Tommy B's Predictions For The Upcoming 2021 MLB Season

    Hello there baseball fans, your favorite blogger is coming to you live from a snowy Floral Park, NY.  As pitchers and catchers have started reporting that can only mean one thing.  Baseball is just around the corner. 

     Many MLB teams have high expectations coming into the 2021 season and that includes both local teams in the Mets and the Yankees.  This blogger here at Buckley Knows Best has the New York Mets sitting at 90 wins this year which may or may not result in a playoff berth, as the NL East has gotten progressively better over the past few seasons.  Although the Mets have made some big splashes this offseason, you don't know how it will translate on the field. 

As for your other local team up in the Bronx, the Yankees are bringing back key pieces in another quest to bring home championship number 28.  Some see the Yankees running away with the AL East, but this blogger views the AL East as open season this year.  You simply cannot overlook the additions the Toronto Blue Jays have made in the likes of George Springer, Steven Matz, Marcus Semien, Robbie Ray, and premiere closer Kirby Yates.  Additions like that seem to have the Blue Jays poised to take over the AL East, but it is not as simple as one might think, sometimes it just doesn't translate to on-field success.  

As for our awards predictions in the upcoming season.  Your National League award predictions read as follows:, MVP: Mookie Betts (LAD), CY Young: Blake Snell (SD), Comeback Player of The Year: Noah Syndergaard (NYM), Rookie Of The Year: Ke'Bryan Hayes (PIT) Batting Title: Fransisco Lindor (NYM).

Now for your American League predictions.  MVP: J.D. Martinez (BOS), CY Young: Shane Bieber (CLE),  Comeback Player of The Year: Luis Severino (NYY) Rookie of The Year: Randy Arozarena (TB), Batting Title: Tim Anderson (CHW).

As for the championship rounds of your 2021 MLB season, this blogger has the ALCS matchup set as New York Yankees vs. Chicago White Sox.

And now for your NLCS matchup, San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers.

And now our World Series predictions: San Diego vs. New York Yankees.  This would be a rematch of the 1998 World Series but with entirely different-looking lineups from top to bottom!

Coming out on top in the Buckley Knows Best Predictor Machine issssss......... 

       The prediction is the San Diego Padres will be crowned MLB's 2021 World Series Champion in a tight close series with our hometown New York Yankees.