{"id":3437,"date":"2011-04-02T13:02:02","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T18:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=3437"},"modified":"2011-04-02T13:57:38","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T18:57:38","slug":"sombrero-staff-prognostications-mikes-2011-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/3437","title":{"rendered":"Sombrero Staff Prognostications: Mike’s 2011 Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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National League<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

West Division<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Los Angeles Dodgers<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 San Francisco Giants<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Colorado Rockies<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Arizona Diamondbacks<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 San Diego Padres<\/p>\n

Central Division<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cincinnati Reds<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Milwaukee Brewers<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St. Louis Cardinals<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chicago Cubs<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pittsburgh Pirates<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Houston Astros<\/p>\n

East Division<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Philadelphia Phillies<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Atlanta Braves<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Washington Nationals<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New York Mets<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Florida Marlins<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wild Card:<\/em><\/strong><\/span> Atlanta Braves<\/p>\n

NLDS<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Phillies def. Reds in 5<\/p>\n

Braves def. Dodgers in 4<\/p>\n

NLCS<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Braves def. Phillies in 6<\/p>\n

Series MVP<\/em><\/strong>:<\/span> Jason Heyward<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Rookie of the Year<\/em><\/strong> (hitter): Brandon Belt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rookie of the Year<\/em><\/strong> (pitcher): Craig Kimbrel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Reliever of the Year<\/em><\/strong>: Carlos Marmol<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Strikeout Leader<\/em><\/strong>: Tim Lincecum<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cy Young Winner<\/em><\/strong>: Clayton Kershaw<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Batting Champ<\/em><\/strong>: Ryan Braun<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

HR Champ<\/em><\/strong>: Joey Votto<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

MVP<\/em><\/strong>: Ryan Braun<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

American League<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

West Division<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Texas Rangers<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oakland Athletics<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Los Angeles Angels<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Seattle Mariners<\/p>\n

Central Division<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chicago White Sox<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Minnesota Twins<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Detroit Tigers<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kansas City Royals<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cleveland Indians<\/p>\n

East Division<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Boston Red Sox<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tampa Bay Rays<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New York Yankees<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Baltimore Orioles<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Toronto Blue Jays<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wild Card Winner<\/em><\/strong>: Tampa Bay Rays<\/p>\n

ALDS<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Red Sox def. Rangers in 4<\/p>\n

White Sox def. Rays in 5<\/p>\n

ALCS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Red Sox def. White Sox in 6<\/p>\n

Series MVP<\/em><\/strong>: Adrian Gonzalez<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ROY<\/em><\/strong> (hitter): Mike Moustakas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ROY<\/em><\/strong> (pitcher): Jeremy Hellickson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Reliever of the Year<\/em><\/strong>: Neftali Feliz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Strikeout Leader<\/em><\/strong>: Justin Verlander<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cy Young Winner<\/em><\/strong>: Jon Lester<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Batting Champ<\/em><\/strong>: Robinson Cano<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

HR King<\/em><\/strong>: Adam Dunn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

MVP<\/em><\/strong>: Evan Longoria<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

World Series<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Red Sox def. Braves in 6<\/p>\n

MVP<\/em><\/strong>: Jon Lester<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

National League West Division 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Los Angeles Dodgers 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 San Francisco Giants 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Colorado Rockies 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Arizona Diamondbacks 5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 San Diego Padres Central Division 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cincinnati Reds 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Milwaukee Brewers 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St. Louis Cardinals 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chicago Cubs 5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pittsburgh Pirates 6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Houston Astros East Division 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Philadelphia Phillies 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Atlanta Braves 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Washington Nationals 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1300,6,16,11,13,776,10,14],"tags":[155,436,589,558,1261,2039,264,639,2045,851,173,55,1710,388,198,179,559,1342,64,297,278,57,549,61,196],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3437"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3445,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437\/revisions\/3445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}