2012 MLB Expert Picks

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It’s time for the new MLB season to get underway, which means it’s time for the annual MLB Pick ‘Em. We here at Sports of Boston (and New York) have brought you our sets of choices for how the standings will shape up at the end of the season. And with the addition of a second Wildcard team for 2012, it’s the biggest pick ‘em ever.

As usual, a panelist gets one point for correctly choosing a team to make the playoffs, or two points instead if that pick was correctly for a division winner. Picking the #1, #2, #3, first Wildcard and second Wildcard teams precisely are worth an extra five, four, three, two and one bonus points respectively. And choosing which #1 seed will wind up with MLB’s best record is worth two points. In the event of a tie, the better rank will go to the panelist that successfully guesses which team will finish with the league’s worst record, then second worst, then third worst then bottom three in any order.

The Astros are the unquestionable favorite to be the league’s cellar dwellers in their last year in the NL, while the Yankees and Phillies are getting the most confidence. It gets more diverse from there, but a team that hasn’t done well at all in forever is getting some selections to make playoff waves; it’s not the Pirates, don’t worry.

So with the stage set, be sure to check below for the complete sets of picks (Boston picks in red, New York picks in green), and check back at season’s end to so how everyone’s selections fared.

	Name	Aryeh	Bobby	Edward	John	Josh	KC	Matthew	Mike	Nick	Taylor
AL	#1	Tigers	Rangers	Yankees	Yankees	Yankees	Yankees	Yankees	Tigers	Yankees	Yankees
	#2	Angels	Red Sox	Tigers	Angels	Angels	Tigers	Rangers	Rays	Angels	Angels
	#3	Yankees	Tigers	Angels	Tigers	Tigers	Rangers	Tigers	Angels	Tigers	Tigers
	#W1	Red Sox	Angels	Rangers	Red Sox	Rays	Angels	Angels	Red Sox	Rangers	Red Sox
	#W2	—–	Yankees	Red Sox	Rays	Red Sox	Red Sox	Red Sox	Yankees	Red Sox	Rangers
NL	#1	Phillies	Phillies	Phillies	Phillies	Phillies	Phillies	Phillies	Cardinals	D-Backs	Reds
	#2	Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals	Brewers	Cardinals	D-Backs	Giants	Nationals	Phillies	Braves
	#3	Giants	Dodgers	Giants	Rockies	Rockies	Reds	Reds	Giants	Cardinals	Giants
	#W1	Marlins	D-Backs	Braves	Braves	Braves	Giants	D-Backs	Phillies	Marlins	Phillies
	#W2	—–	Nationals	Brewers	Reds	Marlins	Braves	Nationals	Braves	Braves	Rockies
Best	Team	Tigers	Rangers	Yankees	Phillies	Yankees	Yankees	Phillies	—–	Yankees	Yankees
Tiebreaker	Worst Team	Astros	Mariners	Padres	Astros	Astros	Astros	Astros	Astros	Astros	Astros
	2nd Worst Team	Padres	Astros	Astros	Orioles	Royals	Padres	Padres	Orioles	Athletics	Orioles
	3rd Worst Team	Royals	Twins	White Sox	Mets	Cubs	Orioles	Orioles	Athletics	Orioles	Mariners