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MLB 2016 Season: 5 Bold Predictions

By Parker Hurley

Apr 13, 2015; New York City, NY, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom (48) against the Philadelphia Phillies during opening day at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 13, 2015; New York City, NY, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom (48) against the Philadelphia Phillies during opening day at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /
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The 2016 MLB season is almost underway.

Baseball is a crazy sport. Every pitch can change an outcome of events and can sway games, series, and seasons.

We are talking about a sport where the Kansas City Royals, a team who went on a streak of 28 years without making the playoffs got to the World Series in 2014, and won the title the following season.

The Royals’ run was only to top the Pittsburgh Pirates breaking a 21-year run of missed playoffs only to rattle off three straight Wild Card appearances from 2013-15. You then look at those streaks and laugh when thinking that the Chicago Cubs are the favorites to win the World Series, yet the last time that happened was 1908.

In fact, the odds on World Series favorite has won the World Series just once in the past 10 years. Since 2010, the World Series champion hasn’t even had one of the eight best odds on the board before the season according to Las Vegas.

Here are five bold predictions that may come true.

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