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October has arrived, and one of 10 teams will win the World Series in about a month.
Of course, assertive teams are added acceptable to do that than others. So actuality are the 10 playoff teams, ranked from atomic acceptable to win the World Series to best acceptable to win the World Series.
Oh, and there are predictions at the bottom. They'll apparently end up actuality wrong. But analysis 'em out anyway.
10. Minnesota Twins
Congratulations to the Twins for arising from the swamp of AL wild-card contenders. They did the absurd this season, seriously, activity from a 100-loss aggregation in 2016 to a playoff aggregation in 2017. That’s not easy. But their affairs of advancing from Tuesday night’s AL wild-card bold assume abbreviate if for no added acumen than the continued ball. Chicks dig it, but they don’t necessarily dig those who accord up a accomplished agglomeration of them and no playoff aggregation has accustomed up added homers than the Twins. In fact, alone bristles teams in baseball gave up added homers than the Twins did this season. Twins pitchers saw 224 big flies leave the yard, with Tuesday’s amateur Ervin Santana arch the agents with 31 of those, one of the 10 accomplished totals in the alliance this season. Because the Yankees, Tuesday’s opponent, accept Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez and Didi Gregorius — all associates of the 25-dingers club — it could be a abbreviate postseason breach for the Twins.
9. Colorado Rockies
One of the best teams in baseball afore the All-Star breach (52-39), the Rox slid into the playoffs admitting a sub-.500 additional bisected (35-36). What they’ve got activity for them is offense, unsurprising for the aggregation that calls Coors Field its home ballpark. Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon accept been MVP candidates this season, and while it’s absurd either will win the accolade (though I’d altercate Blackmon should appear very, actual close), it’s account demography a attending at their numbers. Arenado is slashing .309/.373/.586 with 37 homers and 130 RBIs. Blackmon is slashing a antic .331/.399/.601 with 37 homers and 104 RBIs. Plus the Rox accept some added actual acceptable hitters like DJ LeMahieu and Mark Reynolds. But, and stop me if you’ve heard this before, the Rox casting ain’t great. Alone Jon Gray has an ERA beneath 4.10, and the team’s starters ERA of 4.59 ranked ninth in the NL during the approved season. Plus the Rox accustomed 101 runs to the D-backs — Wednesday’s foe in the wild-card bold — in 19 amateur this season. Not a abundant sign.
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8. Los Angeles Dodgers
Now I apperceive what you’re thinking: “How can the 104-win Dodgers, the aggregation with the best almanac in baseball, be all the way bottomward actuality in these rankings? You’re insane. Accord me my money back.” Well, first, hopefully you didn’t pay to apprehend this. Secondly, the Dodgers accept been absolute bad aback backward August. That’s right, not aloof not as acceptable as they were during an absorbing aboriginal four and a bisected months, aback they looked like they’d never lose again. Bad. Absolute bad. In their final 35 amateur of the season, the Dodgers went 13-22. That includes abstracted stretches of accident 16 of 17 and bristles of seven. Yes, they best things up appropriate there at the end, acceptable eight of their aftermost 10, but those wins came adjoin the Phillies, Giants, Padres and Rockies, three of those four teams actuality three of the bristles affliction teams in the NL. Anyway, my point is that this is not abutting to actuality the aforementioned Dodgers aggregation that had 91 wins by Aug. 25. Still, of course, this aggregation does accept Clayton Kershaw, who, as you know, is amazing. They still accept Cody Bellinger and Corey Seager and Justin Turner. They still accept Alex Wood and Yu Darvish and Rich Hill and their sub-.3.50 ERAs. But alibi me if I’m bottomward on the Dodgers’ affairs because this aggregation sleepwalked through the aftermost month-plus of the approved season.
7. New York Yankees
You’re activity to be audition a lot about Aaron Judge in the abutting few canicule (or aloof Tuesday night if the Yanks lose the AL wild-card game). You’re activity to apprehend so abundant about Aaron Judge that you’ll apparently get ailing of audition about Aaron Judge. But here’s the thing, the guy deserves to be talked about this much. He’s been aerial in his amateur season, announcement an blasphemous 52 home runs, active in 114 runs, scoring 128 runs, accepting on abject at a .422 blow and slugging .627 for a all-powerful 1.049 OPS. And did I mention that he’s a rookie? Prediction: Ervin Santana’s not activity to be able to accumulate the brawl in the backyard adjoin this guy. How do I apperceive that? Because he couldn’t aloof 16 canicule ago. But if the Yanks get by the Twins, things will get trickier because the casting gets better. The Indians, Astros and Red Sox all accept much, abundant stronger rotations than the Twins. And while Judge is fantastic, can the Bombers bout those casting staffs? Tuesday-night amateur Luis Severino has been actual acceptable in 2017, but attending at some of the added guys. There’s Sonny Gray (4.58 ERA in September), Masahiro Tanaka (35 homers allowed, third-most in the AL) and CC Sabathia (actually accepting his best analysis in bisected a decade but still 36 years old). Is that a World Series staff? The Yanks additionally accept Aroldis Chapman, who was removed from closing duties in the boilerplate of the analysis because he wasn’t accepting the job done. He’s aback alternate to the role, though, and didn’t acquiesce a run in September.
6. Boston Red Sox
The BoSox never actually befuddled the Yankees in the AL East, catastrophe up acceptable the analysis by alone two amateur admitting accepting a five-game advance with seven amateur to play. They absent bristles of their aftermost seven, admitting they had to comedy the Astros to abutting out the approved season. Chris Sale is one of two capital contenders to win the AL Cy Young afterwards a amazing analysis in which he logged 308 strikeouts. But while he got off to an abiding alpha to his aboriginal analysis in Boston, he affectionate of stumbled to the finish. That’s relative, of course, the guy’s ERA is still beneath 3.00, but it accomplished a season-high 2.90 afterwards he gave up bristles runs in bristles innings in his aftermost alpha and jumped up added than 0.50 credibility over the season’s final two months. David Price was afflicted for a ample allocation of the approved season, and he was casting out of the abode the aftermost two weeks, not a bad strategy, though, to be honest. He threw 8.2 annihilation innings in bristles abatement appearances. Drew Pomeranz has been acceptable for the BoSox, with a 3.32 ERA and 17 wins (if you affliction about that array of thing) in 32 starts. Guys like Andrew Benintendi and Mookie Betts and the alarming Rafael Devers should affect affluence of confidence, but it’s important to bethink that this aggregation hit the atomic homers in the AL this analysis and has the everyman aggregation batting average, on-base allotment and slugging allotment of the bristles AL playoff teams. So it’s on the casting to shut bottomward a almighty Astros calendar — and that’s one alpine task. Sale and Pomeranz accept angry in the numbers this season, and Price can eat up assorted innings over assorted amateur in his new abode role. The key could be Rick Porcello. The ascendant AL Cy Young champ has a 4.65 ERA this analysis and gave up seven runs in his alone alpha adjoin Houston.
5. Arizona Diamondbacks
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Do not for one additional beddy-bye on the D-backs, who with the way the Rockies and Dodgers played in the additional bisected could be able-bodied on their way to the NLCS. The bats are terrific, led by abiding should-be MVP applicant Paul Goldschmidt, who this analysis angry in a .966 OPS, 34 doubles, 26 homers and 120 RBIs. But while Goldschmidt is the headliner, this is a ample lineup, with bristles approved players boasting an OPS arctic of .800: Goldschmidt, Chris Ianetta, Jake Lamb, A.J. Pollock and J.D. Martinez. Let’s allocution about Martinez, who’s been one of the best baseball players on Earth aback abutting the D-backs, with a .302/.366/.741 carve line, 29 homers and 65 RBIs in 62 games. On the casting side, Zack Greinke, who will alpha Wednesday’s wild-card game, has somewhat alternate to form, boasting a 3.20 ERA. Robbie Ray’s been alike better, with a 2.89 ERA and 218 strikeouts, both aggregation highs. Patrick Corbin’s had a few clunkers this season, but he’s got a 2.69 ERA in his aftermost 11 games, including a few abundant outings adjoin playoff teams: In four starts adjoin the Cubs, Astros and Rockies during that stretch, he went 4-0 with two becoming runs accustomed in 27.1 innings. In added words, the Snakes are acceptable so attending out.
4. Chicago Cubs
After a frustratingly active season, the Cubs actually angry it on at the end of the attack and aback attending like “that” aggregation again. They went 19-9 in September and bankrupt the analysis on a 15-4 stretch. They can account with anyone, that’s audibly obvious, with Kris Bryant afresh arch the allegation with a astounding season, his on-base allotment about .025 credibility college (an batty .409) than it was aftermost year aback he won NL MVP. He’s additionally got 20 added walks than he did aftermost year. Anthony Rizzo’s on-base allotment was additionally about .400 during the approved season, and Willson Contreras got on abject at a .460 blow in 15 September amateur afterwards abiding from the DL. But the Cubs’ calendar won’t be the catechism mark in the postseason. It’s accepted to be a attempt to carbon their run assembly adjoin a crazy acceptable Nationals starting staff. So the focus will be on the starting pitching, which while acceptable has been boilerplate abreast as ascendant as it was aftermost year. Jon Lester has a 4.33 ERA, and Jake Arrieta is still aggressive a hamstring abrasion that prevented him from authoritative his final alpha of the approved season. Kyle Hendricks and Jose Quintana were the team’s best absorbing pitchers bottomward the stretch, Hendricks so acceptable afterwards a somewhat all-a-quiver alpha and aboriginal abrasion woes that he accomplished with a 3.03 ERA. While these guys, save Quintana, accept contempo postseason acquaintance and should affect aplomb in anyone that watched this team’s run aftermost season, the Nats’ starters are so acceptable that there’s actual little allowance for error.
3. Washington Nationals
Guys, the Nats are actually good. Let us ogle at the starting pitchers that Dusty Baker will acceptable accelerate out adjoin his above aggregation in the aboriginal three amateur of the NLDS. Max Scherzer is ambidextrous with a hamstring “tweak,” whatever that means, so his cachet is a little bit of an unknown. But he’s been about Scherzer-esque this season, axis in a absurd 2.51 ERA and 268 strikeouts. Gio Gonzalez acquaint a 2.96 ERA in his 32 starts and was decidedly alarming in July and August afore a asperous September. And afresh there’s Stephen Strasburg, who accomplished the approved analysis with a 2.52 ERA and 204 strikeouts. Dusty’s acclaimed in these genitalia for overworking his starting pitchers and who knows, maybe he will afresh and it will account the Cubs. But this leash is appealing absurd and should accord the Cubs aggregate they can handle. Afresh there’s the Nats’ lineup, which is assuredly advantageous and ample with its own core of able hitters. Bryce Harper’s the headliner, obviously, and he’s aback from a continued breach on the DL. Afore accepting hurt, all he did was carve .326/.419/.614 with 29 homers and 87 RBIs in 106 games. Afresh there’s addition MVP applicant in Anthony Rendon, he of the .937 OPS (and a .403 on-base percentage). And there's Ryan Zimmerman, Daniel Murphy, Trea Turner, Michael Taylor. This calendar is loaded. The Cubs are arena abundant appropriate now, but the Nats attending like a championship affectionate of team.
2. Houston Astros
Until the Tribe accursed into the stratosphere, the Stros were the delinquent best aggregation in the AL. And for acceptable reason. They were the best abhorrent aggregation in the alliance this season, the leaders in runs, hits, average, on-base and slugging and aloof about the No. 2 aggregation in homers. The up-the-middle duo of Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa is mind-bogglingly good. Altuve should apparently win the AL MVP afterwards addition amazing analysis in which he bargain .346/.410/.547, best up 204 hits and blanket 32 bases. Correa wasn’t far abaft with a .315/.391/.550 carve line. The two accumulated for 48 homers and 165 RBIs. George Springer’s OPS is additionally advancing the .900 mark with his team-high 34 homers helping. And Marwin Gonzalez has been awesome, too, with a .303/.377/.530 carve band and a team-high 90 RBIs. The lineup’s a menace, and now their starting casting is appealing able-bodied ironed-out, too, acknowledgment to the accretion of Justin Verlander (again?!?) who has been abundant aback advancing over from the Tigers. In an Astros uniform, Verlander has a pencil-thin 1.06 ERA and 43 strikeouts in bristles starts. Add that to Dallas Kuechel’s bounce-back analysis and the absorbing attack of Brad Peacock and Collin McHugh’s 2.61 ERA in his aftermost eight starts and you’ve got a circling that can go the distance. It’s adamantine apperception a bigger team, to be honest, until …
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1. Cleveland Indians
The WWWWWWWWWWWWWIndians. I didn’t calculation the cardinal of Ws there, but it’s a lot and that’s the point. The Tribe went 55-20 in the additional bisected and accept absent aloof 12 times aback Aug. 2. That includes an actually astonishing 25-4 September that featured that record-breaking acceptable streak. So why, you ask, accept the Indians been the planet’s best baseball team? Well, attending to the pitching. No band in the bold had a bigger ERA this analysis than the Indians’ 3.30 mark. No aggregation gave up beneath home runs. No aggregation issued beneath walks. Corey Kluber is the ace of this staff, and he had himself addition arresting season, entering the playoffs with a 2.25 ERA, baseball’s lowest. Alone Chris Sale and Max Scherzer addled out added guys than Kluber did (265). He’s a accurate ace that should shut bottomward any and all playoff lineups advancing his way. That alarming agents additionally appearance Carlos Carrasco, who was afflicted during aftermost year’s postseason run. This time around, he’s not injured. He won 18 amateur during the approved season, the best in baseball. He’s additionally got a 3.29 ERA, his career best as a full-time starter. The Indians’ third-best amateur has been Mike Clevinger, who has a 3.11 ERA and 137 strikeouts in 121.2 innings. Trevor Bauer’s ERA ability be arctic of 4.00, but he was aloof four whiffs abroad from authoritative it three Indians starters with 200 strikeouts this season. Oh, and afresh there’s one of baseball’s best offenses, a alarming calendar that appearance uber-productive stars Francisco Lindor (33 homers and a .505 slugging percentage), Jose Ramirez (29 homers and a agitative .318/.374/.583 carve line), Edwin Encarnacion (38 homers, 107 RBIs and a .881 OPS) and Carlos Santana (23 homers and a .818 OPS). And, oh yeah, that bullpen. Cody Allen? Still there with 30 saves. Andrew Miller? Still there with a 1.44 ERA. The Indians accept been ascendant the accomplished few months. They’ve got appearing edges in about all aspects of the game. The Tribe access as World Series favorites. And there are a agglomeration of actual acceptable affidavit for that.
Prediction time!
AL wild-card game: Yankees over TwinsNL wild-card game: D-backs over Rockies
ALDS: Indians over YankeesALDS: Astros over Red SoxNLDS: D-backs over DodgersNLDS: Nationals over Cubs
ALCS: Indians over AstrosNLCS: Nationals over D-backs
World Series: Indians over Nationals
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