2013 MLB CBSSports.com expert predictions
For your entertainment purposes -- in addition to giving you the opportunity to spew venom in our direction -- here are our 2013 CBSSports.com baseball writing staff predictions.
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Matt Snyder
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For your entertainment purposes -- in addition to giving you the opportunity to spew venom in our direction -- here are our 2013 CBSSports.com baseball writing staff predictions.
Note: These were submitted via blind ballot, so the similarities are quite funny -- especially the order of the NL East.
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| Finish | Heyman | Knobler | Miller | Axisa | Perry | Snyder |
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| Finish | Heyman | Knobler | Miller | Axisa | Perry | Snyder |
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| Finish | Heyman | Knobler | Miller | Axisa | Perry | Snyder |
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| Award | Heyman | Knobler | Miller | Axisa | Perry | Snyder |
| MVP | Trout | Trout | Trout | Cano | Longoria | Bautista |
| Cy Young | Verlander | J. Johnson | Verlander | Price | Darvish | Weaver |
| Rookie | Hicks | Hicks | Hicks | Hicks | Bundy | Myers |
| Manager | Showalter | Leyland | Gibbons | Yost | Washington | Gibbons |
| Comeback | V. Martinez | Lackey | V. Martinez | Berkman | M. Rivera | V. Martinez |
| HR champ | Mi. Cabrera | Bautista | Mi. Cabrera | Fielder | Pujols | Bautista |
| Surprise | Moreland | Cespedes | Kazmir | J. Parker | Joyce | Kazmir |
| Bust | Kinsler | Swisher | Victorino | Buehrle | Dempster | Napoli |
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| Finish | Heyman | Knobler | Miller | Axisa | Perry | Snyder |
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| Finish | Heyman | Knobler | Miller | Axisa | Perry | Snyder |
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| Award | Heyman | Knobler | Miller | Axisa | Perry | Snyder |
| MVP | Harper | Harper | Posey | Harper | Votto | J. Upton |
| Cy Young | Kershaw | Greinke | Kershaw | Strasburg | Strasburg | Strasburg |
| Rookie | Teheran | Teheran | Gyorko | Ryu | S. Miller | Wheeler |
| Manager | Matheny | Mattingly | Johnson | Mattingly | Black | Bochy |
| Comeback | Tulowitzki | R. Howard | Tulowitzki | Crawford | Maybin | W. Ramos |
| HR champ | Stanton | R. Howard | Stanton | Stanton | Stanton | Stanton |
| Surprise | Freeman | E. Gattis | M. Estrada | M. Carpenter | Snider | McCarthy |
| Bust | Uggla | Lincecum | Halladay | Revere | Revere | D. Young |
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| Heyman | Knobler | Miller | Axisa | Perry | Snyder | ||
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