The Playoffs are right around the corner, and I’m going to make my picks. First, I think the Orioles and A’s will be the Wild Card teams. Even though they aren’t officially eliminated from winning their divisions, I don’t think the A’s can beat the Rangers, and the Orioles aren’t going to beat the Rays and the Yankees aren’t going to lose to the terrible Red Sox. I think the Yankees will get the home field advantage, not because they are the better team, but because of the easier schedule.
Now, once the playoffs start the first game is going to be A’s vs. Orioles. I think the Orioles will win that one game playoff and advance to the next round in take on the Yankees. Now, for the Rangers and Tigers this series is going to be my upset pick. I have the Tigers winning in 4 games. The Tigers pitching is too deep with Justin Verlander, Doug Fister, and Max Scherzer. Then in the last division series, the Yankees vs. Orioles, I have the Yankees winning in 3 games just because their hitting is just too over powering for the O’s starting pitching. So the championship series is going to be Tigers vs. Yankees. I have the Tigers winning in seven games just because they get Verlander pitching in 2 to 3 games. So my pick for the American League is the Tigers. Now, you maybe wondering, “But Hank, they have the least amount of wins of playoff teams!” Well, they also have some of the best pitching, and when you have the Triple Crown winner, in Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder hitting three and four for you, you’ll have a good chance of winning. So, those are my picks for the American League.
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Fantasy Sleepers
Here is another week of my fantasy sleeper picks.
QB: Kevin Kolb ARI
RB: Stephen Ridley NE
WR: Torrey Smith BAL
TE: Tony Gonzalez ATL
K: Ryan Succop KC
D/ST: Cardinals
Vikings vs. Lions Game Wrap Up
The Vikings played ok in the win vs. Detroit on Sunday. It was a good day for you if you had the Vikings Defense and Special Teams in fantasy football team because, Percy Harvin took the opening kick of the game to the end zone on a 105 yard return then, Minnesota University’s own Marcus Sherels took a punt back, and those two scores made up for the average performance from the offense. Adrian Peterson had a pedestrian game and Ponder played pretty good. But the thing that really gave the Vikings the victory today was the run defense. They absolutely shut down Detroit’s run game forcing them to predictable third and long passing situations where the Vikings secondary really showed up. Harrison Smith, the rookie saftey out of Notre Dame knocked the ball out of Calvin Johnson’s hands in the end zone. And it also helped that Detroit’s wide recievers couldn’t hold on to the ball.
All and all a good game for the Vikings now let’s hope they keep it up against the miserable Tennessee Titans who won’t have their starting QB because he separated his shoulder last week.
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