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My MLB postseason picks.

The postseason is 3 weeks away. Here’s my predictions. I will post new predictions after the postseason starts and after every series as well.

American League

ALE: NY Yankees

ALC: Detroit Tigers

ALW: Texas Rangers

ALWC: Boston Red Sox

National League

NLE: Philadelphia Phillies

NLC: Milwaukee Brewers

NLW: Arizona D-Backs

NLWC: Atlanta Braves

ALDS

Yankees over Tigers

Red Sox over Rangers

NLDS

Phillies over D-Backs

Braves over Brewers

ALCS

Red Sox over Yankees

NLCS

Phillies over Braves

WS

Phillies over Red Sox

Note: I’ll be cheering for teams in this order of importance: Brewers, Rangers, Braves, Tigers, Red Sox, D-Backs, Yankees, Phillies.

oldtimefamilybaseball: In the Royals 11-8 victory, Jeff Francouer’s 16th home run of the season was also his 1,000th hit of his career. Some fun Jeff Francouer facts: His first and 1,000th career hits were both home runs.  His .794 OPS is the highest for any season in which he’s had more than 300 at-bats. I think he has 800 career home runs.  He’s second in the Majors in doubles, one behind Ben Zobrist. He stands a pretty good chance of going 20/20 this season. He currently has 19 stolen bases.   He’s seeing 3.71 pitches per plate appearance, maybe because OBP is finally included on the scoreboard.  He smiles 3 times per minute.  I know that Jeff Francoeur is often an easy target because of his immense tools, kindness to beat writers, and inability to draw a walk, but baseball is simply more fun when Francoeur is playing well. Because, for what it’s worth, Francoeur looks like a ballplayer, one gifted with a cannon for an arm and power in his bat, hence all the love when he was a “run-producing machine” for the Braves in the early stretch of his career.  No, I don’t think he will re-produce his 2011 season next year, and no, I don’t think it was a great idea for Dayton Moore to re-sign Francoeur, but worse things have happened on and off the ball field. Gathering 1,000 hits is no easy task and so I think a hearty congratulations is in order. Hope this makes up for all the snarky posts that I have posted and are yet to post.  Attaboy, Jeff!

oldtimefamilybaseball:

In the Royals 11-8 victory, Jeff Francouer’s 16th home run of the season was also his 1,000th hit of his career. Some fun Jeff Francouer facts:

  • His first and 1,000th career hits were both home runs. 
  • His .794 OPS is the highest for any season in which he’s had more than 300 at-bats.
  • I think he has 800 career home runs. 
  • He’s second in the Majors in doubles, one behind Ben Zobrist.
  • He stands a pretty good chance of going 20/20 this season. He currently has 19 stolen bases.  
  • He’s seeing 3.71 pitches per plate appearance, maybe because OBP is finally included on the scoreboard. 
  • He smiles 3 times per minute. 

I know that Jeff Francoeur is often an easy target because of his immense tools, kindness to beat writers, and inability to draw a walk, but baseball is simply more fun when Francoeur is playing well. Because, for what it’s worth, Francoeur looks like a ballplayer, one gifted with a cannon for an arm and power in his bat, hence all the love when he was a “run-producing machine” for the Braves in the early stretch of his career. 

No, I don’t think he will re-produce his 2011 season next year, and no, I don’t think it was a great idea for Dayton Moore to re-sign Francoeur, but worse things have happened on and off the ball field. Gathering 1,000 hits is no easy task and so I think a hearty congratulations is in order. Hope this makes up for all the snarky posts that I have posted and are yet to post. 

Attaboy, Jeff!

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