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jaa36 · 08-21-2018, 11:04 AM

The Los Angeles Angels defeated the Atlanta Braves in the World Series in six games. The Angels came into the postseason as a Wild Card, having won 92 games, but took their first World Series title since 2002.

AL MVP: Shohei Ohtani, LAA (.294/20/74 as a hitter and 15-7, 3.26, 5.4 as a pitcher)
NL MVP: Scott Kingery, PHI (.319/34/94, 6.6)
AL Cy Young: Ohtani
NL Cy Young: Kolby Allard, ATL (20-3, 2.47, 3.8)

The expansion draft for the Expos and Beavers franchises is right around the corner. New stadiums are in progress for Tampa Bay and Oakland and should be ready to go for 2023. The designated hitter will be in both leagues starting in 2022. Additionally, there will be a few changes to free agency and salary arbitration. "Super two" status will be eliminated and arbitration will be available only to players with more than three years service time. Free agency compensation will be eliminated altogether. The international signing limit will go to a soft cap and increase to $10M. The minimum salary has now increased to $600,000. Postseason structure will have six teams from each league- division winners get a bye, and the wild card teams will play a best-of-three series to advance to the Division Series in each league. During the regular season, each team will player their seven divisional opponents twelve times, and their eight non-divisional opponents in the same league six times. They will also play eight intraleague opponents three times each, for a total of 156 games. Every Thursday will be an off day, year-round.

Other notable happenings: Cal Quantrill (SD) and Brusdar Graterol (MIN) threw no-hitters. It was another controversial Hall of Fame class, as Roger Clemens, Mike Mussina and Curt Schilling were all selected.

Transactions: Before the season, Madison Bumgarner opted out of his previous contract and signed with the Nationals for $189M over six years. Trevor Bauer signed with the Angels for six years, $188M. Marcus Stroman signed with the Mets for $169M over seven years.

Milestones: Freddie Freeman (ATL) hit his 300th home run. Jose Altuve (HOU), Curtis Granderson (CLE), Dustin Pedroia (BOS) and Evan Longoria (SF) got their 2000th hits. Paul Goldschmidt (ARI) and Josh Donaldson (TOR) hit their 300th home runs.

08-21-2018, 11:04 AM	#5
jaa36 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,030	2021 The Los Angeles Angels defeated the Atlanta Braves in the World Series in six games. The Angels came into the postseason as a Wild Card, having won 92 games, but took their first World Series title since 2002. AL MVP: Shohei Ohtani, LAA (.294/20/74 as a hitter and 15-7, 3.26, 5.4 as a pitcher) NL MVP: Scott Kingery, PHI (.319/34/94, 6.6) AL Cy Young: Ohtani NL Cy Young: Kolby Allard, ATL (20-3, 2.47, 3.8) The expansion draft for the Expos and Beavers franchises is right around the corner. New stadiums are in progress for Tampa Bay and Oakland and should be ready to go for 2023. The designated hitter will be in both leagues starting in 2022. Additionally, there will be a few changes to free agency and salary arbitration. "Super two" status will be eliminated and arbitration will be available only to players with more than three years service time. Free agency compensation will be eliminated altogether. The international signing limit will go to a soft cap and increase to $10M. The minimum salary has now increased to $600,000. Postseason structure will have six teams from each league- division winners get a bye, and the wild card teams will play a best-of-three series to advance to the Division Series in each league. During the regular season, each team will player their seven divisional opponents twelve times, and their eight non-divisional opponents in the same league six times. They will also play eight intraleague opponents three times each, for a total of 156 games. Every Thursday will be an off day, year-round. Other notable happenings: Cal Quantrill (SD) and Brusdar Graterol (MIN) threw no-hitters. It was another controversial Hall of Fame class, as Roger Clemens, Mike Mussina and Curt Schilling were all selected. Transactions: Before the season, Madison Bumgarner opted out of his previous contract and signed with the Nationals for $189M over six years. Trevor Bauer signed with the Angels for six years, $188M. Marcus Stroman signed with the Mets for $169M over seven years. Milestones: Freddie Freeman (ATL) hit his 300th home run. Jose Altuve (HOU), Curtis Granderson (CLE), Dustin Pedroia (BOS) and Evan Longoria (SF) got their 2000th hits. Paul Goldschmidt (ARI) and Josh Donaldson (TOR) hit their 300th home runs. Attached Images