Pick your 2026 Playoff Series Winners here

[Omar]

The site wont let me add the final  series.  Mods can you add Cubs vs Padres.  I think poll is limited to three entries.

 

[jaysblue]

I'll go with the Padres upsetting the Cubs tonight.

[Spanky__99]

46 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

I'll go with the Padres upsetting the Cubs tonight.

Is it an upset? I like the Padres in that series.

[John_Havok]

2 hours ago, Spanky__99 said:

Is it an upset? I like the Padres in that series.

Me too. Short series caveats but... if PCA has a bad 3 games theres not much they can do. 

Padres pen is insanely good too. SPs may only need to go 4+ to be fine

[Spanky__99]

2 hours ago, John_Havok said:

Me too. Short series caveats but... if PCA has a bad 3 games theres not much they can do. 

Padres pen is insanely good too. SPs may only need to go 4+ to be fine

Finished the season 17-3... their rollin'

[Spanky__99]

Ben Rice, have a game.

[Spanky__99]

Michael King, have a game.

[Brownie19]

Which series will go 3 games?

[John_Havok]

13 hours ago, Spanky__99 said:

Finished the season 17-3... their rollin'

Absolutely. 

Then PCA goes 0fer with a walk and 3 Ks. Short series can be killers for guys with big K rates. 

[John_Havok]

3 hours ago, Brownie19 said:

Which series will go 3 games?

I hope the Houston/Sox and Yankees/Sox does given that I bet on the Astros and Red Sox. The others can end after 2. 

Really though, all these series are very close to pick-ems. Is there really a series where you look and say "Obviously this team will win" and the other team has no chance? Not really

LIke, I think Maybe the Braves and Phillies, most people would favour the Braves, but then the Phillies could just hit 5 HRs and have 2 CY calibre pitching performances and steal it and nobody would really be shocked given how their team is set up. 

[Brownie19]

2 minutes ago, John_Havok said:

I hope the Houston/Sox and Yankees/Sox does given that I bet on the Astros and Red Sox. The others can end after 2. 

Really though, all these series are very close to pick-ems. Is there really a series where you look and say "Obviously this team will win" and the other team has no chance? Not really

I've said this before.  Even in the most lopsided matchup, the favourite is typically only expected to win 60% of the time.  Most playoff matchups are 55%/45%, which is why the "just get in and anything can happen" is generally correct.