Fire Brand readers, below are the staff’s predictions for the 2014 MLB Season. While there is a very good chance many of these will be incorrect, it will make all of you proud to note that not a single writer picked the Yankees to make the playoffs. scratch that, Daniel Poarch picked the Yankees to sneak into the second Wild Card spot. Everyone send him hate tweets.

Some interesting notes:

  • Everyone’s NL Division champions are the exact same… Boring… Nationals, Cardinals, and Dodgers.
  • A few of us have the Indians overtaking the Tigers in the AL Central
  • We are divided on who will win the AL East between the Sox and the Rays
  • The Wild Card picks are scattered all across the board. Even the Giants, Royals, and Brewers made an appearance.
  • Everyone picked Mike Trout to win the AL MVP, and, quite frankly, it’s about time he does.
  • Only Evan and Chip did not pick our boy Xander to win the AL Rookie of the Year. They picked Jose Abreu and Tanaka, respectively.
  • The Cardinals are the trendy pick to win the World Series.
  • Only Daniel picked the Red Sox to win the World Series. Now you may send him encouraging tweets!

Let us know what you think and please feel free to post your own predictions in the comments.

 Fire Brand Writers Evan Brunell Brett Cowett Jack Keller Daniel Poarch Jeff Polman
AL East Tampa Bay Rays Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Tampa Bay Rays
AL Central Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers Cleveland Indians
AL West Los Angeles Angels Oakland A’s Los Angeles Angels Texas Rangers Oakland A’s
AL Wild Cards Boston, Oakland Tampa Bay, Angels Tampa Bay, Kansas City Oakland, New York Boston, Los Angeles
NL East Washington Nationals Washington Nationals Washington Nationals Washington Nationals Washington Nationals
NL Central St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals
NL West Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers
NL Wild Cards Atlanta, Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Atlanta Atlanta, Cincinnati San Francisco, Pittsburgh Milwaukee, San Francisco
AL Rookie of Year Jose Abreu Xander Bogaerts Xander Bogaerts Xander Bogaerts Xander Bogaerts
NL Rookie of Year Gregory Polanco Javier Baez Chris Owings Archie Bradley Billy Hamilton
AL Cy Young David Price Yu Darvish David Price Chris Sale David Price
NL Cy Young Clayton Kershaw Stephen Strasburg Adam Wainwright Stephen Strasburg Stephen Strasburg
AL MVP Mike Trout Mike Trout Mike Trout Mike Trout Mike Trout
NL MVP Bryce Harper Paul Goldschmidt Andrew McCutchen Bryce Harper Yadier Molina
World Series Dodgers over Rays Cardinals over A’s Nationals over Red Sox Red Sox over Nationals Cardinals over Rays 

 

 Fire Brand Writers Joe Reilly Chip Buck
Harry Burnham
 
AL East Boston Red Sox Tampa Bay Rays Tampa Bay Rays
AL Central Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers
AL West Los Angeles Angels Texas Rangers Texas Rangers
AL Wild Cards Kansas City, Tampa Bay Boston, Oakland Boston, Kansas City
NL East Washington Nationals Washington Nationals Washington Nationals
NL Central St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals
NL West Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers
NL Wild Cards Atlanta, Pittsburgh Cincinnati, San Francisco San Francisco, Cincinnati
AL Rookie of Year Xander Bogaerts Masahiro Tanaka Xander Bogaerts
NL Rookie of Year Gregory Polanco Archie Bradley Billy Hamilton
AL Cy Young Yu Darvish David Price David Price
NL Cy Young Clayton Kershaw Stephen Strasburg Clayton Kershaw
AL MVP Mike Trout Mike Trout Mike Trout
NL MVP Paul Goldschmidt Hanley Ramirez Paul Goldschmidt
World Series Cardinals over Rays Cardinals over Tigers Cardinals over Rays

Go Sox!