jeff passan, tim brown, gordon edes and steve henson
Here at Yahoo! Sports Major League baseball preview central, it's standing room only. Check that. It's room for standings only. Our four MLB writers predicted the won-loss records of every team as well as the playoffs and World Series. And you can compare our picks with those from AccuScore (American League, National League), a company that runs thousands of computer simulations of the season to project standings.
As opening day draws closer, we'll continue to trot out content, including our picks for every award from MVP to the first manager fired to the date or A-Rod's return. Next will be the results from our Build-A-Ballclup Workshop, where our writers each choose the owner, general manager, scouting director, field manager, position player, pitcher and prospect they would hire if creating a team from scratch. Look for that story Sunday evening.
And don't miss Jeff Passan's daylong opening day blog Monday as well as continual Big League Stew posts throughout the day, week and season.
Play ball!
As for the projected standings, the Boston Red Sox are picked to reach the World Series by all four experts, and only Tim Brown picks them to lose once they get there. Passan has the Red Sox winning their third championship in six years by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers, Gordon Edes has them besting the New York Mets and Steve Henson has them knocking off the Arizona Diamondbacks. Brown, for his part, has the Chicago Cubs celebrating their first World Series title in 101 years at the expense of the Red Sox.
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