Pre-season Predictions

[McCarroll21]

This article is going to be a little different. It's not really an article, but more an open thread.

With the season just days away, I want everyone to weigh in on their predictions.

I'll start it off, follow my format when adding your own. We'll pull this back up a few times during the season and see where everyone stands. We'll probably run a mid-season version too.

Standings
NL East
Braves
Phillies
Mets
Marlins
Nationals

NL Central
Brewers
Cardinals (WC)
Cubs
Astros
Reds
Pirates

NL West
Padres
Diamondbacks
Giants
Dodgers
Rockies

AL East
Red Sox
Yankees
Blue Jays
Devil Rays
Orioles

AL Central
Tigers
Indians (WC)
White Sox
Twins
Royals

AL West
Angels
A's
Rangers
Mariners

NL Champs
Braves

AL Champs
Red Sox

WS Champs
Braves

Individual Awards
NL MVP: Andruw Jones ... Darkhorse: Prince Fielder
NL CY: Chris Young ... Darkhorse: Tim Hudson
NL ROY: Chris B. Young ... Darkhorse: Kevin Kouzmanoff
AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez ... Darkhorse: Grady Sizemore
AL CY: Johan Santana ... Darkhorse: John Lackey
AL ROY: Alex Gordon ... Darkhorse: Adam Jones


So that's what I'm looking for. I'm interested in seeing what you guys think will happen.

Go!

[grafe]

here's what I'm thinking

Standings
NL East
Phillies
Braves (WC)
Mets
Marlins
Nationals

NL Central
Brewers
Cardinals
Astros
Cubs
Reds
Pirates

NL West
Dodgers
Padres
Diamondbacks
Rockies
Giants

AL East
Yankees
Blue Jays (WC) :eek:
Red Sox
Devil Rays
Orioles

AL Central
Tigers
Indians
White Sox
Twins
Royals

AL West
A's
Angels
Mariners
Rangers

NL Champs
Dodgers

AL Champs
A's

WS Champs
Dodgers

Individual Awards
NL MVP: Albert Pujols ... Darkhorse: I think Andruw could have a monster year being in his contract year but it's tough to beat out Pujols
NL CY: Jake Peavy ... Darkhorse: Jason Jennings
NL ROY: Chris B. Young ... Darkhorse: Kevin Kouzmanoff
AL MVP: David Ortiz ... Darkhorse: Grady Sizemore
AL CY: Johan Santana ... Darkhorse: John Lackey
AL ROY: Alex Gordon ... Darkhorse: Adam Jones

I really want to put the Braves as the World Series winners but the Dodgers seem poised to be really good this year and I think they're the best team in the NL, also I have the Phillies winning the division because I like their rotation more than ours, it's pretty unknown how everyone but Smoltz will pitch but the Phillies have some solid starters, an explosive offense, and a decent bullpen. The NL Central is really hard to predict! The Blue Jays are kind of a darkhorse pick for me, the Red Sox have an abysmal bullpen save for Papelbon and their rotation has alot of questions

[gobravez]

Standings
NL East
Braves
Mets
Phillies
Marlins
Nationals

NL Central
Cards
Brewers (WC)
Cubs
Astros
Reds
Pirates

NL West
Padres
Giants
Dodgers
Diamondbacks
Rockies

AL East
Red Sox
Yankees (WC)
Blue Jays
Devil Rays
Orioles

AL Central
Tigers
Indians
White Sox
Twins
Royals

AL West
Angels
Rangers
A's
Mariners

NL Champs
Braves

AL Champs
Red Sox

WS Champs
Braves

Individual Awards
NL MVP: Ryan Howard ... Darkhorse: Brian McCann
NL CY: John Smoltz ... Darkehorse: Tim Hudson
NL ROY: Chris B. Young ... Darkhorse: Kevin Kouzmanoff
AL MVP: David Ortiz ... Darkhorse: Grady Sizemore
AL CY: Johan Santana ... Darkhorse: John Lackey
AL ROY: Alex Gordon ... Darkhorse: Adam Jones

[HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN]

Standings
NL East
Braves
Phillies(WC)
Mets
Marlins
Nationals

NL Central
Cards
Brewers
Cubs
Astros
Reds
Pirates

NL West
Dodgers
Padres
Diamondbacks
Giants
Rockies

AL East
Red Sox
Yankees (WC)
Blue Jays
Orioles
Devil Rays


AL Central
Tigers
Indians
White Sox
Twins
Royals

AL West
Angels
Rangers
A's
Mariners

NL Champs
Braves

AL Champs
Red Sox

WS Champs
Braves

Individual Awards
NL MVP: Andruw Jones
NL CY: John Smoltz
NL ROY: Chris Young
AL MVP: David Ortiz
AL CY: Johan Santana
AL ROY: Alex Gordon

Braves In the ASG: Smoltz,Andruw,McCann with a chance 1 or more of Chipper,Soriano, and Gonzalez sneaking in

[jschafer5]

Standings
NL East
Braves
Phillies
Mets
Marlins
Nationals

NL Central
Brewers
Cardinals (WC)
Cubs
Astros
Reds
Pirates

NL West
Padres
Diamondbacks
Giants
Dodgers
Rockies

AL East
Red Sox
Yankees
Blue Jays
Devil Rays
Orioles

AL Central
Tigers
Indians (WC)
White Sox
Twins
Royals

AL West
Angels
A's
Rangers
Mariners

NL Champs
Braves

AL Champs
Red Sox

WS Champs
Braves

Individual Awards
NL MVP: Andruw Jones ... Darkhorse: Howard
NL CY: John Smoltz ... Darkehorse: Jake Peavy/Tim Hudson
NL ROY: Chris Young... Darkhorse: Justin Upton
AL MVP: David Ortiz ... Darkhorse: Travis Hafner
AL CY: Johan Santana ... Darkhorse: Daisuke Matsuzaka
AL ROY: Daisuke Matsuzaka ... Darkhorse: Alex Gordon

[Cornholio]

First off...I love this. Lets be sure to keep up with it throughout the season. Its always fun to make predictions.

Standings
NL East
Braves :nod:
Mets (WC)
Phillies
Marlins
Nationals

NL Central
Cubs
Cardinals
Brewers
Reds
Astros
Pirates

NL West
Padres
Dodgers :mad:
Diamondbacks
Giants
Rockies

AL East
Red Sox
Yankees (WC)
Blue Jays
Orioles
Devil Rays

AL Central
Twins
Tigers
Indians
White Sox
Royals

AL West
Angels
A's
Rangers
Mariners

NL Champs
Braves

AL Champs
Twins

WS Champs
Braves :bow:

Individual Awards
NL MVP: David Wright ... Darkhorse: Ryan Howard
NL CY: Carlos Zambrono ... Darkhorse: John Smoltz :D
NL ROY: Chris B. Young ... Darkhorse: Troy Tulowitzki
AL MVP: Joe Mauer ... Darkhorse: Vladimir Guerroro
AL CY: Johan Santana ... Darkhorse: Roy Halladay
AL ROY: <st1:state w:st="]<font" face="Verdana">Daisuke Matsuzaka</st1:state>... Darkhorse: Alex Gordon:beer:

[BGarrett7]

Can't believe how many people have jumped on the Brewers bandwagon. They will contend this season, but are still a year away. If they are able to keep this team together for another season, there is no way they don't win the central next season.

I'll post my predictions later today, I've got some other stuff I'm working on right now.

[McCarroll21]

Just to say this, I picked the Brewers last year and feel like they could have won it if they were healthy. Since Weeks came up a few years ago, and Fielder was doing his thing, I've told a lot of my friends that the Brewers were the team to fear.

[grafe]

I picked the Brewers because I honestly have no idea what's gonna happen in that division but the Brewers probably do have the best shot

[lmartin6]

Some of these "darkhorse" predictions are way off. How can Ryan Howard (defending MVP), Vlad (former MVP), Roy Halladay (recent CY winner and perennial contender) be "darkhorses"? Aren't they pretty much front-runners?

[McCarroll21]

True enough. I'm thinking my darkhorses are darkhorses, not second in line.

[lmartin6]

True enough. I'm thinking my darkhorses are darkhorses, not second in line.

I concur, b/c let's face it...Tim Hudson is indeed among the darkest of the horses amongst preseason favorites to win the Cy Young

[Chief Knockahoma]

I concur, b/c let's face it...Tim Hudson is indeed among the darkest of the horses amongst preseason favorites to win the Cy Young
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[lmartin6]

Marty McFly to the Rescue!!!

[was385]

Standings
NL East Braves
Mets (WC- Would have won if Duaner Sanchez had avoided surgery)
Phillies
Marlins
Nationals

NL Central
Brewers
Cardinals
Cubs
Astros
Reds
Pirates

NL West
Padres
Dodgers
Diamondbacks
Giants
Rockies

AL East
Red Sox
Yankees (WC)
Blue Jays
Devil Rays
Orioles

AL Central
Tigers
Indians
White Sox
Twins
Royals

AL West
Angels
A's
Rangers
Mariners

NL Champs
Braves

AL Champs
Red Sox

WS Champs
Red Sox

Individual Awards
NL MVP: Albert Pujols ... Darkhorse: Prince Fielder
NL CY: Jake Peavy ... Darkhorse: Matt Cain
NL ROY: Chris B. Young ... Darkhorse: Kevin Kouzmanoff
AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez ... Darkhorse: Grady Sizemore
AL CY: Johan Santana ... Darkhorse: Felix Hernandez
AL ROY: Alex Gordon ... Darkhorse: Adam Jones

[vnodnarb]

Standings
NL East
Braves
Phillies (WC)
Mets
Marlins
Nationals

NL Central
Cardinals
Brewers
Cubs
Astros
Reds
Pirates

NL West
Dodgers
Diamondbacks
Padres
Giants
Rockies

AL East
Red Sox
Yankees
Blue Jays
Devil Rays
Orioles

AL Central
Tigers
White Sox (WC)
Indians
Twins
Royals

AL West
Angels
A's
Rangers
Mariners

NL Champs
Braves

AL Champs
Angels

WS Champs
Braves

Individual Awards
NL MVP: Albert Pujols ... Darkhorse: Brian McCann
NL CY: Brandon Webb ... Darkhorse: Brett Myers
NL ROY: Homer Bailey ... Darkhorse: Scott Thorman (eligible?)
AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez ... Darkhorse: Grady Sizemore
AL CY: Roy Halladay ... Darkhorse: C.C. Sabathia
AL ROY: Delmon Young... Darkhorse: Billy Butler

[was385]

Gotta change my AL ROY to Daisuke Matsuzka actually.

[BGarrett7]

After almost an entire day of working on it, here are my predictions. If you recall how I set up my NL East predictions a while back, I did the same thing with these. Ranked the players by position by division, but this time I also included categories for lineup and individual defense. The numbers you see is the percentage points the teams garnered of the total for the division.

So, here they are...

AL East
(1) Yankees (26.3)
(2) Red Sox (22.2)
(3) Blue Jays (20.0)
(4) Orioles (19.4)
(5) Devil Rays (12.1)

AL Central
(1) Tigers (24.1)
(2) Indians (22.5)
(3) White Sox (22.2)
(4) Twins (21.9)
(5) Royals (9.2)

AL West
(1) Athletics (29.0)
(2) Angels (26.2)
(3) Rangers (23.8)
(4) Mariners (21.0)

AL Wildcard
(1) Red Sox (34.1)
(2) Indians (33.3)
(3) Angels (32.6)

AL Best Record
(1) Yankees (40.8)
(2) Tigers (36.6)
(3) Athletics (22.6)

AL Division Series
Yankees vs. Athletics - Yankees, 3-0
Tigers vs. Red Sox - Red Sox, 3-2

AL Champsionship Series
Yankees vs. Red Sox - Yankees, 4-2

NL East
(1) Braves (25.0)*
(2) Mets (25.0)
(3) Phillies (20.7)
(4) Marlins (17.0)
(5) Nationals (12.3)
Braves win head-to-head matchup.

NL Central
(1) Cubs (21.0)
(2) Cardinals (20.2)
(3) Brewers (18.8)
(4) Astros (16.9)
(5) Pirates (11.7)
(6) Reds (11.4)

NL West
(1) Dodgers (25.3)
(2) Diamondbacks (22.3)
(3) Padres (22.0)
(4) Giants (18.0)
(5) Rockies (12.3)

NL Wildcard
(1) Cardinals (37.5)
(2) Mets (36.7)
(3) Diamondbacks (25.8)

NL Best Record
(1) Cubs (35.8)
(2) Braves (34.2)
(3) Dodgers (30.0)

NL Division Series
Cubs vs. Dodgers - Cubs, 3-2
Braves vs. Cardinals - Braves, 3-1

NL Championship Series
Cubs vs. Braves - Braves, 4-2

WORLD SERIES
Yankees vs. Braves - Yankees, 4-2

AL Awards
MVP: Travis Hafner
CY: Josh Beckett
ROY: Delmon Young

NL Awards
MVP: Carlos Beltran
CY: Ben Sheets
ROY: Kevin Kouzmanoff

[NoPepper]

Standings

NL East
Phillies
Braves (WC)
Mets
Marlins
Nationals

NL Central
Astros
Cardinals
Brewers
Reds
Cubs
Pirates

NL West
Dodgers
Padres
Diamondbacks
Giants
Rockies

AL East
Red Sox
Yankees
Orioles
Blue Jays
Devil Rays

AL Central
Indians
Twins (WC)
Tigers
White Sox
Royals

AL West
Angels
A's
Mariners
Rangers

NL Champs
Phillies

AL Champs
Red Sox

WS Champs
Red Sox

Individual Awards
NL MVP: Albert Pujols ... Darkhorse: Matt Holliday
NL CY: Roy Oswalt ... Darkhorse: Cole Hamels
NL ROY: Kevin Kouzmanoff ... Darkhorse: Hunter Pence
AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez ... Darkhorse: J.D. Drew
AL CY: Johan Santana ... Darkhorse: Rich Harden
AL ROY: Alex Gordon ... Darkhorse: Dustin Pedroia

[jschafer5]

So nobody besides me and was think that Dice-K will win the AL ROY?

[raider]

I have just one question. ChopTalk is the Braves magazine, they pick the Phillies and Mets to win over the Braves in the NL East. What's with that?

GO BRAVES!!!!

[BGarrett7]

I have just one question. ChopTalk is the Braves magazine, they pick the Phillies and Mets to win over the Braves in the NL East. What's with that?What's wrong with unbiased choices? I don't want a legit publication to bullshit me with homer picks. Good for them.

[F_man8326]

What's wrong with unbiased choices? I don't want a legit publication to bullshit me with homer picks. Good for them.

On what Garrett said - :clap:. Nothing is more irritating than "homer" broadcasters and periodicals.

[raider]

Well Thank You, I was just asking a question.

[Nasadega]

Standings

NL East
Braves
Phillies
Mets
Marlins
Nationals

NL Central
Cardinals
Brewers
Astros
Cubs
Pirates
Reds


NL West
Padres
Dodgers (WC)
Diamondbacks
Giants
Rockies

AL East
Red Sox
Yankees (WC)
Blue Jays
Orioles
Devil Rays

AL Central
Indians
Tigers
Twins
White Sox
Royals

AL West
A's
Angels
Rangers
Mariners

NL Champs
Braves

AL Champs
Indians

WS Champs
Braves

Individual Awards
NL MVP: Pujols ... Darkhorse: Andruw
NL CY: Smoltz ... Darkhorse: Peavy
NL ROY: Kouzmanoff ... Darkhorse: Chris Young
AL MVP: Sizemore ... Darkhorse: Ortiz
AL CY: Johan Santana ... Darkhorse: Matsuzaka
AL ROY: Matsuzaka ... Darkhorse: Alex Gordon

[gobravez]

I have just one question. ChopTalk is the Braves magazine, they pick the Phillies and Mets to win over the Braves in the NL East. What's with that?

GO BRAVES!!!!


Well Rosenthal made those predictions and I think he is supposed to cover all of MLB in ChopTalk....

[cjones1999]

NL East
braves
muts
phillies
marlins
nats

NL Central
cubs
cards(WC)
pirates
astros
brewers
reds

NL West
dodgers
diamondbacks
padres
giants
rockies

AL East
red sox
yankees:mad:
blue jays
devil rays
orioles

AL Central
twins
indians(WC)
white sox
tigers
royals

AL West
angels
A's
rangers
mariners

NL Champs
braves

AL Champs
twins

WS Champs
braves

Inividual Awards
NL MVP:Francouer...darkhorse:Andruw
NL CY:Smoltz...darkhorse:maddux
NL ROY:=Chris Young...darkhorse:Kouzmanoff

AL MVP:Manny Ramirez
AL CY:Schilling...darkhorse:Santana
AL ROY: Dice-k...darkhorse:Alex gordon

[TheMatrix31]

AL East:

New York Yankees (1)
Boston Red Sox
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles
Tampa Bay Devil Rays

AL Central:

Minnesota (3)
Chicago White Sox
Detroit
Cleveland
Kansas City

AL West:

Oakland (2)
Anaheim (4)
Seattle
Texas

NL East:

New York (1)
Atlanta (4)
Florida
Philadelphia
Montreal

NL Central:

St. Louis (2)
Houston
Milwaukee
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh

NL West:

Los Angeles (3)
San Francisco
San Diego
Arizona
Colorado

AL Champions: Minnesota
NL Champions: St. Louis
WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS: Minnesota

NL MVP: Albert Pujols ---- Darkhorse: Andruw Jones
NL Cy Young: John Smoltz ---- Darkhorse: Jason Schmidt
AL MVP: Vladimir Guererro ---- Darkhorse: Hideki Matsui
AL Cy Young: Rich Harden ---- "Darkhorse": Johan Santana
NL Rookie of the Year: Not Sure
AL Rookie of the Year: Not Sure

[oyhstah crachah]

Just a response to Mac's original post:

I think its mostly good, but
1. Travis Hafner has to be legitimately considered in any AL MVP debate and
2. the NL Central is god awful. No way the WC comes out of there.

[McCarroll21]

My reasoning for the WC coming out of the NL Central is because I think there will be two teams emerge from the pack and take advantage of playing the other teams 18 times.

As far as Hafner, he is a legitimate contender, but he's not a darkhorse candidate because of that.

[oyhstah crachah]

good point

[Jsh1284]

Standings
NL East
Braves
Phillies
Mets
Marlins
Nationals

NL Central
Cardinals
Cubs (WC)
Brewers
Astros
Reds
Pirates

NL West
Diamondbacks
Padres
Giants
Dodgers
Rockies

AL East
Red Sox
Yankees
Blue Jays
Devil Rays
Orioles

AL Central
Indians
Tigers (WC)
White Sox
Twins
Royals

AL West
Angels
A's
Rangers
Mariners

NL Champs
Braves

AL Champs
Red Sox

WS Champs
Braves

Individual Awards
NL MVP: Andruw Jones
NL CY: Tim Hudson
NL ROY: Brandon Phillips
AL MVP: Travis Hafner
AL CY: Johan Santana
AL ROY: Daisuke Matsuzaka

[LSU31always]

Individual Awards
NL MVP: Andruw Jones
NL CY: Tim Hudson
NL ROY: Brandon Phillips
AL MVP: Travis Hafner
AL CY: Johan Santana
AL ROY: Daisuke Matsuzaka
Phillips isn't a rookie

[Cornholio]

Imartin6,

you make an excellent point in pointing out that many picks (mine included) aren't "true" darkhorses. We probably shouldn't refer to anyone that may win an MVP trophy as a darkhorse. History shows that MVP candidates are rarely unexpected. Check out the MVP candidates for the NL since 1980. Other than Ryan Howard last year and Kevin Mitchell in 1989, you won't find an MVP that wasn't in the top 5 to 10 players picked in the pre-season.

I can only speak for myself, but my darkhorses were basically who I thought would be runners up.

Now if I had picked Ryan Langerhans as a darkhorse...that would have been a truly ballsey (is that a word??) pick!!

Lets play ball!!


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[grafe]

Wasn't Caminiti pretty unexpected to win an MVP? Although you know he was juicing though

[BattleCry755]

NL EAST
Atlanta
Mets (wc)
Marlins
Phils
Nats

NL CENTRAL
BrewCrew
Cards
Pirates
Astros
Reds
Cubs

NL WEST
Dodgers
D Backs
Padres
Giants
Rockies

AL East
Yankees
Bo Sox
D Rays
O's
Blue Jays

AL Central
Twins
Detroit (WC)
White Sox
Indians
Royals

AL WEST
Angels
A's
Rangers
Mariners

NL CHAMP - ATLANTA
AL CHAMP - YANKEES :mad:
WS CHAMP - A LITTLE ATL REDEMPTION!!!!!!

NL MVP - Chipper Jones (IF HEALTHY!!!!)
AL MVP - Grady Sizemore

[GrandMasterB]

NL EAST
Atlanta
Mets (wc)
Marlins
Phils
Nats

NL CENTRAL
BrewCrew
Cards
Pirates
Astros
Reds
Cubs

NL WEST
Dodgers
D Backs
Padres
Giants
Rockies

AL East
Yankees
Bo Sox
D Rays
O's
Blue Jays

AL Central
Twins
Detroit (WC)
White Sox
Indians
Royals

AL WEST
Angels
A's
Rangers
Mariners

NL CHAMP - ATLANTA
AL CHAMP - YANKEES :mad:
WS CHAMP - A LITTLE ATL REDEMPTION!!!!!!

NL MVP - Chipper Jones (IF HEALTHY!!!!)
AL MVP - Grady Sizemore

A little late on your predictions aren't ya? :p

[vnodnarb]

Bump

[McCarroll21]

Heh! Me going against my hatred for Andruw Jones has worked out well, eh?

[Nasadega]

It's mid-season, little check up
-I fucked up the NL east
-NL central I picked the cards ahead of the brewers, almost there
-Got the top 3 in the NL west right
-Got the NL wildcard right
-Mixed the jays and yanks in the AL east, had the Rox though
-Got the AL central perfect baby :cool:
-screwed up the AL west
-didn't got the AL wildcard
-totally wrong in the individual trophies

Not too bad for the division races, hopefully the Braves and A's will turn it around so I get 5/6 right (cards have no chance)

[BGarrett7]

An update on my predictions...

AL East - Yanks are 11.0 GB
AL Central - Tigers are 1.5 GB
AL West - A's are 8.5 GB
AL Wildcard - BoSox lead AL East
AL Best Record - Yanks are 12.0 GB

AL MVP - Travis Hafner (.257/.401/.449/.850, 13 HR, 52 RBI)
AL Cy Young - Josh Beckett (11-2, 3.38 ERA)
AL Rookie of the Year - Delmon Young (.271/.301/.407/.708, 9 HR, 44 RBI)

NL East - Braves are 4.0 GB
NL Central - Cubs are 6.5 GB
NL West - Dodgers are 1.0 GB
NL Wildcard - Cardinals are 8.0 GB
NL Best Record - Cubs are 6.5 GB

NL MVP - Carlos Beltran (.274/.350/.482/.832, 14 HR, 49 RBI)
NL Cy Young - Ben Sheets (10-3, 3.19 ERA)
NL Rookie of the Year - Kevin Kouzmanoff (.218/.281/.384/.665, 7 HR, 33 RBI)

Ouch. :(

[vnodnarb]

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