2015 MLB Predictions From The Big Lead Staff

The 2015 Major League Baseball season began Sunday night under the lights at Wrigley for Cubs-Cardinals. Here’s our staff predictions for the season.

American League East:

Cardillo: Blue Jays
Douglas: Yankees
Duffy: Red Sox
Koster: Orioles
Lisk: Orioles
McIntyre: Orioles
Shamburger: Red Sox
Perez: Blue Jays

American League Central:

Cardillo: White Sox
Douglas: Indians
Duffy: Indians
Koster: Tigers
Lisk: Royals
McIntyre: Tigers
Shamburger: Indians
Perez: Tigers

American League West:

Cardillo: Mariners
Douglas: Angels
Duffy: Mariners
Koster: Mariners
Lisk: Angels
McIntyre: A’s
Shamburger: A’s
Perez: Angels

National League East:

Cardillo: Nationals
Douglas: Marlins
Duffy: Nationals
Koster: Nationals
Lisk: Nationals
McIntyre: Mets
Shamburger: Nationals
Perez: Mets

National League Central:

Cardillo: Pirates
Douglas: Reds
Duffy: Cardinals
Koster: Pirates
Lisk: Pirates
McIntyre: Reds
Shamburger: Cardinals
Perez: Cardinals

National League West:

Cardillo: Dodgers
Douglas: Dodgers
Duffy: Dodgers
Koster: Dodgers
Lisk: Dodgers
McIntyre: Padres
Shamburger: Dodgers
Perez: Dodgers

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American League Wild Cards:

Cardillo: Red Sox over Indians
Douglas: Mariners over Tigers
Duffy: Angels over Tigers
Koster: Angels over Royals
Lisk: Mariners over Red Sox
McIntyre: Indians over Red Sox
Shamburger: Angels over Tigers
Perez: Mariners

National League Wild Cards:

Cardillo: Cardinals over Mets
Douglas: Pirates over Nationals
Duffy: Pirates over Padres
Koster: Cardinals over Giants
Lisk: Cardinals over Padres
McIntyre: Nationals over Cardinals
Shamburger: Pirates over Padres
Perez: Pirates

American League Division Series:

Cardillo: Mariners over Red Sox; White Sox over Blue Jays
Douglas: Indians over Mariners; Yankees over Angels
Duffy: Red Sox over Angels; Mariners over Indians
Koster: Mariners over Angels; Tigers over Orioles
Lisk: Angels over Orioles; Mariners over Royals
McIntyre: Orioles over A’s; Tigers over Red Sox
Shamburger: Angels over Red Sox; A’s over Indians

National League Division Series:

Cardillo: Nationals over Cardinals; Pirates over Dodgers
Douglas: Pirates over Dodgers; Marlins over Reds
Duffy: Nationals over Pirates, Dodgers over Cardinals
Koster: Nationals over Cardinals; Pirates over Dodgers
Lisk: Nationals over Cardinals; Dodgers over Pirates
McIntyre: Nationals over Padres; Mets over Reds
Shamburger: Nationals over Pirates; Dodgers over Cardinals

League Champions Series:

Cardillo: Mariners over White Sox; Nationals over Pirates
Douglas: Indians over Yankees; Marlins over Pirates
Duffy: Red Sox over Angels, Nationals over Dodgers
Koster: Tigers over Mariners; Nationals over Pirates
Lisk: Angels over Mariners; Nationals over Dodgers
McIntyre: Orioles over Tigers; Mets over Nationals
Shamburger: Angels over A’s; Dodgers over Nationals
Perez: Tigers over Mariners; Mets over Dodgers

World Series:

Cardillo: Nationals over Mariners
Douglas: Marlins over Indians
Duffy: Red Sox over Nationals
Glasspiegel: Royals over Giants
Koster: Nationals over Tigers
Lisk: Nationals over Angels
McIntyre: Orioles over Mets
Shamburger: Dodgers over Angels
Perez: Mets over Tigers

MVPs:

Cardillo: AL: Jose Abreu; NL: Andrew McCutchen
Douglas: AL: Alex Rodriguez; Giancarlo Stanton
Duffy: AL: Mike Trout; NL: Giancarlo Stanton
Koster: AL: Mike Trout; NL: Clayton Kershaw
Lisk: AL: Mike Trout; NL: Bryce Harper
McIntyre: AL: Mike Trout; NL: Yasiel Puig
Shamburger: AL: Mike Trout; NL: Giancarlo Stanton

Cy Youngs:

Cardillo: AL: Felix Hernandez; NL: Max Scherzer
Douglas: AL: Justin Verlander NL: Bartolo Colon
Duffy: AL: Felix Hernandez; NL: Clayton Kershaw
Koster: AL: Chris Sale; NL: Clayton Kershaw
Lisk: AL: Felix Hernandez; NL: Clayton Kershaw
McIntyre: AL: Corey Kluber; NL: Matt Harvey
Shamburger: AL: Chris Sale; NL: Clayton Kershaw

Home Run Leaders:

Cardillo: AL: Abreu; NL: Giancarlo Stanton
Douglas: AL: A-Rod; NL Giancarlo Stanton
Duffy: AL: Jose Abreu; NL: Giancarlo Stanton
Koster: AL: Jose Abreu; NL: Giancarlo Stanton
Lisk: AL: Abreu; NL: Stanton
McIntyre: AL: Alex Rodriguez; NL: Bryce Harper
Shamburger: AL: Abreu; NL: Giancarlo Stanton

Random prediction:

Cardillo: People will continue to click on clearly labeled baseball posts and complain about the topic. That never gets old. Never.
Douglas: The Marlins World Series run along with reverse-schadenfreude for A-Rod will bring America to love baseball again.
Duffy: Rob Manfred will take normal looking photos, look far less confused and change up his tie game once in a while.
Glasspiegel: The Cubs get off to a slow start and people start loudly questioning the whole regime.
Koster: Cubs finish 5-plus games under .500
Lisk: Despite all my predictions, a New York-based teams with lowered expectations will be in the hunt in late September. And I will not be happy.
McIntyre: There will be posts about the All-Star game ratings and World Series ratings.
Shamburger: Yasiel Puig will attempt to complete an inside-the-park home run on a hit to deep right.