MLB: 2017 Playoff Predictions Using MLB The Show

When trying to put together a justified guess, some people turn to video games to provide a simulation. This is no different, as we will simulate the 2017 MLB season and see exactly what may happen.

Video games are not the most reliable sources of information, as we all know. In a video game you can bat .400 with 75 home runs and 150 runs batted in, never questioning how realistic the game truly is. What does give us a sense of realism however is the simulation. MLB players are given proper ratings, and come up against each other with no outside interference. This adds realism into the game, and can actually give us a sense of what may happen.

We see this dynamic all the time with the NFL and the Madden franchise. There will likely be several videos circling the internet of the conference championship games being simulated to find a winner. This will be no different, but instead of one game we will be simulating the entire season.

Sure, several things the game might get completely wrong, but it may shock you in how it plays out. I remember before 2016 I did this for fun, and the game correctly had all the postseason teams except one. This exception was the Cardinals making it instead of the Nationals, and the Mets winning the division. Of course, this was before the emergence of Trea Turner and the exceptional season Washington had. That may not be perfect, but the game does a much better job predicting things than we humans do, and I’m sure not many baseball analysts perfectly guessed how the playoffs went down.

So let’s get this simulation started, and do something outside the normal. So often we make predictions, but let us have some fun and see what the most popular MLB video game has to say.