Virginia Giant Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I could have sworn someone on here started a predictions thread but i can't find it. I wanted to pin it. Oh well, lets do it again. Key: W.C. = Wild Card American League A.L. East This is a tough Division, 3 teams could be very close and any of the 3 could take the division and W.C. Boston Redsox New York Yankees W.C. Toronto Blue Jays Baltimore Orioles Tampa Bay Devil Rays A.L. Central Chicago White Sox Clevelend Indians Detroit Tigers Minnesota Twins Kansas City Royals [/color]A.L. West Texas Rangers Oakland Athletics Los Angleles Andels of Aneheim Seattle Mariners National League N.L. East Atlanta Braves New York Mets W.C. Washington Nationals Philadelphia Phillies Florida Marlins [/color]N.L. Central ST. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros Chicago Cubs Cincinatti Reds Milwaukee Brewers Pittsburge Pirates N.L. West Los Angeles Dodgers San Diego Padres san Francisco giants Arizona Diomondbacks Coloroda rockies World Series St. Louis Cardinals defeat Boston redsox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K3VIN Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 YANKEES DEAFEAT THE LA DODGERS IN THE WS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njsmalls Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Simple as this...Yankees win 101 games and lose to a lesser team in the Divisional series. (Cleveland or Blue Jays) ALCS: Oakland A's vs. Chicago White Sox NLCS: St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Fransisco Giants The World Series will be Oakland Athletics vs. St. Louis Cardinals...St. Louis wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 A.L. East New York Yankees . Toronto Blue Jays Boston Redsox- with all due respect to mickeef, i think red sox have fallen back a step. Baltimore Orioles Tampa Bay Devil Rays A.L. Central Chicago White Sox Clevelend Indians-W.C. Detroit Tigers Minnesota Twins Kansas City Royals A.L. West Oakland Athletics- I think the A's may be the best team in baseball Texas Rangers- Los Angleles Angels Seattle Mariners National League N.L. East Atlanta Braves New York Mets W.C. Washington Nationals Philadelphia Phillies Florida Marlins N.L. Central ST. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros Chicago Cubs Cincinatti Reds - Milwaukee Brewers Pittsburge Pirates N.L. West San Francisco Giants- If Barry plays 100 games, it won't even be a close race. Los Angeles Dodgers Arizona Diamondbacks San Diego Padres- All due respect to midas, i don't understand how the moves they made made them any better. Coloroda rockies World Series SF Giants over NY Yankees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Giant Posted March 19, 2006 Author Share Posted March 19, 2006 A.L. East New York Yankees . Toronto Blue Jays Boston Redsox- with all due respect to mickeef, i think red sox have fallen back a step. Baltimore Orioles Tampa Bay Devil Rays A.L. Central Chicago White Sox Clevelend Indians-W.C. Detroit Tigers Minnesota Twins Kansas City Royals A.L. West Oakland Athletics- I think the A's may be the best team in baseball Texas Rangers- Los Angleles Angels Seattle Mariners National League N.L. East Atlanta Braves New York Mets W.C. Washington Nationals Philadelphia Phillies Florida Marlins N.L. Central ST. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros Chicago Cubs Cincinatti Reds - Milwaukee Brewers Pittsburge Pirates N.L. West San Francisco Giants- If Barry plays 100 games, it won't even be a close race. Los Angeles Dodgers Arizona Diamondbacks San Diego Padres- All due respect to midas, i don't understand how the moves they made made them any better. Coloroda rockies World Series SF Giants over NY Yankees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 It has to happen sometime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jranieli Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 God you guys are so biased towards your teams. I will do mine and will be unbiased AL East New York Yankees 101-61 y Boston Redsox 98-64 x Toronto Blue Jays 81-81 Tampa Bay Rays 73-89 Baltimore Orioles 71-91 AL Central Chicago 98-64 y Cleveland Indians 92-70 Minnesota Twins 85-77 Detroit Tigers 75-87 Kansas City Royals 66-96 AL West LA Angles 96-66 y Texas Rangers 89-73 Oakland A's 87-75 Seattle Mariners 69-93 NL East New York Mets 94-68 y Philadelphia Phillies 94-68 x Atlanta Braves 90-72 Washington Nats 81-81 Florida Marlins 69-93 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals 101-61 y Houston Astros 88-74 Chicago Cubs 82-80 Cincinatti Reds 78-84 Pittsburgh Pirates 73-89 Milwaukee Brewers 71-91 NL West San Diego Padres 84-78 y San Francisco Giants 83-77 Arizona D'backs 78-84 LA Dodgers 74-88 Colorado Rockies 68-94 ALDS New York vs. Boston Chicago vs LA ALCS NY vs Chicago AL Pennant - New York NLDS St. Louis vs Philadelphia New York vs San Diego NLCS St. Louis vs. New York NL Pennant - St. Louis World Series New York vs. St. Louis Champions is St. Louis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 who is your team rainieli? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jranieli Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 who is your team rainieli? LA Dodgers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 LA Dodgers really, why??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jranieli Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 really, why??? I am joking, I am a Mets fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I am joking, I am a Mets fan. good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorfTVP Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Yah, I started a prediction thread, but it didn't get much love and somehow disappeared. Anyway, my predictions are as follows: AL East - Boston Red Sox AL Central - Cleveland Indians AL West - Oakland Athletics AL Wild Card - New York Yankees NL East - New York Mets NL Central - St. Louis Cardinals NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers NL Wild Card - Atlanta Braves Red Sox and Yankees are evenly matched, so that's a coin toss. Their seasons will bank solely on injuries and comebacks. The AL Central is also extremely competitive, and though the Indians have slightly downgraded, they're also a year older and more mature and should be able to produce enough to compete. The White Sox still have the edge, but I see the Indians offense carrying them (including Belliard ). The Athletics is an easy pick with their jaw-dropping rotation of Zito, Harden, Haren, Blanton, and Loaiza - top 2 in the AL with the White Sox. With an improved offense and a (hopefully) healthy Frank Thomas, they should win easily. As for the NL, the Mets are the best on paper and I can't go against them. I'm a fan of them, and I think that though their rotation has gone down, it won't go down to the level of the Phillies rotation. Their offense is incredible, carried by two Carlos' and a Wright brother. The Cardinals cannot be bet against, and though the Cubs and Brewers should put on pressure, the Brewers are a year or two away and the Cubs need a healthy Prior and Wood. The Dodgers and Giants will be close but this is merely a gut pick, and maybe a little bit of bias with the Red Sox connections on the team. I think the Braves, Cubs, and Dodgers/Giants will compete for this spot but the Braves have more weaker opponents to pick on with the Marlins, Phillies, and Nationals. As for the playoffs, they cannot be predicted, for anything can happen in such a short series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 As for the playoffs, they cannot be predicted, for anything can happen in such a short series. give it a shot, lorfy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Giant Posted March 20, 2006 Author Share Posted March 20, 2006 Yah, I started a prediction thread, but it didn't get much love and somehow disappeared. Anyway, my predictions are as follows: AL East - Boston Red Sox AL Central - Cleveland Indians AL West - Oakland Athletics AL Wild Card - New York Yankees NL East - New York Mets NL Central - St. Louis Cardinals NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers NL Wild Card - Atlanta Braves Red Sox and Yankees are evenly matched, so that's a coin toss. Their seasons will bank solely on injuries and comebacks. The AL Central is also extremely competitive, and though the Indians have slightly downgraded, they're also a year older and more mature and should be able to produce enough to compete. The White Sox still have the edge, but I see the Indians offense carrying them (including Belliard ). The Athletics is an easy pick with their jaw-dropping rotation of Zito, Harden, Haren, Blanton, and Loaiza - top 2 in the AL with the White Sox. With an improved offense and a (hopefully) healthy Frank Thomas, they should win easily. As for the NL, the Mets are the best on paper and I can't go against them. I'm a fan of them, and I think that though their rotation has gone down, it won't go down to the level of the Phillies rotation. Their offense is incredible, carried by two Carlos' and a Wright brother. The Cardinals cannot be bet against, and though the Cubs and Brewers should put on pressure, the Brewers are a year or two away and the Cubs need a healthy Prior and Wood. The Dodgers and Giants will be close but this is merely a gut pick, and maybe a little bit of bias with the Red Sox connections on the team. I think the Braves, Cubs, and Dodgers/Giants will compete for this spot but the Braves have more weaker opponents to pick on with the Marlins, Phillies, and Nationals. As for the playoffs, they cannot be predicted, for anything can happen in such a short series. The same thing has been said about the Athletics for the past several years. "Oh the A;'s are awesome, they have a killer rotation, they're gonna win it all, blah blah blah." I swear they are the redskins of the MLB, great on paper, underperformers in real life. Watch Texas win the West this year, don't get me wrong I have doubts about a fdew spots, but all in all they're pitching is much improved, and if we are leading the West at the All star break, Rocket very well could come to Arlington for a title run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so-cal dub Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 I'm ready for the Yankees Vs. Dodgers World Series rivalry to continue. So there you have it. Yankees in the AL, Dodgers in NL. All the rest is meaningless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njsmalls Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 A-Rod will literally choke during the postseason...on his own spit...while at bat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 (edited) I'm ready for the Yankees Vs. Dodgers World Series rivalry to continue. So there you have it. Yankees in the AL, Dodgers in NL. All the rest is meaningless. I guess you haven't looked at the Dodgers starting rotation. Edited March 20, 2006 by blunatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so-cal dub Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 I guess you haven't looked at the Dogers starting rotation. Yeah not great, but I have a feeling they're gonna suprise alot of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herc Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 blunatic: ok, putting the giants ahead of the pads, understandable. dodgers, understandable (though less so), but the d-backs? that's just a slap in the face! personally i think the good moves and bad moves even out. cameron for nady, good mirabelli for loretta, bad bad bad ramon hernandez out, piazza in. bad eaton/otsuka out, young/gonzalez in, good. anyway here are my predictions: al east yanks sox jays o's rays al central sox indians--wc twins tigers royals al west a's angels rangers mariners nl east mets braves-wc phils nats marlins nl central(if clemens plays for the stros) cards stros pirates cubs brewers reds NL central (if clemens retires or goes to another team) cards pirates cubs stros brewers reds NL West (if bonds is bonds and plays 120 games) giants pads dodgers d-backs rockies NL west (if bonds doens't play 120 games or has a sammy sosa-esque decline) pads giants dodgers d-backs rockies A's win world series over cards there's no dominant team this year. MVPs AL- A-rod, Ortiz, Vlad, Manny NL- Pujols, Bonds, Lee, Delgado Cy Young AL- Halladay, Hernandez, Santana, Harden NL- Peavy, Clemens, Carpenter, Pedro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jranieli Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Yeah not great, but I have a feeling they're gonna suprise alot of us. No way are they even close to being competative. I saw them in a 4 game series against the Marlins last year and they do not look good and are not going to be good for the next year or two. They need a lot of help. Look for the Giants or Padres to take the division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 (edited) The same thing has been said about the Athletics for the past several years. "Oh the A;'s are awesome, they have a killer rotation, they're gonna win it all, blah blah blah." I swear they are the redskins of the MLB, great on paper, underperformers in real life. Watch Texas win the West this year, don't get me wrong I have doubts about a fdew spots, but all in all they're pitching is much improved, and if we are leading the West at the All star break, Rocket very well could come to Arlington for a title run. The A's are better this year than they've ever been. This is not a moneyball team. As Lorf, said, unbelievable rotation, great closer in Houston Street, fantastic defense (from 2ndbase to 3rd base, best d in baseball) They are even prepared now to go far in the playoffs. The only weakness is Macha in the playoffs is iffy. blunatic: ok, putting the giants ahead of the pads, understandable. dodgers, understandable (though less so), but the d-backs? that's just a slap in the face! personally i think the good moves and bad moves even out. cameron for nady, good mirabelli for loretta, bad bad bad ramon hernandez out, piazza in. bad eaton/otsuka out, young/gonzalez in, good. I think AZ improved to a .500 ballclub, which means they have to get their wins from someone in the division, so I had to do it to keep it consistent. Edited March 20, 2006 by blunatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Giant Posted March 20, 2006 Author Share Posted March 20, 2006 The A's are better this year than they've ever been. This is not a moneyball team. As Lorf, said, unbelievable rotation, great closer in Houston Street, fantastic defense (from 2ndbase to 3rd base, best d in baseball) They are even prepared now to go far in the playoffs. The only weakness is Macha in the playoffs is iffy. I think AZ improved to a .500 ballclub, which means they have to get their wins from someone in the division, so I had to do it to keep it consistent. I understanbd they are not throwing money at players, but their expectations are always high. They may be better this year, but so is texas. I know 'm biased, but Texas will win the West this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 I understanbd they are not throwing money at players, but their expectations are always high. They may be better this year, but so is texas. I know 'm biased, but Texas will win the West this year. no i meant its not the A's of the past with a lot of 'on base percentage wins games' philosophy. they are built more traditional this year. Nothing wrong with thinking your team is going to win, spring is about eternal hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herc Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 if frank thomas plays 120 games the A's are going to the world series. milton bradly and thomas are two HUGE pickups and blanton and haren will only improve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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