AL West: Seattle Mariners
AL Central: Minnesota Twins (I’d go with the Tigers if they had any starting pitching)
AL East: New York Yankees
Wild Card: Anaheim Angels
NL West: SF Giants (most boring division in baseball)
NL Central: St. Louis Cardinals
NL East: Florida Marlins
Wild Card: Milwaukee Brewers ( :eek: )
AL Champ: Twins
NL Champ: Marlins
World Series Champ: Florida Marlins
AL MVP: Alex Rodriquez
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
AL Cy Young: Curt Schilling
NL Cy Young: Ben Sheets
AL ROY: Jeremy Reed (Sea)
NL ROY: J.J. Hardy (Mil)
Hey, you’re the one picking Philly! They may have the best relief in the league, but you can’t start the game with them (and Lieber won’t be getting 45 starts).
Hey, Philly’s gotta win sometime, right? Right? Actually, I don’t feel good about that pick, but I can’t figure out who else to go with. Washington? Um, no. Atlanta? It’s tempting, and I should know better than to pick against them but the run’s gotta end some time, right? New York? Ha! Florida? I almost picked them, but I don’t think they’re gonna hold together. That just leaves Philly.
DePodesta is the AntiChrist. The team, as it is now, can’t even turn a simple double-play. With no defense, iffy pitching and questionable hitting, the Dodgers are on their way to the cellar. The Giants will dominate the division, with the Padres close behind. Mark my words, the Dodgers are going to make the *Diamondbacks * look good this year. :eek:
You, my friend, must be smoking some of Munch’s crack.
Look, as an Angels fan, few things would give me more pleasure than watching the Dodgers and all their smug little fans go down the toilet in a heaping ball of flame, but I just don’t see it. The Giants are old. Really old. Their entire success rests on the hamstrings and knees of Bonds - not good. San Diego? Good team with a lot of upside, I really like them (as you can see from my picks) but they’ve got some glaring offensive weaknesses in Klesko, Burroughs, centerfield, etc.
Again, I’ll be shocked if the Dodgers finish worse than second or with less than 85 wins.
I don’t see them competing with the pitching in that division. Brett Myers is starting tonight, and it’s the second game of the season. I don’t think they’ll contend much past the deadline, and you know they’re the least likely team in the division to get help even if they are competing, so, nah, they aren’t winning. Maybe as low as fourth, in my opinion. At least Ryan Howard and Chase Utley are going to be stars for some other team.
ALW: Los Angeles (italicized to denote scorn)
ALC: Minnesota
ALE: Yankees
ALWC: Boston
NLW: San Diego
NLC: St. Louis
NLE: Atlanta
NLWC: Florida.
AL Champ: Boston
NL Champ: Florida
WS Champ: Boston
AL MVP: David Ortiz
NL MVP: Carlos Delgado (obviously going to be Pujols)
AL CY: Santana
NL CY: Schmidt
AL ROY: Reed
NL ROY: Hardy - a lot better rookies in the AL this year
Anyone else playing Baseball Prospectus ‘Predictatron’ game? If I win I get $500 and a genuine reproduction autograph 8x10 of Bug Selig that they won of ebay! Woot!
Here were mine…
AL East
Boston
New York (WC)
Baltimore
Toronto
Tampa Bay
AL Central
Minnesota
Cleveland
Kansas City
Chicago
Detroit
AL West
Oakland
Anaheim
Texas
Seattle
NL East
Philly
Atlanta
Florida
New York
Washington (sigh)
NL Central
Chicago
St Louis (WC)
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Houston (that team’s got ‘collapse’ written all over them)
Pittsburgh
NL West
San Diego
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Arizona
Colorado
AL West: Los Angeles de Los Angeles del Ciudad de Anaheim, or whatever they’re called
AL Central: Minnesota Twins (somebody’s gotta finish first here)
AL East: New York Yankees
Wild Card: Boston Red Sox
NL West: San Diego Padres (assuming the Giants collapse as I expect; also see comment on AL Central)
NL Central: St. Louis Cardinals
NL East: Atlanta Braves (they’re better than they were last year, but so are the Marlins and Mets – should be interesting)
Wild Card: Florida Marlins
AL Champ: Yankees
NL Champ: Braves
World Series Champ: Yankees
AL MVP: Alex Rodriquez
NL MVP: Carlos Beltran (assuming that Pujols’ heel bothers him throughout the year – the Mets’ free agent deals can’t continue to all tank)
AL Cy Young: Johan Santana repeats
NL Cy Young: Tim Hudson
No way I’m trying to call the ROY at this stage of things.
