Miami Marlins: Season Predictions from Marlin Maniac staff

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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Call to the Pen

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Blue Jays: Putting together a trade package for Pablo LópezJays Journal

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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