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First, Matt Williams and Jonathan Papelbon are so out of there:

Acquiring Papelbon was arguably the worst deadline deal this year- consider the following:

Thru July 31, Washington was 54-46 in first place by 3 games; their closer, Drew Storen had saved 29 in 31 opportunities with a 1.64 ERA

Since the move, Washington is 27-32 and 8 games out; Storen's ERA as a setup man before he disabled himself was 9.22

Jonathan receives the Milton Bradley teammate award for this year.

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One of the strangest stats coming out of this year is the triple total of 6-4, 260 lumberjack Evan Gattis...he has an amazing 11 after only having one his first two years.
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Dick Stuart section:

Pedro Alvarez has 23 errors this year as a full-time first baseman and has 133 errors in 682 career games (albeit with a lot of third base futility included before they tried to hid him across the diamond) - next stop for Pedro - the other league, where his acute fielding ballets won't be used.

By the way, the Pirates have made 121 errors this season - second in the Majors to...

Oakland with 122 and whose shortstop, Marcus Seimien, has 34 errors and whose thirdbaseman, Brett Lawrie, has 24...and none resulting from Gattis headed his way at full speed!

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Awards:
NL MVP - Harper
NL CY - tie between Greinke & Arrieta (both deserve it)
NL Rookie- Bryant

AL MVP - Donaldson
AL CY- Price just a little better than Keuchel
AL Rookie- Correra

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Post-Season Predictions

Wild-Cards:
Cubs over Pirates
Yankees over Astros

NL Playoffs:
Mets over Dodgers
Cardinals over Cubs

Cardinals over Mets

AL Playoffs:
Blue Jays over Rangers
Yankees over Royals

Blue Jays over Yankees

World Series:
Blue Jays over Cardinals