Most baseball experts (and likely fans) think this World Series should be evenly matched, and the distribution of picks reflects that (as well as the number of people predicting a 6- or 7-game series). It’s the two best teams in each league, and the experts we found give the edge to St. Louis by a margin of 27-25. We prefer a bolder approach, so we picked it to end in 5. We’ll see how it all works out starting tonight.
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Cardinals in 5. It’s no secret that we didn’t believe in the Red Sox for most of the year, but it’s not an anti-East Coast bias thing. However, there’s plenty of predictions from that direction that speak of a “special team” or “team of destiny” in Boston without any substance to back it up. It’s almost a scouts vs. stats situation. The reality is not so black and white. The Red Sox struggled against the Tigers’ starters, and that series was much closer than it appeared. When they do it against the Cardinals, young guns like Trevor Rosenthal and Carlos Martinez will be there to shut them down in the late innings as well. We think the brevity of this series will surprise, even if the length of the individual games doesn’t.
Here’s what everybody else thinks:
Fox Sports
Sam Gardner: Red Sox in 7
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CBS Sports
Jon Heyman: Red Sox in 7
Danny Knobler: Red Sox in 6
Scott Miller: Cardinals in 6
Mike Axisa: Red Sox in 7
Dayn Perry: Red Sox in 6
Matt Snyder: Cardinals in 6
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NBC Sports
Craig Calcaterra: Cardinals in 7
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Sports Illustrated
Tom Verducci: Red Sox in 7
Albert Chen: Cardinals in 6
Ben Reiter: Cardinals in 7
Joe Lemire: Cardinals in 7
Jay Jaffe: Cardinals in 6
Cliff Corcoran: Cardinals in 6
Joe Sheehan: Cardinals in 6
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Yahoo!
Jeff Passan: Red Sox in 6
Mark Townsend: Cardinals in 6
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ESPN
Jim Bowden: Red Sox in 7
Jim Caple: Cardinals in 6
Tristan H. Cockcroft: Red Sox in 7
Jerry Crasnick: Cardinals in 7
Richard Durrett: Red Sox in 7
Gordon Edes: Red Sox in 6
Doug Glanville: Cardinals in 7
Pedro Gomez: Cardinals in 6
Eric Karabell: Cardinals in 6
Christina Kahrl: Red Sox in 6
Molly Knight: Red Sox in 6
Michael Knisley: Cardinals in 5
David Kull: Cardinals in 7
Tim Kurkjian: Cardinals in 7
Tony Lee: Red Sox in 6
Andrew Marchand: Red Sox in 7
Joe McDonald: Red Sox in 6
Matt Meyers: Cardinals in 6
Buster Olney: Red Sox in 6
Peter Pascarelli: Red Sox in 7
Karl Ravech: Red Sox in 7
Adam Rubin: Cardinals in 6
Mark Saxon: Cardinals in 7
David Schoenfield: Cardinals in 6
Mark Simon: Red Sox in 6
Jayson Stark: Cardinals in 6
Matt Szefc: Red Sox in 6
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Sporting News
Ryan Fagan: Cardinals in 6
Justin McGuire: Red Sox in 7
Jesse Spector: Cardinals in 4
Tom Gatto: Cardinals in 7
Bill Chuck: Red Sox in 7
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USA Today
Bob Nightengale: Red Sox in 7
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SB Nation
Steven Goldman: Red Sox in 7
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That’s what the experts say. What do you think?