2008 Season Predictions!

[HollywoodLeo]

Yes, players change and teams change year in and year out. I understand all that. But it is also my understanding that you're basically backing away from your argument that the Rockies are better than every other team in the West and now calling them a fluke.

I'm not backing off of anything.

The Rockies were a better team in 2007, but we're discussing 2008 here.

[Rockiesfan_H]

I see some have the Rockies making the Wild Card, but nobody gives us a chance to win the division. Interesting, but I'm ok with it.

The comment that got me was this:

4. Rockies - They overachieved, and everyone else got good

Maybe they did, and as realmofo said above we only lost Fogg, Kaz and Hawkins.
So if they did overachieve, and are young (well, not Helton) and talented then why can't they do even better? Maybe they did overachieve last year, if that is the case then maybe that is why I can't wait for this season.

[HollywoodLeo]

The Rockies will most definitely make a run for the NL West title

but so will the Padres, Dodgers, and Diamond Backs.

The NL West is pretty strong and whomever finishes 4th place would probably win any other division in baseball

[catman]

AL East:
Boston (unless their pitching doesn't get healthy)
NYY
Toronto
Tampa
Baltimore

AL Central:
Cleveland
Detroit (WC)
Minnesota
Kansas City
Chicago

AL West:
LAA
Seattle
Texas
Oakland

NL East:
Philladelphia -- just better at every offensive position than the Mets (except 3B) and enough pitching to get past them
Mets -- too many holes offensively to win it all, IMO (who plays the corner outfield positions and 1B when Delgado goes down again?)
Atlanta
Washington
Florida

NL Central:
ChC
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
St Louis
Pittsburgh

NL West:
San Diego
Arizona (WC)
Colorado
LAD
San Fransisco

Playoffs:
Boston over Detroit, Cleveland over LAA
Cleveland over Boston

Arizona over Philladelphia
Cubs over San Diego
Cubs over Arizona

WS:
Cleveland over Cubs in 6

[HollywoodLeo]

3. Padres - Good, but will feel the pain of not trading for Tony Gwynn Jr AGAIN

Would they feel that pain if his name was Johnathan Arbuckle jr?

[love_that_reefer]

wow Hollywood. you have the Mariners winning the wild card and the Yankees missing the playoffs? i can feasibly see the latter of those 2 happening, but definatly not the former. the mariners will not make the playoffs.

The Mariners benefit from playing in a weaker division giving them a better shot at the playoffs than the Yankees. Don't forget they got Mel Stottlemyre as their pitching coach which will help.

[ljshorty89]

AL East:
Mets -- too many holes offensively to win it all, IMO (who plays the corner outfield positions and 1B when Delgado goes down again?)

Umm, I can understand that question, but the answer is Endy Chavez plays LF, Ryan Church(40 doubles last year) plays RF, and 1B if delgado gets seriously hurt would be Marlon Anderson/Damian Easley/Jose Valentin. You're right, it's not pretty, but the Phillies have many more question marks in their pitching rotation....and the Braves will likely have both Hampton and Chipper on the DL at some point.

And I'm pretty sure that Beltran is better than Victorino. I would also personally take Church over Jenkins.

[love_that_reefer]

I changed my AL CY pick from Lackey to Verlander due to Lackey missing all of April and half of May.

[Pronk48]

AL EAST
1. Boston Red Sox
2. New York Yankees
3. Toronto Blue Jays
4. Tampa Bay Rays
5. Baltimore Orioles

AL CENTRAL

1. Cleveland Indians
2. Detroit Tigers (Wild Card)
3. Minnesota Twins
4. Kansas City Royals

AL WEST

1. Los Angeles Angels
2. Seattle Mariners
3. Oakland Athletics
4. Texas Rangers

NL EAST

1. New York Mets
2. Philadelphia Phillies
3. Atlanta Braves
4. Washington Nationals
5. Florida Marlins

NL CENTRAL

1. Chicago Cubs
2. Milwaukee Brewers
3. St. Louis Cardinals
4. Cincinnati Reds
5. Pittsburgh Pirates
6. Houston Astros

NL WEST

1. San Diego Padres
2. Arizona Diamondbacks (Wild Card)
3. Colorado Rockies
4. Los Angeles Dodgers
5. San Fransisco Giants

ALDS
Indians over Angels
Red Sox over Tigers

NLDS
Mets over Diamondbacks
Cubs over Padres

ALCS
Indians over Red Sox (sweeeeeet revenge!)

NLCS
Mets over Cubs (101 years of misery)

World Series
Indians over Mets

AL MVP: Grady Sizemore, Cleveland Indians
NL MVP: Alfonso Soriano, Chicago Cubs
AL Cy Young: Fautso Carmona, Cleveland Indians
NL Cy Young: Johan Santana, New York Mets
AL Rookie of the Year: Ecan Longoria
NL Rookie of the Year: Kosuke Fukodome, Chicago Cubs
AL "Rolaids Releif Man": Jonathan Paplebon, Boston Red Sox
NL "Rolaids Releif Man": Kerry Wood, Chicago Cubs
AL Manager of the Year: Joe Girardi, New York Yankees
NL Manager of the Year: Willie Randolph, New York Mets
First Manager Fired: John Gibbons, Toronto Blue Jays (after challenging the entire roster to a fight)
First GM Fired: Andy MacPhail, Baltimore Orioles (I think he's the GM, his official position is "President of Baseball Operations")

Fixed mine: NL Rolaids Releif Man- Kerry Wood, Chicago Cubs

[brewersfan19]

AL EAST

1. BOSTON
2. NEW YORK
3. TORONTO
4. TAMPA BAY
5. BALTIMORE

AL CENTRAL

1. DETROIT
2. CLEVELAND (WC)
3. MINNESOTA
4. KANSAS CITY
5. CHICAGO

AL WEST

1. LOS ANGELES
2. SEATTLE
3. OAKLAND
4. TEXAS


NL EAST

1. NEW YORK
2. PHILADELPHIA
3. ATLANTA
4. FLORIDA
5. WASHINGTON

NL CENTRAL

1. CHICAGO
2. MILWAUKEE
3. CINCINNATI
4. ST. LOUIS
5. PITTSBURGH
6. HOUSTON

NL WEST

1. SAN DIEGO
2. ARIZONA (WC)
3. LOS ANGELES
4. COLORADO
5. SAN FRANCISCO

ALDS:

DETROIT (3) LOS ANGELES (2)
CLEVELAND (3) BOSTON (2)

NLDS:

ARIZONA (3) NEW YORK (2)
SAN DIEGO (3) CHICAGO (1)

ALCS:

DETROIT (4) CLEVELAND (2)

NLCS:

SAN DIEGO (4) ARIZONA (2)

WORLD SERIES:

DETROIT (4) SAN DIEGO (2)

[GiantsFanatic]

The league divisional series are best out of 5 BF19 not 7.

[brewersfan19]

Oh that is right, thanks GF83!!! I will edit that.

[brewersfan19]

Predicitions are edited!!!


Turn2, I like your predictions. The are loaded with Brewers. Yost may get fired before the end of the season if the Brewers struggle.

[redsrbetter]

I guess I have to give this a crack:

AL East:

Reds Sox
Blue Jays
Rays
Yankees
Orioles

AL Central:

Tigers
Indians (Wild Card)
Twins
Royals
White Sox

AL West:

Angels
Mariners
Rangers
A's

NL East:

Mets
Braves
Phillies
Nationals
Marlins

NL Central:

Reds
Brewers
Cubs
Cardinals
Pirates
Astros

NL West: (Best Division In Baseball)

Diamondbacks
Dodgers (Wild Card)
Rockies
Padres
Giants

AL MVP: Grady Sizemore
AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander
AL ROY: Evan Longoria

NL MVP: Albert Pujols
NL Cy Young: Jake Peavy
NL ROY: Jay Bruce

World Series: Diamondbacks over Tigers

[DirtyKash]

How is Evan Longoria going to win ROY when he won't even be in the majors until June 1st?