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Predicting If Each MLB Playoff Hopeful Will Overachieve or Underachieve in 2017

The MLB Opening Day clock has ticked to the one-week mark. The exhibition schedule is winding down, and things are about to get real.

Before they do, let's run through each postseason hopeful and predict whether they'll underachieve or overachieve in 2017, based on spring performances, injuries, last year's results and a dash of gut feeling.

To define "postseason hopeful" and set the bar for underachieving and overachieving, I've used FanGraphs' projected standings, placing the Mason Dixon line at the Kansas City Royals.

That means some bubble teams (the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Oakland A's) got a prediction, while others (the Atlanta Braves, the Philadelphia Phillies) missed the cut.