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The Ringer Staff’s 2019 MLB Season Predictions

#MLB #Baseball #OpeningDay  Opening Day is finally here, which means it’s time for our annual insightful, 100 percent accurate picks for the playoffs, World Series, and league awards Rejoice! MLB Opening Day has finally arrived. After a  long winter  defined by a stalled free-agent market, worries over  service-time manipulation , and  a rash of extensions  that committed most of baseball’s biggest stars to their current teams for the foreseeable future, it’s  time to get excited  about the game itself. There are certain things we can expect:  Mike Trout will be very good , the  strikeouts and dingers  will be plentiful, and  pitcher usage will continue to evolve . But some questions linger: Will Vladimir Guerrero Jr. live up to the hype? How will the Nationals fare in the post–Bryce Harper era? And is this finally Byron Buxton’s year? Our staff has some ideas. World Series and Playoff Picks Ben Lindbergh : Remember a few years ago, when the National League was a