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NBA WESTERN SEASON PREVIEW

WRITTEN BY: ODON

Hello everyone. If you are reading this blog then you are in for a treat. In this blog, we are going to talk about who I think the top 5 teams in the west are going to be.

I think that the Lakers are going to be the top team in the western division because they have a team where a player like Lebron James is not going to be their 1st scoring option! They have a possible MVP candidate in Anthony Davis, and they have the best overall Centers in the league with Dwight Howard, Demarcus Cousins and Javel Magee. They also have young talents like Kyle Kusma and Alex Corouso. If the Lakers Can stay healthy, I believe that they have a really good chance at being a top 5 team in the west.

After having the best free agency in the NBA by signing 2 superstars in Kawhi Leonard and Paul George and re signing role players like Patrick Beverley, I think that the Clippers are one of the best teams in the West. Their defense is hands-down going to be the best in the NBA I also think their team will be very good because the team had amazing the Clippers were an amazing team last year, but they couldn’t get far into the playoffs because they didn’t have enough talent, but now they have KAWHI LEONARD and PAUL GEORGE.

I think the Denver Nuggets are one of the top teams in the west because the Denver Nuggets last season were of the youngest teams in the NBA and they dominated the Western Conference. Also I think that their chemistry has increased since so I believe that the Denver Nuggets have a very good chance of being one of the top seeds in the west.

I think the Utah Jazz are going to be one of the best teams in the west because they had the most underrated free agency in the NBA by signing players like Mike Conley and amazing role players in Bojan Bogdanovic and Jeff Green. They have a Superstar in the making that is Donovan Mitchell and they have the defensive player of the year, Rudy Gobert. If Mike Conley can stay healthy and if the team chemistry can improve the Utah Jazz are going to be a very big contender in the Western Conference.

I think that the Houston Rockets are going to be a top-five team in the West They have an MVP candidate, James Harden. The team has really good role players like Eric Gordon and Clint Capela and their team chemistry is amazing. I also think that there newest player that they got in the off-season, Russel Westbrook fits their system perfectly. He pushes the pace and with his play making abilities, the ball movement for the team is going to be very good.

Thank you for reading my blog. I hope you enjoyed it!

Top position players in the MLB

1.Mike Trout

Mike Trout is obviously the winner of the best position player in the league he should even be the best player over only because he’s always very high up in the MVP voting by the end of his career he’s probably going to be the greatest MLB player ever

2.Christian Yelich

Christian Yelich was the NL MVP last year. He probably would have won this year if you did not fractured patella at the end of the season. he’s one of the best young outfielders in the league today.

3.Nolan Arenado

Nolan Arenado is the best third baseman in the league. he has a fantastic arm at the Hot Corner. He is an amazing Fielder. He also has a very powerful bat and he’s always up in the standings in home runs and RBIs. which is probably because he plays in Colorado which the ball flys a lot further there

4.Cody Bellinger

Cody Bellinger’s amazing player. He’s probably the best position player on the Dodgers. He’s one of the best young players MLB for the future. He is also an MVP candidates this season. His team probably should have went to the World Series but they choked, like Usual

5. Alex Bregman

Alex bregman is one of the best young players in the American League. He honestly reminds me of Josh Donaldson when he was with the Blue Jays but just younger and quicker. Therefore he is an MVP candidate. His team went to the World Series and he definitely stood out as one of the best maybe the best position players for Houston. Alex bregman is also one of my favourite players. So, that’s why is number 5.

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MLB PLAYOFF RUNDOWN

WRITTEN BY: COOPER HERNICK

NL WILDCARD GAME: WASHINGTON VS MILWAUKEE

For the NL Wild Card Game I think that Washington played really well with a very good starting pitching in Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg. but I feel like they just completely defeated Milwaukee because they were very defeated because if not have Christian Yelich. I feel like that Washington just won fair and square.

AL WILDCARD GAME

In this game, I feel like it was just a complete Massacre. I think this way because Oakland probably should have won this game because they were on their own home soil. They also had a very good starting pitcher in Sean Manaea. But they lost to Charlie Morton who is very good for Tampa Bay Rays Squad of with the lowest payroll in MLB. So I don’t know how Oakland can comeback from losing to the Tampa Bay Ray. Although Tampa is really good team I just feel like Oakland should have won.

ALDS: HOUSTON VS TAMPA BAY

If I feel like in the series the Houston Astros they deserve to win the series. Houston was all around the better team just dominated the squad with the lowest payroll in baseball. But I feel like that if Tampa gets some good players this offseason they could have easily beat Houston. But I’m proud of Houston because they are my second favourite team. So I’m really happy for them.

ALDS: NEW YORK YANKEES VS MINNESOTA

I can’t believe the Minnesota Twins have let the Yankees alk all over them again. I can’t believe that they have lost 13 straight times to the damn yankees. It’s absolutely unbelievable how much does team just falls apart against the Yankees. I was really hoping this would be the year that the would twins would break through the glass. But instead they fell off the cliff below. Really hope that i see the twins win a playoff game in my life time.

NLDS: ATLANTA VS ST LOUIS

In the series I feel like it was a very even matchup from game 1 to 4. But then in the final game, game 5, it was a complete Massacre where Atlanta allowed 10 runs in the first inning. Then therefore had to pull their starter Mike Foltynewicz after only two outs. So not a very good outing for their starter. I feel like the Atlanta completely choked. But at least they have more years with this current core to contend. But for the St.Louis Cardinals, I feel like they did a very good job playing the series. They played very fundamentally sound baseball.

ALCS: HOUSTON VS NEW YORK YANKEES

I feel like this series is very evenly matched up, so anyone could’ve won it. I was rooting for the Astros but I would be surprised if the Yankees would’ve won it but the Astros won it and amazing the walk off homer in the ninth-inning off the do Yankees closer the flamethrowing southpaw Aroldis Chapman. If this homer is not given up by the Yankees. The yankees might’ve even won the series, then would have even went on to win the whole thing won by winning there 28th World Series in franchise history after that. But they choked to the Astros. NLCS. WSH sweeps Cardinals 4 nothing

NLCS: DODGERS VS WASHINGTON

I feel like the Dodgers should have won. they could have won. but as usual, they choked. I think that because they cannot rely on Kershaw to start or come out of the bullpen During the playoffs. Kershaw is an amazing pitcher but he is an awful awful playoff pitcher and that’s the reason why the Dodgers lost.

WORLD SERIES: HOUSTON

but on the other side the Astros were a juggernaut in the regular season and steamrolled every team in front of them. the Astros did it with a rotation full of aces in Zack Greinke, Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole. I swear, I dream of having rotation and the Astros made that happen in real life. Plus they also have Alex Bregman, Who is the MVP candidate. They also have former MVP, Jose Altuve who is always amazing. I would have liked to see Houston win their second World Series in three years.

WORLD SERIES: NATIONALS

I’m So happy that the Nationals broke their curse of never going far in the playoffs. And the Nationals did it they won their first World Series in Nationals and Expos franchise history. They were playing with fire throughout the whole playoffs. They were the underdog. They did it with an excellent rotation which has Mad Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg Who won the World Series MVP, Anibal Sanchez and of course the Lefty Patrick Corbin.the Nationals also have a very strong hitting core with youngster Trea Turner, Juan Soto and Victor Robles. They also have some veteran hitters with Anthony Rendon, Ryan Zimmerman and Adam Eaton.