Back at the beginning of the season, we came together as a staff to try and predict what the outcomes would be for various awards and division/playoff results. These things are always tricky as so many things go down during a season that aren’t necessarily foreseeable (injuries, hot/cold streaks, teams collapsing and/or being competitive out of nowhere), but we bravely put ourselves out there on a limb anyway, because why not. Baseball is a game after all and what is a game if we can’t have fun with it?
Before we get to our staff predictions here at Fish Stripes, let’s go over what actually happened:
NL ROTY: Cody Bellinger
NL East Winner: Washington Nationals
NL Central Winner: Chicago Cubs
NL Wild Card #1: Arizona Diamondbacks
NL Wild Card #2: Colorado Rockies
AL Wild Card #1: New York Yankees
AL Wild Card #2: Minnesota Twins
World Series Matchup: Houston Astros vs.