MLB Power Rankings: Surging Guardians capture AL Central title; Mets up to No. 3

All sports are unpredictable, to a certain extent, but I feel like Major League Baseball is toward the apex when it comes to unpredictability. As such, when we post predictions before the season starts, I’m bound to miss several. Sometimes I’ll miss in horrific fashion. 

I’m here today with my annual accountability column. I was wrong. I own it. Consider this my mea culpa. 

I’ll start with the NL Central. I had the Brewers over the Cardinals to win it. Even if it doesn’t look terrible, I’m kicking myself over it because nearly immediately in April I was thinking the Cardinals were the superior team. I have proof from the NL Central odds check in that I was a Cardinals believer in late May. I got there late. Bad job, me. 

Speaking of which, let’s look over at the AL Central. Absolutely pathetic. It’s unmitigated. I have zero excuse. I picked the Guardians to finish last. Yes, behind the Royals and Tigers. To reiterate: A pathetic pick. 

I tried to go back through what I was thinking, but there’s no just excusing it. 

I do want to give a shout out to @gmoney165 on Twitter, who told me on April 6 that I should “resign and never talk baseball again” WHEN the Guardians win the division. As if there wasn’t enough buffoonery emanating from me, I replied and said I’d make that deal. On June 22, there was a follow up conversation and he gracefully said it was OK if I keep my job so long as I gave him a shout. Here you go, Evan. You won and I lost. 

How about those Guardians, though? Holy smokes. For the overwhelming majority of the season, it looked like the woeful AL Central would be a race to something like 84 wins. On Sept. 3, the Guardians and Twins were tied for first at 68-64…