The Major League baseball season cranks up Sunday with 3 games headlined by the defending World Series champs Cubs at the Cardinals with a 7:30 PM first pitch on ESPN. 

Should be a superb season, with tons of talented teams, many exciting young players and some cagey, talented vets.

Here are my predictions for 2017

Division winners and wild cards

NL East: Nationals

NL Central: Cubs

NL West: Dodgers

Wild cards: Mets, Cards

AL East: Red Sox

AL: Central: Indians

AL West: Astros

Wild Cards: Rangers, Yankees

Playoffs

Wild Card games

NL: Mets over Cardinals

AL: Yanks over Rangers

Divisional rounds

NL

Cubs over Mets

Dodgers over Nationals

AL

Indians over Yankees

Bosox over Astros

NL Championship series, NLCS

Cubs over Dodgers in 7

ALCS

Indians over Bosox in 7

World Series

I’ve got a rematch of the epic 7 game series from last year, which the Cubs won and celebrated Chicago’s first World Series championship since 1908, 108 years. I like the Cubs to get back there. So much talent. But I’m going with the Indians, stud starter Corey Kluber, all world reliever Andrew MIller, and the new addition, the hitting machine Edwin Encarnacion from Toronto, to lead the Tribe over the Cubbies in what will be another phenomenal series. 

Indians over Cubs in 7

I’ve also included a video to get charged up for the season. It’s fun.