MLB Playoffs 2011 - Division Series Predictions & Analysis

Hello again everyone! It is that time again! After 162 games of baseball, we now get to look forward to the MLB playoffs, and as such, I will deliver my yearly predictions in the rounds to come. Am I an expert on the sport? Do I get paid the big bucks to create these like the folks at ESPN and the like? Nope! These are just the humble predictions and analysis done by a big fan of the game!

After one hell of a final two weeks, all of the matchups have been decided!

American League:

          Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees

          Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers 

National League:

          St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies

          Arizona Diamondbacks vs Milwaukee Brewers

So, without further ado, here are K7’s yearly MLB Playoffs predictions!

MLB Playoffs - Championship Series

The first round of the MLB Playoffs are in the book, and boy do we have some good matchups on the way. There were two sweeps so far, where the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies took out the Minnesota Twins and the Cincinnati Reds respectively with little trouble. The Tampa Bay Rays made an early exit in five games at the hands of the surging Texas Rangers as the Rangers achieved a postseason series victory for the first time in the club's history. The San Francisco Giants pulled out an absolutely incredible pitching performance by their staff as they took down the Atlanta Braves in four games and effectively ended the storied career of one of the managerial greats of the game, Bobby Cox. Overall, the predictions I had were mediocre at best. I was correct in predicting the Phillies and the Yankees would advance, though not by the actual game margin. I said the Rays and Rangers would go 5 games and could go either way, but predicted that the Rays would come out on top, so I was incorrect there. I also was incorrect on the Giants and Braves result, where I said the Braves would advance in 5 games. Turns out, I didn't expect the Giant's pitching staff to absolutely silence the Braves lineup, and was very much wrong about all aspects of that result. So, 2 for 4 in advances, with none being the correct number of games. Anywho, let's get into the Championship Series of matchups where the best of each league go at it to earn a spot in the World Series.

- Here is the Breakdown of the matchups -

San Francisco Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies

New York Yankees vs Texas Rangers

MLB Playoffs - Divisional Analysis

In celebration for the MLB Playoffs, I figured that I would take a break from the usual video game discussion and reviews and go into some analysis of the 2010 Playoff picture! 162 games have come and gone for all teams in the 2010 Season, and the field has been whittled down to the final eight squads.

Here is the breakdown of the Divisional Series’ for the MLB Playoffs.

NL East – Philadelphia Phillies

NL Central – Cincinnati Reds

NL West – San Francisco Giants

NL Wild Card – Atlanta Braves

Matchups:

Reds vs Phillies

Braves vs Giants

AL East – Tampa Bay Rays

AL Central – Minnesota Twins

AL West – Texas Rangers

AL WildCard – New York Yankees

Matchups:

Rangers vs Rays

Yankees vs Twins