.

THE WORLD SERIES WINNER IS?

Now for the long awaited season 28 predictions. Our pick for this year’s World Series champion is The San Diego Padres. The Padres, the most dominating team in league history will repeat as World Series champions by defeating the Anaheim Angels to capture their 3^rd Championship in 4 years and 7^th overall. The Angels will knock off the Toronto Blue Jays to win the American League Pennant, and the Padres will squeak by the Pittsburgh Pirates to take the National League Banner. The American League division winners will be the Blue Jays, Washington Nationals, Houston Astros and the Angels. In the National League the division winners will be the Padres, Richmond Virginians, Pirates and the Cleveland Indians. The Wildcards will be the Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Florida Marlins, and the Chicago Cubs.

McCabe Magazine Season 28 Awards

 Most Valuable Player

Bartolo Hernandez Washington D.C. Nationals Age: 23 B/T: L/R Born: Bani, DO Position(s): CF/IF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Our season 28 most valuable player award winner will be the Washington Nationals Bartolo Hernandez (CF). This season 27 Rookie of the Year, Silver Slugger, and All-Star is a once in a generational type player one like we’ve never seen before. We would also like point out that McCabe Magazine noted in our season 25 top 50 prospects issue Hernandez was listed as the number one prospect in major-league baseball.  Last year he had 47 Home Runs, 126 RBIs, 330 BA, and a whopping 1.052 OPS. The only issues we see that might derail this runaway train is his four trips to the DL during his pro career. Most of the injuries or muscle related due to strains or stiffness which are not major injuries, besides  if he continues to put up these kinds of numbers what will be so wrong with a 15 day rest here and there doing a long season.                                  

Cy Young Award Winner

Santos Rodriguez Cleveland Indians Age: 29 B/T: R/R Born: Haverhill, MA Position(s): P (SP5) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Our selection for the McCabe Magazine Cy Young Award is Santos Rodriguez of the Cleveland Indians. Rodriguez won the National League Cy Young Award in season 27 with a 21-3 won-loss record and an amazing 1.51 ERA. We look for this big right-hander from Haverhill, Massachusetts to win at least 26 games this year and help propel the Cleveland Indians to the National League North division crown.

 Rookie of the Year Award Winner

Juan Benitez Houston Astros Age: 21 B/T: R/R Born: Victoria, MX Position(s): SS/2B View Hardball Dynasty Profile

The McCabe Magazine Rookie of the Year award winner will be Juan Benitez of the Houston Astros. This rookie of the year candidate was also listed in our season 25 top 50s prospect issue as the number 3 prospect in all of baseball. Benitez has a minor league career batting average of 337 and should have no problem duplicating those numbers in the big leagues.

Fireman of the Year

Pedro Manuel San Diego Padres Age: 31 B/T: R/R Born: Los Teques, VE Position(s): P (ClA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

What can we say about this 31 year-old flame thrower thrower that has 386 saves and a career 2.44 ERA? Manuel converted 57 of 58 save opportunities in season 27 with an eye-popping 0.78 ERA and a 0.77 WHIP. He has won the National League Fireman of the Year award 5 consecutive years and our money says it be 6 after season 28. There are folks in our building suggesting our award be renamed the McCabe Magazine Pedro Manuel award. We will table that discussion until post-retirement.       

SEASON 28 FINAL STANDINGS

American League				National League
AL North	W	L		NL North	W	L
Toronto Blue Jays	97	65		Cleveland Indians	91	71
Minnesota Twins	96	66		Chicago Cubs	88	74
Chicago White Sox	86	76		Cincinnati Reds	79	83
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94		Detroit Tigers	69	93
AL East	W	L		NL East	W	L
Washington Nationals	98	64		Pittsburgh Pirates	91	71
New York Yankees	95	67		Philadelphia Phillies	71	91
Baltimore Orioles	69	93		New York Mets	70	92
Boston Red Sox	64	98		Rochester Broncos	67	95
AL South	W	L		NL South	W	L
Houston Astros	109	53		Richmond Virginians	96	66
Texas Rangers	89	73		Florida Marlins	90	72
St. Louis Cardinals	66	96		Atlanta Braves	78	84
Kansas City Royals	65	97		Tampa Bay Rays	65	97
AL West	W	L		NL West	W	L
Anaheim Angels	106	56		San Diego Padres	100	62
Los Angeles Dodgers	97	65		Colorado Rockies	81	81
Oakland Athletics	90	72		Arizona Diamondbacks	70	92
San Francisco Giants	80	82		Seattle Mariners	63	99

PRESEASON POWER RANKINGS CAREER LEADERS UPDATED

WELCOME TO SEASON 28 and to THE ROBERT E. McCABE MAGAZINE

Cincinnati, Oh (McC.com) – Welcome to season 28 of the Robert E McCabe baseball league. We here at McCabe magazine look forward to another exciting and action-packed season. However, before we unveil our season 28 Preseason Power Rankings, we would like to express our disappointment with the Hall of Fame voters who failed to recognize the career achievements of Steven Starr and Felipe Lopez. 

During Steven Starr’s 15 year major league career he was a League MVP, 2 World Series Rings, 9 time all-star, 5 time Silver slugger award winner, and a three-time Gold Glove award winner. The case for Lopez is much of the same. He is a two-time Cy Young Award winner, 8 time all-star, and he is number five on the career all-time strikeout list  with 3296 Ks. 

Both players finished with 16 votes, one vote short of being elected to the Hall of Fame. We only hope the members of the Hall of Fame voting community see the error of their ways, and get the vote out and get these players elected in season 29. 

McCABE MAGAZINE PRESEASON POWER RANKINGS

McCabe Magazine Preseason Top 20  Rank Franchise Owner Votes 1st Place Votes 1 Houston Astros runnrun 105 63 2 Anaheim Angels captain10a 97 22 3 San Diego Padres jgarron  95 17 4 Washington D.C. Nationals Saffron 81 13 5 Los Angeles Dodgers Arte  73 5 6 Toronto Blue Jays dimestoregin 65 6 7 Richmond Virginians spintens 57 2 8 Oakland Athletics jefepwnzer 55 1 9 Minnesota Twins optistrat 53 2 10 New York Yankees ARomano 49 5 11 Chicago Cubs hawkeye1343 48 0 12 Texas Rangers goldenbaer88 47 0 13 Florida Marlins lido9613 43 0 14 Pittsburgh Pirates sportbanker 41 0 15 Cleveland Indians Fantasy Frea 40 0 16 San Francisco Giants wylie715 35 1 17 Atlanta Braves bigsammich 33 0 18 Cincinnati Reds cpintens 31 0 19 Chicago White Sox kgrffth 29 1 20 Colorado Rockies axtell  26 3

CAREER LEADERS SIDEBARS UPDATED

SIDEBAR CHANGES:

·       *Louis James moves into the 4^th position on the all-time career batting average list with a 330 BA, bumping John Burke down to number 5^th.            

·       *There was no change in the top 5 career Homerun list.

·      * Homer Henry moved into the top five at number 4 in career hits with 2770. Henry also moved into the top five in RBIs at 4 with 1796. 

·       *There was no change in the career wins list however Vince Garcia went 24-7 in season 27 closing the gap between him (347) and the number one man on the career wins list Luther Abercrombie (355 wins). We look for Garcia to set the wins total record sometime before the All Star break.

·       *There was no change in the top five career Earn Run Average.  

·       *We have a new leader in the all time save category. Glenn Watkins recorded 43 saves in season 27 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and took over sole possession of the top spot on the all-time saves list.      

·       *In the all time career strikeout leaders top five Vince Garcia moved up two spots to the number three position with 3374 strikeouts. He is 271 strikeouts behind the number 2 pitcher on the list Onan Park (3645) and a whopping 1075 strikeouts behind  the strikeout King Luther Abercrombie (4449). 

Upcoming Issues:

·       McCabe Magazine Season 26 Owner/Organization of the Year

·       Season 28 predictions, playoff teams, and player award winners.

·       Exclusive and behind the scenes look at the World Series Champion San Diego Padres, why have they dominated this league for 3 decades?

·       Model organizations; Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, and a couple more teams that don’t know the meaning of sub .500   

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