{"id":945130,"date":"2026-10-29T12:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T12:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/945130\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T12:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T12:02:10","slug":"way-too-early-predictions-for-the-2027-mlb-playoffs-and-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/945130\/","title":{"rendered":"Way-Too-Early Predictions for the 2027 MLB Playoffs and World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Biggest Unknown: How will the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays pivot?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">One supposes what we have here are three big unknowns, but let&#8217;s not split hairs. All three of these clubs had big hopes for 2026 after making the playoffs in 2025, only to fall prey to a <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GGZWu79k_Os\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Monty Python-style foot squish<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">All three have &#8220;I&#8217;ll be back&#8221; energy to some degree or another, though the Yankees&#8217; is the least inspiring. They&#8217;ll do stuff this winter, sure, but they&#8217;re also running it back with Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman for reasons only they know why. To boot, Aaron Judge couldn&#8217;t stay healthy and will soon be 35 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Blue Jays, meanwhile, have the most to fix this winter. Namely, an offense that finished last in MLB in scoring and a pitching staff that was gutted by injuries. It&#8217;s not an enviable task in the slightest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">So, dare we say don&#8217;t sleep on the Red Sox?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">They finished third overall in Wins Above Replacement this year, and that was with next to nothing from Garrett Crochet and Roman Anthony. Them being healthy in 2027 bodes well enough, and even more so if Boston leverages its financial and trade capital to bring in a big name or two during the offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Projected 2027 AL East Standings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Biggest Unknown: How will the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays pivot? One&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":945131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-945130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/945131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}