Predicting The 2011 Baseball Season
by Scott Coleman on Mar 29, 2011 8:00 AM EDT
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We're basically 48 hours away from Opening Day, and that means it's time to make some (wrong) predictions. Last year's World Series was foreseen by just about no one, and we should expect nothing different for this upcoming season. Pretty simple concept here; just crank up the old noggin and post your fearless predictions. Division standings, MVPs, Cy Young winners, World Series champion, etc. Winner gets absolutely nothing.
There's a ballot to copy and paste after the jump if you'd like to make it a little easier on yourself. Happy predicting!
AL East:
AL Central:
AL West:
AL Wild Card:
NL East:
NL Central:
NL West:
NL Wild Card:
AL Rookie of the Year:
NL Rookie of the Year:
AL Cy Young:
NL Cy Young:
AL MVP:
NL MVP:
ALDS:
NLDS:
ALCS:
NLCS:
World Series:
Also feel free to make some predictions for breakout players in each league, which teams will surprise and disappoint, how much the attendance in Kansas City will go down now that both Jeff Francoeur and Melky Cabrera are in the same lineup...stuff like that.
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AL East: Boston
AL Central: Minnesota
AL West: Oakland
AL Wild Card: New York
NL East: Atlanta
NL Central: Cincinnati
NL West: San Francisco
NL Wild Card: Philadelphia
AL Rookie of the Year: no idea
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL MVP: Joe Mauer
NL MVP: Jason Heyward
ALDS: Boston sweeps Oakland, Minnesota beats New York 3-1
NLDS: Atlanta sweeps Cincinnati, San Francisco beats Philadelphia 3-1
ALCS: Minnesota beats Boston 4-2
NLCS: Atlanta beats San Francisco 4-3
World Series: Atlanta beats Minnesota 4-3 to revenge ’91
You were perfect up until the use of ‘revenge’ instead of ‘avenge’…
"Never doubt Derek Lowe's ability to win despite himself."
by EricGreggWasPaidOff on Mar 29, 2011 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
its my first ever comment and im first on this post... nice....:]
AL East: Toronto Blue Jays
AL Central: Minnesota Twins
AL West: Oakland A’s
AL Wild Card: Chicago Whitesox
NL East: ATL
NL Central: Brewers
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Mitch Mooreland, Tex
NL Rookie of the Year: Aroldes Chapman, Cin
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez, Sea
NL Cy Young: Matt Cain, SF
AL MVP: Josh Hamilton
NL MVP: Jason Heyward
World Series: Atlanta over Min Twins
Pitching will collapse the powers of the red sox and yanks…..
Braves make some sort of trade with the rangers, the braves get their salary relief and that right handed bench bat in exchange for a reliever or two, pro or farm or both at some point this season. [trading away KK and/lopez maybe others]
If Jurrjens has a good first half he will be traded by the deadline, a boras client, sell high.
Second
"Never doubt Derek Lowe's ability to win despite himself."
by EricGreggWasPaidOff on Mar 29, 2011 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central : Detroit Tigers
AL West: Texas Rangers
AL Wild Card: NY Yankees
NL East: Philadelphia Phillies
NL Central: Milwaukee Brewers
NL West: San Fransisco Giants
NL Wild Card: Atlanta Braves
AL ROY: Jesus Montero, NY Yankees
NL ROY: Freddie Freeman, Atl. Braves
AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander, Det. Tigers
NL Cy Young Award: Roy Halladay, Phi. Phillies
AL MVP: Robinson Cano, NY Yankees
NL MVP: Ryan Braun, Mil. Brewers
ALDS: Boston beats Detroit 3-1, Texas beats the Yankees 3-2
NLDS: Braves beat San Fran 3-2, Phillies sweep Milwaukee
ALCS: Boston beats Texas 4-2
NLCS: Braves beat Phillies 4-3
World Series: Braves beat Boston 4-3
"If we can land [Stephen Drew], I will give FW a bj. --justincredubil02 on Feb 28, 2011 2:30 PM EST
doubt Montero
gets enough at bats for REAL ROY consideration.
I like your list…but I’m going Hellickson as ROY.
by apoxonbothyourhouses on Mar 29, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
I was tapping my fingers on my desk trying to decide between Montero and Hellickson for my list. In the end, I went with the batter over the pitcher. But there is a lot of preseason traction out there with the pundits that say you are correct. If Montero does get the AB’s, I think he’ll edge out TB’s rookie phenom for the the award.
"If we can land [Stephen Drew], I will give FW a bj. --justincredubil02 on Feb 28, 2011 2:30 PM EST
FAIL
mvp HEYWARD! haha
GSO
"I'd rather jerk off a tiger in a phone booth than draft Cam"
-Mel Kiper, Jr.
In only his second year in the Bigs?
Don’t get me wrong. I’d Loveit if Heyward wins MVP this year, and I reckon he’ll put up some really good numbers. But MVP numbers? I’m tempering my expectations.
"If we can land [Stephen Drew], I will give FW a bj. --justincredubil02 on Feb 28, 2011 2:30 PM EST
AL East: Bosox
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Angels
AL Wild Card: Yankees
NL East: Braves Country
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Phils
AL Rookie of the Year: no clue
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: King Felix
NL Cy Young: Tommy Hanson
AL MVP: Josh Hamilton
NL MVP: Jason Heyward
ALDS:Bosox over Angels 3-1, Yanks over Twins 3-2
NLDS:Atlanta over Cinci 3-1, Phillles sweep dodgers
ALCS: Yanks over bosox 4-2
NLCS: Braves over Phils 4-3
World Series: Braves sweep Yanks
Let’s get it on!
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Minnesota Twins
AL West: Texas Rangers
AL Wild Card: New York Yankees
NL East: Philladelphia Phillies
NL Central: Cincinnati Reds
NL West: San Francisco Giants
NL Wild Card: The Braves!
AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Moustaskas (sp?) (KC)
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman (ATL)
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez (SEA)
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay (PHI)
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez (BOS)
NL MVP: Albert Pujols (STL)
ALDS: Boston over Texas 3-1, New York over Minnesota 3-2
NLDS: Philly over Giants 3-1, Braves over Reds 3-1
ALCS: Boston over New York 4-3
NLCS: Braves over Philly 4-2
World Series: Braves defeat Red Sox in 6 games!
Cannot be any worse than my bracket picks this year… So excited for some baseball!
Let’s go Braves!!
I pick VCU to win it all. Wait a minute...
AL East: Baltimore Orioles (BELIEVE IN SHOWALTER)
AL Central: KC Royals (As Melky returns to MVP form)
AL West: Oakland A’s (with a guy named after a breakfast cereal, how can you NOT win the division?)
AL Wild Card: Toronto Blue Jays (everybody knows the AL East is the strongest division in baseball, so clearly it’ll be one of them to win the wildcard)
NL East: Atlanta Braves (because if we’re not being blatantly homeristic, WHAT’S THE POINT?)
NL Central: Pittsburgh Pirates (don’t you just think they’re due?)
NL West: LA Dodgers (the only reason they weren’t making the postseason? Joe Torre. Now that he’s gone, LOOK OUT)
NL Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies (with 116 wins, it’s kind of surprising they didn’t take the division… if only the Braves hadn’t been in the east, I guess)
AL Rookie of the Year: Kyle Drabek, although everyone thinks they’re voting for his dad.
NL Rookie of the Year: Buster Posey, again. He’s just so good, guys, we had to give him twice the credit!
AL Cy Young: Jo-Jo Reyes, who finally finds the Jo-Jo mojo up in Toronto.
NL Cy Young: Joe Blanton, who will spend the next five years hanging out in the Phillies clubhouse yelling “FANTASTIC FOUR, EH?!” while swinging the trophy around his head.
AL MVP: Melky Cabrera, for single-handedly taking the Royals to their first playoff appearance of the last quarter-century.
NL MVP: Jason Heyward, for his ability to retroactively nullify outs with his bat. No one’s sure how he does this, but it’s obviously incredibly valuable.
ALDS: Orioles in 4 and Blue Jays in 5
NLDS: Braves and Phillies, both sweep
(Yes, all 4 are east coast teams just so I don’t have to stay up an extra hour or two to catch the games)
ALCS: Blue Jays pull it out, but only after they kidnap The Oriole Bird and keep him stuffed inside a locker for the dramatic game 7.
NLCS: Well, duh. Out of the 46 games the Phillies actually lost, 15 of them were to the Braves. Phillies get swept.
World Series: Pat Borders, Jimmy Key, and Candy Maldonado all come out of retirement to help the Jays win the series… but ultimately fail. Heyward wins the WS MVP, for giving the Braves an average of 4.3 outs per inning.
"…the umps in San Francisco somehow missed Brooks Conrad’s tag at second base on a sliding Buster Posey, who could’ve been called out from a houseboat in Sausalito."
-- Tommy Craggs
by duwanis on Mar 29, 2011 9:09 AM EDT reply actions 7 recs
"Joe Blanton, who will spend the next five years hanging out in the Phillies clubhouse yelling "FANTASTIC FOUR, EH?!" while swinging the trophy around his head."
Classic.
by soup du jour on Mar 29, 2011 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
+1000
ESPN can give the Philthies all the verbal BJs they want, Braves will still clinch the east!
by suicide bunting is a sin on Mar 29, 2011 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
quality
Valued customer of Boris' Baseball Boutique
by VivaLosBravos on Mar 29, 2011 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
This wins funniest comment of the thread….and I haven’t even read them all yet.
"Never doubt Derek Lowe's ability to win despite himself."
by EricGreggWasPaidOff on Mar 29, 2011 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
omg
my first green. I feel like I should frame it, or something.
"…the umps in San Francisco somehow missed Brooks Conrad’s tag at second base on a sliding Buster Posey, who could’ve been called out from a houseboat in Sausalito."
-- Tommy Craggs
feel free
Because this was gold. So many funny quotes…
And the image of Joe Blanton in his jockstrap dancing around the clubhouse with a Cy Young will not leave my head.
Just picture Moylo dancing naked to techno
and I’m sure it’ll disappear.
Thanks again for sharing that with us, Chipper. >.<
"…the umps in San Francisco somehow missed Brooks Conrad’s tag at second base on a sliding Buster Posey, who could’ve been called out from a houseboat in Sausalito."
-- Tommy Craggs
Did this on another site, so I'll copy and paste
AL
East:
1. Boston 94-68
2. Tampa Bay 89-73
3. New York 88-74
4. Toronto 79-83
5. Baltimore 75-87
Central:
1. Minnesota 86-76
2. Chicago 85-77
3. Detroit 84-78
4. Kansas City 70-92
5. Cleveland 68-94
West:
1. Texas 90-72
2. Los Angeles 84-78
3. Oakland 81-81
4. Seattle 75-87
NL
East:
1. Philadelphia 91-71
2. Atlanta 90-72
3. Florida 83-79
4. Washington 74-88
5. New York 67-95
Central:
1. Cincinnati 88-74
2. Milwaukee 82-80
3. Houston 81-81
4. St. Louis 80-82
5. Chicago 78-84
6. Pittsburgh 71-91
West:
1. San Francisco 90-72
2. Colorado 86-76
3. San Diego 83-79
4. Los Angeles 82-80
5. Arizona 76-86
AL MVP: Evan Longoria, TB
AL CY: Jon Lester, Bos
AL ROY: Michael Pineda, Sea
NL MVP: Prince Fielder, Mil
NL CY: Roy Halladay, Phi
NL ROY: Freddie Freeman, Atl
AL playoffs: Boston over Minnesota, Texas over Tampa Bay; Boston over Texas
NL playoffs: Atlanta over San Francisco, Cincinnati over Philadelphia; Cincinnati over Atlanta
World Series: Boston over Cincinnati 4-1
Jeff Francoeur drives in 90+ runs without having an OBP over .310. The Pirates offense is the fantasy surprise of the year, but the pitching keeps the team down. The Blue Jays and Orioles are strong enough to be in the playoffs in multiple divisions, but they’re in the AL East, so they don’t end up anywhere near there. Finally, the NL East days in first are split almost equally among the Marlins, Phils, and Braves as the Marlins jump out of the gate fast and are leading the division when Josh Johnson goes down for the season in June. They play inspired ball, and Chris Volstad, Anibal Sanchez, and Ricky Nolasco all play ace for one month to have the Marlins still in the hunt on September 1st, but they fade away as the season closes out, earning Edwin Rodriguez the manager of the year award. Joe Maddon wins the award in the AL.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Detroit Tigers
AL West: Texas Rangers
AL Wild Card: New York Yankees
NL East: Atlanta Braves
NL Central: Cincinnati Reds
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Kila Ka’aihue (KC)
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman (ATL)
AL Cy Young: CC Sabathia (SEA)
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay (PHI)
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez (BOS)
NL MVP: Carlos Gonzalez (COL)
ALDS: Boston over Texas 3-2, Minnesota over New York 3-2
NLDS: Philly over Dodgers 3-1, Braves over Reds 3-2
ALCS: Boston over Minnesota 4-3
NLCS: Braves over Philly 4-3
World Series: Braves defeat Red Sox in 7
Let’s go Braves!!
-Yellow Jackets, Braves, Falcons, Hawks, and Thrashers fan!
Kansas City
Will ride Cabrera, Frenchy, and Bruce Chen all the was to a WS title!!!! Yes!!!!!!
…..
…….
………
/sarcasm
"I wasn’t thinking about it. That’s the worst celebration of all time. I didn’t know what to do. I got lost in the moment." - Brian McCann
by HansonManCrush on Mar 29, 2011 9:31 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Also for those who care
Jim Bowden is a Braves believer… He’s picking them to win it all in 2011…. My man!
"I wasn’t thinking about it. That’s the worst celebration of all time. I didn’t know what to do. I got lost in the moment." - Brian McCann
by HansonManCrush on Mar 29, 2011 9:33 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Ugh.
I wish I hadn’t have heard that. Not a Bowden fan.
"Yeah, and I have an enchanted jock strap." -- Karl Karlson
I now twitter as @junkstats and blog about made-up stats and general baseball stuff at JunkStats.
by Jacob Peterson on Mar 29, 2011 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Detroit Tigers
AL West: Oakland Atheletics
AL Wild Card: Baltimore Orioles
NL East: Atlanta Braves
NL Central: Milwaukee Brewers
NL West: SF Giants
NL Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Dustin Ackley
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Jon Lester
NL Cy Young: Mat Latos
AL MVP: Robinson Cano
NL MVP: Troy Tulowitski
ALDS:Oakland over Baltimore, Boston Over Detroit
NLDS: Braves over Giants, Phillies over Milwaukee
ALCS: Boston over Oakland
NLCS: Phillies over Braves
World Series: Boston over Phillies
AL East: Boston
AL Central: Chicago
AL West: Texas
AL Wild Card: Tampa Bay
NL East: Atlanta
NL Central: Cincinatti
NL West: San Francisco
NL Wild Card: Philadelphia
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Brandon Beachy
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young: Tim Lincecum
AL MVP: Josh Hamilton
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
ALDS: Red Sox, Rangers
NLDS: Braves, Giants
ALCS: Red Sox
NLCS: Braves
World Series: Atlanta over Boston
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Detroit Tigers
AL West: L.A. – Anaheim Angels
AL Wild Card: New York Yankees
NL East: Atlanta Braves
NL Central: Milwaukee Brewers
NL West: San Francisco Giants
NL Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Mitch Moreland
NL Rookie of the Year: FREEMAN!!!
AL Cy Young: Dan Haren
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
ALDS: Detroit over New York, Boston over L.A. – Anaheim
NLDS: Atlanta over Milwaukee, San Francisco over Philadelphia
ALCS: Boston over Detroit
NLCS: Atlanta over San Francisco
World Series: Who else?! The Bravos in 6 over Boston!!!
They got a name for the winners in the world...they call Alabama the Crimson Tide!
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Minnesota Twins
AL West: Texas Rangers
AL Wild Card: New York Yankees (although their days are numbered)
NL East: Atlanta Braves (I just think injuries will be the Phillies’ downfall)
NL Central: Milwaukee Brewers
NL West: Colorado Rockies
NL Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Moustakas
NL Rookie of the Year: Brandon Belt
AL Cy Young: Jon Lester
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
ALDS: Texas over New York, Boston Over Minnesota
NLDS: Atlanta over Miluakee, Philadelphia over Colorado
ALCS: Boston over Texas
NLCS: Atlanta over Philadelphia
World Series: Boston over Atlanta
Yes, its homerific, but I think we have a much better shot this year than last, especially with our ability to trade for something at the deadline like a closer or a power bat if needed.
Here we go
AL East: Red Sox, Yankees, Orioles, Rays, Jays
AL Central: Twins, White Sox, Tigers, Indians, Royals
AL West: Rangers, A’s, Angels, Mariners
AL Wild Card: White Sox
NL East: Phillies, Braves, Marlins, Mets, Nats
NL Central: Brewers, Reds, Cardinals, Cubs, Astros, Pirates
NL West: Rockies, Giants, Dodgers, Padres, Diamondbacks
NL Wild Card: Los Bravos
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Jon Lester
NL Cy Young: Zach Greinke
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Troy Tulowitzki
ALDS: Red Sox over White Sox, Twins over Rangers
NLDS: Phillies over Rockies, Braves over Brewers
ALCS: Twins over Red Sox
NLCS: Braves over Phillies
World Series: I mean, you gotta pick this right? Braves over Twins for your 2011 WS Champs!!!
AL East: Boston
AL Central: Minnesota
AL West: Oakland
AL Wild Card: Tampa
NL East: Atlanta
NL Central: Cincinnati
NL West: San Diego
NL Wild Card: Philly
AL Rookie of the Year: Moustakas
NL Rookie of the Year: Freeman
AL Cy Young: Liriano
NL Cy Young: Halladay
AL MVP: Morneau
NL MVP: Tulowitzki
ALDS: Tampa over Oakland, Minnesota over Boston
NLDS: Atlanta over San Diego, Philly over Cincinnati
ALCS: Minnesota over Tampa
NLCS: Atlanta over Philly
World Series: Atlanta over Minnesota
Bold Predictions:
Royals finish third in the Central above Detroit
Arizona loses 105 games
Tampa finishes only one game behind Boston
San Diego suprises everyone again and take the West
Will Venable hits 20HR with 40SB and Chase Headley has a 20/20 .800+OPS season
Philly scores less runs than the Padres
Milwaukee finshes fourth in the Central
Jay Bruce hit s 40 HR
Jason Heyward wins at baseball.
Will be accurate for a day I'm sure
AL East: Sawx
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card:Tampa
NL East: Braves
NL Central:Brew Crew
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Phils or Giants
AL Rookie of the Year:PIneda
NL Rookie of the Year:
AL Cy Young: FF 4 Life
NL Cy Young: Greinke
AL MVP: Crawford
NL MVP: Eithier
ALDS:
NLDS:
ALCS:
NLCS:
World Series:
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
~Earl Wilson
ALDS: Twins v. Sawx, Rangers v.Tampa
NLDS: Braves v.Brewers, Phils v Dodgers
ALCS: Saawx over Tampa
NLCS:Braves over Dodgers
World Series: Braves over Sawx
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
~Earl Wilson
by BeantownVol on Mar 29, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Angels
AL Wild Card: Yankees
NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Brewers
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Braves
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Jon Lester
NL Cy Young: Chris Carpenter
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
ALDS: Yankees over Angels, Red Sox over White Sox
NLDS:Braves over Giants, Phillies over Brewers
ALCS: Yankees over Red Sox
NLCS: Braves over Phillies
World Series: Braves over Yankees
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Rays
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Michael Pineda
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: John Lester
NL Cy Young: Tim Lincecum
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Joey Votta
World Series: Braves vs. Red Sox
Bold Predictions:
- The Pirates will be top 10 in the NL in runs scored and they will score more runs than the Phillies
- Jay Bruce and Joey Votto will achieve the rare feat of both finishing top 5 in MVP voting.
- Craig Kimbrel will strike out 120+
How do I feel? Like f**king success - Jordan Schafer
We had the midget mafia over at second base: Me, Uggla and Conrad - Matt Young
hmmmm
Jay Bruce and Joey Votto will achieve the rare feat of both finishing top 5 in MVP voting.
i’m betting you have both on your fantasy team?
by apoxonbothyourhouses on Mar 29, 2011 10:19 AM EDT reply actions
Neither actually, I just think Jay Bruce is on the brink of blowing up into an MVP type player.
I don’t think .290/.380/.530 with 30+ homers and 100+ RBI is out of the question this season.
How do I feel? Like f**king success - Jordan Schafer
We had the midget mafia over at second base: Me, Uggla and Conrad - Matt Young
Pre-Season Optimism at All-Time High
So far: 14 out of 17 posters predicting the WS winner have chosen the Braves.
I honestly hope you're not counting my post
"…the umps in San Francisco somehow missed Brooks Conrad’s tag at second base on a sliding Buster Posey, who could’ve been called out from a houseboat in Sausalito."
-- Tommy Craggs
I did count it based on the clear implication of the Heyward winning the WS MVP prediction and the reasoned assumption that entertaining and/or comedic efforts aside, you were taking your predicting responsibilities with due seriousness.
hah.
I did my absolute best to indicate the complete lack of seriousness involved in that post. Clearly, I suck at internet sarcasm more than I thought.
I don’t have any expectations that we’ll make it to the WS, or that if we do make it, that we’ll win.
I think we’ve got a good shot at getting to the playoffs, but anything past that is a crapshoot. Anything can happen in a short series.
"…the umps in San Francisco somehow missed Brooks Conrad’s tag at second base on a sliding Buster Posey, who could’ve been called out from a houseboat in Sausalito."
-- Tommy Craggs
when does the fan optimism meter come back, or have I missed it?
by CharlotteChop on Mar 29, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
We do seem to have the most depth, especially at SP, out of the 5-6 major contenders. As we know pitching wins in the playoffs, so it’s not that farfetched for the Braves to win it this year. Honestly, I’d say it’s us or the Phillies this year, but If anything happens to Halladay they probably don’t even make the playoffs. And considering the workload to injury ratio he’s had over the last few year, he’s due for a serious one.
If we can land [Stephen Drew], I will give FW a bj.
~justincredubil02
by king of games on Mar 29, 2011 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Angels
AL Wild Card: Yankees
NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Brewers
NL West: Rockies
NL Wild Card: Braves
AL Rookie of the Year: Kyle Drabek
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young:Jon Lester
NL Cy Young:Roy Halladay
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Carlos Gonzalez
ALDS: Red Sox over Angels in 3, White Sox over Yankees in 5
NLDS: Braves over Rockies in 4, Phillies over Brewers in 4
ALCS: Red Sox over White Sox in 6
NLCS: Braves over Phillies in 7
World Series: Red Sox over Braves in 6
Other Predictions:
- Dan Uggla hits 40 home runs, Jason Heyward hits 30 HRs.
-Oakland finishes 2nd in the AL West, just a few games short of winning the division.
-Gordon Beckham hits over 20 home runs and bats .300.
-Tampa Bay goes back to the AL East cellar
-Dodgers finish 2nd in the NL West, Giants finish 3rd
-Pittsburgh has a more potent offense than Philadelphia
-The Mets finish last in the NL East
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Yankees
NL East: Bravos
NL Central: Reds (this will be close and I am expecting this division winner to only be a few games over .500 like the NL West a couple years back)
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Rockies
AL Rookie of the Year: Michael Pineda
NL Rookie of the Year: Craig Kimbrel
AL Cy Young: Jon Lester
NL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw
AL MVP: Carl Crawford
NL MVP: Albert “the Machine” Pujols
ALDS: Rangers over Yankees in 5, Red Sox over White Sox in 4
NLDS: Braves over Rockies in 5, Dodgers over Reds in 4
ALCS: Red Sox over Rangers in 5
NLCS: Braves over Dodgers in 6
World Series: Red Sox over Braves in 6
AL East: Tampa Bay
AL Central: Detroit
AL West: Texas
AL Wild Card: Boston
NL East: Atlanta
NL Central: Cincinnati
NL West: Colorado
NL Wild Card: San Francisco (That’s right. No Phillies in Playoffs)
AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Moustakas
NL Rookie of the Year: Craig Kimbrel
AL Cy Young: Max Scherzer
NL Cy Young: Tommy Hanson
AL MVP: Evan Longoria
NL MVP: Carlos Gonzalez
ALDS: Tampa Bay Over Texas, Boston Over Detroit
NLDS: Atlanta Over San Francisco (Payback), Colorado Over Cincinnati
ALCS: Tampa Bay Over Boston
NLCS: Atlanta Over Colorado
World Series: World War 3 Begins and World Series is Cancelled (Atlanta likely would have won)
Question?
Why is Tim Hudson BURIED in the actual player rankings and Fantasy as well? Did anybody other than me think he was cy young worthy last year? He did Win Come Back Player……
Because
Fantasy depends on high K/9 rates (if you want to win), which Hudson does not provide. He’s useful, but his value is in the right area for rankigns.
wasn't he 5th in cy young too?
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
~Earl Wilson
by BeantownVol on Mar 29, 2011 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
my bad
4th
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
~Earl Wilson
by BeantownVol on Mar 29, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Unless you play in a league that counts GB rate!
"Yeah, and I have an enchanted jock strap." -- Karl Karlson
I now twitter as @junkstats and blog about made-up stats and general baseball stuff at JunkStats.
by Jacob Peterson on Mar 29, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
he don't strike anyone out
and his whip is somewhat high for a #1 starter.
by apoxonbothyourhouses on Mar 29, 2011 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Red Sox
Tigers
Athletics
Orioles
Braves
Brewers
Giants
Cardinals
ROY
Moose Tacos
Craig Kimbrel
CY
Franky Liriano
Tommy Hanson
MVP
Shin-Soo Choo
Prince Fielder
MOY
Buck Showalter
Fredi Gonzalez
LCS (MVP)
Boston over Detroit (Carl Crawford)
Atlanta over San Francisco (Jason Heyward)
WS Atlanta over Boston (Tommy Hanson)
Miguel Cabrera’s ratio of home runs to plate appearances exceeds his ratio of alcohol to blood.
Prince Fielder’s midseason liposuction procedure triples his power output.
Rich Harden makes 28 starts, and finishes 4th in AL Cy balloting.
Roy Halladay quits baseball to pursue a degree in astrophysics.
Joe Mauer hits about .285
Melky Cabrera hits about .286
Jeff Francoeur is converted to a bullpen pitcher, and has good stuff but spotty control.
Hosmer takes over in RF, Moose Tacos usurps third by June, and the Royals finish 82-80.
Chase Headley outearns Adrian, Carlos, Alex, Alex and just about every other Gonzalez.
Daric Barton records more walks than hits.
Felix Hernandez wins eight games.
Nate McLouth hits a walk-off popup in a late season game against the hapless Phillies. It is booted by Luis Castillo, who is still covering for Chase Utley.
Utley says about his injury, “I would really love to play baseball again, but I don’t really care if I ever play baseball again.”
He misses the entire season.
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Felix Hernandez wins eight games.
i feel sooooo sorry for that guy.
by apoxonbothyourhouses on Mar 29, 2011 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
About like Grienke pitching for the Royals?
"Never doubt Derek Lowe's ability to win despite himself."
by EricGreggWasPaidOff on Mar 29, 2011 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
If everyone here actually thinks the Braves are going to win he World Series,
we’re probably going to be extremely disappointed come October. Maybe I just have a different outlook; I’d rather have a bit lower expectations, so that it’s at least possible for me to be pleasantly surprised.
AL Playoff teams: Red Sox, White Sox, A’s, Yankees (WC)
NL Playoff teams: Phillies, Brewers, Giants, Braves (WC)
MVPs: Adrian Gonzalez and Ryan Braun
Cy Youngs: Brett Anderson and Tim Lincecum
ROYs: Jeremy Hellickson and Freddie Freeman
AL Playoffs: A’s over Yankees, Red Sox over White Sox; Red Sox over A’s
NL Playoffs: Phillies over Giants (revenge), Brewers over Braves; Phillies over Brewers
WS: Red Sox over Phillies
I’m sure 90% of this will be wrong, though.
"Yeah, and I have an enchanted jock strap." -- Karl Karlson
I now twitter as @junkstats and blog about made-up stats and general baseball stuff at JunkStats.
by Jacob Peterson on Mar 29, 2011 10:52 AM EDT reply actions
as i was reading
I kept thinking the same thing, everyone kept picking the braves to win the WS, i know thats what we all want, but we have to remember that the only prediction that will be accurate is that the opening day roster will not be the same come september….
Am i the only one who doesnt see all the hype around the Brewers?
I know they added some good pieces but I still dont have much faith in them. Ofc, there really isnt anyone else in that division, so maybe they win by default.
"If I have asthma, they won't let me scuba. And if I can’t scuba, then what’s this all been about?? What am I working toward??"
"You look like you should be married to one of the San Diego Padres."
I agree
The bottom of their lineup is pretty atrocious, and I don’t trust Greinke at all. Gallardo’s arm could also fall off. I think they will be improved, but still below the Reds, and I think the Cardinals are going to surprise some people.
Scenarios for Braves and the WS
It’s really not that far-fetched:
Braves need to have a consistent offense, consistent pitching, and avoid injuries to the extent possible. Chipper is obviously the biggest risk to that, but the offense and pitching shouldn’t be a concern.
Beyond that:
- Phillies are aging, and are one or two key injuries away from falling back… particularly if they lose any pitching.
- Giants: still not enough offense. Cannot blow people away.
- Cincy: not enough pitching.
- Milwaukee: not enough pitching; some lineup holes; streaky. I expect the Cards/Brewers/Cincy to beat each other up.
If Atlanta can beat Washington and Florida consistently, that should make life good while the other divisions both have major intra-battles going on.
For the playoffs, I like our rotation at the end of a long year better than Philly or SF or Boston (especially). It can happen… and I personally feel more optimistic than last year for sure.
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Fangraphs, on Craig Kimbrel: "His strikeout rates look like they’re coming from a video game"
"If Atlanta can beat Washington and Florida consistently"
how long has it been since we’ve done that? >.>
"…the umps in San Francisco somehow missed Brooks Conrad’s tag at second base on a sliding Buster Posey, who could’ve been called out from a houseboat in Sausalito."
-- Tommy Craggs
Right. ‘Bout darn time, don’tcha think?
Fangraphs, on Craig Kimbrel: "His strikeout rates look like they’re coming from a video game"
This.
"Never doubt Derek Lowe's ability to win despite himself."
by EricGreggWasPaidOff on Mar 29, 2011 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
AL East: Boston
AL Central: Sotta
AL West: Texas (in a tight one)
AL Wild Card: Yankees (in an equally tight one)
NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Rockies
NL Wild Card: Brewers
AL Rookie of the Year: Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Freeman
AL Cy Young: David Price
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
ALDS: Boston over Texas, Minny over New York
NLDS: Phillies over Brewers, Reds over Rockies
ALCS: Boston over Minny
NLCS: Phillies over Reds
World Series: Boston over Philly in 6
bold phraseGoing Bold
Between Dan Uggla, Jason Heyward, Chipper Jones, Brian McCann, and Martin Prado, the Braves will have 150 homer runs. Between Freddie Freeman and Alex Gonzalez, they will have 25.
Andrew McCutchen becomes a legitimate 30/30 threat. Jair Jurrjens is traded this year. The Cardinals finish .500 or worse. David Price has more wins than any Philly pitcher.
by thenightstallion on Mar 29, 2011 10:55 AM EDT reply actions
homer runs
may be a more accurate term than you think.
"…the umps in San Francisco somehow missed Brooks Conrad’s tag at second base on a sliding Buster Posey, who could’ve been called out from a houseboat in Sausalito."
-- Tommy Craggs
I do my best
"…the umps in San Francisco somehow missed Brooks Conrad’s tag at second base on a sliding Buster Posey, who could’ve been called out from a houseboat in Sausalito."
-- Tommy Craggs
AL East: RedSox
AL Central: WhiteSox
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Yanks
NL East: Braves Baby!
NL Central: Cards
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Phills
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Craig Kimbrel
AL Cy Young: King Felix
NL Cy Young: Tim Hudson
AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera
NL MVP: Jay HEY
ALDS: RedSox Vs. Yanks = RedSox Win / WhiteSox Vs. Rangers = Rangers Win
NLDS: Braves Vs. Phills = Braves Win / Cards Vs. Giants = Giants Win
ALCS: Redsox Vs. Rangers = Redsox Win in 6
NLCS: Braves Vs. Giants = Braves Win in 7
World Series: Redsox Vs. Braves = Braves win 4-2
100% accurate guaranteed (LOL)
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Tigers (just beating out the Yankees/Angels/Twins)
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Brewers
NL West: Rockies
NL Wild Card: Giants (just over the Phils/Cards)
AL Rookie of the Year: Kyle Drabek
NL Rookie of the Year: Brandon Belt
AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander
NL Cy Young: Tommy Hanson
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Prince Fielder
ALDS: Red Sox over Tigers (3-1), White Sox over Rangers (3-0)
NLDS: Braves over Giants (3-2), Brewers over Rockies (3-0)
ALCS: White Sox over Red Sox (4-2)
NLCS: Brewers over Braves (4-3)
World Series: Brewers over White Sox (4-2)
Surprise Teams: Marlins, Astros, Brewers, Angels
Disappoint Teams: Phillies, Reds, Padres, Twins, Yankees
Breakout Players: Pedro Alvarez, Ryan Raburn, Tommy Hanson, Jhoulys Chacin, Kendry Morales, Brett Wallace
Bust Players: Ryan Howard, Entire Reds pitching staff, Mat Latos, Francisco Liriano, Phil Hughes, Nick Swisher
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by TurnerTheBurner on Mar 29, 2011 11:19 AM EDT reply actions
Foolproof predictions straight from the UNIVAC computing device
AL East: Who cares?
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Rangers
Wild Card: See entry for “AL East”
NL East: I’ll be a good sport and say the Braves
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Giants
Wild Card: Phillies
Number of times Chip Caray says “Belted!” before the All-Star Break: 956
Odds that Joe Simpson will throw Caray through the press box window: 2:1
Standing ovation from the crowd will last: Four minutes.
Dan Uggla’s forearms weigh: 120 pounds (each)
Number of times Bobby Cox gets ejected from the stands for arguing with umpires: 9
Wind velocity necessary to move Nate McLouth’s hair: 58 mph
Date Conrad’s secret twenty-inch-wide glove is discovered by MLB: June 25
Number of times Freeman will call time to help an elderly lady carry her groceries across the street: 12
Number of times you’ll hear a baritone voice in the crowd call out, “I love you, Brian!”: Probably 8, depending on how many games I attend this year
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by TheLetter2 on Mar 29, 2011 11:24 AM EDT reply actions 7 recs
Rec'd
mostly because you used a UNIVAC.
"…the umps in San Francisco somehow missed Brooks Conrad’s tag at second base on a sliding Buster Posey, who could’ve been called out from a houseboat in Sausalito."
-- Tommy Craggs
You mean you still have a working station for these?
Fangraphs, on Craig Kimbrel: "His strikeout rates look like they’re coming from a video game"
Pop quiz time
500 pounds + lap = ?
"…the umps in San Francisco somehow missed Brooks Conrad’s tag at second base on a sliding Buster Posey, who could’ve been called out from a houseboat in Sausalito."
-- Tommy Craggs
Rural Georgia strip club day shift?
If we can land [Stephen Drew], I will give FW a bj.
~justincredubil02
by king of games on Mar 29, 2011 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Because I was lazy
and hadn’t rec’d it yet.
"…the umps in San Francisco somehow missed Brooks Conrad’s tag at second base on a sliding Buster Posey, who could’ve been called out from a houseboat in Sausalito."
-- Tommy Craggs
barritone voice?
No chance your voice doesnt crack if you get that close to him…
"If I have asthma, they won't let me scuba. And if I can’t scuba, then what’s this all been about?? What am I working toward??"
"You look like you should be married to one of the San Diego Padres."
AL East: Boston
AL Central: Chicago
AL West: LAA
AL Wild Card: NYY
NL East: Atlanta
NL Central: Milwaukee
NL West: Colorado
NL Wild Card: Cincinnatti
AL Rookie of the Year: Carlos Santana
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Felix
NL Cy Young: Greinke
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalezsd
NL MVP: Pujols
ALDS: Boston over LAA, CWS over NYY
NLDS: Atlanta over Cincy, Milwaukee over Colorado
ALCS: Boston over NYY
NLCS: Atlanta over Milwaukee
World Series: Atlanta over Boston
Additional predictions: watch out for contract year guys – Pujols will have 30 homers by all-star break and the Cardinals will pay him whatever he wants – Prince Fielder will hit 50 home runs but probably won’t bat .250. – Adrian Beltre will go back to sucking again.
The biggest midseason trade will be made by the A’s.
The Mets will have the worst record in the NL. (ok, this one’s just my hope)
Also
Carlos Santana cannot qualify for the AL ROY. Too many at bats.
hippy busted.
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by VivaLosBravos on Mar 29, 2011 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Fielder: that’s why it’s a bold prediction, I think he’s going to be swinging for the fences (or dollars)
Revised AL ROY: Desmond Jennings
You can call me STINZ!
by hippybustins on Mar 29, 2011 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
i'm a homer
and a TON of you have said this:
World Series: Atlanta over Boston
we’d get creamed in that WS.
by apoxonbothyourhouses on Mar 29, 2011 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Which is exactly why
I picked the Jays to win the AL.
"…the umps in San Francisco somehow missed Brooks Conrad’s tag at second base on a sliding Buster Posey, who could’ve been called out from a houseboat in Sausalito."
-- Tommy Craggs
Clever girl…
"Never doubt Derek Lowe's ability to win despite himself."
by EricGreggWasPaidOff on Mar 29, 2011 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Super Homer
AL East: NYY
AL Central: CHISOX
AL West: OAK
AL Wild Card: BOS
NL East: ATL
NL Central: MIL
NL West: LAD
NL Wild Card: SF
AL Rookie of the Year: Helickson
NL Rookie of the Year: FREEMAN!!! Not Belt!
AL Cy Young: David Price
NL Cy Young: TOMMY HANSON!
AL MVP: Adrien Gonzalez
NL MVP: BRIAN MCCANN
ALDS: NYY over CHISOX (3-1), OAK over BOS (3-2)
NLDS: ATL over LAD (3-0), SF over MIL (3-1)
ALCS: NYY over OAK (4-2)
NLCS: ATL over SF (4-3)
World Series: ATL OVER NYY (4-3)!!!!
Would be nice…the best part is seeing Philly not making the playoffs.
by michaeldlee1480 on Mar 29, 2011 11:36 AM EDT reply actions
AL East – Boston Red Sox
AL Central – Chicago White Sox
AL West – Los Angeles Angels
AL Wild Card – New York Yankees
NL East – Atlanta Braves
NL Central – Milwaukee Brewers
NL West – Colorado Rockies
NL Wild Card – Philadelphia Phillies
AL ROY – Jeremy Hellickson
NL ROY – Brandon Belt
AL Cy Young – Jon Lester
NL Cy Young – Roy Halladay
AL MVP – Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP – Carols Gonzalez
ALDS – Red Sox over Angels; White Sox over Yankees
NLDS – Braves over Rockies; Brewers over Phillies
ALCS – Red Sox over White Sox
NLCS – Braves over Brewers
World Series – Red Sox over Braves
I love my Braves, but I think Boston is just too strong this year…or maybe they become the Miami Heat of MLB and flop based on expectations. LET’S GO BRAVES!
"It said 'Bear Left,' so they turned around and went home...." - John Smoltz
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Chicago
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Yankees
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Cardinals
AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Moustakas
NL Rookie of the Year: Aroldis Chapman
AL Cy Young: Buccholz
NL Cy Young: Hudson
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
ALDS: Red Sox over White Sox 3-2, Rangers over Yankees 3-2
NLDS: Reds over Giants 3-1, Braves over Cardinals 3-2
ALCS: Red Sox over Rangers 4-2
NLCS: Reds over Braves 4-3
World Series: Red Sox over Reds 4-1
Other:
The Phillies disappoint, as Lee regresses to his 2006-2007 form and Halladay visits Dr. Andrews by the All-Star break
Raw Dog and Uggla shed their stone-hand reputations and have some prominent TC’ers eating crow by season’s end
Justin voices concerns over our shortstop situation, although only after being goaded for the umpteenth time
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Rays
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Rockies
NL Wild Card: Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Belt
AL Cy Young: Liriano
NL Cy Young: Halladay
AL MVP: Carl Crawford
NL MVP: Tulo
ALDS: Red Sox def Rangers 3-1, Rays def White Sox 3-0
NLDS: Braves def Card 3-2, Rockies def Phillies 3-2
ALCS: Rays def Red Sox 4-3
NLCS: Braves def Rockies 4-1
World Series: Braves def Rays 4-2
Other:
Hellickson wins 15 with a sub 3 ERA
Bautista hits >20 bombs
Carlos Gonzalez .280 17 HR 77 RBI 26 SB
Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand.
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Chicago White Sox
AL West: Anaheim Angels
AL Wild Card: Tampa Bay Rays
NL East: Atlanta Braves
NL Central: Cincinnati Reds
NL West: SF Giants
NL Wild Card: Phillie’s
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Aroldis Chapman
AL Cy Young: David Price
NL Cy Young: Josh Johnson
AL MVP: Carl Crawford
NL MVP: Joey Votto
ALDS: Red Sox over Anaheim, Rays over White Sox’s
NLDS: Braves over Giants, Phillies over Reds
ALCS: Red Sox
NLCS: Braves
World Series: Red Sox
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Chicago White Sox
AL West: Texas Rangers
AL Wild Card: NY Yankees
NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Chicago Cubs
NL West: Colorado Rockies
NL Wild Card: Atlanta Braves
AL Rookie of the Year: Michael Pineda (Seattle)
NL Rookie of the Year: Aroldis Chapman
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young: Roy Oswalt
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Carlos Gonzalez
ALDS: Red Sox and Yankees
NLDS: Philadelphia and Braves
ALCS: Red Sox in 5
NLCS: Philadelphia in 7
World Series: Philadelphia in 6
JJ will make less than 20 starts.
*Lowe’s floating bone chip will reappear
Minor will make 15+ starts
*Beachy will be up all year
Teheran will be brought up to eat innings in September
*Sherrill and Linebrink will be replaced by Abreu and Ascencio
Kimbrel will be filthy by mid-summer
*Braves will trade Delgado for quality OFer
Billy Wagner will pitch for the Braves in 2011
*Kris Medlen will not pitch for the Braves in 2011
Melk-turd Cabrerra actually hustles for a ball on opening day, catches it down the line, and is in such shock that he actually showed effort, throws the ball into the stands as he has just recorded the 1st out.
*Frenchy continues to put up HOF numbers, hitting. 240 with 7 HRs and 41 RBIs!
Braves All-Stars: McCann, Uggla, Chipper, Hudson, Venters, Heyward
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Chicago White Sox
AL West: Oakland Athletics
AL Wild Card: New York Yankees
NL East: Atlanta Braves
NL Central: St. Louis Cardinals
NL West: L.A. Dodgers
NL Wild Card: San Francisco Giants
AL Rookie of the Year: Michael Pineda (Mariners)
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman (Braves)
AL Cy Young: C.C Sabathia (Yankees)
NL Cy Young: Josh Johnson (Marlins)
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez (Red Sox)
NL MVP: Albert Pujols (Cardinals)
World Series: Atlanta Braves over Boston Red Sox in 6
If we can land [Stephen Drew], I will give FW a bj.
~justincredubil02
AL East: Boston
AL Central: Detroit
AL West: Oakland
AL Wild Card: Texas
NL East: Atlanta
NL Central: Milwaukee
NL West: Colorado
NL Wild Card: St. Louis
AL Rookie of the Year: Jake McGee
NL Rookie of the Year: Brandon Beachy
AL Cy Young: Jon Lester
NL Cy Young: Tommy Hanson
AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera
NL MVP: Jason Heyward
ALDS: Boston over Texas in 3, Oakland over Detroit in 5
NLDS: Atlanta over St. Louis in 4, Colorado over Milwaukee in 5
ALCS: Boston over Oakland in 5
NLCS: Atlanta over Colorado in 6
World Series Atlanta over Boston in 7
Comeback Player of the Year: Chris Young, Mets
by JohnRocker4CyYoung on Mar 29, 2011 12:23 PM EDT reply actions
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Chicago White Sox
AL West: Anaheim Angels
AL Wild Card: New York Yankees
NL East: Atlanta Braves
NL Central: Milwaukee Brewers
NL West: San Francisco Giants
NL Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Jarrod Parker
AL Cy Young: Jon Lester
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Ryan Braun
ALDS: Red Sox Def Angels in 4, White Sox Def Yankees in 5
NLDS: Braves Def Brewers in 5, Phillies Def Giants in 4
ALCS: Red Sox Def White Sox in 6
NLCS: Braves Def Phillies in 7
World Series: Braves Def Red Sox in 6!!
AL Comeback Player of the Year: Justin Morneau
NL Comeback Player of the Year: Nate McLouth
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central:TwinsAL West:LA
AL West: Angels
AL Wild Card:Yankees
NL East:Braves
NL Central:Reds
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card:Phiilies
AL Rookie of the Year:
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman/Craig Kimbrel
AL Cy Young:Dvaid Price
NL Cy Young:Tim Hudson
AL MVP:Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP:Chipper Jones
NL Manager of the Year: Fredi Gonzalez
NL Comeback Player of the Year: Chipper Jones
ALDS: Boston over Minn, LA over NYY
NLDS:Braves over Giants, Phils over Reds
ALCS:Redsox over Angels
NLCS:Braves over Phils
World Series:Braves over Red Sox.
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AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Minnesota Twins
AL West: Texas Rangers
AL Wild Card: Baltimore Orioles
NL East: Atlanta Braves
NL Central: Cincinnati Reds
NL West: San Francisco Giants
NL Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Brandon Belt
AL Cy Young: David Price
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Roy Halladay
ALDS: Red Sox over Rangers | Twins over Orioles
NLDS: Braves over Giants (REVENGE!) | Phillies over Reds
ALCS: Red Sox over Twins
NLCS: Braves over Phillies
World Series: Braves over Red Sox (6 games – Series MVP – Nate McClouth)
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Yankees
NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Braves
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: David Price
NL Cy Young: Cliff Lee
AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez
NL MVP: Jason Heyward
ALDS: Red Sox over Twins in 5, Yankees over Rangers in 5
NLDS: Braves over Reds in 4, Phillies over Giants in 5
ALCS: Red Sox over Yankees in 7
NLCS: Braves over Phillies in 6
World Series: Braves over Red Sox in 6
NL Comeback Player of the Year: Nate McLouth
AL Comeback Player of the Year: Jarrod Saltalamacchia
NL Coach of the Year: Fredi G.
AL Coach of the Year: Ron G.
by BravesFanScout on Mar 29, 2011 12:43 PM EDT reply actions
AL East: Rays
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Red Sox
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: CC Sabathia
NL Cy Young: Cliff Lee
AL MVP: Evan Longoria
NL MVP: Joey Votto
ALDS: Rays over Rangers | Red Sox over Twins
NLDS: Braves over Reds | Phillies over Giants
ALCS: Red Sox over Rays
NLCS: Braves over Phillies
World Series: Braves over Red Sox
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Chicago White Sox
AL West: Texas Rangers
AL Wild Card: Tampa Bay Rays
NL East: Atlanta Braves
NL Central: Milwaukee Brewers
NL West: San Francisco Giants
NL Wild Card: St. Louis Cardinals
AL Rookie of the Year: Kyle Drabek
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Jon Lester
NL Cy Young: Tim Lincecum
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Prince Fielder
ALDS: Red Sox over Rangers, White Sox over Rays
NLDS: Braves over Brewers, Cardinals over Giants
ALCS: Red Sox over White Sox
NLCS:Braves over Cardinals
World Series:Braves over Red Sox
"You go to Spring Training every year expecting to win,"- Bobby Cox
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Twins
AL West: A’s
AL Wild Card: Rays
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Moustakas
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young: Tommy Hanson
AL MVP: Evan Longoria
NL MVP: Jason Heyward
ALDS: Rays over A’s, Red Sox over Twins
NLDS: Braves over Reds, Giants over Phillies
ALCS: Red Sox over Rays
NLCS: Braves over Giants
World Series: Braves over Red Sox
Provably Incorrect Picks
AL East: BOSOX
AL Central: WHITE SOX over Twins; detroit close also
AL West: TEXAS over Anaheim (I refuse to say ‘LAAofA’)
AL Wild Card: YANKEES
NL East: PHILLIES BARELY
NL Central: CINCY over Mil, Stl Louis
NL West: SAN FRAN over Col
NL Wild Card: BRAVES barely over COL, MIL
AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Moustakas (since Drabek and Hellickson will pitch in the AL Beast)
NL Rookie of the Year: Freeman
AL Cy Young: King Felix again
NL Cy Young: Lincecum (due to a lot of split votes)
AL MVP: Crawford
NL MVP: Pujols
ALDS: Bosox beat up White Sox; Texas eliminates old Yankees
NLDS: Braves oust Cincy ; Phils take out Giants
ALCS: Boston
NLCS: Atlanta
World Series: Braves in 5 lopsided games as Boston pitching falls apart.
Fangraphs, on Craig Kimbrel: "His strikeout rates look like they’re coming from a video game"
Other Astrology-like "out there" predictions
Coaches of the Year: given the picks above, Fredi G. and Ozzie
Teams Performing Worse Than Possible: Mets, Houston, Seattle.
Teams Performing Shockingly Better: Pittsburgh
Story Lines:
San Diego returns to earth – 4-way battle of mediocrity out West. AZ and COL tie for second.
Milwaukee 2nd behind Cincy as Aging Cardinals fade.
Pittsburgh almost takes third place, flirts with .500… but pitching doesn’t hold up.
Toronto almost beats Yankees for Wild Card.
Pujols stays with Cards all season with Contract a constant theme.
King Felix becomes a Yankee at the trade deadline.
Key to Atlanta’s season: beating Florida and Washington consistently.
Fangraphs, on Craig Kimbrel: "His strikeout rates look like they’re coming from a video game"
Toronto almost beats Yankees for Wild Card
I entertained this idea as well and came very close to putting them over the Yankees in the Wild Card. However, Ultimately I think they will fall just short – maybe 1 game back.
I do think that Bautista’s new found power is for real though. Pencil him in to hit 35+ dingerz this year.
by Santaklose11 on Mar 30, 2011 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Braves with the right balance
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Yankees
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Brewers
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Moustakas
NL Rookie of the Year: Bryce Harper
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL MVP: Josh Hamilton
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
ALDS: Red Sox over over Rangers 3-1; Yankees over Twins 3-0
NLDS: Braves over Brewers 3-2; Giants over Phillies 3-2
ALCS: Red Sox over Yankees 4-2
NLCS: Braves over Giants 4-3
World Series: Braves over Red Sox 4-3
NL Comeback Player of the Year: Nate McLouth
AL Comeback Player of the Year: Brandon Webb
NL Coach of the Year: Fredi Gonzalez
AL Coach of the Year: Ron Gardenhire
Bryce Harper?
Given that your predictions look serious, do you think that Harper will be up early enough, if at all to win the ROY, since he’s starting in A ball.
by michaelcooksey on Mar 29, 2011 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
The only thing holding him back is the arbitration clock issue...
but that is big, so perhaps you are right.
I have a feeling once they see him tearing the leather off the ball in every league they put him in, it will be hard to resist not bringing him up – especially if they are still in the middle of it in June.
by Santaklose11 on Mar 30, 2011 1:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Hmmm.. Why not
AL East: Boston
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Yankees
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Rockies
NL Wild Card: Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Hellickson, rays
NL Rookie of the Year: Freeman
AL Cy Young: Price
NL Cy Young: Halladay
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Votto
ALDS: boston over white sox / Yankees over rangers
NLDS: Braves over reds / Rockies over phils
ALCS: Boston over yanks in 6
NLCS: braves over rox in 7
World Series: Boston over Braves in 7
Don’t kill me on the WS pick..
by murph35 on Mar 29, 2011 1:35 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Yankees
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: J.P. Arencibia
NL Rookie of the Year: Edinson VolquezFreddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Brett Anderson
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL MVP: Adam Dunn
NL MVP: Roy Halladay
ALDS: White Sox over Yankees, Red Sox over Rangers
NLDS: Braves over Cubs, Phillies over Dodgers
ALCS: White Sox over Red Sox
NLCS: Braves over Phillies
World Series: Braves over White Sox
"The WAR folks like yunel apparently. i know this, bobby cox hated going to war with this guy." - Jon Heyman
Beyond the Box Score / Capitol Avenue Club / shwitter: @CapitolAvenue
Well played on the Rookie of the Year.
"That guy mvhsbball is really an insufferable schmuck." - FuquaManuel
Twitter: @scottcoleman55
by Scott Coleman on Mar 29, 2011 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: A’s
AL Wild Card: Twins
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Brewers
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Moustakas
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young: Tim Hudson
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Joey Votto
ALDS: Red Sox over Twins, A’s over White Sox
NLDS: Giants over Phillies, Braves over Brewers
ALCS: A’s over Red Sox
NLCS: Braves over Giants
World Series: Braves over A’s in 6 games (Heyward wins MVP)
http://tonyalmeyda.blogspot.com/
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Twins
AL West: A’s
AL Wild Card: Yankees
NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Braves
AL Rookie of the Year: Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Freeman
AL Cy Young: King Felix
NL Cy Young: Matt Latos
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Jason Heyward
ALDS: Red Sox over A’s, Yankees over Twins (whats new)
NLDS:Braves over Reds, Giants over Philleis
ALCS: Yankees over Redsox
NLCS:Braves over Giants
World Series:Braves over Yankees
These are just being super hopeful, but hey, it could happen ;)
"It happens to everybody, man. He's had 60 at-bats. A couple of years ago, I had 60 at-bats, and I was hitting .170, and everyone was ready to kill me, too. And what happened? Laser show." - Dustin Pedroia
AL East:Red Sox
AL Central:White Sox
AL West:A’s
AL Wild Card: ORIOLES
NL East: Braves
NL Central:Cardinals
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card:Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Who Cares
NL Rookie of the Year:A. Chapman
AL Cy Young: Don’t Care
NL Cy Young: Tim Lincecum
AL MVP: Don’t Care
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
NLDS: Braves over Giants Phillies over Cards
ALCS: red sox and someone else I don’t care about from the stupid AL
NLCS: Braves over Phillies
World Series Red Sox over Braves in 6 games
by Taylor Masters on Mar 29, 2011 2:23 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Blue Sox (jk.) Angels
AL Wild Card: Rangers
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Brewers
NL West: Rockies
NL Wild Card: Phillies
NL Rookie of the Year: Freeman
NL Cy Young: Hanson
NL MVP: Heyward
NLDS: Braves over Brewers; Phillies over Rockies
NLCS: Braves over Phillies
World Series: Braves over Red Sox
by Steven Cantrell on Mar 29, 2011 2:23 PM EDT reply actions
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Angels
AL Wild Card: Yankees
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Rockies
NL Wild Card: Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Chapman
AL Cy Young: David Price
NL Cy Young: Cliff Lee
AL MVP: Robinson Cano
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
ALDS: Red Sox over Angels Yankees over White Sox
NLDS: Braves over Reds Phillies over Rockies
ALCS: Red Sox over Yankees
NLCS: Braves over Phillies
World Series: Atlanta Braves
by romone_braves91 on Mar 29, 2011 2:48 PM EDT reply actions
AL East Red Sox
ALCentral Twins
AL West Rangers
AL WC White Sox
NL East Phillies
NL Central Brewers
NL West Rockies
NLWC Braves
AL ROY Hellickson
NL ROY Freeman
AL Cy Young King Felix
NL Cy Young Brandon Beachy
AL MVP Mauer
NL MVP Tulu
ALDS Boston over Twins / White Sox over Rangers
NLDS Rockies over Phillies / Braves over Brewers
ALCS White Sox over Red Sox
NLCS Braves over Rockies
WS Braves over White Sox
"It's like winning a war...you need arms and money." Fredi G
fun
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Athletics
AL Wild Card: Yankees
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Rockies
NL Wild Card: Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: CC Sabathia
NL Cy Young: Zack Greinke
AL MVP: Evan Longoria
NL MVP: Jason Heyward
ALDS: Red Sox over Athletics/Yankees over White Sox
NLDS: Braves over Rockies/Reds over Phillies
ALCS: Red Sox over Yankees
NLCS: Braves over Reds
World Series: Red Sox over Braves
by WelcomeToTheShow!!! on Mar 29, 2011 3:50 PM EDT reply actions
AL East:Boston Red Sox
AL Central:Chicago White Sox
AL West:Texas Rangers
AL Wild Card:Kansas City Royals
NL East:Philadelphia Phillies
NL Central:Cincinnati Reds
NL West:San Francisco Giants
NL Wild Card:Atlanta Braves
AL Rookie of the Year:Eric Hosmer
NL Rookie of the Year:Domonic Brown
AL Cy Young:Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young:Chris Carpenter
AL MVP:Miguel Cabrera
NL MVP:Carlos Gonzalez
ALDS:Boston over Chicago/Texas over KC
NLDS:Philadephia over SF/Cincinnati over Atlanta
ALCS:Texas over Boston
NLCS:Cincinnati over Philadephia
World Series
Texas wins
Guess I should post mine as well...
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Yankees
NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Brewers
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Braves
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Jon Lester
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
ALDS: Sox over Twins, Yankees over Rangers
NLDS: Braves over Brewers, Giants over Phillies
ALCS: Sox over Yankees
NLCS: Braves over Giants
World Series: Sox over Braves in 7
The Athletics and Marlins will surprise a lot of people this year. Matt Weiters and Justin Upton will also both have huge years and finally break out.
"That guy mvhsbball is really an insufferable schmuck." - FuquaManuel
Twitter: @scottcoleman55
Alright, so here's how it's going down:
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Angels
AL WC: Rays
NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Cardinals(they’ll find a way)
NL West: Rockies
NL WC: Braves
AL ROY: Chris Sale
NL ROY: Craig Kimbrel
AL CY: Felix Hernandez
NL CY: Yovani Gallardo
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Ryan Zimmerman
ALDS: White Sox over Angels in 3; Rays over Red Sox in 4
NLDS: Phillies over Rockies in 6; Cardinals over Braves in 5
ALCS: White Sox over Rays in 7
NLCS: Phillies over Cardinals in 7
WS: Phillies over White Sox in 5
The Brewers and Rangers will disappoint, with 76 and 79 wins, respectively. There will be no major surprise teams this season. Ryan Zimmerman will finally have a huge breakout year, winning the NL MVP
As usual, the Red Sox are getting too much love.
"Sports is human life in microcosm."
Howard Cosell
Failed Predictions of a Failure
AL East: Boston
AL Central: Minnesota
AL West: Los Angeles of Anaheim
AL Wild Card: New York
NL East: Atlanta
NL Central: Milwaukee
NL West: San Francisco
NL Wild Card: Philadelphia
AL Rookie of the Year: Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Freeman
AL Cy Young: King Felix
NL Cy Young: Doc Halladay
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
ALDS: Red Sox over Twins in 4 and Angels over Yankees in 5
NLDS: Braves over Brewers in 4 and Phillies over the Giants in 3
ALCS: Red Sox over Angles in 5
NLCS: Braves over Phiilies in 6
World Series: Braves over Red Sox in 6
Make your bets
OT: Best prediction ever – Mr. T when asked about his prediction of the fight with Rocky. “PAIN!”
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Detroit Tigers
AL West: Texas Rangers
AL Wild Card: Minnesota Twins
NL East: Atlanta Braves
NL Central: Milwaukee Brewers
NL West: San Fran Giants
NL Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Moustakas
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Francisco Liriano
NL Cy Young: Zack Greinke (Tommy Hanson close 2nd)
AL MVP: Adrian Beltre
NL MVP: Dan Uggla (pending a big decrease in fielding errors)
ALDS: Boston Over Detroit 3-1 / Twins beat the Rangers 3-2
NLDS: Braves sweep the Brewers / Philly over the Giants 3-1
ALCS: Boston beats the Twins 4-2
NLCS: Braves over the Phillies 4-3
World Series: Braves beat Boston 4-3 – Home Field Advantage – NL / Jason Heyward Series MVP
Lead off walks usually lead to runs, unless they don't. -Joe Simpson
Dont Pinch Me!
AL East: Redsox
AL Central: Whitesox (Twins & Tigers just short)
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Rays
YANKEES will flounder BADLY
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Marlins (Its seems like thier over due for a title)
PHILLIES wil FLOP ( as opposed to floundering)
AL Rookie of the Year: Kyle Drabek
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: David Price
NL Cy Young: Tommy Hanson
AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera
NL MVP: Prince Fielder (Dan Uggla 2nd)
ALDS: Resox over Rangers, Whitesox over Rays
NLDS: Braves over Giants, Marlins over Reds
ALCS: Whitesox over Redsox in 6 Quenten MVP
NLCS: Braves over Marlins in 7 UGGS MVP
World Series: Braves over Whitesox in 6
by CHIPofftheoldCOX on Mar 29, 2011 5:48 PM EDT reply actions
Yankees flounder, Phillies flop
As much as I doubt this is a reasonable expectation… it’d be worth it just to watch ESPN try to spin it.
"…the umps in San Francisco somehow missed Brooks Conrad’s tag at second base on a sliding Buster Posey, who could’ve been called out from a houseboat in Sausalito."
-- Tommy Craggs
They wont spin it
Theyll just talk about it. A lot.
"If I have asthma, they won't let me scuba. And if I can’t scuba, then what’s this all been about?? What am I working toward??"
"You look like you should be married to one of the San Diego Padres."
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Minnesota Twins (when do they not win it?)
AL West: Oakland Athletics (this is a tough one. I can easily see one of the other teams winning it. 2nd Tex 3rd LAA)
AL Wild Card: New York Stankees
NL East: Philadelphia Phuckers
NL Central: Cincinnati Reds
NL West: Colorado Rockies (SanFran loses a tight race)
NL Wild Card: Atlanta, of course.
AL Rookie of the Year: no clue
NL Rookie of the Year: Freeman, though Brown makes a late charge.
AL Cy Young: Sabathia
NL Cy Young: Halladay
AL MVP: Cabrera
NL MVP: Ryan Howard
Storylines: Philly not as good as advertised; division is even more of a dogfight than last year. MIL falls flat on its face in its best 2010 Seattle Mariners impression. OAK and CHC are my two surprise packages, though Chicago will suffer a late fade in the ‘dog days of summer’.
Hitters make a comeback of sorts. Everyone figures out that Ubaldo, Posey, and Cano are not bona fide superstars.
ALDS: Boston over Minnesota (4); Oakland over New York (5)
NLDS: Philly over Cincinnati (3); Atlanta over Colorado (5)
ALCS: Boston over Oakland (5)
NLCS: Atlanta over Philly (7!)
World Series: Boston over Atlanta (probably 5, 6 if we’re lucky)
I gave this about 10 minutes of thought, so feel free to blast what I have here.
Very, very bold prediction:
The Red Sox will NOT make the World Series. I know it sounds crazy, but as usual, they are getting too much love this spring.
"Sports is human life in microcosm."
Howard Cosell
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Chicago White Sox
AL West: Oakland A’s
AL Wild Card: New York Yankees
NL East: Philadelphia Phillies
NL Central: Cincinnati Reds
NL West: Colorado Rockies
NL Wild Card: Atlanta Braves
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
ALDS: Boston over Chicago (5), New York over Oakland (4)
NLDS: Philadelphia over Cincinnati (5), Atlanta over Colorado (4)
ALCS: Boston over New York (6)
NLCS: Atlanta over Philadelphia (7)
World Series: Atlanta over Boston (7)
Gonna be an awesome year for the Braves!
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Angels
AL Wild Card: Tigers
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Rockies
NL Wild Card: Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Moustakas (Royals)
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Jon Lester
NL Cy Young: Cliff Lee
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Carlos Gonzalez
ALDS: Boston sweeps Detroit / Twins over Angels in 5
NLDS: Braves over Rockies in 4 / Cards over Philly in 5
ALCS: Twins over Boston in 6
NLCS: Braves over Cards in 6
World Series: Braves over Twins in 7
And everyone lived happily ever after.
A baseball diamond is, most simply, the intersecting of four 90-foot baselines, and, most powerfully, the intersecting of seemingly random lives.
Revenge for '91 is long overdue
I like it. This time Freeman throws Mauer off the bag. Braves profit from it and the Twins whine and lose. Payback is a ___________ !
by Santaklose11 on Mar 30, 2011 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions
I think any true Braves fan longs for this re-match
I’d prefer winning it the Brave’s way w/dominating pitching & a 9th inning home run by Chipper for good measure.
A baseball diamond is, most simply, the intersecting of four 90-foot baselines, and, most powerfully, the intersecting of seemingly random lives.
That World Series
is one of my earliest memories. I will always hate the Twins until we get our vengeance.
"…the umps in San Francisco somehow missed Brooks Conrad’s tag at second base on a sliding Buster Posey, who could’ve been called out from a houseboat in Sausalito."
-- Tommy Craggs
Predictions....
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Rays
NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Rockies
NL Wild Card: Braves
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young: Doc
AL MVP: Josh Hamilton
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
ALDS: Red Sox over Rangers in 4 || Twins over Rays in 5
NLDS: Rockies over Phillies in 5 || Braves over Cards in 4
ALCS: Twins over Red Sox in 6
NLCS: Braves over Rockies in 5
World Series: Braves over Twins in 6
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Oakland
AL Wild Card: Rays
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Craig Kimbrel
AL Cy Young: Gio Gonzalez
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL MVP: Josh Hamilton
NL MVP: Troy Tulowitzki
ALDS: Red Sox over Tigers - Rays over Oakland
NLDS: Braves over Reds - Phillies over Giants
ALCS: Red Sox over Rays
NLCS: Braves over Phillies
World Series: Red Sox over Braves in 7
A lotta room in right-center, if he hits one there we can dance in the streets. The 2-1. Swung, line drive left field! One run is in! Here comes Bream! Here's the throw to the plate! He is...safe! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win!...Braves win!
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Yankees
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Rockies
NL Wild Card: Philies
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Aroldis Chapman
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young: Chris Carpenter
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
ALDS: Red Sox over Rangers – White Sox over Yankees
NLDS: Braves over Cardinals – Rockies over Phillies
ALCS: White Sox over Red Sox
NLCS: Braves over Rockies
World Series: Braves over White Sox in 6
"I've been to two rodeos and three goat ropin's, but I've never seen anything like that" - Joe Simpson on Brooks Conrad's walkoff Grand Slam, 5/20/10
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: A’s
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Brewers
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: Desmond Jennings
NL Rookie of the Year: Craig Kimbrel
AL Cy Young: David Price
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Ryan Braun
ALDS: Red Sox over A’s – Rangers over White Sox
NLDS: Braves over Giants – Brewers over Phillies
ALCS: Red Sox over Rangers
NLCS: Braves over Brewers
World Series: Close call…Braves over Red Sox in 7
by forgotten_glory on Mar 30, 2011 2:06 AM EDT reply actions
Think I've done this in another thread... but... I'll mess it up again.
AL East: Rays – Mix of youth and experience and great coaching w/ incredible depth will guide them to the divisions title.
AL Central: Twins – Perennial overachievers but can’t count them out. Ever. Pitching is my biggest concern w/ them.
AL West: Athletics – Moneyball reigns supreme. Years of building and stockpiling pitching will pay off finally. Lineup is suspect.
AL Wild Card: Red Sox – I cannot leave them out here. Rays will be a touch better but this is a deep team w/ alot of experience in the key places. Pitching will determine if they win the division.
NL East: Braves – Not being a homer here. The depth is better than years past. We have the highest upside w/ our pitching. This will be a tough fight.
NL Central: Brewers- Made incredible deals this offseason at the expense of MLB ready depth in the minors. Injuries could cripple this team but as it is on paper, they have this division.
NL West: Diamondbacks- The core is in place and very solid. This may be a bit bold but I believe in this team. Is belief enough?
NL Wild Card: I don’t love any team here… I’m going to give it to the Marlins. They are perenially well coached and if Hanley takes the step up I am expecting, this could be a special team.
AL Rookie of the Year: J.P. Arencibia – Wouldn’t be surprised to see Sale here but Arencibia could carry the Jays to the playoffs if teams are sleeping on them.
NL Rookie of the Year: Brandon Belt – Again, wouldn’t be suprised to see Kimbrel here but Belt is going to outperform young Buster Posey’s first year… in a monster way.
AL Cy Young: David Price – #1 reason why I predict TB to win their division. He will carry them there.
NL Cy Young: Tim Hudson – I’ve thought about this in a few forums and the more I think of it, the more I believe Hudson (if they Braves make it to the playoffs) will be the linchpin to get them there. More so than the youngins.
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzales – I’ve had him on my fantasy team for years. He is finally in a park that suits his style of play. Expect Pujolsian type numbers.
NL MVP: Carlos Gonzalez – Very special player will carry this team w/ Tulo right on his heels for MVP consideration. Hard to vote against this guy barring injury.
ALDS: Twins over Rays 3-2; Red Sox over Athletics 3-1
NLDS: Braves over Diamondbacks 3-1; Brewers over Marlins 3-2
ALCS: Red Sox over Twins 4-3
NLCS: Braves over Brewers 4-1
World Series: Braves over Red Sox 4-3 – This one is tough…
NL Comeback Player of the Year: Chipper Jones – He will be healthy and I want a monster year from him!
AL Comeback Player of the Year: Kendrys Morales – he’s an unfortunate moron who will probably never celebrate another homerun… but he will be back w/ a vengance
NL Coach of the Year: Kirk Gibson – For overachieving w/ his team and proving a great coaching option.
AL Coach of the Year: Ron Gardenhire – Man deserves some credit for what he can do w/ a team…
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Athletics
AL Wild Card: Orioles
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cards
NL West: Rockies
NL Wild Card: Phillies
AL Rookie of the Year: No clue. Ben Revere, maybe? I don’t follow the AL much at all, just got his Rookie Card and saw that he’s from the ATL.
NL Rookie of the Year: Freeman
AL Cy Young: David Price
NL Cy Young: Tim Lincecum
AL MVP: Adam Jones
NL MVP: Martin Prado
ALDS: Twins over Orioles, Red Sox over A’s
NLDS: Braves over Cards, Rockies over Phillies
ALCS: Red Sox over Twins
NLCS: Braves over Rockies
World Series: Braves over Red Sox in 6
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"Come on baby, take a ride with me. I'm up from Indiana down to Tennesee. Everything is cool as can be in a peaceful world..." - John Mellencamp
AL East: Boston
AL Central: Chi Sox
AL West: Texas
AL Wild Card: TB Rays
NL East: Da Braves
NL Central: Cincinnati
NL West: San Fran
NL Wild Card: Phlip Phlip Phlipadelphia
AL Rookie of the Year: Kila K
NL Rookie of the Year: Mike Stanton
AL Cy Young: King Felix
NL Cy Young: Tommy Hanson
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
NL MVP: Joey Votto
ALDS: Boston over TB, Chi Sox over Texas
NLDS: Braves over Phlippies, Cincy over San Fran
ALCS: Chi Sox over Boston
NLCS: Braves over Cincy
World Series: Braves over Chi Sox, 4-2 WSMVP: JayHey – 4HR, 12RBI’s, 1.125 OPS
You can take this to the bank Dan Gilbert.
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: A’s
AL Wild Card: Rays
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Brewers
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Rockies
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson (Rays)
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman (Braves)
AL Cy Young: David Price (Rays)
NL Cy Young: Mat Latos (Padres)
AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera (Tigers)
NL MVP: Albert Pujols (Cardinals)
ALDS: A’s over Red Sox, Rays over White Sox
NLDS: Braves over Rockies, Giants over Brewers
ALCS: Rays over A’s
NLCS: Braves over Giants
World Series: Braves over Rays
BOLD PREDICTIONS
- Orioles finish ahead of Yankees, miss playoffs by less than 5 games
- Pujols hits 50 homers, runs away with MVP but Cards fall 1 game short of playoffs
- Jeff Francoeur and Melky Cabrera lose their starting jobs before June
- Diamondbacks lose over 100 games
- Buck Showalter wins AL Manager of the Year
- Fredi Gonzalez wins NL Manager of the Year
- Dominic Brown posts a sub-.750 OPS
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Rays
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Rockies
NL Wild Card: Giants
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Jon Lester
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
ALDS: Red Sox over Rangers, White Sox over Rays
NLDS: Braves over Giants, Rockies over Reds
ALCS: Red Sox over White Sox
NLCS: Braves over Rockies
World Series: Red Sox over Braves (sorry)
BOLD PREDICTIONS
Sleepers in each division:
AL East: Blue Jays – Good amount of power and a nice young pitching staff. They could turn heads
AL Central: Tigers – Not a sleeper, per se, just maybe not highly thought of as White Sox & Twins. They will definitely be in the mix.
AL West: A’s – Really good starting rotation & bullpen and a lineup with just a smidgen more pop now. I think you could almost also list the Angels here as well.
NL East: Marlins – I’m telling ya, I would not be surprised to see the fish in contention for a wild card spot come August & September. Sneaky good rotation & nice young core of players built around a stud, ie – Hanley.
NL Central: Cubs – Honestly, it’s only going to take 86 games to win the Central. So, why not the Cubs? THINK ABOUT IT
NL West: Dodgers – They’re gonna need some bounceback years from a few guys but it wouldn’t shock me to see them in the thick of it.
Predictions
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: A’s
AL Wild Card: Orioles
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Rockies
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Trevor Cahill
NL Cy Young: Tommy Hanson
AL MVP: Carl Crawford
NL MVP: Jason Heyward
ALDS: Red Sox over A’s, White Sox over Orioles
NLDS: Braves over Dodgers, Reds over Rockies
ALCS: Red Sox over White Sox
NLCS: Braves over Reds
World Series: Braves over Red Sox
Predictions of the PreCog
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Athletics
AL Wild Card: Rays
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Rockies
AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Moustakas
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander
NL Cy Young: Tim Lincecum
AL MVP: Carl Crawford
NL MVP: Jayson Heyward
ALDS: Red Sox over Athletics, Tigers over Rays
NLDS: Braves over Rockies, Reds over Giants
ALCS: Red Sox over Tigers
NLCS: Braves over Reds
World Series: Braves over Red Sox in 7
also predicting the all-star game will suck.
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