Back in March of this year, the Fire Brand writers got together and submitted their 2013 Preseason Predictions. Well, in short, they weren’t pretty. And, quite frankly, preseason baseball predictions usually are not accurate, evidenced by 4 of the 7 writers at Sports Illustrated (Tom Verducci included) picked the Nationals to win the World Series.
If you weren’t with us back in March or need a refresher, here is a short summary of the Fire Brand writers preseason predictions:
American League:
- In the AL East six of us picked the Blue Jays (ugh), 4 picked the Rays, and ONE picked the Red Sox — big ups to Josh Cookson for going with his heart
- Everyone picked the Tigers to win the Central
- No one picked Oakland to win the West
- Only Dan Podheiser picked the Indians to win a Wild Card spot
- Ashamedly only three of us picked the Sox to even sneak into the playoffs via the Wild Card. That means six of the ten Fire Brand writers decided to leave the Sox out of the playoffs
National League:
- In the NL East ten picked the Nationals, while only Scott Candage picked the Braves
- Four picked the Cards to win the Central
- All eleven of us had the Giants winning the West
- Only Dan had the Pirates grabbing a Wild Card spot
World Series
- Five of us had the Nationals as World Champions. Yikes.
- Three of us had the Tigers — at least that is alive
- One had the Braves, one had the Rays, and one had the Reds
- Zero had the Red Sox
Thus, without further adieu here are our Postseason Predictions:
|
Writer |
NLCS |
ALCS |
World Series |
World Series MVP |
| Evan Brunell | Dodgers over Cardinals | Red Sox over A’s | Dodgers over Red Sox | Adrian Gonzalez |
| Hunter Golden | Cardinals over Dodgers | Red Sox over Tigers | Cardinals over Red Sox | |
| Brett Cowett | Cardinals over Braves | Red Sox over A’s | Red Sox over Cardinals | Shane Victorino |
| Chip Buck | Cardinals over Braves | Red Sox over Tigers | Red Sox over Cardinals | Shane Victorino |
| Tim Brooks | Dodgers over Cardinals | Red Sox over A’s | Red Sox over Dodgers | |
| Jack Keller | Dodgers over Cardinals | Red Sox over Detroit | Red Sox over Dodgers | Shane Victorino |
| Josh Cookson | Braves over Pirates | Red Sox over Tigers | Red Sox over Braves | Dustin Pedroia |
| Joe Reilly | Braves over Cardinals | Red Sox over Tigers | Red Sox over Braves | Daniel Nava |
| Andre Khatchaturian | Cardinals over Pirates | Red Sox over A’s | Red Sox over Cardinals | David Ortiz |
| Jeff Polman | Dodgers over Pirates | Red Sox over A’s | Red Sox over Dodgers | Koji Uehara |
Well, we all picked the Red Sox to advance to the World Series and eight of ten picked the Sox to win the World Series. I don’t know if this is good or bad. At least the Sox are playing once again where they belong: October. Thanks for reading and lets go Red Sox!