Predictions from the Commissioner's Desk

I know the season has already officially started, but here are my 2015 season picks, along with a few bold predictions:



AL EAST
1. New York (A)
2. Toronto*
3. Boston
4. Baltimore
5. Tampa Bat

AL CENTRAL
1. Kansas City
2. Detroit*
3. Chicago (A)
4. Minnesota
5. Cleveland

AL WEST
1. Oakland
2. Los Angelas (A)
3. Seattle
4. Houston
5.Texas

NL EAST
1. Washington
2. New York (N)*
3. Atlanta
4. Miami
5. Philadelphia

NL CENTRAL
1. St. Louis
2. Chicago (N)
3. Pittsburgh
4. Cincinnati
5. Milwaukee

NL WEST
1. San Francisco
2. San Diego*
3. Los Angeles (N)
4. Arizona
5. Colorado

AL WC
Detroit over Toronto
NL WC
New York (N) over San Diego

AL DIV
Oakland over Detroit
New York (A) over Kansas City
NL DIV
St. Louis over New York (N)
Washington over San Franscisco

AL CHAMP
New York (A) over Oakland
NL CHAMP
Washington over St. Louis

WORLD SERIES
Washington over New York (A)

AL CY
Masahiro Tanaka
NL CY
Clayton Kershaw

AL MVP
Lorenzo Cain
NL MVP
Bryce Harper

AL ROY
Micah Johnson
NL ROY
Kris Bryant

AL COMEBACK
Alex Rodriguez
NL COMEBACK
Matt Harvey

A few BOLD predictions...

• A-Rod sheds 25 lbs, moves back to SS, returns to the youthful form he displayed in Seattle, and leads the Yankees to the World Series.
• The Cubs are in a pennant race down the stretch until some Joe Maddon clubhouse shenanigans involving Jon Lester and a live chicken create a media frenzy that is erroneously blamed for the Cubbies' collapse down the stretch. 
• The Nationals elect to shut down Stephen Strasberg for the rest of the year shortly before the postseason begins. They go on to win the World Series anyway.
• After reviving baseball in Pittsburgh after more than a decade of futility, Clint Hurdle is fired at the end of the season after a third place finish.
• Rob Manfred goes on a medical leave of absence shortly before the All-Star break and Bud Selig is brought back as the interim Commissioner. He refuses to yield the position at season's end, citing it as being "in the best interest of baseball."

You heard it hear first, folks!

Let's play ball!

Jay 

The Commish