Happy Opening Day!

Thanks for joining the 15th annual MLB Predictions Pool! Jud will be defending his title in a group of 18 entrants, giving us a grand prize of $360. If you picked Khris Davis for HR or Hunter Strickland for saves, you’re already in first place!

Please use the attached PDF to verify your picks for the season. This grid and a breakdown of our picks can also be viewed at http://mlbpool.blogspot.com/ HERE at the top right under “2019 Predictions Pool Info.” You can also use our blog site for news on relevant injuries and other pool-related info.

We’ve already received most of our payments… Everyone else can send the $20 entry fee to either Dan or Jud by the end of April. All paid entrants will be shown in green on the "2019 Complete Pool Picks" link on the blog site. We’re very happy to accept PayPal made to judehrbar@gmail.com (please pay any fees as sender).

Starting May 1st we'll post full standings every day on our blog site and tweet daily at @PredictionsPool. Email updates will also begin on May 1st, and continue after that on Mondays for the rest of the season.

Have fun, and good luck!

-Jud and Dan

October 2, 2018

It took 163 games to figure it out, but Jud Ehrbar is the winner of the 2018 MLB Predictions Pool. Jud becomes the first entrant to win the pool outright in two different seasons.

• First-time entrant Greg Glassman made an all-time pool record three unique picks this year: J.D. Martinez (AL RBI), Edwin Díaz (AL saves), and Jacob deGrom (NL ERA). Michael Orobona was alone in picking Christian Yelich to win the NL batting title.
• Daltry-Lovejoy led the pool with 63 tiebreaker points, aided by their selection of Cole Hamels (12 HB for Texas and 7 for the Cubs).
• Runner-up Harvey Hawkins had his strongest finish to date this year, smashing his previous best of 16^th place.

Here are the season category leaders, with bold indicating players we actually chose:

AL BA: Mookie Betts

AL HR: Khris Davis

AL RBI: J.D. Martinez (1)

AL R: Mookie Betts, Francisco Lindor

AL SB: Whit Merrifield (2)

NL BA: Christian Yelich (1)

NL HR: Nolan Arenado (8)

NL RBI: Javier Báez

NL R: Charlie Blackmon (14)

NL SB: Trea Turner (6)

AL IP: Corey Kluber (6)

AL W: Blake Snell

AL ERA: Blake Snell

AL SO: Justin Verlander

AL S: Edwin Díaz (1)

NL IP: Max Scherzer (7)

NL W: Jon Lester, Miles Mikolas, Max Scherzer (4)

NL ERA: Jacob deGrom (1)

NL SO: Max Scherzer (12)

NL S: Wade Davis (2)

AL HBP: Carlos Gómez (2)

NL HBP: Brandon Nimmo

AL HBP: Charlie Morton (7), Rick Porcello

NL HBP: Zack Godley, Max Scherzer (5), José Ureña (4)

Big thanks to Kate, Steve, and Greg for joining this year, and kudos to Brian for making the daily Twitter and blog updates possible. Enjoy the postseason!