Baseball Predictions

[Kid Rock]

Please enter in your projections in the same format as shown below.

AL East: Red Sox, Yankees, Blue Jays, Devil Rays, Orioles
AL Central: White Sox, Twins*, Indians, Royals, Tigers
AL West: Mariners, Rangers, A's, Angels

NL East: Braves, Marlins, Mets, Expos, Phillies
NL Central: Cardinals, Cubs*, Astros, Pirates, Reds, Brewers
NL West: Giants, Dodgers, Padres, Diamondbacks, Rockies

ALDS: Red Sox over Twins, Mariners over White Sox
ALCS: Red Sox over Mariners
NLDS: Cubs over Braves, Giants over Cards
NLCS: Giants over Cubs
World Series: Red Sox over Giants 4-2

AL MVP (1-2-3): Maglio Ordonez, Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez
AL Cy Young (1-2-3): Pedro Martinez, Freddy Garcia, Keith Fulke
AL Surprise: Mariano Rivera starts blowing saves regularly

NL MVP (1-2-3): Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, Shawn Green
NL Cy Young (1-2-3): Kerry Wood, Curt Schilling, Russ Ortiz
NL Surprise: Rick Ankiel wins 10 games

[Drzy]

AL East: Yankees, Red Sox*, Blue Jays, Orioles, Devil Rays
AL Central: Indians, Twins, White Sox, Tigers, Royals
AL West: Rangers, Mariners, A's, Angels

NL East: Braves, Phillies, Mets, Marlins, Expos
NL Central: Cardinals, Astros*, Cubs, Reds, Brewers, Pirates
NL West: Giants, Diamondbacks, Padres, Dodgers, Rockies

ALDS: Yankees over Rangers, Indians over Red Sox
ALCS: Yankees over Indians
NLDS: Cards over Braves, Astros over Giants
NLCS: Cards over Astros
World Series: Cards over Yankees 4-3

AL MVP (1-2-3): Alex Rodriguez, Jason Giambi, Eric Chavez
AL Cy Young (1-2-3): Tim Hudson, Mike Mussina, Mark Buehrle
AL Surprise: All 4 teams in AL West have winning record

NL MVP (1-2-3): Sammy Sosa, J.D. Drew, Lance Berkman
NL Cy Young (1-2-3): Woody Williams, Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling
NL Surprise: Woody Williams wins 22 games, Cy Young award

[Patience]

AL East: Red Sox, Yankees*, Blue Jays, Devil Rays, Orioles
AL Central: Twins, Indians, White Sox, Royals, Tigers
AL West: Mariners, A's, Rangers, Angels

NL East: Mets, Braves*, Marlins, Phillies, Expos
NL Central: Cardinals, Cubs, Astros, Pirates, Reds, Brewers
NL West: Giants, Diamondbacks, Padres, Dodgers, Rockies

ALDS: Red Sox over Twins, Mariners over Yankees
ALCS: Mariners over Red Sox
NLDS: Braves over Giants, Mets over Cards
NLCS: Mets over Braves
World Series: Mets over Mariners 4-3

AL MVP (1-2-3): Alex Rodriguez, Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez
AL Cy Young (1-2-3): Pedro Martinez, Freddy Garcia, Keith Fulke
AL Surprise: Jeter leads league in errors at SS

NL MVP (1-2-3): Sammy Sosa, Mike Piazza, Roberto Alomar
NL Cy Young (1-2-3): Curt Schilling, Randy Johnson, Al Lieter
NL Surprise: Rey Ordonez makes the allstar team

[Elessar]

AL East: Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Orioles, Devil Rays
AL Central: Twins, White Sox, Indians, Tigers, Royals
AL West: Mariners, A's*, Angels, Rangers

NL East: Mets, Braves*, Phillies, Expos, Marlins
NL Central: Cardinals, Cubs, Astros, Reds, Brewers, Pirates
NL West: D-Backs, Giants, Dodgers, Rockies, Padres

ALDS: Mariners over Twins, Yankees over A's
ALCS: Yankees over Mariners
NLDS: Mets over D-Backs, Cardinals over Braves
NLCS: Mets over Cardinals
World Series: Mets over Yankees, 4-2

AL MVP (1-2-3): Ichiro, Magglio Ordonez, A-Rod
AL Cy Young (1-2-3): Tim Hudson, Mike Mussina, Pedro Martinez
AL Surprise: John Rocker leads the league in saves with 40+ but the Rangers still lose 90 games.

NL MVP (1-2-3): Sammy Sosa, Roberto Alomar, Mo Vaughn
NL Cy Young (1-2-3): Randy Johnson, Matt Morris, Greg Maddux
NL Surprise: The Expos don't finish last

[sb_jim]

The Padres will win it all.

[Anonymous]

AL East: Red Sox, Yankees, Blue Jays, Orioles, Devil Rays
AL Central: White Sox, Indians, Twins, Royals, Tigers
AL West: Mariners, A's*, Rangers, Angels

NL East: steM, Phillies, Braves, Marlins, Expos
NL Central: Astros, Cards*, Cubs, Brewers, Reds, Pirates
NL West: Giants, Padres, Diamondbacks, Rockies, Dodgers

ALDS: Red Sox over A’s, White Sox over Mariners
ALCS: Red Sox over White Sox
NLDS: Astros over Giants, steM over Cards
NLCS: Astros over steM
World Series: Astros over Red Sox 4-1

AL MVP (1-2-3): Alex Rodriguez, Frank Thomas, Jason Giambi
AL Cy Young (1-2-3): Pedro Martinez, Mike Mussina, Tim Hudson
AL Surprise: Frank Thomas leads AL in hits and homers

NL MVP (1-2-3): Jeff Bagwell, JD Drew, Barry Bonds
NL Cy Young (1-2-3): Roy Oswalt, Randy Johnson, Kevin Brown
NL Surprise: Curt Schilling retires (due to ineffectiveness but he’ll claim a nagging injury)

I moved the Tigers down, the Brewers up, and swapped the Astros and Cards. Ankiel and Smith are expected to win 10 games each for the Cards this year and neither start the season in the rotation. Kid Rock’s NL surprise just demonstrates the diminished values of the Cards a month ago versus now.

[Hanse]

AL East: Yankers, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Orioles, Devil Rays
AL Central: Twins, Indians*, White Sox, Royals, Tigers
AL West: A's, Rangers, Mariners, Angels

NL East: Mets, Braves, Phillies, Expos, Marlins
NL Central: Cardinals, Cubs*, Astros, Brewers, Reds, Pirates
NL West: Giants, Dodgers, Diamondbacks, Padres, Rockies

ALDS: A’s over Twins, Indians over Yankers
ALCS: A's over Indians
NLDS: Cardinals over Giants, Mets over Cubs
NLCS: Mets over Cardinals
World Series: A's over Mets 4-1

AL MVP (1-2-3): Eric Chavez, Jason Giambi, Jacquez Jones
AL Cy Young (1-2-3): Mike Mussina, Tim Hudson, Bartolo Colon
AL Surprise: Twins lead league in ERA, despite playing in the "homer dome"

NL MVP (1-2-3): Barry Bonds, Albert Pujols, Phil Nevin
NL Cy Young (1-2-3): Randy Johnson, Kerry Wood, Javier Vasquez
NL Surprise: Marlins contracted - Expos aren't

[Drzy]

In a brilliant idea (ha) to set up their rotation against the Astros, the Cardinals started Garrett Stephenson and Andy Benes for games two and three of the season, and predictably, both got shelled. :( Hopefully they'll get their act together soon and realize Bud Smith pitches circles around either one of these guys.

Draco, smart prediction on the AL surprise.

[Dr T Non-Fan]

No predictions here. Sorry. too much work, or research.

On a different note, though still about "predictions," how many times have you heard Barry Bonds's projected homers for the season, based on two data points and projecting over 160 data points?

[Shrek]

bump. summun else do the math.

[Anonymous]

Elessar
Perfect AL East: Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Orioles, Devil Rays
First three exact AL Central: Twins, White Sox, Indians, Tigers, Royals
Mariners off AL West: Mariners, A's*, Angels, Rangers

Worst NL East: Mets, Braves*, Phillies, Expos, Marlins
Cubs and Crew off NL Central: Cardinals, Cubs, Astros, Reds, Brewers, Pirates
Perfect NL West: D-Backs, Giants, Dodgers, Rockies, Padres

Stem was his only bad mistake.

[frummie]

Did he go to Vegas with his predictions?

[Elessar]

I only wish.

And the only reason I went with the Mets so high is because I'm a big fan. What's the rule? Never bet on your own team?

And what happened to Alomar and Vaughn? Microcosms of the Mets they were, althoughI suppose Vaughn's probably too big to be a microcosm.

Will Art Howe bring back respectability to the Mets? How long will it take before Fred Wilpon realizes that he fired the wrong guy? Will they be able to dump the contracts of Vaughn, Burnitz, and Ordonez?

(Probably not, half the season, no, no, and no)

[Dr T Non-Fan]

Vaughn has some kind of "be-fit" clause. Apparently he received a letter about it.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2002/1101/1454088.html

Citing sources close to Wilpon, the Star-Ledger also reported that Vaughn has a clause in his contract that states the first baseman is obligated to stay in shape, with the standard stating Vaughn agreed "to keep himself in first class physical condition and to obey the club's training rules."

[Pseudolus]

I think the key words are "stay" and "keep". If he started out a tub of crapulent lard then all he has to do is to maintain his level of original crapulence.