SEASON 38 PREVIEW ISSUE

THE ROAD TO THE WORLD SERIES GOES THRU SEATTLE

AND ENDS IN THE AL SOUTH 

St. Louis, MO (McC.com) – Welcome to the Robert E. McCabe world of professional baseball and season 38. In this preview issue McCabe Magazine will share with you our choices for the World Series Champions, MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year. We’ll take a close look at all the organizations and moves made during the off season.

The Seattle Mariners (111-51) won the World Series last year beating the St. Louis Cardinals (90-72) 4 games to 2. Seattle’s Jose Valdes (1B) Frankie Brooks (P) was named our postseason Co-MVPs. In 14 postseason games Valdes hit 4 HR, 12 RBI, 387 BA, 8-0 SB, and 1.118 OPS. Oddly Valdes left Seattle via free-agency, taking a pay cut and signing with the San Francisco Giants. Diaz started 5 postseason games going 3-1, in 29 innings, 19 strikeouts, 8 walks, 1.07 Whip, and a 1.86 ERA. We named St Louis pitcher Mark Joyce (11 games, 2-0, 0.84 Whip, 1.77 ERA) our National League Outstanding Postseason Player.

The World Series Winner

This season we feel the Mariners have the best roster from top to bottom even with the loss of some key players from the championship team; Valdes and pitcher Benj Winn (100 games, wins 7-3, 135.1 innings, 1.15 Whip, 3.26 ERA) signed a free-agent contract with division rival Colorado Rockies. However, the road to the Robert E. McCabe trophy goes through Seattle and ends in the American League South. After months of digesting the data and examining every major league roster and each organization’s minor league system the Super Computer here at McCabe Magazine have made our season 38 predictions. Using all 32 teams we ran 1,000,000 simulations and got these results; Kansas City Royals won our simulation 45%, Seattle 25%, Texas Rangers 10%, St. Louis 9%, Philadelphia Phillies 6%, and the Chicago Cubs 5%. The Super Computer nicknamed the “Big Mac” makes no mistakes, the winner of the Season 38 World Series will be the Kansas City Royals over the Seattle Mariners 4-3. Last year we predicted an AL pennant for the Royals, which didn’t happen, they finished the season with the best record (101-61) in the AL and were knocked off in the League Championship Series by divisional rival and 6th seed St. Louis Cardinals, 4-1. This year that won’t happen according to Royals Wilkin Lopez. The 5 time MVP told a group of reports prior to a spring training game “a blind batter can hit the ball once” HUH? Lopez went on to say “the division is ours, the pennant, and the World Series, hook it” translation “Book it.”  

 The Playoff Teams

The American League championship series will be a rematch from last season; St. Louis and Kansas City, with the Royals coming out on top of the defending AL champs. The Mariners will beat the Phillies in the league championship series to win the NL Pennant and go on to play the Kansas City the World Series. Your AL division winners will be the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, and the Anaheim Angels. The division winners in the NL will be the Cubs, Phillies, Richmond Virginians, and the Mariners. The season 38 wildcard teams, Cardinals, Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Florida Marlins.

Season 38 Prediction
American League				National League
AL North	W	L		NL North	W	L
Chicago White Sox	95	67		Chicago Cubs	99	63
Toronto Blue Jays	93	69		Detroit Tigers	75	87
Milwaukee Brewers	85	77		Cleveland Indians	70	92
Minnesota Twins	83	79		Cincinnati Reds	68	94
AL East	W	L		NL East	W	L
Boston Red Sox	94	68		Philadelphia Phillies	104	58
New York Yankees	81	81		*Pittsburgh Pirates	98	64
Washington Nationals	72	90		New York Mets	82	80
Baltimore Orioles	68	94		Rochester Broncos	63	99
AL South	W	L		NL South	W	L
Kansas City Royals	100	62		Richmond Virginians	93	69
*St. Louis Cardinals	98	64		*Florida Marlins	90	72
*Texas Rangers	94	73		Atlanta Braves	86	76
Houston Astros	74	88		Tampa Bay Rays	64	98
AL West	W	L		NL West	W	L
Anaheim Angels	88	74		Seattle Mariners	105	57
Los Angeles Dodgers	83	79		Colorado Rockies	87	75
San Francisco Giants	73	89		Arizona Diamondbacks	79	83
Oakland Athletics	71	91		San Diego Padres	65	97
* Wildcard Teams				* Wildcard Teams

McCabe Magazine Preseason MVP

Eliezer Tatis Boston Red Sox Age: 26 B/T: S/R Born: Montrose, MI Position(s): 1B/2B/LF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

McCabe Magazine Preseason Cy Young 

Yohan Alberro New York Mets Age: 31 B/T: L/L Born: Coahuila, MX Position(s): P (SuA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

McCabe Magazine Preseason Rookie of the Year 

Jared Biggio Oakland Athletics Age: 24 B/T: R/R Born: Goodrich, TX Position(s): C/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

McCabe Magazine Preseason Fireman of the Year

Cristian Ryu Philadelphia Phillies Age: 31 B/T: S/L Born: Saigon, VN Position(s): P (ClA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

		Top 10
S38	S37	Team	Wins	Lost
1	4	Kansas City Royals	100	62
2	6	St. Louis Cardinals	98	64
3	1	Seattle Mariners	105	57
4	9	Texas Rangers	94	73
5	2	Philadelphia Phillies	104	58
6	3	Chicago Cubs	99	63
7	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	98	64
8	16	Chicago White Sox	95	67
9	NR	Boston Red Sox	94	68
10	18	Toronto Blue Jays	93	69
		The Next 5
S38	S37	Team	Wins	Lost
11	11	Richmond Virginians	93	69
12	15	Florida Marlins	90	72
13	7	Anaheim Angels	88	74
14	5	Colorado Rockies	87	75
15	NR	Atlanta Braves	86	76
		The Best of the Rest
S38	S37	Team	Wins	Lost
16	NR	Milwaukee Brewers	85	77
17	NR	Minnesota Twins	83	79
18	NR	Los Angeles Dodgers	83	79
19	NR	New York Yankees	81	81
20	8	New York Mets	82	80