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2012 MLB Season Picks

Administrator — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:38:52 +0000

The
2012 MLB Season is just underway. There are plenty of storylines to watch as
the St. Louis Cardinals try to defend their World Series crown after Albert
Pujols departed to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Also on the move was Prince
Fielder, leaving Milwaukee for Detroit. Several teams are expected to contend,
such as the Yankees, Phillies and two-time reigning AL Champion Texas Rangers.

Let’s
get right to it now with our division-by-division picks through the playoffs
below!

AL East:

#1 NY
Yankees

#2 Tampa Bay Rays (Wild Card)

#3 Boston Red Sox

#4 Toronto Blue Jays

#5 Baltimore Orioles

AL Central:

#1
Detroit Tigers

#2 Cleveland Indians

#3 Chicago White Sox

#4 Kansas City Royals

#5 Minnesota Twins

AL West:

#1 Los
Angeles Angels of Anaheim

#2 Texas Rangers (Wild Card)

#3 Oakland Athletics

#4 Seattle Mariners

AL Playoffs:

Wild
Card Round – Rays over Rangers

ALDS – Tigers over Rays, Angels over Yankees

ALCS – Tigers over Yankees

ALCS MVP – Tigers SP Justin Verlander

NL East:

#1
Philadelphia Phillies

#2 Miami Marlins (Wild Card)

#3 Washington Nationals

#4 Atlanta Braves

#5 New York Mets

NL Central:

#1 St.
Louis Cardinals

#2 Cincinnati Reds

#3 Chicago Cubs

#4 Milwaukee Brewers

#5 Pittsburgh Pirates

#6 Houston Astros

NL West:

#1 Los
Angeles Dodgers

#2 San Francisco Giants (Wild Card)

#3 Arizona Diamondbacks

#4 Colorado Rockies

#5 San Diego Padres

NL Playoffs:

Wild
Card Round – Marlins over Giants

NLDS – Marlins over Cardinals, Dodgers over Phillies

NLCS – Marlins over Dodgers

NLCS MVP – Marlins 3B Hanley Ramirez

World Series Pick – Tigers over Marlins in 6

World Series MVP – Tigers 1B Prince Fielder

Season Picks:

AL MVP – Rangers OF Josh Hamilton

AL
Cy Young – Yankees SP C.C.
Sabathia

AL
Manager of the Year – Tampa
Bay’s Joe Maddon

NL MVP – Dodgers OF Matt Kemp

NL
Cy Young – Giants SP Matt
Cain

NL
Manager of the Year – Washington’s
Davey Johnson

2011 MLB Season Picks

Administrator — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:53:04 +0000

The 2011 Major League Baseball season is less than a month old, and here are my picks (as heard on ESPN Radio 94.1) for division winners, postseason individual awards and who will meet up in the World Series…

Hatfield Sports 2011 MLB Season Picks:

AL East:
#1 – NY Yankees
#2 – Boston (Wild Card)
#3 – Tampa Bay
#4 – Baltimore
#5 – Toronto

AL Central:
#1 – Detroit
#2 – Minnesota
#3 – Cleveland
#4 – Chicago
#5 – Kansas City

AL West:
#1 – Oakland
#2 – Texas
#3 – LA Angels of Anaheim
#4 – Seattle

NL East:
#1 – Philadelphia
#2 – Atlanta
#3 – NY Mets
#4 – Florida
#5 – Washington

NL Central:
#1 – Milwaukee
#2 – Cincinnati
#3 – St. Louis
#4 – Chicago
#5 – Houston
#6 – Pittsburgh

NL West:
#1 – Colorado
#2 – San Francisco (Wild Card)
#3 – Los Angeles
#4 – Arizona
#5 – San Diego

AL Cy Young – Los Angeles’ Jered Weaver
AL MVP - Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera
NL Cy Young – Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay
NL MVP – Colorado’s Troy Tulowitzki

World Series - Boston defeats Colorado in 7
WS MVP – Boston 2B Dustin Pedroia

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 – Hatfield’s MLB Playoff Picks!

Administrator — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:00:14 +0000

October is one of the great sports months of the year. Why? One of the reasons is because of the Major League Baseball Playoffs. The 2010 MLB Postseason is here with some familiar faces – such as last year’s World Series participants the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies – as well as some newcomers such as the Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds. There are the darlings to root for like the Minnesota Twins and Tampa Bay Rays. Star power is there too with names like Alex Rodriguez, Roy Halladay, Tim Lincecum, Joe Mauer, Ryan Howard, C.C. Sabathia and many others.

Here are my picks on each series for the postseason, and stay tuned for more thoughts on the baseball playoffs in the BLOG!

ALDS: Texas Rangers @ Tampa Bay Rays
Pick – Tampa Bay in 4

ALDS: New York Yankees @ Minnesota Twins
Pick – Minnesota in 5

NLDS: Cincinnati Reds @ Philadelphia Phillies
Pick – Philly in 3

NLDS: Atlanta Braves @ San Francisco Giants
Pick - San Francisco in 5

ALCS: Minnesota Twins vs. Tampa Bay Rays
Pick – Tampa Bay in 6

NLCS: San Francisco Giants vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Pick – San Francisco in 7

World Series: Tampa Bay Rays vs. San Francisco Giants
Pick – Tampa Bay in 5
MVP – Carl Crawford

Tuesday, April 6, 2010 – Hatfield Sports MLB Season Picks 2010 Edition

Administrator — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:22:10 +0000

Hatfield Sports 2010 MLB Season Picks:

AL EAST:

#1 – - NY Yankees
#2 – - Boston Red Sox (Wild Card)
#3 – - Tampa Bay Rays
#4 – - Toronto Blue Jays
#5 – - Baltimore Orioles

AL CENTRAL:

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

AL WEST:

#1 – - Seattle Mariners
#2 – - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
#3 – - Texas Rangers
#4 – - Oakland Athletics

NL EAST:

#1 – - Philadelphia Phillies
#2 – - Atlanta Braves
#3 – - New York Mets
#4 – - Florida Marlins
#5 – - Washington Nationals

NL CENTRAL:

#1 – - St. Louis Cardinals
#2 – - Milwaukee Brewers
#3 – - Chicago Cubs
#4 – - Cincinnati Reds
#5 – - Pittsburgh Pirates
#6 – - Houston Astros

NL WEST:

#1 – - Colorado Rockies
#2 – - Arizona Diamondbacks (Wild Card)
#3 – - Los Angeles Dodgers
#4 – - San Francisco Giants
#5 – - San Diego Padres

POSTSEASON PICKS:

AL: NY Yankees over Seattle; Boston over Detroit in ALDS
Boston over NY Yankees in ALCS

NL: Philadelphia over Arizona; Colorado over St. Louis in NLDS
Colorado over Philadelphia in NLCS

WORLD SERIES: Colorado over Boston in 7
WS MVP: Ubaldo Jimenez – - Colorado Rockies

AWARDS:

AL CY YOUNG: Felix ‘King’ Hernandez – - Seattle Mariners
AL MVP: Kevin Youkilis – - Boston Red Sox
AL ROY: Austin Jackson – - Detroit Tigers
NL CY YOUNG: Roy ‘Doc’ Halladay – - Philadelphia Phillies
NL MVP: Troy Tulowitzki – - Colorado Rockies
NL ROY: Jason Heyward – - Atlanta Braves