OFFICIAL SULLY BASEBALL PICKS FOR THE 2023 MLB SEASON

It is opening day… and time to make my official predictions before the first pitch is thrown.

THE OFFICIAL SULLY BASEBALL PICKS FOR THE 2023 SEASON

AL EAST: New York Yankees

AL CENTRAL: Minnesota Twins

AL WEST: Houston Astros

AL WILD CARD TEAMS: Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays

AL MVP: Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels

AL Cy Young: Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels

AL Rookie of the Year: Anthony Volpe, New York Yankees

AL Manager of the Year: Rocco Baldelli, Minnesota Twins

AL Comeback Player of the Year: Chris Sale, Boston Red Sox

NL EAST: Atlanta Braves

NL CENTRAL: St. Louis Cardinals

NL WEST: San Diego Padres

NL WILD CARD: Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Miami Marlins

NL MVP: Juan Soto, San Diego Padres

NL Cy Young:  Sandy Alcantara, Miami Marlins

NL Rookie of the Year: Corbin Carroll, Arizona Diamondbacks

NL Manager of the Year: Skip Schumaker, Miami Marlins

NL Comeback Players of the Year: Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds

WILD CARD SERIES

CARDINALS defeat MARLINS, 2-0

METS defeat DODGERS, 2-1

RAYS defeat TWINS, 2-0

BLUE JAYS defeat MARINERS, 2-1

DIVISION SERIES

ASTROS defeat RAYS, 3-0

BLUE JAYS defeat YANKEES, 3-1

PADRES defeat CARDINALS, 3-1

METS defeat BRAVES, 3-2

ALCS

ASTROS defeat BLUE JAYS, 4-1

NLCS

PADRES defeat METS, 4-3

WORLD SERIES

ASTROS defeat PADRES, 4-0

So there we have it… did I curse the Astros for picking them? Not sure. But here are my picks. And now let’s see how wrong they are. Play ball!

THE OFFICIAL SULLY BASEBALL OSCAR PICKS FOR MARCH 12, 2023

Well… it is that time again. My annual Oscar Predictions. And with Everything Everywhere All At Once looking like the front runner, it could be a deserving Best Picture winner this year.

Here are my picks.

PICTURE – Everything Everywhere All At Once

DIRECTOR – Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

ACTOR – Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Insherin

ACTRESS – Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once

SUPPORTING ACTOR – Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once

SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Angela Bassett – Wakanda Forever

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – Women Talking

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – Everything Everywhere All At Once

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE – All Quiet on the Western Front

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – Navaly

ANIMATED FEATURE – Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

ART DIRECTION – Elvis

FILM EDITING – Everything Everywhere All At Once

CINEMATOGRAPHY – All Quiet on the Western Front

COSTUME DESIGN – Babylon

MAKE UP AND HAIR STYLING – The Whale

SOUND – Top Gun: Maverick

VISUAL EFFECTS – Avatar: The Way of Water

ORIGINAL SONG – Naatu Naatu, RRR

ORIGINAL SCORE – All Quiet on the Western Front

LIVE ACTION SHORT – An Irish Goodbye

ANIMATED SHORT – The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse

DOCUMENTARY SHORT – The Elephant Whisperers

So there you have it… A Big Night for Everything Everywhere All At Once and All Quiet on the Western Front.

OK folks. Let’s open those envelopes and hopefully nobody will get slapped.

Who Owned the World Series (WOWS) and Who Owned October (WOO) – Updated for November 5, 2022

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Two heroes pushed the Astros over the top and to a World Series title. One threw 6 brilliant innings and the other hit a massive homer to straight away center that put the Phillies away.

Who owned October on November 5?

Each winning team for every post season game gets a pitcher and a hitter who earn a full WOO(Who Owns October.)

And at my discretion, I award a 1/2 WOO’S to a worthy player on the losing team.

But the World Series deserves its own stats. WOWS (Who Owns the World Series.)

At the end of the post season, we will see who had the highest WOO total as a pitcher and a hitter. The WOWS total will be kept separately. Each game now counts towards both tallies.

A complete description of the rules can be found HERE.

From November 5, 2022 –

WORLD SERIES GAME 6

Receiving 1 WOWS and WOO

Yordan Alvarez hit a go ahead 3 run home run in the 6th to put the Astros ahead and led to the 4-1 clincher for the Astros.

Framber Valdez threw 6 solid innings, holding the Phillies to a single home run while striking out 9 in Houston’s World Series ending 4-1 victory.

Receiving 1/2 WOWS and WOO

Kyle Schwarber briefly put the Phillies up with his solo home run in the 6th. The Astros would come back to win, 4-1.

Zack Wheeler took a shutout into the 6th, striking out 5 Astros in 5 1/3 innings. The Phillies bullpen would collapse in the 4-1 final.

CURRENT WOWS Totals MLB, 2022

HITTERS “WOWS” MLB, 2022

Bryce Harper – Phillies 2, Jeremy Pena – Astros 1 1/2, Jose Altuve – Astros 1, Yordan Alvarez – Astros 1, Alex Bregman – Astros 1, J. T. Realmuto – Phillies 1, Nick Castellanos – Phillies 1/2, Kyle Schwarber – Phillies 1/2, Kyle Tucker – Astros 1/2

PITCHERS “WOWS” MLB, 2022

Framber Valdez – Astros 2, Cristian Javier – Astros 1, Ryan Pressly – Astros 1, David Robertson – Phillies 1, Ranger Suarez – Phillies 1,Bryan Abreu – Astros 1/2 , Andrew Belatti – Phillies 1/2, Connor Brogdon – Phillies 1/2, Zach Eflin – Phillies 1/2, Jose Urquidy – Astros 1/2, Zack Wheeler – Phillies 1/2

CURRENT WOO Totals MLB, 2022

HITTERS “WOO” MLB, 2022

Bryce Harper – Phillies 4 1/2, Jeremy Pena – Astros 4 1/2, Yordan Alvarez – Astros 3, Rhys Hoskins – Phillies 2 1/2, Harrison Bader – Yankees 2, Alex Bregman – Astros 2, Oscar Gonzalez – Guardians 2, Cal Raleigh – Mariners 2, Jean Segura – Phillies 2, Giancarlo Stanton – Yankees 2, Nick Castellanos – Phillies 1 1/2, Jake Cronenworth – Padres 1 1/2, Trent Grisham – Padres 1 1/2, Jose Ramirez – Guardians 1 1/2, Kyle Schwarber – Phillies 1 1/2,Jose Altuve – Astros 1, Brandon Drury – Padres 1, Freddie Freeman – Dodgers 1, Ha-Seong Kim – Padres 1, Francisco Lindor – Mets 1, Manny Machado – Padres 1, Brandon Marsh – Phillies 1, Wil Myers – Padres 1, Jurickson Profar – Padres 1, J. T. Realmuto – Phillies 1, Austin Riley – Braves 1, Anthony Rizzo – Yankees 1, Julio Rodriguez – Mariners 1, Amed Rosario – Guardians 1, Juan Soto – Padres 1, Trea Turner – Dodgers 1, Christian Vazquez – Astros 1, Pete Alonso – Mets 1/2, Orlando Arcia – Braves 1/2, Mookie Betts – Dodgers 1/2, Vidal Brujan – Rays 1/2, Oswaldo Cabrera – Guardians 1/2, J. P. Crawford – Mariners 1/2 Travis d’Arnaud – Braves 1, Eduardo Escobar – Mets 1/2, Teoscar Hernandez – Blue Jays 1/2, Steven Kwan – Guardians 1/2, Josh Naylor – Guardians 1/2, Matt Olson – Braves 1/2, Albert Pujols – Cardinals 1/2, Jose Siri – Rays 1/2, George Springer – Blue Jays 1/2, Gleyber Torres – Yankees 1/2, Kyle Tucker – Astros 1/2, Juan Yepez – Cardinals 1/2

PITCHERS “WOO” MLB, 2022

Framber Valdez – Astros 4, Zack Wheeler – Phillies 4, Seranthony Dominguez – Phillies 3, Gerrit Cole – Yankees 2 1/2, Yu Darvish – Padres 2, Cristian Javier – Astros 2, Joe Musgrove – Padres 2, Aaron Nola – Phillies 2, Ryan Pressly – Astros 2, Bryan Abreu – Astros 1 1/2, Connor Brogdon – Phillies 1 1/2, Luis Castillo – Mariners 1 1/2, Nestor Cortes Jr. – Yankees 1 1/2, Pierce Johnson – Padres 1 1/2, George Kirby – Mariners 1 1/2, Nick Martinez – Padres 1 1/2, Shane Bieber – Guardians 1, Emmanuel Clase – Guardians 1, Jacob deGrom – Mets 1, Enyel De Los Santos – Guardians 1, Luis Garcia – Astros 1, Josh Hader – Padres 1, Triston McKenzie – Guardians 1, David Robertson – Phillies 1, Luis Severino – Yankees 1, Blake Snell – Padres 1, Ranger Suarez – Phillies 1, Julio Urias – Dodgers 1, Justin Verlander – Astros 1, Kyle Wright – Braves 1, Yency Almonte – Dodgers 1/2, Tyler Anderson – Dodger 1/2, Andrew Belatti – Phillies 1/2 Zach Eflin – Phillies 1/2, Kevin Gausman – Blue Jays 1/2, Logan Gilbert – Mariners 1/2, Kyle Gibson – Phillies 1/2, Andrew Heaney – Dodgers 1/2, Clay Holmes – Yankees 1/2, James Karinchak – Guardians 1/2, Dylan Lee – Braves 1/2, Trevor May – Mets 1/2, Tim Mayza – Blue Jays 1/2, Shane McClanahan – Rays 1/2, Jordan Montgomery- Cardinals 1/2, Cody Morris – Guardians 1/2, Cal Quantrill – Guardians 1/2, Jose Quintana – Cardinals 1/2, Drew Smith – Mets 1/2, Jackson Stephens – Braves 1/2, Jameson Taillon – Yankees 1/2, Jose Urquidy – Astros 1/2, Zack Wheeler – Phillies 1/2