Madison Bumgarner cemented himself as one of the greatest pitchers in World Series history as the San Francisco Giants held on to beat the Kansas City Royals in Game 7 on Wednesday night. In the 3 World Series he has pitched in (which totals to 36 innings), Bumgarner is 4-0 with a .25 ERA. Having now won 3 of the last 5 World Series many consider them to be baseball’s most recent dynasty. With...
ALCS and NLCS Recap: I had the Royals winning, but I was shocked to see that they were able to sweep the Orioles in 4 games. While I was wrong with my Cardinals in 7 games prediction, I am going to attribute that to Molina missing most of the series with an oblique injury.
So far the playoffs have not treated me kindly. In the divisional round I went a lackluster 1 for 4 with my predictions. While the Giants won like I predicted, the Cardinals made Clayton Kershaw look mortal, the Orioles beat up the Tigers(especially their bullpen), and the Royals shocked the world and continued their run as baseball’s Cinderella story. Here are my (hopefully more accurate)...
Detroit Tigers vs. Baltimore Orioles This series is very tough to predict. The Orioles have surprised again this year, but I just can’t pick against Detroit’s star power and experience. Expect the Orioles to put up a fight, but don’t expect them to overcome the power pitching of Scherzer and Price and the power hitting of Cabrera, Victor Martinez, and J.D. Martinez. The only way I see the Orioles...