SEASON 18 WORLD SERIES

PADRES AND ORIOLES FOR THE ROBERT E MCCABE BIG LEAGUE CHAMPION

The History

SAN DIEGO (McC) And then there were two. The Baltimore Orioles (92-70) face off against the San Diego Padres (102-60) in the season 18 World Series. The Orioles are a first time participant in the fall classic while the Padres appear for the fourth time, winning all the marbles in season 13.

The Matchup 

The Padres have been installed as heavy favorites by the Las Vegas Hilton. Baltimore has won their division only once in their history (season 17) while San Diego has dominated the powerful and highly competitive National League West, winning the division thirteen (13) times and finishing second five (5). The question is can George Brantley (3B), Frankie Coy (RF), and Craig Chamberlain (RF) snap out of the their postseason slumps and get some knocks against the best postseason (18) pitching staff statically. The well balance staff is led by 25 year-old Asdrubal Pelaez (SP) and 27 year-old Chris Breen (SP). Going into the World Series San Diego has a team postseason ERA of 2.22 which leads all postseason staffs. Baltimore has a team OPS of .768 which is where we feel the Orioles can make this a series. The first two games will be in pitcher friendly San Diego and our money is on the Padres heading back to Baltimore up 2-0. The Orioles will win 2 of the 3 games scheduled in the crabcake state and go back to San Diego down 2 games to 3.

The Prediction 

San Diego will win the series 4-2 with Breen winning the McCabe Postseason MVP. We just don’t see the bats for Baltimore overcoming the Padres potent pitching staff. However, for those of you who read our magazine know that our preseason World Series perdition had the Toronto Blue Jays beating the New York Mets in 6. Good luck to both teams it has been another great season. Thanks to all.   

Postseason Team ERA

Rank	Franchise	Owner	W	L	SV	IP	WHIP	ERA
1	San Diego Padres	jgarron	7	2	4	81	0.99	2.22
2	San Francisco Giants	wylie715	2	3	1	43	1.00	2.93
3	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7	3	4	2	61	1.44	3.25
4	Cleveland Indians	chisox378	1	3	0	34	1.44	3.44
5	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	10	5	5	131	1.26	3.92
6	New York Mets	basebalguru	2	3	2	46.1	1.47	4.08
7	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70	8	8	5	141.2	1.25	4.38
8	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	8	8	5	141.2	1.43	5.15
9	Houston Astros	ajaxx88	2	3	1	43	1.56	5.44
10	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss	2	3	1	45	1.53	5.8
11	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	2	3	1	43	1.67	5.86
12	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	1	3	0	34	1.65	6.35

Postseason Team OPS

Rank	Franchise	Owner	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS
1	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	81	30	79	13	0.283	0.850
2	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	24	6	23	5	0.275	0.819
3	Houston Astros	ajaxx88	22	9	22	1	0.247	0.777
4	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	77	20	75	21	0.260	0.768
5	San Diego Padres	jgarron	44	11	44	15	0.251	0.745
6	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss	28	5	26	7	0.260	0.744
7	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	24	4	23	5	0.259	0.726
8	Cleveland Indians	chisox378	11	5	9	3	0.248	0.723
9	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70	74	17	72	8	0.258	0.714
10	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7	19	4	16	1	0.224	0.637
11	New York Mets	basebalguru	20	5	18	7	0.243	0.634
12	San Francisco Giants	wylie715	17	6	16	1	0.184	0.596