CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 I've seen some people ask for it, so here's the thread. If you want to predict other stuff (rookie of the year, home run champ, next guy to be named in the steroid probe, etc.), go ahead. American League: East Boston New York (wild card) Toronto Baltimore Tampa Bay Central Minnesota Cleveland Detroit Chicago Kansaas City West Los Angeles Oakland Texas Seattle Playoffs: Los Angeles over New York, Boston over Minnesota, Los Angeles over Boston National League: East Philadelphia New York Atlanta Florida Washington Central Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Houston Cincinnati Pittsburgh West Los Angeles San Diego (wild card) Colorado Arizona San Francisco Playoffs: Philadelphia over San Diego, Los Angeles over Chicago, Philadelphia over Los Angeles World Series: Philadelphia over L.A. Angels AL MVP: Vladimir Guerrero, Angels AL Cy Young: Johan Santana, Twins NL MVP: Alfonso Soriano, Cubs NL Cy Young: Jake Peavy, Padres Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snuffbox 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 Did you mean to say the Dodgers will beat the Cubs in the playoffs? Or should Chicago & St Louis be switched in your NL Central standings? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 Yeah, I switched the Cubs and Cards in the division standings and forgot to switch for the playoffs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted March 20, 2007 1. New York 2. Toronto 3. Boston 4. Tampa 5. Baltimore AL Central 1. Detroit 2. Chicago (WC) 3. Cleveland 4. Minnesota 5. KC AL West 1. Oakland 2. Texas 3. Anaheim 4. Seattle NL East 1. Braves 2. Phillies (WC) 3. Mets 4. Marlins 5. Nationals NL Central 1. Cardinals 2. Brewers 3. Cubs 4. Astros 5. Pirates 6. Reds NL West 1. Dodgers 2. D-Backs 3. Giants 4. Padres 5. Rockies AL MVP - Nick Swisher NL MVP - Andruw Jones AL Cy Young - Johan Santana NL Cy Young - John Smoltz AL Rookie of the Year - Alex Gordon NL Rookie of the year - Someone from the D-Backs ALCS-Chi Sox beat Oakland in 6 NLCS-Abstain WS- Abstain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jericholic82 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 hate doing these (my pro yankee bias can get in the way) but for fun AL East: Yankees (#1 Seed) Central: White Sox (#4 seed) West: Angels (#3 Seed) WC: Red Sox (#2 Seed) NL East: Mets (#1 Seed) Central: Cardinals (#2 Seed) West: San Diego(#4 seed) WC: Cubs (#3 seed) Playoffs (I hate to do these before the season but since eveeryone else is doing it) ALDS: Yankees over White Sox in 5 (better pitching this year gives me hope) ALDS: Red Sox over Angels in 5 NLDS: Mets over San Diego in 4 NLDS: Cards over Cubs in 5 (great series) ALCS: Yanks overRed Sox in 6 NLCS: Mets over Cards in 6 WS: Yankees over Mets in 6 ok let the flaming begin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 Small point -- the Cards can't play the Cubs in the Division series, because they're both in the same division. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vivalaultra 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 AL: East- Red Sox Yankees Jays Rays Os Central- Twins Tigers (WC) Indians White Sox Royals West- As Rangers Angels Mariners NL: East- Phillies Braves (WC) Mets Marlins Nationals Central- 'Stros Cardinals Cubs Brewers Reds Pirates West- Dodgers Padres D-Backs Giants Rockies ALDS: Tinws over Sox in 5 Tigers over As in 4 ALCS: Twins over Tigers in 6 NLDS: Homer prediction- 'Stros over Phillies in 5 Non-homer prediction- Philles over 'Stros in 5 Dodgers over Braves in 5 NLCS: Homer prediction- 'Stros over Dodgers in 6 Non-homer prediction- Phillies over Dodgers in 7 WS: Homer prediction- 'Stros over Twins in 7, WS MVP: Lance Berkman Non-homer prediction- Twins over Phillies in 6, WS MVP: Santana AL Cy Young: Santana AL MVP: David Ortiz AL ROY: Daisuke Matsuzaka NL Cy Young: Roy Oswalt NL MVP: Ryan Howard NL ROY: Josh Hamilton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 WS: Yankees over Mets in 6 ok let the flaming begin. the media would love it but reality says that you can't win with 3 pitchers in their 40's in your lineup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 AL West LA Angels Oakland Texas Seattle Comments: This is a year where I am more down on Oakland than most and a little bullish on LA. Oakland got a bit lucky last year and they've now lost their most durable pitcher and most reliable offensive weapon. 85 wins seems right. The Angels are going to have the best pitching in the AL top to bottom if Weaver holds up and Colon can give them something in the second half. They'll probably start getting something from all the great prospectst that have been touted in recent years as well. As for Texas and Seattle, I see them both challenging in the division but ultimately falling short because of significant weaknesses. AL Central Cleveland Minnesota Detroit Chicago Kansas City Comments: Any of the top four teams can win this division. Contrary to popular opinion, I don't see this being the best division in baseball as the three teams that dominated last year all look much weaker this year, either because of talent moves or likely regression. Cleveland has come up short the past two seasons and it seems like luck has to work in their favor eventually. It's the best offense in baseball and the pitching is adequte enough. Kansas City will finish last by a margin, but they are going to give a lot of good teams fits this year. AL East NY Yankees Boston (WC) Toronto Tampa Bay Baltimore Comments: It's going to be a fight all year in this division between the top 2, but it's hard to go against the Yankees. Boston features the better rotation and middle lineup (3-4-5), but NY has a stronger bullpen and deeper lineup 1-9. Toronto will likely regress some from last year unless they get the back end of the roatation solved. Tampa wil score runs in bunches but fall apart on the pitching side. NL West San Diego Arizona LA Dodgers Colorado San Francisco Comments: From a talent standpoint I like the Dodgers, but I fear that they are going to spend too much time giving at bats to Luis Gonzalez, Juan Pierre and Nomar. They failed to replace their best offensive talent and that's not a recipe for success on a team that often struggled to put up runs. Arizona has the most upside, but I still like San Diego because of their solid pitching and offense that should be upgraded from last year with the acquisitions of Koumanoff and Giles. NL Central St. Louis Milwaukee (WC) Chicago Houston Pittsburgh Cincinnati Comments: St. Louis will feature improved pitching this year, but I'm not confident about the lineup. Mikwaukee has the most upside in the division but the wretched defense is not going to help an already shaky pitching staff. Chicago spent the most in the offseason and should be a contender, but the lack of OBP in that lineup could still give them fits. None of three teams at the bottom really excite me, as they all have shaky rotations and lackluster offense. NL East Philadelphia NY Mets Atlanta Florida Washington Comments: Philadelphia has the best pitching and hitting in the division, especially if they can move Lieber to improve 3B or the OF. I liked Atlanta a little better than New York, but the impending sale could cause them to lose Andruw Jones and/or Tim Hudson, which lowers my expectations considerably. New York will still be a threat, but they have to solve the pitching issues first. Florida probably won't overachieve on the level of last year and Washington is going to be the worst team in baseball by a huge margin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Queen Leelee Report post Posted March 20, 2007 I'll play: AL East: 1) NYY 2) BOS 3) TB 4) TOR 5) BAL AL Central: 1) MIN 2) CLE (WC) 3) DET 4) KC 5) CWS AL West: 1) LAAOANA 2) OAK 3) TEX 4) SEA NL East: 1) PHI 2) NYM 3) ATL 4) WAS 5) FLA NL Central: 1) STL 2) MIL 3) HOU 4) CIN 5) PIT 6) CHI NL West: 1) LAD 2) COL (WC) 3) ARI 4) SF 5) SD AL MVP: Alexander Rodriguez (NYY) NL MVP: Al Pujols (STL) AL Cy Young: C.C. Sabathia (CLE) NL Cy Young: Ben Sheets (MIL) AL ROY: Delmon Young (TB) NL ROY: Chris Young (ARI) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
humanoid92 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 NL East NYM PHI (WC) ATL FLA WSH NL Central HOU MIL STL CHC CIN PIT NL West LA COL ARZ SD SF AL East NYY TOR (WC) BOS BAL TB AL Central DET CWS MIN CLE KC AL West LAA OAK SEA TEX LDS: LA over PHI NYM over HOU NYY over LAA DET over TOR LCS: LA over NYM NYY over DET WS: NYY over LA in 6 And no, I am not a Yankee fan. AL MVP: Guerrero NL MVP: Wright AL Cy: Halladay NL Cy: Oswalt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USC Wuz Robbed! 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 AL East: 1. New York 2. Toronto 3. Boston 4. Tampa Bay 5. Baltimore AL Central: 1. Minnesota 2. Detroit 3. Chicago 4. Cleveland 5. Kansas City AL West: 1. Anaheim 2. Texas 3. Oakland 4. Seattle NL East: 1. Philadelphia 2. New York 3. Atlanta 4. Florida 5. Washington NL Central: 1. St. Louis 2. Chicago 3. Milwaukee 4. Cincinnati 5. Houston 6. Pittsburgh NL West: 1. San Diego/Los Angeles (either one) 2. Los Angeles/San Diego 3. Arizona 4. Colorado 5. San Francisco LDS: New York over Anaheim in 5 Minnesota over Toronto in 4 Philadelphia over San Diego Los Angeles over St. Louis LCS: Minnesota over New York in 6 Philadelphia over Los Angeles in 7 WS: Minnesota over Philadelphia in 6 Awards: AL CY: Johan Santana NL CY: Roy Oswalt AL MVP: Joe Mauer NL MVP: Ryan Howard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk 34 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 AL East New York Boston Toronto Tampa Baltimore AL Central Minnesota Detroit (WC) Cleveland Chicago Kansas City AL West Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas ALCS New York D. Minnesota NL East Philadelphia New York (WC) Atlanta Florida Washington NL Central Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh NL West Los Angeles Arizona San Diego Colorado San Francisco NLCS Philly D. LA WS Philly D. NY AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez AL Cy Young: Johan Santana AL ROY: Daisuke NL MVP: Albert Pujols NL Cy Young: Aaron Harrang NL ROY: Josh Hamilton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snuffbox 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 NL Cy Young: Ben Sheets (MIL) If he can just stay healthy he'll have a real chance. If Sheets can finally live up to his potential and with Capuano/Suppan/Bush following him the Crew might actually have a real playoff chance for the first time since I started following baseball. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 NL East: Nye Mets Philly Los Marlins Atlanta Expos NL Central: Cardinals Brewers (WC) Astros Cubs Pirates (zomg, not in last place) Reds NL West: Dodgers D-backs Padres Giants Rockies NL MVP: Pooholes NL Cy Young: Zambrano Brewers d. Mets Dodgers d. Cardinals AL West: A's Angels Rangers Mariners AL Central: Twinkies Indians (WC) Detroit Chicago Royals AL East: Red Sox Yankees Jays Rays Tejadas AL MVP: Someone undeserving. AL Cy Young: Santana Red Sox d. Twins Indians d. A's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geniusMoment 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 AL East Red Sox Yankees Blue Jays Baltimore Tampa Bay AL Central Tigers White Sox Twins Indians Royals AL West Angels Oakland Seattle Texas NL East Mets Braves Phillies Marlins Nationals NL Central Reds Cardinals Cubs Brewers Houston Pirates NL West Dodgers Arizona Padres San Fransico Colorado Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 I'm curious as to why so many people are picking the Padres to finish 3 or 4th in their division. They had the second best record in the National League last year and upgraded at 3 spots during the offseason with the acquisitions of Greg Maddux, Kevin Kouzmanoff and Marcus Giles. The pitching, aided by Petco, will probably still be the best in the NL and the hitting is solid throughout the lineup. Am I missing something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geniusMoment 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 I think Randy Johnson will have a Roger Clemens style NL year after leaving the Yankees. Webb and Johnson, along with a strong core of young players give the Diamondbacks the edge. And I'm not a huge Maddux fan at this point, having seen all his work with the cubs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted March 20, 2007 I'm curious as to why so many people are picking the Padres to finish 3 or 4th in their division. They had the second best record in the National League last year and upgraded at 3 spots during the offseason with the acquisitions of Greg Maddux, Kevin Kouzmanoff and Marcus Giles. The pitching, aided by Petco, will probably still be the best in the NL and the hitting is solid throughout the lineup. Am I missing something? Hoffman getting older. Maddux is old, Brian Giles is old, no Pizza, possible regression from Adrian Gonzalez. I wouldn't be surprised to see them finish third or win the division, to be honest. I just think that age will catch up to 'em. Not to mention that they have Termell Sledge starting in LF, David Wells holding a rotation spot and that their bullpen ain't too great. They can get away with those guys at Petco, but on the road? Nah. Plus, the other teams in the division added quite a bit, Colorado aside. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 David Wells is a better fifth starter than 90% of teams have. I am worried about the diabetes, but it could be a positive as it will force him to lose weight and cut down on the drinking. The back end of the bullpen with Meredith, Linebrink and Hoffman is as good as you'll find anywhere. I don't think their question marks are any greater than any other team's heading into the season. Someone like Gonzalez is as likely to have a breakout season as he is to regress. Arizona and Colorado should be better than last year, but I'm not buying into the Dodgers this year. I don't have anything against them personally but I don't like the offense as they've done nothing to address the loss of JD Drew and the pitching is deep, but probably not as good as advertised (although I love the addition of Schmidt). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted March 20, 2007 I picked the Dodgers to win for 2 reasons. 1. They're my team. duh 2. When (not if) injuries come, I think that we have the depth to overcome it. If the team didn't possess the bench that it currently does, I'd be much, much more worried about the Dodgers. I can see why someone wouldn't like the Dodgers though, because unless Kent returns to form (doubt it), the team possesses about 120 HR's in the starting lineup, if that. At least we possess the depth to make a deal at the deadline to address it, providing we're around at the end of July. A team like Arizona has the potential to win the division too, so I'm not sleeping on them at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
humanoid92 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 Nye Mets Heh, "the Nye Mets are my favorite squadron." Re: Padres I wouldn't be surprised if they finish 1st or 5th. That division is totally up for grabs. A sea of mediocrity. I don't like Colorado but I could see them being the NL's "surprise team." I wouldn't bet on anything regarding this division but if I had to pick something, it'd be a last place finish for the Giants. I just don't like them at all. I know they have some good young pitching with Cain and Lowry, and they added Zito, but I just don't buy them going anywhere. Re: Phillies I think it's great that everyone's picking them to go so far. I know I'm guilty too because I picked them for the wildcard. Sure, the NL is up for grabs and it wouldn't surprise me to see them do well, but I just think it'll be great when they end up winning 85 games and just missing the playoffs... again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 AL East Boston Toronto (WC) New York Tampa Bay Baltimore AL Central Chicago Cleveland Detroit Minnesota Kansas City AL West Los Angelas Oakland Seattle Texas NL East New York Philadelphia (WC) Atlanta Florida Washington NL Central St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Houston Cincinnati Pittsburgh NL West Los Angelas Arizona San Diego Colorado San Francisco ALCS - Chicago d. Toronto NLCS - New York d. Los Angelas WS - New York Mets d. Chicago White Sox AL MVP - Vladimir Guerrero AL Cy Young - Roy Halladay NL MVP - Albert Pujols NL Cy Young - Carlos Zambrano Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USC Wuz Robbed! 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 Padres are going to finish no worse than 2nd in the West. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 David Wells is a better fifth starter than 90% of teams have. I am worried about the diabetes, but it could be a positive as it will force him to lose weight and cut down on the drinking. The back end of the bullpen with Meredith, Linebrink and Hoffman is as good as you'll find anywhere. I don't think their question marks are any greater than any other team's heading into the season. Someone like Gonzalez is as likely to have a breakout season as he is to regress. Arizona and Colorado should be better than last year, but I'm not buying into the Dodgers this year. I don't have anything against them personally but I don't like the offense as they've done nothing to address the loss of JD Drew and the pitching is deep, but probably not as good as advertised (although I love the addition of Schmidt). The diabetes will not be a factor. I have type one and I function fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brett Favre 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 AL East: 1. Yankees 2. Red Sox (WC) 3. Blue Jays 4. Orioles 5. Devil Rays AL Central: 1. Twins 2. White Sox 3. Tigers 4. Indians 5. Royals AL West: 1. Angels 2. A's 3. Rangers 4. Mariners NL East: 1. Mets 2. Phillies (WC) 3. Braves 4. Marlins 5. Nationals NL Central: 1. Cubs 2. Cardinals 3. Brewers 4. Astros 5. Reds 6. Pirates NL West: 1. Dodgers 2. Padres 3. Giants 4. Diamondbacks 5. Rockies AL MVP: Vladimir Guerrero NL MVP: Jose Reyes AL Cy Young: Johan Santana NL Cy Young: Carlos Zambrano Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 I picked the Padres second, but I wouldn't be surprised to see them win the division. I think Randy Johnson is done, to be honest, and I figure the D-Backs to be a couple of years away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 David Wells is a better fifth starter than 90% of teams have. I am worried about the diabetes, but it could be a positive as it will force him to lose weight and cut down on the drinking. The back end of the bullpen with Meredith, Linebrink and Hoffman is as good as you'll find anywhere. I don't think their question marks are any greater than any other team's heading into the season. Someone like Gonzalez is as likely to have a breakout season as he is to regress. Arizona and Colorado should be better than last year, but I'm not buying into the Dodgers this year. I don't have anything against them personally but I don't like the offense as they've done nothing to address the loss of JD Drew and the pitching is deep, but probably not as good as advertised (although I love the addition of Schmidt). The diabetes will not be a factor. I have type one and I function fine. You also aren't 43 years old and severely overweight with a well-document drinking problem. It's going to be hard for stubborn fellow such as David to reverse 40+ years of bad habits. It's already been noted that he came down with a case of gout directly linked to his diabetes problem. I do hope for the best, but it's not as though it's a sure thing he pitches 180-200 innings with a 4.00 ERA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 You also aren't 43 years old and severely overweight with a well-known drinking problem. It's going to be hard for stubborn fellow such as David to reverse 40+ years of bad habits. It's already been noted that he came down with a case of gout directly linked to his diabetes problem. I do hope for the best, but it's not as though it's a sure thing he pitches 180-200 innings with a 4.00 ERA. Different circumstances sure. Type two diabetes isn't something debilitating though. It's a condition that makes you feel rotten if your sugar level goes high or low. I'm tempted to say that now that it is diagnosed and controlled, he might be in BETTER condition than before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
migoli 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2007 AL East 1. Yankees 2. Blue Jays 3.Red Sox 4.Devil Rays 5. O's AL Central 1.Twins 2.Indians(WC) 3.Tigers 4.White Sucks 5.Royals AL West 1.Angles 2.Rangers 3.A's 4.Mariners NL East 1.Mets 2.Phillies(WC) 3.Marlins 4.Braves 5.Nats NL Central 1.Astros 2.Brewers 3.Cardinals 4.Cubs 5.Reds 6.Pirates NL West 1.Padres 2.Dodgers 3.D'Backs 4.Rockies 5.Giants AL MVP: Joe Mauer NL MVP: David Wright AL CY Young: Johan NL CY Young: Roy Oswalt Twins over Angles Yankees over Indians Mets over Padres Phillies over Astros Twins over Yankees Mets over Phillies Twins over Mets Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
