25-03-2005 00:44									#1
	[MLB] Predictions Thread Support Apolyton

Because I'm bored, and because the season's about to start...

AL East: Boston, NYYankees (2 back), Baltimore (barely over .500), Toronto (barely under .500), Tampa Bay
AL Central: Minnesota, Cleveland (no idea how far back, other than both will be above .500), Detroit (under .500), Kansas City, ChicagoWS (both stinking up the joint)
AL West: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Oakland (by a one-game playoff), Texas (comfortably over .500), Seattle (barely under .500)
AL WC: Yankees

NL East: Atlanta (I've learned to not bet against Schuerholz and Bobby Cox in favor of Ed Wade), Philadelphia (5-6 back), Florida, NYMets, Washington
NL Central: St. Louis (see above, replace "Schuerholz and Bobby Cox" with "Walt Jocketty and Tony Larussa" and "Ed Wade" with "Dusty Baker and Jim Hendry"), ChiCubs (8 back), Houston (under .500, and clearly below the Cubs but above the rest of the division), Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh
NL West: LA Dodgers, San Diego (by 7-8), San Francisco, Colorado, Arizona
NL WC: Phillies

ALDS: Red Sox over Twins in 4, Angels over Yankees in 5
NLDS: Cardinals over Braves in 3, Dodgers over Phillies in 5
ALCS: Red Sox over Angels in 6
NLCS: Dodgers over Cardinals in 7
WS: Red Sox over Dodgers in 7.

AL MVP top 5: Manny Ramirez, Proven Gold Glover Captain Dreamboat, Vladimir Guerrero, Johan Santana, Eric Chavez.
NL MVP top 5: Albert Pujols, Bobby Abreu, Aramis Ramirez, Jake Peavy, Scott Rolen
AL CYA top 3: Johan Santana, Francisco Rodriguez, Randy Johnson. (with scattered support for Matt Clement, Roy Halladay, and Zack Greinke.)
NL CYA top 3: Jake Peavy, Roy Oswalt, Eric Gagne (with the odd Ben Sheets vote thrown in).
AL ROY: Nick Swisher (edging out Dallas McPherson and Felix Hernandez)
NL ROY: Andy Marte (edging out Chris Burke)
AL MOY: Eric Wedge
NL MOY: Bruce Bochy

AL Gold Gloves
C: Bengie Molina
1B: Darin Erstad
2B: Orlando Hudson
SS: Proven Gold Glover Captain Dreamboat OMG HE JUMPED INTO THE STANDS TO CATCH A BALL LAST YAER LOLZ LETS GIEV HIM ALL TEH GOLD GLOVES LOLZ HES SO DREAMY LOLZ (and the sad thing is, that may be their actual thought process)
3B: Eric Chavez
OF: Ichiro!, Vernon Wells, Torii Hunter

NL Gold Gloves
C: Brad Ausmus. I mean, there has to be some reason the Astros keep him around.
1B: Albert Pujols
2B: Chris Burke
SS: Cesar Izturis
3B: Scott Rolen
OF: Jim Edmonds, Andruw Jones, Carlos Beltran

AL batting title: Manny Ramirez, .362
AL HR title: David Ortiz, 47
AL RBI titlle: David Ortiz, 161

NL batting title: Albert Pujols, .361
NL HR title: Albert Pujols, 48
NL RBI title: Aramis Ramirez, 146

AL wins leader: Johan Santana, 24
AL ERA leader: Johan Santana, 1.85
AL strikeouts leader: Randy Johnson, 283
AL saves leader: Francisco Rodriguez, 54

NL wins leader: Jake Peavy, 20
NL ERA leader: Jake Peavy, 2.50
NL strikeouts leader: Ben Sheets, 290
NL saves leader: Eric Gagne, 46

Number of articles Shaughnessy writes before he breaks down and starts crying in the corner: 5
Number of times Tim McCarver will go out of his way to mention Captain Dreamboat jumping into the stands last year during broadcasts of Yankees/Red Sox games: Every second of every broadcast until Joe Buck goes berserk and throws McCarver out of the booth and onto the field below.
Number of times David Wells will attempt to eat BK Kim: Once, successfully.

	25-03-2005 01:00									#2
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I'll respond fully later, but THE PHILLIES as WC? Don't you know they always blow it?

	25-03-2005 01:13									#3
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Yanks, Twins, Angels win their divisions.
Braves, Cards, Giants win their divisions
Wildcards: red sox, cubs

division series: Yanks - Twins (yanks take it)
division series: Sox - angels (toss up, ill go with angels)
division series: cards - giants (cards take it)
division series: braves - cubs (cubs take it)

chamionship series: yanks - angels (yanks take it)
championship series: cards - cubs (cubs take it)

world series: yanks - cubs (yanks take it)

although wouldnt it be something if two of the biggest rivalries in baseball met in the LCS (yanks-sox, cards-cubs)

	25-03-2005 01:40									#4
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AL East: NYY(easily), Bos(8+ GB, but a bit ahead of the rest), Tor, Bal(Neck and neck with TOR), TB (Just a few further back)

AL Central: Minnesota(easily with the weak division), CWS, DET, CLE(All of them will be very close together), KC(miles behind)

AL West: ANA(easily), Tex, (slightly above .500), OAK (a little below .500), SEA (a bit below .500)

WC: Bos.

NL East: ATL(until they fail you can't pick against them, FLA , PHI (Bowa was slightly to blame, but not completely), NYM(much better), Wash( City tries to renege on stadium)

NL Cent: Stl(Not as good as last year (Rolens and Edmonds come back to earth), CHC (Slightly better than last year), Cin (Get off to a great start), Hou (It really is time to rebuild guys), Mil (Not competitive yet), PIT (yikes)

NL West: SD, LAD(very tight race), SFG, (Bonds returns in early June - but isn't enough, some of their old veterans begin to tail off), ARI (Congrats your better), COL.

WC: Tight race as always, I want to but can't pick the Cubs, LAD or Fla. Cubs will lead the race going into Sept. For purposes of a pick LAD.

AL: ANA
NL: StL
WS: ANA

AL batting title: Ichiro Suzuki: .374
AL HR title: Adrian Beltre: 48 HR
AL RBI titlle: Vlad Guerrero: 148 RBI

NL batting title: Todd Helton: .352
NL HR title: Adam Dunn: 50 HR
NL RBI title: Albert Pujols: 130 RBI

AL wins leader: Randy Johnson: 23 Wins
AL ERA leader: Johan Santana, 2.52
AL strikeouts leader: Randy Johnson, 281
AL saves leader: Fransisco Cordero 48

NL wins leader: Mark Mulder 19
NL ERA leader: Ben Sheets, 2.54
NL strikeouts leader: Ollie Perez, 278
NL saves leader: Eric Gagne, 45

NL MVP: Albert Pujols
AL MVP: Vlad Guererro

	25-03-2005 01:43									#5
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Albert Pujols a Gold Glove? I don't think so

	25-03-2005 01:49									#6
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As they say Rawlings is based out of StL*. He's not a bad first baseman though. Half of the GG is won with the stick anyway.

* I know they don't decide the winners, but

	25-03-2005 02:58									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui I'll respond fully later, but THE PHILLIES as WC? Don't you know they always blow it?

Aside from the three teams that I picked to win their divisions, I didn't think that there were any teams significantly stronger than the Phillies. The Padres, maybe.

As for Pujols winning the Gold Glove: I was basing that on what I thought were his Win Shares defensive numbers, without noticing that Todd Helton really is much better (not to mention Derrek Lee). Yeah, I goofed.

	25-03-2005 04:13									#8
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Dbacks shouldn't be so bad this year, and in their division I think they could easily win it all. Not one team is going to be dominant, especially the Giants losing Bonds for who knows how long. A Glaus, Gonzo, Green trio can still hit despite how old they might be getting.

	25-03-2005 04:32									#9
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quote: I didn't think that there were any teams significantly stronger than the Phillies.

Who is going to be their ace? Randy Wolf? Padilla? Milton? They'll find a way to blow it; they usually do.

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AL East: Boston, NY Yankees, Baltimore, Toronto, Tampa Bay
AL Central: Cleveland, Minnesota, Detroit, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City
AL West: Anaheim (not calling them LAA), Oakland, Texas, Seattle

AL WC: New York

AL MVP: Vlad Guerrero
AL BA: Ichiro Suzuki
AL HR: Mark Teixeira

AL Wins: Randy Johnson
AL ERA: Johan Santana
AL Saves: Mariano Rivera
AL K's: Randy Johnson

AL Manager of the Year: Eric Wedge, CLE

NL East: Atlanta, NY Mets, Philadelphia, Florida, Washington
NL Central: St. Louis, Chicago Cubs, Houston, Milwaukee, Cinncinati, Pittsburgh
NL West: San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Colorado

Wild Card: NY Mets

NL MVP: Scott Rolen
NL BA: Nomar Garciaparra
NL HR: Adam Dunn

NL Wins: Tim Hudson
NL ERA: Pedro Martinez
NL Saves: Billy Wagner
NL K's: Jason Schmidt

NL Manager of the Year: Jim Tracy, LA

AL Champion: Anaheim
NL Champion: Atlanta

World Series Champ: Anaheim

	25-03-2005 05:49									#10
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My Detroit Tigers will flirt with .500 ball before a September slump leaves them at 78-84.

Beyond that, who cares?