Well folks, today is Opening Day. Now granted, it’s only for two teams, it’s a night game and it’s on Netflix of all platforms, so it’s basically like Week 0 in college football. Sure, tonight’s game between the New York Yankees and the San Francisco Giants counts and everything but it’s not the same as when the rest of baseball (sans our Atlanta Braves and the Kansas City Royals) gets things going tomorrow.
However, the season does start tonight so that means that right now is as good of a time as ever to unveil
our staff predictions for the upcoming season. A group of the writers here have come together to make some predictions and also give a comment or two on how they feel like the season is going to go. We encourage you to join in with your predictions either in the comments or in The Feed so we can all laugh at each other once all of our predictions go hilariously awry as the season progresses.
So yeah, here’s our predictions for the 2026 season!
Demetrius Bell
AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Royals
AL West: Mariners
AL WC 1: Blue Jays
AL WC 2: Red Sox
AL WC 3: Tigers
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC 1: Mets
NL WC 2: Phillies
NL WC 3: Pirates
WS: Dodgers over Mariners
AL Cy Young: Tarik Skubal
NL Cy Young: Paul Skenes
AL MVP: Bobby Witt Jr.
NL MVP: Juan Soto
AL Rookie of the Year: Carter Jensen
NL Rookie of the Year: Konnor Griffin
AL Manager of the Year: Matt Quataro
NL Manager of the Year: Don Kelly
Comments: “I picked the Braves to win the NL East because I’m a homer and an optimist. Any one of the top 3 could win the division this year, which does nothing to help me sleep easier at night about this upcoming season. Ultimately, the Dodgers are still the cream of the crop and I wouldn’t be shocked if we’re all furious about them winning it all again as we head into the uncertainty of the upcoming offseason. Also, it’ll be very cool to see the Pirates make it back if only to see all the Jolly Roger flags and the fans wearing all black again. That was sweet the last time it happened.”
DJourn
AL East: Blue Jays
AL Central: Royals
AL West: Mariners
AL WC 1: Yankees
AL WC 2: Tigers
AL WC 3: Orioles
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Brewers
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC 1: Phillies
NL WC 2: Cubs
NL WC 3: Pirates
WS: Blue Jays over Dodgers
AL Cy Young: Max Fried
NL Cy Young: Chris Sale
AL MVP: Bobby Witt, Jr.
NL MVP: Ronald Acuña, Jr.
AL Rookie of the Year: Kevin McGonigle
NL Rookie of the Year: Konnor Griffin
AL Manager of the Year: Craig Albernaz
NL Manager of the Year: Don Kelly
Comments: “Yes, a repeat of the 2025 World Series but it is hard to pick against the Dodgers in the NL. Blue Jays also add at the deadline and get over the hump.”
Cassidy McMahon
AL East: Blue Jays
AL Central: Royals
AL West: Astros
AL WC 1: Yankees
AL WC 2: Mariners
AL WC 3: Tigers
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC 1: Phillies
NL WC 2: Brewers
NL WC 3: Diamondbacks
WS: Atlanta Braves vs Yankees
AL Cy Young: Garrett Crochet
NL Cy Young: Chris Sale
AL MVP: Bobby Witt Jr.
NL MVP: Ronald Acuña Jr.
AL Rookie of the Year: Munetaka Murakami
NL Rookie of the Year: Konnor Griffin
AL Manager of the Year: Matt Quataro
NL Manager of the Year: Walt Weiss
Comments: “Hopefully the Braves predictions are correct. Everything else will be so wrong more than likely.”
Ivan The Great
AL East: Blue Jays
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Mariners
AL WC 1: Orioles
AL WC 2: Yankees
AL WC 3: Red Sox
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC 1: Giants
NL WC 2: Mets
NL WC 3: Phillies
WS: Dodgers over Tigers
AL Cy Young: Skubal Threepeat
NL Cy Young: Skenes repeat
AL MVP: Aaron Judge
NL MVP: Juan Soto (everybody gets tired of Ohtani)
AL Rookie of the Year: Kevin McGonigle
NL Rookie of the Year: Konnor Griffin
AL Manager of the Year: Craig Albernaz
NL Manager of the Year: Tony Vitello
Micahya Costen
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Mariners
AL WC 1: Blue Jays
AL WC 2: Orioles
AL WC 3: Guardians
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Brewers
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC 1: Cubs
NL WC 2: Reds
NL WC 3: Giants
WS: Dodgers over Mariners
AL Cy Young: Hunter Brown
NL Cy Young: Paul Skenes
AL MVP: Roman Anthony
NL MVP: Shohei Ohtani
AL Rookie of the Year: Munetaka Murakami
NL Rookie of the Year: Didier Fuentes
AL Manager of the Year: Dan Wilson
NL Manager of the Year: Dave Roberts
Matt Powers
AL East: Blue Jays
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Mariners
AL WC 1: Yakees
AL WC 2: Red Sox
AL WC 3: Royals
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC 1: Phillies
NL WC 2: Mets
NL WC 3: Pirates
WS: Dodgers over Mariners
AL Cy Young: Tarik Skubal
NL Cy Young: Paul Skenes
AL MVP: Bobby Witt Jr
NL MVP: Shohei Ohtani
AL Rookie of the Year: Kevin McGonigle
NL Rookie of the Year: Didier Fuentes
AL Manager of the Year: AJ Hinch
NL Manager of the Year: Walt Weiss
Comments: “The East divisions were the hardest as 4 teams in the AL and 3 in the NL have real shots of claiming the division, and the wildcards reflect that with only Baltimore being left out. I have the surprise Pirates sneaking into the final NL Wildcard after they added some offensive firepower, getting the spot over Arizona and the Padres. In the AL I picked KC to get it over the A’s as I just don’t know if Las Vegas/Oakland/Sacramento has enough pitching to do it. The awards were pretty easy though it was hard to pick Acuna not to win- though Ohtani’s two way play will likely give him the edge with the voters. As for ROY, McGonigle was an easy choice and with the way he’s looked this spring, mixed with the opportunities in front of him with the injuries and injury threats in the Braves rotation, Didier Fuentes gets the nod as I’m not sure Konnor Griffin is up in time to claim the award.”
Gracelyn N.
(Welcome to one of our newest staff members!)
AL East: Blue Jays
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Astros
AL WC 1: Mariners
AL WC: Royals
AL WC 3: Orioles
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC 1: Brewers
NL WC 2: Dbacks
NL WC 3: Mets
WS: Blue Jays v Dbacks (Jays win in 5)
AL Cy Young: Tarik Skubal
NL Cy Young: Paul Skenes
AL MVP: Vlad Guerrero Jr.
NL MVP: Ronald Acuña Jr.
AL Rookie of the Year: Samuel Basallo
NL Rookie of the Year: JR Ritchie
AL Manager of the Year: Craig Albernaz
NL Manager of the Year: Don Kelly
