Tim Kurkjian
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I say 0%.
Well...
I believe it is, Dan, for this reason.
Just when you β this season I counted the Blue Jays out multiple times, and then they won the division.
I counted the Mariners out multiple times, and then they won their division.
Every team that made the playoffs in the American League this year, at one point, at least privately, I said they're not going to make the playoffs.
And then six of them did.
The lesson that we learned from 2025 is β
just when you think you understand the game, you realize that you don't because a team, you look at them and say, this team stinks.
And then they win eight games in a row.
And then you say, this team is really good.
And then they lose seven games in a row.
That's the unpredictable nature that I'm talking about is I've,
I like to think I understand what I'm watching, but I've been wrong.
We've all been wrong so many times this year.
It has been ridiculous with the Mets, with the Yankees, with just about every team you look at and say, I missed on them.
That's why this has been such an interesting season.
All right, so I'm going to give you two, okay?
Shohei Ohtani is going to win the MVP again this year.
He struck out 187 times, so he's going to have the second most strikeouts ever.