2024 Season Preview: The World Series

[Red Sox GM (Nick)]

Thank you everyone for reading and participating in the 2024 season preview. Here is the final poll based on the top 2 teams in each league as voted by the Mibble owners. Will keep it open until 12AM ET Monday, April 22. Will keep this one blind so you will have to come back next week to see the results.

For what it's worth - Washington Nationals GM (Alex) and I differed slightly from the group in our final four, with Milwaukee (3 votes in owner poll; tied with Colorado for 3rd in NL voting) in the mix over St Louis (8 votes) but trailing the heavily favored Atlanta Braves (11 votes across 14 ballots).  Keep an eye on Kansas City (5 votes) and Minnesota (3 votes) in the AL; effectively the owner poll suggests the AL Central winner has as good a chance of making the ALCS as Texas (9 votes) and Baltimore (8 votes).

Honorable mentions (1 vote each) for Cleveland, Arizona, San Diego, and Cincinnati. Will be fun to see how everything plays out.

ALCS:
(AL1) Orioles over (AL2) Rangers

NLCS:
(NL1) Braves over (NL2) Brewers

World Series:
(AL1) Orioles over (NL1) Braves

[Red Sox GM (Nick)]

Thanks again to those who read and voted in this year's preview series. You all make it worth our time and effort. We look forward to doing this again next spring.

Whereas the Braves were heavily favored a year ago, very minor splits among the World Series predictions. Overall the majority believe a ninth straight different franchise will be the last team standing. Orioles included in six ballots, the only team with three votes to win it all. Braves and Cardinals on four ballots each, also split - although Braves will only make it if the Orioles are there. Rangers on two ballots and likewise split.