Ty's MLB Playoff Preview

Much to my surprise, and I think a few other people, I was made aware that the MLB playoffs start today. I was looking at a sports story on my phone, and I saw an ad that exclaimed, "WE HAVE PLAYOFF BASEBALL ON ALL DAY!".

I was taken aback. I was, as I said, surprised. I was even more surprised that the Cardinals made it in this postseason. I see they have 16 teams total playing,  but I didn't even think the Cardinals would be able to play the whole 60 games, and here they are, in the playoffs again. After doing some research, I see this playoff is totally different, and they are going about it different, but it starts today, and I just feel like I should do a prediction style blog. I always say that RD is the baseball guy on this site, so take my picks with a grain of salt. I didn't know that Tampa is the best AL team. I cannot name one player on their team. I also see that the NL Central not only has the Cardinals in, but the Cubs, Reds and Brewers are in as well. That is every team except Pittsburgh. This is wild, but I will do my best. I will go bracket style, and I will start with the AL. The first round is a best of three, then they go five, then seven. This is crazy, but I do have to admit, it is kind of neat too.

In the AL the 1-8 matchup features the Rays and Blue Jays. Again, I know no one on the Rays, and I only know of Vlad Guerrero Jr on the Blue Jays. And if the Rays are good enough to leapfrog the Yankees for the top spot in their league and division, I believe they will beat the Blue Jays in two games. The 2-7 matchup is the A's and White Sox. Again, two teams where I cannot name a single guy off the top of my head. I will go with the White Sox to pull off the "upset", based only on the fact that the A's always, always choke in the playoffs. That is their 21st century calling card. The 3-6 features the Twins and Astros. I know that I spoke highly of the Twins in my season preview, and I despise what the Astros did, and I feel like they need to be stripped of any title they have won. With that being said, the Twins will win this round because they are better in every phase of the game, and they don't have to cheat to be better. The 4-5 gives us the Indians and Yankees. I have put my faith in the Indians far too many times to be burned by them again. The Yankees will outhit them and out score them. That is that.

This would put us in the next round with matchups of Tampa and the Yankees and the Twins and White Sox. I think the Yankees will beat the Rays because they have the bats. They can win games 10-7, and not worry about it. Maybe the Rays have some solid pitchers, but I am going with a classic here. I think the Twins will destroy the White Sox. They seem to be stacked everywhere, and they can hit, even better than the Yankees. Which means I am also going with the Twins to win the AL. They are a better all around team, they are healthy and, in this weird season, why not the Twins. This is what I would rather see too, if I watched MLB.

Now to the NL. The 1-8 is Milwaukee and the Dodgers. Milwaukee used to be a threat to teams like the Dodgers, but the Dodgers are stacked and they are angry. They have been screwed out of a few titles, and they will be out for blood. The Dodgers are going to smoke the Brewers. The 2-7 features the Braves and Reds. RD said the Reds would be a decent team, and he was right. They were right around .500, and now they got a spot in the playoffs. Unfortunately for them they have to face a very good, and very talented Braves team. RD was right about them too. He was on their bandwagon before anyone else. And because they have playoff experience, I believe they will beat the Reds with relative ease. The 3-6 gives us Cubs and the Marlins. How on Earth are the Marlins here? Are they good? Is it because of the shortened season? A bit of both? I'm serious. Did the Marlins just become good all of the sudden like they seem to do every decade since their existence? Anyway, the Cubs are a better team, and they should win. They won the division, and they seem to be like the team back when they made, and won, the World Series. The Cubs will win this round. And the 4-5 is the Cardinals and Padres. Sorry to all my STL friends and fans, and myself, but I want, hope and think the Padres will win this round. They are young and fun and they are one of the very few teams that I will actually watch play a game. They have a good time out there, they hit dingers and they just play a fun brand of baseball. I'm going Padres here. The Cardinals are too old, had to deal with a COVID outbreak and are probably tired from all of the double headers they had to play to catch up.

That leaves us, in the second round, with the Dodgers and Padres, and the Cubs and Braves. Again, I love what the Padres are doing, but they are going up against a juggernaut. The Dodgers want nothing more than to steamroll teams on their way to a World Series, and I just do not think the Padres have enough to keep up. They will make it fun, maybe even a tiny bit interesting, but the Dodgers will win with relative ease. The Cubs and Braves should be a solid series. These two teams, at least on paper, seem kind of similar. They both have solid pitching, they have big hitters and guys who hit for average, and they are both well coached. From what I have gathered though, the Braves bullpen is far superior, and that always makes a difference in playoff baseball. That gives the edge to the Braves. So that leaves us with the Braves and Dodgers. How many more times do I have to say that the Dodgers are legit, they are mad and they want revenge? They are going to cruise here too. They are too loaded not to.

That means that I have the Twins and Dodgers playing in this weird and wild World Series, and I believe the Dodgers will sweep their way to a title, and they deserve it. I shouldn't even like a team like the Dodgers. They have every advantage, they are stacked, they can pay gobs of money to the best players and lure them away in their prime, but they have been cheated the past couple years, and I feel like they will finally get the title they should have gotten a few years back. This is their year to win, and I wouldn't be shocked if they cruise, possibly undefeated, throughout the playoffs.

The Dodgers will be your 2020 World Series champs. 

RD’s Prediction

The LA Dodgers will win the World Series. That is all.

Ty

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