MLB: ***Official 2018 Chicago Cubs Season Thread***

chuckd4735

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Can't believe no one else started this thing. Hopefully we did enough this off season to get the Cubs to the series again.

I'll try and get my predictions for the season up before first pitch; what does everyone else see as far as Division winners and playoff matchups?

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I didn't even realize it was opening day until I heard it on the drive in to work.

Looks like I have something to keep me busy from work starting at 11:40 .
 

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I'd like to predict that barring multiple key injuries the Cubs will win 99 games this year. Division will be locked by the second weekend in August.

Brewers fall to .500 this year
Reds are terrible and in full rebuild. However, as always Votto will overperform and refuse to be traded.
Pirates are in full tank mode
The Cards are a mystery to me... I really have no idea what kind of season they will have. Too many ?'s at pitching for me to be confident but I'll say 7 games over .500 (rough first half, better second half)
 
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YeahBuddy

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AL West: Astros
AL Central: Indians
AL East: Yankess
AL Wild Cards: Red Sox and Twins

NL West: Dodgers
NL Central: Cubs
NL East: Nationals
NL Wild Cards: Brewers and Cardinals

AL Division Series: Astros over Twins and Yankees over Indians
NL Division Series: Cubs over Brewers and Dodgers over Nationals

ALCS: Yankess over Astros
NLCS: Cubs over Dodgers

World Series: Cubs over Yankees

AL MVP: Giancarlo Stanton
AL Cy Young: Chris Sale
NL MVP: Bryce Harper
NL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw
 
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Predictions:

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians (best record)
AL West: Astros (next best record)
AL WC: Yankees vs Twins

NL East: Nationals (best record)
NL Central: Cubs (next best record)
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Diamondbacks vs Braves

AL Wild Card: Yankees over Twins
NL Wild Card: Diamondbacks over Braves
ALCS: Yankees over Red Sox
NLCS: Cubs over Nationals
WS: Cubs over Yankees
 

Clonefan32

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Ah yes, the time honored tradition of trying to figure out if I'm going to be able to watch the Cubs game on TV is back.

Go Cubs Go.
 

Clonefan32

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Has anyone found a good way to stream the radio broadcast? I checked out MLB.TV but that is a steep price when visual on all the games are blacked out.
 

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AL West: Astros
AL Central: Indians
AL East: Yankees
AL Wild Cards: Red Sox and Twins

NL West: Dodgers
NL Central: Cubs
NL East: Nationals
NL Wild Cards: Diamondbacks and Brewers

AL Division Series: Astros over Red Sox and Yankees over Indians
NL Division Series: Cubs over Brewers and Dodgers over Nationals

ALCS: Yankees over Astros
NLCS: Cubs over Dodgers

World Series: Cubs over Yankees

AL MVP: Giancarlo Stanton
AL Cy Young: Chris Sale
NL MVP: Bryce Harper (Soon to be Chicago Cub)
NL Cy Young: Max Scherzer
 

isumellie

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Has anyone found a good way to stream the radio broadcast? I checked out MLB.TV but that is a steep price when visual on all the games are blacked out.

Try downloading TuneIn Radio app on your phone. I use that to listen to Cyclone games on the radio. There is a Cubs channel that has the game listed for today.
 
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