2008 Major League Baseball Prediction Thread
 

Pick your divisions, wins per team if you wish:

AL
East
[B]
Boston Red Sox 97 wins[/B]
New York Yankees 92 wins
Tampa Bay Rays 86 wins
Toronto Blue Jays 80 wins
Baltimore Orioles 58 wins

Central

[B]Cleveland Indians 94 wins
Detroit Tigers 92 wins[/B]
Kansas City Royals 77 wins
Chicago White Sox 74 wins
Minnesota Twins 69 wins

West

[B]Los Angeles Angels 88 wins[/B]
Texas Rangers 81 wins
Oakland Athletics 76 wins
Seattle Mariners 75 wins

NL
East
[B]
New York Mets 95 wins
Atlanta Braves 88 wins[/B]
Philadelphia Phillies 82 wins
Washington Nationals 75 wins
Florida Marlins 67 wins

Central

[B]Chicago Cubs 90 wins[/B]
Milwaukee Brewers 84 wins
Cincinnati Reds 77 wins
St. Louis Cardinals 74 wins
Houston Astros 74 wins
Pittsburgh Pirates 74 wins

West
[B]Los Angeles Dodgers 91 wins[/B]
Arizona Diamondbacks 87 wins
Colorado Rockies 85 wins
San Diego Padres 85 wins
San Francisco Giants 64 wins

I'll call the Tigers beating the Yankees in the play-in game.

NLCS
Dodgers over Cubs

ALCS
Indians over Red Sox

World Series
Dodgers over Indians

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I predict the Orioles and their FO will continue to crash and burn.

Which as a fan really pisses me off. Someone needs to take Angelos down a peg. :Smoker:

If anyone follows the O's FO closer than I do, can someone tell me why Angelos sucks and life and doesn't give a damn about the franchise?

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World Series

My Red Sox over the Cubs 4-2

Manny wins it with a walk-off in the 12th

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AL
East
Yankees 91 wins
Red Sox 90 wins
Rays 86 wins
Blue Jays 85 wins
Orioles 61 wins

Central
Tigers 94 wins
Indians 90 wins
Twins 81 wins
Royals 79 wins
White Sox 77 wins

West
Mariners 89 wins
Angels 88 wins
A's 86 wins
Rangers 81 wins

NL
East
Mets(who suck) 91 wins
[COLOR=red]Phillies 90 wins[/COLOR]
Braves 87 wins
Nationals 78 wins
Marlins 71 wins

Central
Cubs 93 wins
Reds 88 wins
Brewers 84 wins
Astros 80 wins
Cardinals 70 wins
Pirates 69 wins

West
Rockies 89 wins
Diamondbacks 86 wins
Dodgers 85 wins
Padres 79 wins
Giants 65 wins

Divsional Series
AL Tigers beat Red Sox 3-1 Yankees beat Mariners 3-1
NL Phillies beat Cubs 3-1 Mets beat Rockies 3-2

Conference Series
AL Tigers beat Yankees 4-2
NL Phillies beat the hell outta Mets 4-1

World Series Tigers beat Phillies 4-2

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[quote=GTripp0012;435649]Pick your divisions, wins per team if you wish:

AL
East

[B]Boston Red Sox 97 wins[/B]
New York Yankees 92 wins
Tampa Bay Rays 86 wins
Toronto Blue Jays 80 wins
Baltimore Orioles 58 wins

Central

[B]Cleveland Indians 94 wins[/B]
[B]Detroit Tigers 92 wins[/B]
Kansas City Royals 77 wins
Chicago White Sox 74 wins
Minnesota Twins 69 wins

West

[B]Los Angeles Angels 88 wins[/B]
Texas Rangers 81 wins
Oakland Athletics 76 wins
Seattle Mariners 75 wins

NL
East

[B]New York Mets 95 wins[/B]
[B]Atlanta Braves 88 wins[/B]
Philadelphia Phillies 82 wins
Washington Nationals 75 wins
Florida Marlins 67 wins

Central

[B]Chicago Cubs 90 wins[/B]
Milwaukee Brewers 84 wins
Cincinnati Reds 77 wins
St. Louis Cardinals 74 wins
Houston Astros 74 wins
Pittsburgh Pirates 74 wins

West
[B]Los Angeles Dodgers 91 wins[/B]
Arizona Diamondbacks 87 wins
Colorado Rockies 85 wins
San Diego Padres 85 wins
San Francisco Giants 64 wins

I'll call the Tigers beating the Yankees in the play-in game.

NLCS
Dodgers over Cubs

ALCS
Indians over Red Sox

World Series
Dodgers over Indians[/quote]
Joe Torre wont win the world series for them. And what? 82 wins for my Phils? Dude they got better and are the NL's best team. They brought in Lidge, Jenkins, and Feliz, and groomed Hamels to become an ace, not to mention pulled Myers out of the bullpen. 2 great pitchers. Go Phils!

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AL
East-Red Sox, Central-Indians, West-Mariners (WC-Tigers)
Worst team-Orioles
Surprise team-Royals
Pennant-Mariners

NL
East-Braves, Central-Brewers, West-Dodgers (WC-Cubs)
Worst team-Giants
Surprise team-Nationals :)
Pennant-Cubs

World Series Cubs 4-3 over Mariners

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[quote=SmootSmack;435672]AL
East-Red Sox, Central-Indians, West-Mariners (WC-Tigers)
Worst team-Orioles
Surprise team-Royals
Pennant-Mariners

NL
East-Braves, Central-Brewers, West-Dodgers (WC-Cubs)
Worst team-Giants
Surprise team-Nationals :)
Pennant-Cubs

World Series Cubs 4-3 over Mariners[/quote]
Brewers? You are only saying that because you are drunk.[IMG]http://www.thewarpath.net/images/icons/icon12.gif[/IMG]

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Surprise teams: AL Rays NL Reds

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I had the Brewers winning the World Series the last two years, not this year though

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[quote=Campbell17;435670]Joe Torre wont win the world series for them. And what? 82 wins for my Phils? Dude they got better and are the NL's best team. They brought in Lidge, Jenkins, and Feliz, and groomed Hamels to become an ace, not to mention pulled Myers out of the bullpen. 2 great pitchers. Go Phils![/quote]This is what Baseball Prospectus has to say about the Phillies:

[B] [URL="http://www.baseballprospectus.com/team_audit.php?team=PHI"]Philadelphia Phillies[/URL] (80-82, 849 [URL="http://www.baseballprospectus.com/glossary/index.php?search=RS"]RS[/URL], 870 [URL="http://www.baseballprospectus.com/glossary/index.php?search=RA"]RA[/URL]).[/B] Here’s what I can’t figure out: in what ways will the Phillies be better in 2008 than they were in 2007? [URL="http://www.baseballprospectus.com/glossary/index.php?search=Defense"]Defense[/URL] at third base, an extra month of good play at second, arguably at closer. That’s it. They’re likely to see offensive declines at most spots, and the rotation is a major problem, as is the bullpen in front of [URL="http://www.baseballprospectus.com/pecota/lidgebr01.php"]Brad Lidge[/URL]. The idea that they’re the favorite in the division is addled, and the possibility of a significant dropoff is better than the possibility of a repeat title.

They are a little less optimistic than I am.

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Pure speculation, as I haven't read up much on baseball this past Winter...

AL East - Boston
AL Central - Cleveland
AL West - Texas
AL Wild Card - Detroit
AL Worst Team - Baltimore
AL Surprise Team - Tampa

NL East - New York
NL Central - Milwaukee
NL West - Colorado
NL Wild Card - St. Louis
NL Worst Team - Florida
NL Surprise Team - Washington

AL Pennant - Boston over Cleveland
NL Pennant - New York over Colorado

World Series - Boston over New York in 6


As far as the Orioles go, I'm hoping Andy MacPhail will keep Peter Angelos at bay and actually start rebuilding this team. It's been in a rebuilding stage for several years now, but they haven't rebuild anything but the Jumbotrons. They've already shed Jay Gibbons, and I wouldn't be surprised if by June, guys like Millar and Huff aren't shipped out either.