Preseason Predictions

**CrossCyed** · 02-20-2009, 12:21 AM

Alright, lets see what you guys think:

AL East Champ
AL Central Champ
AL West Champ
AL Wild Card

NL East Champ
NL Central Champ
NL West Champ
NL Wild Card

ALDS
NLDS

ALCS
NLCS

WS

AL MVP
NL MVP

AL Cy Young
NL Cy Young

AL ROY
NL ROY

and anything else you guys want to attempt to get wrong.

**IcSyU** · 02-20-2009, 12:27 AM

AL East Champ - Boston Red Sox
AL Central Champ - Minnesota Twins
AL West Champ - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
AL Wild Card - New York Yankees

NL East Champ - Philadelphia Phillies
NL Central Champ - Chicago Cubs
NL West Champ - Arizona Diamondbacks
NL Wild Card - Washington Nationals (no, I'm not drinking)

ALDS - Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees
NLDS - Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies

ALCS - Boston Red Sox
NLCS - Chicago Cubs

WS - Boston Red Sox

AL MVP - Justin Morneau
NL MVP - Ryan Howard

AL Cy Young - Joba Chamberlain
NL Cy Young - Brandon Webb

Just completely random guesses. Not a whole lot of thought put into it.

**LeSchmick** · 02-20-2009, 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

AL East Champ - Boston Red Sox
AL Central Champ - Minnesota Twins
AL West Champ - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
AL Wild Card - New York Yankees

NL East Champ - Philadelphia Phillies
NL Central Champ - Chicago Cubs
NL West Champ - Arizona Diamondbacks
NL Wild Card - Washington Nationals (no, I'm not drinking)

ALDS - Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees
NLDS - Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies

ALCS - Boston Red Sox
NLCS - Chicago Cubs

WS - Boston Red Sox

AL MVP - Justin Morneau
NL MVP - Ryan Howard

AL Cy Young - Joba Chamberlain
NL Cy Young - Brandon Webb

Just completely random guesses. Not a whole lot of thought put into it.

Just because you say you're not drinking doesn't make it true!

**IcSyU** · 02-20-2009, 12:31 AM

Originally Posted by LeSchmick

Just because you say you're not drinking doesn't make it true!

Not a drinker, but I like some of the offseason moves they made. Plus, deep down, I've kinda liked the Nats since they were born.

**mplscyclone** · 02-20-2009, 12:45 AM

AL East Champ - Yankees
AL Central Champ - Cleveland
AL West Champ - As
AL Wild Card - Angels

NL East Champ - Mets
NL Central Champ - Cubs
NL West Champ - Arizona
NL Wild Card - Phillies

ALDS - Yankees over Angels, As over Cleveland
NLDS - Phillies over Cubs, Arizona over Mets

ALCS - Yankees over As
NLCS - Phillies over Arizona

WS - Phillies over Yankees

AL MVP - Matt Holliday
NL MVP - Manny Ramirez

AL Cy Young - Roy Halladay
NL Cy Young - Johan Santana

AL ROY - Matt Weiters
NL ROY - Colby Rasmus (if he gets called up)

and anything else you guys want to attempt to get wrong.

**Gordyo5** · 02-20-2009, 01:19 AM

AL East Champ - Rays
AL Central Champ - Twins
AL West Champ - Angels
AL Wild Card - Yankees

NL East Champ - Mets
NL Central Champ - Chicago Cubs
NL West Champ - Diamondbacks
NL Wild Card - Phillies

ALDS - Rays, Angels
NLDS - Mets, Phillies

ALCS - Angels
NLCS - Mets

WS - Angels

AL MVP - Teixeira
NL MVP - Wright

AL Cy Young - Halladay
NL Cy Young - Johan

**Gordyo5** · 02-20-2009, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

AL East Champ - Boston Red Sox
AL Central Champ - Minnesota Twins
AL West Champ - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
AL Wild Card - New York Yankees

NL East Champ - Philadelphia Phillies
NL Central Champ - Chicago Cubs
NL West Champ - Arizona Diamondbacks
NL Wild Card - Washington Nationals (no, I'm not drinking)

ALDS - Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees
NLDS - Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies

ALCS - Boston Red Sox
NLCS - Chicago Cubs

WS - Boston Red Sox

AL MVP - Justin Morneau
NL MVP - Ryan Howard

AL Cy Young - Joba Chamberlain
NL Cy Young - Brandon Webb

Just completely random guesses. Not a whole lot of thought put into it.

Picking Joba to win the Cy young makes me question your sobriety more than the Nats for the WC.

**milrtym** · 02-20-2009, 07:12 AM

AL East Champ-----Red Sox
AL Central Champ--Indians
AL West Champ----Angels
AL Wild Card------Yanks

NL East Champ----Phillies
NL Central Champ-Cubs
NL West Champ---D'backs
NL Wild Card------Mets

ALDS Indians over Yanks, Sox over Angels
NLDS Mets over Cubs, Phills over D'backs

ALCS Sox over Indians
NLCS Phills over Mets

WS Sox over Phills

AL MVP Grady Sizemore
NL MVP Chase Utley

AL Cy Young Dice-K
NL Cy Young Brandon Webb

I can also, see Giants in the playoffs if they get Man-Ram (A little bit of O to go with the pitching)

**trevn** · 02-20-2009, 07:23 AM

AL East Champ - Yankees
AL Central Champ - Indians
AL West Champ - Angels
AL Wild Card - Red Sox

NL East Champ - Mets
NL Central Champ - Cubs
NL West Champ - Dodgers
NL Wild Card - Phillies

ALDS - Yankees over Angels, Red Sox over Indians
NLDS - Cubs over Phillies, Dodgers over Mets

ALCS - Yankees over Red Sox
NLCS - Dodgers over Cubs

WS - Yankees over Dodgers

AL MVP - Mark Teixeira
NL MVP - Manny Ramirez (Playing for the Dodgers)

AL Cy Young - Roy Halladay
NL Cy Young - Johan Santana

Don't know enough about rookies to pick one for ROY.

**cycfan1** · 02-20-2009, 07:33 AM

AL East Champ - Yankees
AL Central Champ - Tigers
AL West Champ - Athletics
AL Wild Card - Red Sox

NL East Champ - Mets
NL Central Champ - Cubs
NL West Champ - Dodgers
NL Wild Card - Phillies

ALDS - Yankees over Tigers, Red Sox over A's
NLDS - Phillies over Dodgers, Cubs over Mets

ALCS - Yankees over Red Sox
NLCS - Phillies over Cubs

WS - Yankees over Phillies 4-2

AL MVP - Texieria
NL MVP - Howard

AL Cy Young - Beckett
NL Cy Young - Santana

AL ROY - David Price-if he starts, otherwise Matt LaPorta
NL ROY - Colby Rasmus

**isuarch80** · 02-20-2009, 07:55 AM

Yes - I'm a dreamer, I don't care

AL East Champ NY Yankees (unfortunately)
AL Central Champ Detroit Tigers
AL West Champ Texas Rangers
AL Wild Card TB Rays

NL East Champ Philadelphia Phillies
NL Central Champ Chicago Cubs
NL West Champ LA Dodgers
NL Wild Card NY Mets

ALDS Detroit over NY, TB over Texas
NLDS Chicago over NY, Phil over LA

ALCS Detroit over TB
NLCS Chicago over Phil

WS Chicago over Detroit (going back to where it started)

AL MVP Josh Hamilton
NL MVP David Wright

AL Cy Young Justin Verlander
NL Cy Young Johan Santana

AL ROY David Price/Matt Weiters
NL ROY Colby Rasmus

*Other predictions:
- The Brewers will finish 4th in the NL Central
- ARod hits 45+ HRs
- The Red Sox won't make the playoffs, and will spend $300+ mil next offseason
- The Royals won't finish in last in the AL Central

I'm sure I have others, but that's off the top of my head.

**isuarch80** · 02-20-2009, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

Not a drinker, but I like some of the offseason moves they made. Plus, deep down, I've kinda liked the Nats since they were born.

Adam Dunn does not make an offseason. Scott Olsen is no better than a #4 SP... I like ATL's offseason more, if you wanted to make a crazy NL East pick :)

**IcSyU** · 02-20-2009, 08:36 AM

Originally Posted by Gordyo5

Picking Joba to win the Cy young makes me question your sobriety more than the Nats for the WC.

Why? He had a 2.60 ERA last year in his mix of bullpen and starting work. 1.26 WHIP isn't great but not bad. Doesn't give up a lot of home runs, strikes out a ton. Has an offense behind him that can get him W's when he doesn't pitch well.

**jdoggivjc** · 02-20-2009, 08:58 AM

AL East Champ - Boston
AL Central Champ - Minnesota
AL West Champ - Los Angeles of Anaheim
AL Wild Card - Tampa Bay

NL East Champ - New York
NL Central Champ - Chicago (because there's no better option)
NL West Champ - Los Angeles
NL Wild Card - Philadelphia

ALDS - Twins, Angels
NLDS Mets, Phillies

ALCS - Angels
NLCS - Mets

WS - Mets

AL MVP - Morneau
NL MVP - Wright

AL Cy Young - Halladay
NL Cy Young - Santana

This, of course, is all dependent on whether the Mets offense does anything the first half of the season, unlike last season...

**Gordyo5** · 02-20-2009, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

Why? He had a 2.60 ERA last year in his mix of bullpen and starting work. 1.26 WHIP isn't great but not bad. Doesn't give up a lot of home runs, strikes out a ton. Has an offense behind him that can get him W's when he doesn't pitch well.

All of that is true, but This will be the first year were people have really seen his starting stuff before. Last year when he switched to a starter people hadn't seen him yet(yes, they saw him from the bullpen but that is completely different from starting.) I am not saying I do not think he will be a good pitcher, I just don't think that this will be the year he wins a Cy young. Especially with the gaudy numbers the rest of that staff is capable of putting up. If he does win it I will gladly eat my words because he is maybe the only Yankee that I like, but I just respectfully disagree.