Early 2009 projections?

[cjkalt]

Its like you picking Jimmie Johnson most weeks, you pick the best team/player to win.

The Red Sox bullpen is ridiculous, highest era guy in the pen is a 3.4 and most of the guys are under 3. And they have the financial mobility to get a slugger from a team that can't afford him if need be.

This was a great call by me on April 15th...my picks not so much

[Providence A's]

a great call? I didn't pick Jimmie Johnson most weeks...DK did early on.

[love_that_reefer]

AL East
1. Rays- Better than last year by far and have the depth all around
2. Red Sox (WC)- A full year of Jason Bay and a lot of pitching
3. Yankees- Too many red flags in that lineup
4. Jays- Close battle with the O's for dead last but still have Halladay
5. Orioles- Not enough pitching anywhere to do anything

AL Central
1. Indians- Best offense in baseball and much improved bullpen
2. Twins- Only finish second if Joe Mauer can play 100 games
3. Royals- Better offense and better defense
4. White Sox- Weaker at CF, 3B and 2B
5. Tigers- Aging stars and no pitching

AL West
1. Angels- Pitching's coming back in late April so don't sweat it, they win easily
2. A's- Better offense but rotation is inexperienced
3. Rangers- A lot of offense but no pitching
4. M's- Weaker offense and the same pitching

NL East
1. Mets- Better bullpen and still have an offense
2. Marlins (WC)- Best rotation in the league and good offense
3. Phillies- Once Hamels started having elbow problems, they dropped from 1st to 3rd
4. Braves- Improved rotation but the offense is lacking
5. Nationals- Adam Dunn cannot save you

NL Central
1. Cubs- Awesome rotation and the offense looks good as well
2. Cardinals- Best player in baseball and Carpenter and Wainwright look great
3. Reds- Offense and rotation is improved
4. Astros- What's worth a damn after Oswalt and Wandy?
5. Brewers- Rotation and bullpen is holding that team back
6. Pirates- Can any Pirates starter post back to back good seasons?

NL West
1. Dodgers- Manny puts that offense over the top
2. Giants- Better offense and better bullpen
3. Dbacks- Too many strikeouts and the bullpen is questionable
4. Rockies- They will miss Francis and Holliday
5. Padres- Jake Peavy will be gone in June and won't be worth watching after that

AL MVP- Grady Sizemore
NL MVP- Manny Ramirez

AL CY Young- Roy Halladay
NL Cy Young- Derek Lowe

AL ROY- Travis Snider
NL ROY- Jordan Zimmerman

I am disgusted by my picks, just simply grossed out. After all the arguments lj and I had about how Minaya let them down, I had them winning the East? And my MVP picks just didn't pan out. Can't believe I didn't vote for Pujols. I blew a big penis on these picks but another year of learning, I think I can do better. Can't do much worse

[HollywoodLeo]

The Padres aren't trading Jake. He'll still be on the DL through the deadline.

I'm surprised this one went under mofo's radar.

[DirtyKash]

I'm surprised this one went under mofo's radar.

It usually takes him 12+ months to bump a thread. Not sooner.

[Porter]

AL MVP: Joe Mauer

The only thing I was proud of.