AAA Playoffs

The AAA playoffs have reached the League Championship round and I'm here to break down each series.

American League

#4 Hartford Heartbreakers @ #3 Huntington White Trash- After sweeping Burlington in the first round, Huntington faced the #2 seeded Baltimore Iron Birds. Huntington lost the first two games then came back to win the last three to secure their place in the LCS. Powered by Kenny O'Keefe and Octavio Cabrera the White Thrash look to continue their playoff run against the Heartbreakers. Hartford swept Los Angeles in the opening round and then defeated the #1 Seeded Honolulu Longboards to get to the LCS. The Heartbreakers are led by David Wang who is having an amazing postseason (.417, 9, 15) so far.

Prediction
Hartford in 6

The Heartbreakers have gotten solid starting pitching from Melendez, Miliard, and McClellan and with the way Wang is hitting the ball, Hartford is one tough team. Teams have hit only .245 against them this postseason while they've hit .326 against opposing pitchers. Look for this trend to continue. Huntington needs to get better performances from their starting pitching as Brett Buddie is the only one who has been dominant. Teams are hitting .273 against the White Thrash pitchers and that will be the undoing for this squad. Their offense is hitting .283 against opponents but it won't be enough against Hartford.

National League

#1 Ottawa Otters vs #6 Syracuse Polar Bears- Ottawa survived a tough series in the Divisional Championship and will look for a berth in the World Series against Syracuse. Vinnie Barrett and Chance McConnell shined in the series vs Oklahoma and will look to continue that vs Syracuse. Syracuse came into the post season with the worst record of the playoff teams, but they have surprised everyone with their performances so far. After upsetting #3 Cincinnati in the first round, they went on to sweep #2 Las Vegas. Rock Meyers has pitched great allowing a mere .211 batting average to opposing hitters.

Prediction

Ottawa in 6

Ottawa played a bad series against Oklahoma and still pulled out the victory. Tim Jacquez will wake up and start giving this team more production. The Ottawa offense will propel this team into the World Series. Syracuse will make it a series because of the inconsistency of the Otters pitching. However, Syracuse will not have enough firepower to stay with Ottawa as the pitching won't be able to carry them to the World Series.