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- The Baseball Tonight crew predicts the American League standings in 2018, with the Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels and Minnesota Twins getting picked to make the playoffs.
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John Farrell analyzing the Red Sox this soon? Mad awkward.
VinceWilspoon it really is😭
He needs an adult awkward 🐢
"Questions about the second half of that rotation"
Yeah lmao
Lol my bad I thought that Ferrell was Pete Rose... 😭
I love the baseball playoff format, it makes getting a spot way more exciting and the first two rounds are so exciting (best of 1, best of 5)
H Town holdin this down
Brandon Bittick houston's a bunch of tourists
Michael S ...
I'm offended...
Cvnfess i'm indifferent.
Michael S like LA an soon SD...more than half the people that live in LA aren’t even from there.
Yikes
Astros had a strong 2017 season, for sure we're gonna at least contend for the AL or possibly another WS. Verlander and the new kid Cole is a deadly combo, lots of strikes and great infield players. Apart from that, out Altuve, Springer, Bregman combo is just deadly, definitely lots of homers this season. Excited to see our boys make us proud
I just can't wait for baseball season this year!
6 serious contenders. It’s gonna be fun to watch.
Mariners will get the wildcard in 2042!
And lose… but at least they’ll make it back to the postseason.
Red Sox were grossly underestimated, and no one saw the A's coming or the Twins failing.
Here we go again! Go Stros!
I think the Yankees are going to surprise people...and not in the way that you'd expect. I don't trust their pitching at all and the Red Sox won 93 games last year with a lot of things going wrong. Think the Red Sox will win the AL East and the Indians will win the whole AL. Talked about the whole upcoming MLB season on my channel today.
Sports with nick I agree with you about the Red Sox and also I just subbed
100 percent...they are being overlooked.
713Don3rdCoast bandwagon
@@logan3226 how is he a bandwagon? He literally has "713"
John 😩😔 miss you in Boston thank you for the amazing 2013 title.
I think it’s possible they add another pitcher via trade. But they need to wait for the right offer. Apparently they offered Clint Frazier, Chance Adams, and Tyler Wade and still couldn’t get Michael Fulmer. That’s plenty for a pitcher that’s not even among the best.
Brayden Wormer theyd be stupid to not offer for fulmer
Yankees are the wild card team... their rotation
In my opinion they have the third best rotation in the league. Plus that loaded bullpen is makes up for any rotation woes.
Wild Card team lmfao.
MrSkyboy997 no. Bullpens do not score runs. They need Stanton and Judge to not strikeout as much if they want to make up for starting pitchers woes.
They don't score runs but how many teams do you see out there make it without a good pen? I get that the Indians lost back in 2016 but they had a very mediocre offense and Corey Kluber was their only healthy and reliable starter yet their loaded pen got them all the way to game 7.
Been here since 05
And the red Sox end up winning the ALCS and have a 2-0 lead in the ws
This is just another example of how anything can happen. Angels and Twins, both out. The Red Sox became one of the best teams ever, Indians didn’t even beat 95 wins; only had 91 of them. That’s a whole 11 wins less than last year. Well what can I say except “that’s baseball.”
Wow tex and ferrel are great tv guys
Keep Sleeping on the Mariners lineup
Go back to trying to figure out what a catch is bro.... Its 6 games into the season and Cruz, Zunino, Gamel are back next week. You're lying if you think this lineup isnt top 5 in the AL top 10 in the league...
Stick to the NFL man. The problem in Seattle last few years has been pitching, this line up is dangerous
Lol Seriously? The head to head has been really even the last few years and games have been really high scoring. Obviously my M's havent made the playoffs since 01 and the pitching staff has questions, but to say the Angels lineup is even close to the M's is a joke.
Haha still sleeping 💤
we still are and what have they done?
I liked John Farrell as a manager as a Sox fan I was disappointed they fired him it was nice to see him again
Red Sox are actually nasty
My opinion
1. Astros
2. Indians
3. Red Sox
4. Yankees
5. Rays
Runner ups:
Twins, mariners
I agree with most of that but I am just wondering about the rays are you sure the can make the postseason without Longoria
Astros have an Arsenal now with Garrit "Ice Cold" Cole!! Have returning Key players an now the best rotation in baseball !! My team the TWOston Astros are Back!!!
Jays COULD do some damage, don't sleep AL east is tough though
BOSTON..FOR LIFE!!!
Houston baby!
Stros got this but would be surprised if we meet the yanks again in the postseason, guaranteed to be a great series
Boone will manage us out of,the playoffs don’t worry.
Happy Opening Day Mar. 29 MLB Baseball !!!!⚾️ 🤗 👍
texiera Yankees legend
Red Sox Champs this season??? I have a feeling
Impressive. Damn.
hmmm interesting
Both TEX and JOHN scored an 80 (4 out of 5 teams right).
Astros are loaded.
No one has gotten better than Houston Astros...
frank delatorre
yankees ahem and unlike the astros we have a cool vintage song czcams.com/video/qvte1qOgKVY/video.html
VMan29397 no lie that song suxs...my wife told me to shut it off ....
frank delatorre we also have the best end of game song
frank delatorre that’s not true, the Yankees got better too, but Houston still better rn
VMan29397 I still think the astros are better. Improved their pitching staff and still have all the hitting from last year other than carlos Beltran. The Yankees made the bigger improvement overall from last year but both improved and I think the stros are still a better team
I'm a hard Yankees fans, but I don't say a prediction, But I do enjoy every single Yankees win and at the end off the regular season, will see who advance, to the ALCS and to the World Series. Win the best.
Houston won over 100 games with most of the team injured and no Verlander. McCullers, Correa, Keuchel, McHugh all missed time. Mike Fiers led the team in innings and Marwin Gonzalez led them in RBI because of all the injuries. I could see up to 110 wins. Playoffs, that's a coin flip, who knows?
Heidi Kleindienst not likely few teams have back to back 100 win seasons
There’s a massive assumption in your statement, you ought to broaden your horizons a bit. Your statement would have some validity but for the assumption that *if everyone stays healthy this year, they could win 110 games*. Or, they could suffer more injuries this year than last, end up with 93 wins.
Hollowman that statement was very stupid the whole purpose of sayin if we stay healthy we can win 110 but we obviously know that injuries can derail a team
Hollowman
I'm saying WITH injuries last year, to the players named, they won over 100. They made many free agent upgrades (Cole, Smith, Rondon) plus having Verlander for the year. So yes, speaking of horizons, it is possible they could win up to 110.
Heidi Kleindienst 107 wins this year 👍
it's very difficult make predictions based on "last years performances", everything can happen along six months, and I don't want to write about injuries and slumps. De Rosa and Farrrell just missed by one team (at the end of season, Angels and Twins couldn't even win 81 games, and they even mentioned the Oakland Athletics as the surprise team). Results: The Red Sox ALE champs again; Cleveland ALC champs again; Astros ALW champs again; Yankees WC1 again; Oakland WC2.
Let’s Go Red Sox!!:-) ⚾️🏆❤️😁
Wow......the Twins??...Well good for them
Spoiler alert Astros will win it all this year again
This aged well
John Farrell says Mookie’s best spot is leadoff then why didn’t he put him there😂
How about Baltimore?
100% agree with tex
So far is
Red Sox
Indians
Yankees
Astros/A's/ Mariners - all fight for AL West Division and WC spot, only 2 advance
marks was exactly wut i wuz thinking
Im a yankees fan i agree with this, if the yankees get 1 more pitcher they would be number 1.
Gonna regret not picking mariners for wild card
Red Sox in 4th 😯 they have been murdering the game this season.
RED SOX ARE ON FIRE! RED SOX ARE 2018 WS CHAMPS
I just hope my Twins can make it to the playoffs ... And then lose to the Yankees
Ahhh ... Gotta Love Minnesota sports 😂
Yankees have the best record in the MLB right now. Still the MLB doesn’t think we’re that good? Huh, not surprising
Don't count out the Twins Tex, you don't what you're getting into. We have made some big additions and we have the potential to win the central so just a suggestion think about your status right now.
My predictions are 5.Angels 4. Yankees 3. Red Sox 2. Indians 1. Astros
I predict a rematch of last year’s ALCS and NLCS. Yankees-Astros and Dodgers-Cubs.
*Angels- Astros
Too many sleeper teams this year to say who'll make it to the ALCS and NLCS
I agree that the Twins will get the wildcard with Boston
Angels 2018 champs
A J Heck yeah. Halos
Bahahahah nope
When the Yankees had one of the top 3 rotations last year but still get underestimated because there is no big name .... (though we have Severino) just sad
Nito Maldonado I would call Tanaka a big name, CC used to be the highest paid in the game, Sonny Gray has Cy Young stuff and he was the highlight of last years deadline, and you’re the Yankees, everyone there is a big name.
I agree
Altuve 2018 AL MVP
Finally the Angels are there👌👌👌
No one expected it but the Toronto blue jays won the 2018 World Series defeating the New York mets. The series was excellent, American League cy young runner up Aaron Sanchez wins the World Series MVP with a couple of dominant 8 inning performances. NL cry young winner was said to be the closest player to win World Series MVP on a losing team in decades after a dominant game 1 complete game shutout tallying 17 strikeouts, then a game 4 complete game 1 run performance with 15 strikeouts and a 4 inning relief appearance in game 7 which went to 15 innings. Mike trout will have a down year for not only Mike trout standards but for just regular standards. Carlos correa will win the AL MVP after hitting 37 home runs with 123 rbis while batting a god like .356 with an ops of 1.132. Aaron Sanchez's cry young caliber season came close but in the end not even the voters could ignore the incredible breakout year Lucas giolito had with the sub .500 white sox. He posted a 2.21 era in 214 innings pitched while recording 231 strikeouts with a robust 0.89 WHIP. Shoehei otani had a decent first year but for what was expected of him everyone considered it a disappointment after hitting 14 home runs and batting a respectable .267 in 192 at bats. Pitching wise he posted a 3.89 ERA in 157 innings pitched with 152 strikeouts, still however claiming the rookie of the year award. The Minnesota Twins left a lot fans shaking their heads after not meeting expectations after a breakout 2017 finishing with a 81-81 record, still not bad but far less then hoped for. After an impressive final 2 months of 2017 everyone had thought Byron buxton had turned into the player everyone thought he was going to be be and they were......... kind aright. Buxton put up a somewhat above average season mashing 23 dongs while driving 85 and batting .273 and stealing 31 bases en route to wining his second gold glove and finishing 15th in MVP voting. While people can consider his 2017 season a breakout it seems Andrew Ben intends had his true breakout in 2018 belting 28 homers driving in 104 runs while batting .290 and owning an OPS of .945 to finish 3rd in MVP votes. Although Mike trouts 23 home run 72 RBI .278 performance with a 3.4 WAR was extremely disappointing, by far the biggest disappointment was the New York Yankees and they're expectations. Aaron judge did hit 37 home runs but batted only .236. Meanwhile Giancarlo Stanton obtained a season ending ankle injury 47 games into the season, but he was on the right track hitting 15 home runs before the occurrence. The only bright spot for the team was rookie call up gleybor Torres who batted .321 in 430 plate appearances. In the NL the mets would take the pennant as mentioned before behind staff ace and already stated cy young winner Noah Syndergaard. This surprised a lot of people including many vegas casinos which lost a record amount of money from World Series mets bets. Thor put up a 2.56 ERA in 204 innings while striking out a league leading 312 batters. A number I couldn't have even predicted. Matt Harvey bounced back into the scene posting a 3.32 ERA in 167 innings collecting 170 strikeouts. Jacob degrom also put up impressive numbers which solidified himself as the mets workhorse, mowing through 241 innings striking out 232 and posted a 3.01 ERA. The MVP award belonged to Bryce Harper as he proved himself in his walk year hitting 45 home runs supporting a .310 batting average and driving in 110 runs. He also led the league in OPS with 1.293. Many expected Freddie freeman to take the award but he unfortunately split too many votes with rookie of the year Ronald Acuna. Freeman drove in a league leading 142 RBI while mashing 42 dongs and batting .293 while acuna hit 21 home runs drove in 98 stole a league leading 52 bases and batted an impressive .287 and won a gold glove in the process. The braves suprised many by becoming the leagues second wild card team finishing with a 88-74 record. The cubs were the most disappointing team in the NL after missing the playoffs with a 86-76 record. Injuries from Anthony Rizzo, Jon Lester, Jose Quintana, Javier Baez, Wilson contreras and various bullpen arms played a huge factor in that and many people were suprised that they finished with a record like that. If it wasn't for a full year of health and his 43 home run bat they probably would have Been sub .500. Andrew Mccutchen was the biggest bounce back of all the majors reshaping into his MVP form hitting .310 with 21 homers and 83 RBI, but his fellow newly aquired teammate Evan longoria however did not. Batting a dissapointing. .229 while only hitting 13 home runs. The 2018 off-season lived up to the hype seeing Bryce Harper sign a record 14 year $419 million dollar contract with the phillies. The phillies also took a more significant step towards contention as they traded bounce back prospect Mickey moniak who was now ranked #9 by MLB pipeline along with other players for nationals co ace Stephen Strasbourg. The most dissapointing contract by far was manny machados whose deal was still massive but not as everyone expected after he settled for 8 years and 210 million as a shortstop for the Toronto blue jays, after the significant loss of Donaldson to the Yankees and it was clear that top prospect bo bichette would be a future second basemen. The biggest sellers were the San Francisco giants as they traded ace Madison Bumgarner to the Minnesota twins fo the #4 prospect Royce Lewis as they were looking for immediate contention. They also traded franchise catcher buster posey to the Boston Red Sox as they geared up for an all or nothing World Series run. The biggest loss was Clayton Keyshawn as he decided to opt out of his contract even after yet another season of back injuries limited him to 28 starts. He decided to go where he thought he could win a World Series as he clearly throught the dodgers were cursed and ended up in Milwaukee with the brewers on a 6 year 210 million dollar deal. Notable occurrences included the NL picking up the DH and the MLB announcing it would expand to 32 teams with Montreal and Las Vegas both being approved for teams to be eligible to play by the 2022 season. The top prospects at the end of the season were 1. Vlad Jr 2. Mackenzie Gore 3. Hunter Greene 4. Royce Lewis 5. Bo Bichette. Also even though wanted to play until he was 50, Ichiro Called it quits after a marvellous season where in the city in which it all began. The Tampa bay rays also got a new stadium deal so they ain't gonna be in that shithole anymore. Have in 2019, sincerely Future self.
If you put this video one week later Red Sox are now 1 in the league
The Judge, The *Drury* and the executioner
Poor Farrell
John sounds kinda depressed
I’m bias cause I’m a Red Sox fan but we winning the division.
JD Martinez was huge addition I think he will have better numbers than stanton
Eric Smith Slow your role bud , JD has had 1 great year
Stanton came off an MVP season with almost 60 HR
So I wouldn’t be too sure
Sleepin on the first place Mariners.😪
Blue jays will shock people
Im shocked at how bad they are.
red sox are going to win the world series this year
Mariners no second wild card??????
I agree lol
here's my list 5. Seattle 89-73 4. Boston 93-69 3. Cleveland 98-64 2. New York 101-61 1. Houston 103-59
Toronto and Los angles A: are going to miss the playoffs but will finish off with a okay record Toronto: 88-74 Los angles: 87-74
87-75
Aaron Johnson. Mariners are not that good lol
Are you talking about this year or the past 16?
ANGELS. ANGELS. ANGELS.
Mariners.
Why not the a's!! There a good team!! Right?
dasavagekid yes they are!
Red Sox 4th hell no lol this Nikka is a ex- Yankees player and John got fire from the Red Sox. Not a fair pick!! Last time I check my Red Sox is 5-1!
Leonel Thomas Bro the pirates are also 5-1 and they aren’t going far. It’s too early to look at records LMAO
Last time I checked baseball has 162 games in a season. But I’m with you. I think they Yankees won’t take it as easy as people think, if they do at all. I believe Boston will still win the east Yankees look good but they still have some problems they need to work out and they have a new skipper so it might get a little bumpy this year.
TY YT lol and why you think they already predicted the team to win!!
Harrison Baylor red sox have a new manager too and we have like 2 starters out with injuries and one starter pitcher out too.
Leonel Thomas I’m an Astros fan. Y’all have our old bench coach 😂 but I’m rooting for the Red Sox in the east. I don’t believe in the Yankees hype.
Let's not kid ourselves, it's gonna be Yankees/Astros for the Pennant again.
ElmerFudd16 well, you were half right
Haha.. yank on a vacation
redsox just sent yankees and astros on vacation ....
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Red Sox run the east.. Pennant Champions
ElmerFudd16 The only one kidding ourselves seems too be you. Excellent prediction Bud.
Wow the blue jays getting disrespected the reason y they were so terrible last year is because injury by far the jays have a really good rotation
They're the 3rd best team in the AL East...
Toronto will squeeze in as the second wild card
if New York misses the post-season then you got your wish Seattle....
DEMAR DEROZAN blue jays are trash
Rays are going to make the playoffs this year
lmao, i wish
The red Sox should be number one they're 45-9 so far
Love when these “experts” “predict” the playoffs by just choosing the teams who made it last year...
Cleveland
Yankees
Houston
Twins
Red Sox
Jackson Matthies Now put them in order.
Jose Mondragon lol
If the Blue Jays can get Tulowitzki back and for everyone to stay healthy, they could make the playoffs. They have many different types of players who can all do different things, and their pitching and bullpen got much better. They also have less key players on the disable list.
Manuel Filimon Tulo isn’t the player he was when he came to Toronto in 2015. I’m glad the Jays are playing well right now but they don’t have the same firepower the Yankees and Red Sox have.
No way
Only a handful of games played in a long season and people are picking playoff teams?? So much can change over the course of a season. Wait and see....
Continuous bordem straight A's !!!
What is funny is that some team is going to come out of the fog and crash the party. I guess we'll see who in a few months.
New york yankees
World series 28!
obviously farrel won’t pick red sox to win division
Angels taking everything
Red Sox 12-2 killin the AL but they got them as a wildcard team. Took 2 out of 3 games against the Yankees. Lol out score the yankees 27-14 in 3 games!!
Leonel Thomas just outscored the 2nd best team in the AL affording to standings in the angels. Made a fool out of ohtani. RED SOX ARE HOT
ABK ABK i know lol 😅
Astros Nation
Jovaughn Jones bandwagon nation...paper bag nation
HOW did the frickin Astros become the golden state warriors of baseball in two years?!
Without a doubt, the best starting five rotation NOT including Dallas K!!
They went through 5 years of rebuilding, improving high draft pick players, signed some veterans in free agency, trades also improving players from their minor leagues
Twins World Series champs
Red Sox at 1st
They better fix this shit cuz my Red Sox 16-2!!
Let's Go Yankees!
I was born and raised in the Bronx, try again. I made a simple mistake because I'm extremely excited for my Yankees!!!
The Mojo Card Box I don't like the yankees but they haven't won a championship since 2010 so i wouldn't call him a bandwagon. Pleanty of other things to call him though lol
Guy below me is dumb 2009
Go blue jays go blue jays go blue jays go
OHTANI IS THE REAL DEAL!
AL East : Boston
AL West: Angels
AL Central: Indians
Wildcards : Astros vs Yankees
Unless Boston Has Another September Collapse Like They Did In 2011 LOL
Steven Garrison you actually thought the Angels would win the division! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
not bad, but Angles
welp
The Yankees aren’t anything if you shit down Judge it Stanton
I predict that Ichiro Suzuki will hit 50 homeruns this season
Yankees are going to win we are the hottest team in all of baseball right now
Rich Stoddard you guys are always stacked...that’s the only type of people the Yankees accept.
I got rangers winning it all 😂
I just watched this and it’s so awkward
bruh Astros are losin to the Angels
How about my Texas Rangers?! Anybody?! No...? Okay...