2018 Major League Baseball Season Preview

Here we go! The time of the year has arrived, spring is in the air. A fresh new beginning to a brand new season. Major League Baseball is back! Thirty teams are starting with a clean slate, all with one thing in mind. The Commissioners Trophy is up for grabs and every team has an equal shot at it. Quite a few faces are in new places and some teams have new bench bosses for this year. Right now everybody is starting out on equal footing. Everybody has the same exact record. Things are going to look a lot different once the 162nd game is completed on September 30th. So lets get into it right now, here's what the 2018 Major League Baseball season is going to look like.

Some of this years clubs have new faces running the teams. Detroit (Ron Gardenhire), Philadelphia (Gabe Kapler), New York (Mickey Callaway), Boston (Alex Cora), Washington (Dave Martinez) and New York (Aaron Boone) are all looking to see how well their new bench bosses are going to handle their clubs. We also have had some big names switch cities. Miami dropped a bombshell by trading league MVP Giancarlo Stanton to the New York Yankees. In order to try and keep pace with the Yankees, Boston went out and managed to land JD Martez from the market. It a move that the Red Sox hope will help them win the East for the 2nd year in a row. The big free agent coming in from overseas, Shohei Ohtani, shocked the baseball world by picking the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim over everybody else in the sport. They weren't the only ones to make moves. The Cubs bolstered their starting rotation by adding Yu Darvis (if he can stay healthy and produce). San Francisco is trying to fight back in a tough NL West by adding Evan Longoria and Andrew McCutchen. San Diego got a little bit better by adding Eric Hosmer on a big contract, hoping that the combination of him and Will Meyers will bring the Padres back into a tough race in the West.

While all these moves are, on paper, making teams better, there's still a few questions that need to be answered. Can the Astros be the first team in 18 years to repeat as World Champions? Is this the year that the Indians can shake off the heartbreak of the last two years to be the one to stop Houston? Can Washington finally get over that hump come playoff time? Will this be the year that the Dodgers break through? Is the NL West the toughest division in all of Baseball? Could this be a year where both New York teams are back in the playoffs again?

Here's how we see the 2018 Major League Baseball season going down.

Predictions

Solly:
AL East: New York Yankees
AL Central: Cleveland Indians
AL West: Houston Astros
AL Wild Card: Boston Red Sox
AL Wild Card: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
NL East: Washington Nationals
NL Central: Chicago Cubs
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers
NL Wild Card: New York Mets
NL Wild Card: Arizona Diamondbacks
World Series: Dodgers vs Astros

Steve:
AL East: New York Yankees
AL Central: Cleveland Indians
AL West: Houston Astros
AL Wild Card: Boston Red Sox
AL Wild Card: Seattle Mariners
NL East: Washington Nationals
NL Central: Chicago Cubs
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Milwaukee Brewers
NL Wild Card: Arizona Diamondbacks
World Series: Yankees vs Cubs

3rd Mic Dan:
AL East: New York Yankees
AL Central: Cleveland Indians
AL West: Houston Astros
AL Wild Card: Boston Red Sox
AL Wild Card: Minnesota Twins
NL East: Washington Nationals
NL Central: Chicago Cubs
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Milwaukee Brewers
NL Wild Card: New York Mets
World Series: Mets vs Red Sox

Jeff (Producer):
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Minnesota Twins
AL West: Houston Astros
AL Wild Card: New York Yankees
AL Wild Card: Cleveland Indians
NL East: Washington Nationals
NL Central: Chicago Cubs
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers
NL Wild Card: St Louis Cardinals
NL Wild Card: Milwaukee Brewers
World Series: Red Sox vs Dodgers

That's how we see the 2018 season going down