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2014 Baseball Predications With Fantasy Projections

Mike Trout


American League
MVP:
Mike Trout
After being bested twice by a great player who actually had an inferior year, Trout wins one (and wins one for sabermetrics) in 2014
Projected stats for 2014:
R:126 HR:32 BA:311 RBI:106 SB:34

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Cy Young:
Yu Darvish
The numbers he can put up in tough pitcher’s park are hard to ignore — especially if the Rangers make it back to the postseason in 2014
Projected stats for 2014:
W:16 S:0 K:275 ERA:3.24 WHIP:1.15

Rookie of the Year:
Masahiro Tanaka
May not be worthy of the money or the hype, but that devastating splitter should be good enough for ROY.
Projected stats for 2014:
W:14 S:0 K:196 ERA:3.67 WHIP:1.23

Come Back Player of The Year:
Albert Pujols:
He’s never going to be the same, but he should be a lot better than he was in 2013.
Projected stats for 2014:
R:81 HR:27 BA:295 RBI:97 SB:0

AL East:
Boston Red Sox
2013 World Series champs still have some margin for error.

AL Central
Detroit Tigers
Adding Nathan to the end of a great rotation.

AL West
Texas Rangers
Some different faces, but should have similar results

Wild Card
Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Angles.

Pennant
Detroit Tigers
Overwhelming pitching overwhelms.

National League
MVP: Paul Goldschimdt
Great all around game, and coming right into his prime.
Projected stats for 2014:
R:106 HR:37 BA:292 RBI:111 SB:16
Paul Goldschmidt

Cy Young
Clayton Kershaw:
Picking anyone else would seem imprudent.
Projected stats for 2014:
W:18 S:0 K:241 ERA:2.12 WHIP:.98

Rookie of the Year
We’re going to cop out here and take the field because Oscar Taverass doesn’t look like he will start in the majors, Archie Bradley may not make the Snakes rotation and Billy Hamilton can’t hit.

Comeback Player of The Year:
Ryan Braun
Because of what he is coming back from he might not get the award. But his production will fit the bill.
Projected stats for 2014:
R:96 HR:29 BA:297 RBI:104 SB:18

NL East
Washington Nationals
The Braves pitching apocalypse of 2014 has made the Nats the heavy favorite.

NL Central
St. Louis Cardinals
Nobody in the division has done enough to dethrone the champ.

NL West
Los Angeles Dodgers
Should resemble the team that dominated the second half of the 2013 regular season.

Wild Card
Arizona Diamondbacks, Pittsburgh Pirates

Pennant
Los Angeles Dodgers

World Series champion:
Dodgers
They have all sorts of outfielder drama, from Kemp‘s lingering injuries to Puig‘s lingering immaturity. And they don’t really have a second baseman. But the overall talent of this team is overwhelming, and Mattingly finally had his boys playing the right kind of baseball in the second half of 2013. Expect the first World Series trophy in Dodger Town since 1988.

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