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Miami Marlins: Season Predictions from Marlin Maniac staff

By Travis Honeycutt

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Welcome to Marlin Maniac’s official season preview finale. In this article, the Marlin Maniac staff presents their individual picks for the 2015 season. Included are division standings, MVP and Cy Young winners for both the AL and NL, and which club will win it all.

With first pitch of the Miami Marlins 2015 season just a few hours away, the wait is almost over and the anticipation is destroying me as well as causing my coworkers to look at me funny.

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Today, we’ve discussed the Marlins at length with series and season previews, and round table discussions where the Marlin Maniac staff weighed in with their two cents about their favorite baseball team. Now, the MM staff predicts the future, and what we think the division and Wild Card races, as well as individual player awards, will look like when all is said and done in late October.

Our picks:

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NL East

Sep 27, 2014; Washington, DC, USA; Washington Nationals left fielder

Bryce Harper

(34) and shortstop

Ian Desmond

(20) celebrate after the game against the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park. The Nationals won 5-1. Mandatory Credit:

Brad Mills

-USA TODAY Sports

Yes, we are a Marlins blog. But it was, sadly, unanimous.

NL Central

Ehsan Kassim: St. Louis Cardinals

Travis Honeycutt: St. Louis Cardinals

Daniel Zylberkan: Pittsburgh Pirates

Dillon Murrell: St. Louis Cardinals

Miller Lepree: St. Louis Cardinals

David Polakoff: St. Louis Cardinals

Michael Sonbeek: Pittsburgh Pirates

NL West

Ehsan Kassim: Los Angeles Dodgers

Travis Honeycutt: San Diego Padres

Daniel Zylberkan: Los Angeles Dodgers

Dillon Murrell: Los Angeles Dodgers

Miller Lepree: Los Angeles Dodgers

David Polakoff: Los Angeles Dodgers

Michael Sonbeek: Los Angeles Dodgers

NL Wild Cards

Ehsan Kassim: Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs

Travis Honeycutt: Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets

Daniel Zylberkan: St. Louis Cardinals, Miami Marlins

Dillon Murrell: Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres

Miller Lepree: Pittsburgh Pirates, Miami Marlins

David Polakoff: Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres

Michael Sonbeek: St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants

NL MVP

Ehsan Kassim: Bryce Harper

Travis Honeycutt: Giancarlo Stanton

Daniel Zylberkan: Giancarlo Stanton

Dillon Murrell: Anthony Rendon

Miller Lepree: Giancarlo Stanton

David Polakoff: Andrew McCutchen

Michael Sonbeek: Giancarlo Stanton

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    • NL Cy Young

    Ehsan Kassim: Matt Harvey

    Travis Honeycutt: Max Scherzer

    Daniel Zylberkan: Clayton Kershaw

    Dillon Murrell: Clayton Kershaw

    Miller Lepree: Clayton Kershaw

    David Polakoff: Jordan Zimmermann

    Michael Sonbeek: Clayton Kershaw

    NL Rookie of the Year

    Ehsan Kassim: Kris Bryant

    Travis Honeycutt: Kris Bryant

    Daniel Zylberkan: Kris Bryant

    Dillon Murrell: Kris Bryant

    Miller Lepree: Anthony DeSclafani (Miller no longer writes for us.)

    David Polakoff: Kris Bryant

    Michael Sonbeek: Kris Bryant

    NL Home Run Leader

    Mar 29, 2015; Melbourne, FL, USA; Miami Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton (27) stretches prior to the game against the Washington Nationals at Space Coast Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Barr-USA TODAY Sports

    Except David voted Paul Goldschmidt. What the heck, David?

    AL East

    Ehsan Kassim: Boston Red Sox

    Travis Honeycutt: Boston Red Sox

    Daniel Zylberkan: Toronto Blue Jays

    Dillon Murrell: Boston Red Sox

    Miller Lepree: Toronto Blue Jays

    David Polakoff: Toronto Blue Jays

    Michael Sonbeek: Boston Red Sox

    AL Central

    Ehsan Kassim: Cleveland Indians

    Travis Honeycutt: Detroit Tigers

    Daniel Zylberkan: Detroit Tigers

    Dillon Murrell: Detroit Tigers

    Miller Lepree: Cleveland Indians

    David Polakoff: Detroit Tigers

    Michael Sonbeek: Detroit Tigers

    AL West

    Ehsan Kassim: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

    Travis Honeycutt: Oakland Athletics

    Daniel Zylberkan: Seattle Mariners

    Dillon Murrell: Seattle Mariners

    Miller Lepree: Seattle Mariners

    David Polakoff: Seattle Mariners

    Michael Sonbeek: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

    AL Wild Cards

    Ehsan Kassim: Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers

    Travis Honeycutt: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Chicago White Sox

    Daniel Zylberkan: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Chicago White Sox

    Dillon Murrell: Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics

    Miller Lepree: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Chicago White Sox

    David Polakoff: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Cleveland Indians

    Michael Sonbeek: Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians

    AL MVP

    Ehsan Kassim: Mike Trout

    Travis Honeycutt: Hanley Ramirez

    Daniel Zylberkan: Mike Trout

    Dillon Murrell: Mike Trout

    Miller Lepree: Jose Abreu

    David Polakoff: Mike Trout

    Michael Sonbeek: Mike Trout

    AL Cy Young

    Ehsan Kassim: Corey Kluber

    Travis Honeycutt: David Price

    Daniel Zylberkan: Chris Sale

    Dillon Murrell: Chris Sale

    Miller Lepree: Chris Sale

    David Polakoff: Felix Hernandez

    Michael Sonbeek: Felix Hernandez

    AL Rookie of the Year

    Ehsan Kassim: Steven Souza

    Travis Honeycutt: Taijuan Walker

    Daniel Zylberkan: Carlos Rodon

    Dillon Murrell: Carlos Rodon

    Miller Lepree: Andrew Heaney (Miller’s a funny guy. Or so he thinks.)

    David Polakoff: Francisco Lindor

    Michael Sonbeek: Rusney Castillo

    AL Home Run Leader

    Ehsan Kassim: Jose Abreu

    Travis Honeycutt: Jose Abreu

    Daniel Zylberkan: Jose Abreu

    Dillon Murrell: Jose Bautista

    Miller Lepree: Jose Abreu

    David Polakoff: Jose Abreu

    Michael Sonbeek: Jose Abreu

    NL Champion

    Ehsan Kassim: Los Angeles Dodgers

    Travis Honeycutt: St. Louis Cardinals

    Daniel Zylberkan: Los Angeles Dodgers

    Dillon Murrell: Washington Nationals

    Miller Lepree: (we seriously kicked him off the site.)

    David Polakoff: Washington Nationals

    Michael Sonbeek: Los Angeles Dodgers

    AL Champion

    Ehsan Kassim: Boston Red Sox

    Travis Honeycutt: Boston Red Sox

    Daniel Zylberkan: Seattle Mariners

    Dillon Murrell: Boston Red Sox

    Miller Lepree: (DeSclafani and Heaney? Seriously?)

    David Polakoff: Seattle Mariners

    Michael Sonbeek: Boston Red Sox

    World Series Champion

    Ehsan Kassim: Boston Red Sox

    Travis Honeycutt: Boston Red Sox

    Daniel Zylberkan: Los Angeles Dodgers

    Dillon Murrell: Boston Red Sox

    Miller Lepree: (Nope.)

    David Polakoff: Seattle Mariners

    Michael Sonbeek: Los Angeles Dodgers

    What do you think of our picks for the 2015 MLB season? Should we be giving the Marlins more credit? Do you think the Red Sox are as dangerous as we seem to think they are? Should we give Miller Lepree one more chance before we kick him to the curb? Let us know in the comments below.

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