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TOR vs TEX Despite coming off of a walk off victory in the wild card game, the Jays wont be able to match up against Cole Hamels’ experience in the postseason. Game 2 will also be a showdown, but Darvish hasn’t been himself since 2014, while J.A. Happ has been consistent all year, and the Jays are a fastball hitting team. Texas needs to get the first two games to take a commanding lead, because after Hamels and Darvish, they have no other worthy starter to match up against Toronto’s Sanchez and Stroman; neither do they have a bullpen as Continue reading American League Playoff Predictions/Preview→

Clearly the White Sox were a competitive team for quite some time this season, but couldn’t hold it together to get into the postseason. They had the team on paper going into the 2016 campaign, and looked like it through May, but it ended in Robin Ventura leaving because he must have known he was on the hot seat. Pretty much the very next day, the bench coach, Rick Renteria was hired to replace Ventura. However, Renteria is not the right fit to get the Sox back into October ball. The White Sox were clearly one of the best teams Continue reading Rick Renteria, a Safe Pick for White Sox Manager→

ALWC With both starting pitchers (Chris Tillman and Marcus Stroman) not pitching their best right now, both might give up at least 3 runs, as both offenses are lethal. It will come down to a battle of the bullpens. O’s: Need to score at least 4 runs either be at down by no more than 2 runs going into the 7th inning or up by at least 1 run, as they have one of the best bullpens in the league. Jays: Need to get out in front by running up the score, then the crowd should do the rest. 5-3 Continue reading Wild Card Predictions/Breakdown→

The last few years have revealed that the Tribe have clearly been the best pitching team of the AL, but their lack of offensive production has kept them just outside postseason birth. However, this year, other than the soaring Red Sox, Cleveland has clearly had the best offense in the AL. And, of course, the pitching dominance has remained. The Indians will enter the playoffs knowing that their #2 guy, Carlos Carrasco, is out for the remainder of the season, Danny Salazar will be pitching a simulated game sometime before the start of the ALDS which will determine his status, Continue reading Despite Injuries, Don’t Sleep on the Cleveland Indians→