FEBRUARY 13, 2018: SPRING TRAINING 2018 IS GETTING UNDERWAY IN FLORIDA AND ARIZONA. THE PREDICTIONS ARE COMING OUT TOO. Here’s who Baseball Prospectus (BP) thinks will win the AL Divisions in 2018.
AL PREDICTIONS FOR 2018
EAST – New York Yankees
CENTRAL – Cleveland Indians
WEST – Houston Astros
How accurate was BP last year? As it turned, pretty accurate. Below are the teams Baseball Prospectus picked to win the American League Divisions in 2017 and who actually won:
AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTIONS FOR 2017
EAST – Boston Red Sox (CORRECT)
CENTRAL – Cleveland Indians (CORRECT)
WEST – Houston Astros (CORRECT)
BP batted 1000 predicting AL Division winners in 2017. Tomorrow we’ll look at how well BP did with the National League.
Contributing Sources:
Baseball Prospectus, February 3, 2018
https://www.baseball-reference.com/