MLB: An updated prediction of the 2017 playoff picture
By Anthony Sosa
We’re one-quarter of the way into the MLB season, and even though it remains too early to tell which teams will make the playoffs, here’s an updated prediction of the 2017 playoff picture.
The 2017 MLB season continues to provide surprises all throughout the league, especially with some of the division leaders. This makes the playoff scenario more intense, exciting and difficult to predict the outcomes.
And even though four months remain in the regular season, the first two months provided an insight on which teams can compete for the playoffs in 2017.
The Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies, Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees are all teams that most people didn’t see leading their respective divisions at this point or even at any time in the season. But will any of these four teams finish the season in first in their division?
The element of surprise and the great unknown are what make baseball so great. Predictions are never simple when it comes to MLB.
A majority of baseball followers had the defending champion Chicago Cubs taking the NL Central again in 2017. So far, the Cubs haven’t looked like a championship caliber team. And even though the Cubs could still win the Central, the Brewers leading the division one-quarter into the season provides a testament to how unpredictable baseball can be.
Unlike any other sport, baseball’s long schedule makes it difficult to rule out any team this early. Nevertheless, after watching the first quarter of the 2017 season, let’s predict what the playoff picture will look like come Oct. 2.