2012 MLB Expert Picks Results

By John in Featured, MLB, Now!, Opinion, Red Sox ⋅ October 4, 2012 at 7:50pm ⋅ Post a comment

The regular season is now over, and it included two divisions decided on the final day. And it included another sizable September collapse, this time by Texas. Fortunately for the two-time defending AL champs, Texas is still hosting the Wildcard game. The Athletics and Orioles surprised everyone, while the Nationals and Reds didn’t catch everyone by surprise, but their position as the two best teams in baseball sure did. The defending champion Cardinals held off the Dodgers late, and the Red Sox were harder to swallow than peanuts to the allergic.

But I’m sure everyone is waiting to hear how our experts fared with their predictions. This time, it was quite close. So without further ado, the winner of the 2012 MLB Pick ‘Em is…Taylor. It was so close, Taylor won via correctly guessing the Astros to be the majors’ worst team in the tiebreaker, whereas Edward picked them as second-worst. The Yankees, Tigers and Giants all gave plenty of bonus points to many participants for guessing their seeds exactly.

So there you have it. Check below for the complete results and standings, and check back Friday for the start of the Playoffs Pick ‘Em edition.

Rank	Name	Points
#1	Taylor	21
#2	Edward	21
#3	Matthew	18
#4	Nick	17
#5	Josh	16
#6	John	16
#7	KC	14
#8	Mike	12
#9	Aryeh	10
#10	Bobby	9

	Name	Aryeh	Bobby	Edward	John	Josh	KC	Matthew	Mike	Nick	Taylor
AL	#1	Tigers	Rangers	Yankees (5)	Yankees (5)	Yankees (5)	Yankees (5)	Yankees (5)	Tigers	Yankees (5)	Yankees (5)
	#2	Angels	Red Sox	Tigers	Angels	Angels	Tigers	Rangers	Rays	Angels	Angels
	#3	Yankees	Tigers (3)	Angels	Tigers (3)	Tigers (3)	Rangers	Tigers (3)	Angels	Tigers (3)	Tigers (3)
	#W1	Red Sox	Angels	Rangers (2)	Red Sox	Rays	Angels	Angels	Red Sox	Rangers (2)	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 (3)	Dodgers	Giants (3)	Rockies	Rockies	Reds	Reds	Giants (3)	Cardinals	Giants (3)
	#W1	Marlins	D-Backs	Braves (2)	Braves (2)	Braves (2)	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
Total	Points	10	9	21	16	16	14	18	12	17	21

Table Legend

Two-point picks are boldfaced.
One-point picks are italicized.
Zero-point picks are crossed out.
A number (in parentheses) after a pick indicate bonus points earned by that pick.

Tags: MLB Pick 'Em, MLB Picks