The VF314 Staff Predictions

The Yankees resume the franchise’s run for a 28th World Series title tomorrow, and as you may have guessed, all of us here at Views expect the Yankees to emerge victorious in 2021. While that prediction may have been…predictable…some of our other season predictions aren’t.

Today, we unveil our staff’s predictions for playoff-bound clubs, postseason results, award winners, and bold predictions. Maybe you’ll find some of our guesses for the standings or MVP winners unoriginal, but our bold predictions are a bit more aspirational and fun to imagine. So without further ado, let’s jump in.

Standings

	Bobby	Derek	Randy	Matt	Ana		Rohan	Jaime	Dom
ALE	NYY	NYY	NYY	NYY	NYY		NYY	NYY	NYY
ALC	MIN	CWS	MIN	CWS	MIN		MIN	MIN	CWS
ALW	HOU	HOU	LAA	HOU	HOU		HOU	HOU	LAA
ALWC1	CWS	MIN	CWS	MIN	TOR		TB	CWS	HOU
ALWC2	TB	TB	TB	TB	CWS		CWS	LAA	MIN
NLE	ATL	ATL	NYM	NYM	ATL		ATL	ATL	NYM
NLC	STL	STL	MIL	MIL	STL		STL	STL	STL
NLW	LAD	LAD	SD	LAD	LAD		LAD	LAD	LAD
NLWC1	SD	SD	LAD	SD	SD		SD	SD	SD
NLWC2	NYM	NYM	ATL	ATL	NYM		NYM	NYM	ATL

Postseason

	Bobby		Derek	Randy	Matt	Ana		Rohan	Jaime	Dom
ALCS	NYY-HOU		NYY-HOU	NYY-MIN	NYY– HOU	NYY-HOU		NYY-MIN	NYY-HOU	NYY-CWS
NLCS	SD-LAD		LAD-ATL	SD-NYM	LAD– NYM	NYM-SD		SD-ATL	LAD-SD	NYM– LAD
WS	NYY-SD		NYY-LAD	NYY-SD	NYY– LAD	NYY-NYM		NYY– SD	NYY-LAD	NYY-NYM

Awards

	Bobby	Derek	Randy	Matt	Ana	Rohan	Jaime	Dom
AL MVP	Trout	Ramírez	Ohtani	Judge	Trout	Trout	Trout	Trout
NL MVP	Tatis	Betts	Lindor	Tatis, Jr.	Tatis	Soto	Soto	Lindor
AL CY	Cole	Cole	Cole	Cole	Cole	Cole	Cole	Giolito
NL CY	deGrom	deGrom	Buehler	deGrom	deGrom	Buehler	deGrom	deGrom
AL ROY	Kelenic	Vaughn	Kelenic	Franco	Dalbec	Kelenic	Arozarena	Patino
NL ROY	Hayes	Sánchez	Hayes	Hayes	Hayes	Hayes	Hayes	Carlson

Bold Predictions

Bobby

• Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton will combine for 280 games played.
• Jordan Montgomery will post a sub-3.50 ERA in 150+ innings.
• Mike Tauchman will post a 115 wRC+.

Randy

• Clint Frazier will lead the Yankees in home runs.
• Jameson Taillon will be the Yankees’ number two starter based on performance by the end of the season.
• Tyler Wade will justify his backup role.

Derek

• Corey Kluber will win 20 games.
• Clint Frazier will hit 40 home runs.
• Gleyber Torres will be a Gold Glove finalist at shortstop.

Matt

• Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton will hit 90 home runs combined.
• Gerrit Cole will strike out 300 batters.
• Gary Sánchez will lead the league in Caught Stealing percentage.

Ana

• One of Aaron Judge or Giancarlo Stanton will hit 50 home runs.
• Luis Severino will be in the postseason rotation.
• Clint Frazier will hit 30 home runs.

Rohan

• Aaron Judge will stay healthy all season.
• Luis Medina will make his MLB debut.
• Aaron Hicks will hit 35 home runs.

Jaime

• Nick Nelson will be a top-4 reliever for the Yankees.
• Gleyber Torres will have the highest wRC+ of the team’s infielders.
• The Yankees will win at least 105 games.

Dom

• Jameson Taillon will lead the Yankees in wins.
• Five Yankees will hit 30 or more home runs: Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Clint Frazier, Luke Voit, and Gary Sánchez.
• Ezequiel Duran will be a back up at second base or shortstop at some point this year.