2013 MLB Championship Series Predictions

Div Series Record (3-1)

2013 MLB Championship Series Predictions

ALCS

Detroit Tigers Vs Boston Red Sox

This is going to be one hell of a matchup between these two teams because they are so similar. The Tigers are coming off of a great series against The A’s, Justin Verlander who has had a horrible season for his standards pitched one of the best games of his career in game 5 to get them to this point which I think is a huge confidence builder for him to begin to dominate the rest of the playoffs.  The Red Sox basically dominated The Rays and easily moved onto The Championship Series and looked great even in the one loss they had. Where I think The Red Sox will have the edge in this series will be with their bullpen, I believe The Red Sox bullpen is more reliable than The Tigers. Benoit, the closer for Detroit, tends to get into some trouble by getting guys on base and making things closer than they should be and with the way The Red Sox have been hitting this season that’s not a good thing for The Tigers and I think they will take advantage. 

Red Sox over Tigers 6 games

NLCS

Los Angeles Dodgers Vs St. Louis Cardinals

The Cardinals are such a great organization it is amazing how they can just consistently make it to this point in the playoffs on a regular basis and not even have to go after big  name players and pay them a ton of money and then watch them fall apart to injuries. They have silently dominated the NL this year and look to go back to yet another World Series. The Dodgers have been battling through injuries since the start of the season, including the reigning MVP  Matt Kemp who has spent the majority of this season rehabbing injuries one after the other and doesn’t look like he has a shot at playing in this series let alone The World Series if they get that far, but they’ve still managed to play well and get through it. The Dodgers play in a God awful division so that helped them get into the playoffs, where as The Cardinals are in one of the strongest divisions where three of the teams made the playoffs. I think that’s a huge advantage for The Cardinals because they know how to win when it counts and they have been on a tear this second half of the season. They stole their division from The Pirates who owned it from the jump and then stole the playoffs from The Pirates in The NLDS and now they’re going to come in and steal The NL Championship from The Dodgers, at least I hope so because I hate The Dodgers!

Cardinals over Dodgers 6 games