{"id":6099,"date":"2012-04-08T19:23:56","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T00:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=6099"},"modified":"2012-04-08T19:23:56","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T00:23:56","slug":"staff-picks-jims-2012-mlb-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/6099","title":{"rendered":"Staff Picks: Jim’s 2012 MLB Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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National League:<\/span> <\/strong><\/h4>\n

West: <\/strong>Arizona<\/p>\n

Central:<\/strong> St.Louis<\/p>\n

East: <\/strong>Philadelphia<\/p>\n

Wild Card:<\/strong>\u00a0 Atlanta<\/p>\n

Wild Card:<\/strong> Cincinnati<\/p>\n

NLDS:<\/strong> Arizona def. Atlanta (5 games); St. Louis def. Philadelphia (5 games)<\/p>\n

NLCS: <\/strong>Arizona def. St. Louis (6 games)<\/p>\n

NLCS MVP<\/strong>: Justin Upton<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Awards:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

NL Rookie of the Year<\/strong> (hitter): Yonder Alonso<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NL Dark Horse Rookie of the Year<\/strong> (hitter): Zack Cozart<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NL Rookie of the Year<\/strong> (pitcher): Drew Pomeranz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NL Dark Horse Rookie of the Year<\/strong> (pitcher): Julio Teheran<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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NL Reliever of the Year<\/strong>: Craig Kimbrel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NL Dark Horse Reliever of the Year<\/strong>: Joel Hanrahan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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NL Comeback Player of the Year: <\/strong>Hanley Ramirez<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NL Dark Horse Comeback Player of the Year:<\/strong> Buster Posey<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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NL Strikeout King<\/strong>: Clayton Kershaw<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NL Dark Horse Strikeout King<\/strong>: Josh Johnson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

NL Dark Horse Cy Young<\/strong>: Cole Hamels<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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NL Batting Champ<\/strong>: Joey Votto<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NL Dark Horse Batting Champ<\/strong>: Troy Tulowitzki<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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NL HR Champ<\/strong>: Ryan Braun<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NL Dark Horse HR Champ<\/strong>: Dan Uggla<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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NL MVP<\/strong>: Joey Votto<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NL Dark Horse MVP:<\/strong> Matt Kemp<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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American League:<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

West: <\/strong>Texas<\/p>\n

Central:<\/strong> Detroit<\/p>\n

East: <\/strong>Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

Wild Card Winner: <\/strong>New York<\/p>\n

Wild Card Winner<\/strong>: Anaheim<\/p>\n

ALDS<\/span><\/strong>: Detroit def. Texas (5 games); Tampa Bay def. Anaheim 4 games)<\/p>\n

ALCS:<\/strong> Detroit def. Tampa Bay (6 games)<\/p>\n

ALCS MVP<\/strong>: Austin Jackson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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AL ROY<\/strong> (hitter): Jesus Montero<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AL Dark Horse ROY<\/strong> (hitter): Yoenis Cespedes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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AL ROY<\/strong> (pitcher) Matt Moore<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AL Dark Horse ROY<\/strong> (pitcher): Tom Milone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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AL Comeback Player of the Year: <\/strong>Carl Crawford<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AL Dark Horse Comeback Player of the Year:<\/strong> Adam Dunn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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AL Reliever of the Year<\/strong>: Jordan Walden<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AL Dark Horse Reliever of the Year<\/strong>: Greg Holland<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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AL Strikeout King<\/strong>: Justin Verlander<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AL Dark Horse Strikeout King<\/strong>: David Price<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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AL Cy Young Winner<\/strong>: Jered Weaver<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AL Dark Horse Cy Young Winner<\/strong>: CJ Wilson<\/p>\n

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AL Batting Champ<\/strong>: Jacoby Ellsbury<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AL Dark Horse Batting Champ<\/strong>: Jhonny Peralta<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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AL HR King<\/strong>: Jose Bautista<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AL Dark Horse HR King<\/strong>: Eric Hosmer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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AL MVP<\/strong>: Jacoby Ellsbury<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AL Dark Horse MVP<\/strong>: Michael Young<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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2012 World Series: <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

2012 World Series: <\/strong>Detroit def. Arizona (7 games)<\/p>\n

2012 WS MVP<\/strong>: Miguel Cabrera<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

National League: West: Arizona Central: St.Louis East: Philadelphia Wild Card:\u00a0 Atlanta Wild Card: Cincinnati NLDS: Arizona def. Atlanta (5 games); St. Louis def. Philadelphia (5 games) NLCS: Arizona def. St. Louis (6 games) NLCS MVP: Justin Upton     Awards: NL Rookie of the Year (hitter): Yonder Alonso NL Dark Horse Rookie of the Year […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[638,3253,464,3252],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6099"}],"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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6099"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6105,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6099\/revisions\/6105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}