Prediction Time

[cubsva]

It is that time of year again...when the "professionals" make their predictions as to how the standings, awards, and post season will result. Time for the NSBB crew to give their opinions on what will happen.

 

NATIONAL League

 

NL EAST:

Atlanta Braves

New York Mets

Philadelphia PHillies

Florida Marlins

Washington Nationals

 

NL Central:

CUBS

Milwaukee Brewers

St. Louis Cardinals

Houston Astros

Cincy Reds

Pittsburgh Pirates

 

NL West:

Los Angeles Dodgers

San Diego Padres

Arizona Diamondbacks

Colorado Rockies

 

NL Wild Card:

NY Mets

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

 

AL East:

Boston Red Sox

New York Yankees

Toronto Blue Jays

Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Baltimore Orioles

 

AL Central:

Detroit Tigers

Cleveland Indians

Chicago White Sox

Minnesota Twins

Kansas City Royals

 

AL West:

Los Angeles Angels

Oakland A's

Seattle Mariners

Texas Rangers

 

AL Wild Card: Cleveland Indians

 

 

POSTSEASON:

NL Pennant: LA Dodgers

AL Pennant: Boston Red Sox

 

Champion: Boston Red Sox

 

NL Cy Young: Carlos Zambrano

Al Cy Young: Jeremy Bonderman

 

NL MVP: Alfonso Soriano

AL MVP: Manny Ramirez

 

NL Rookie: Chris Young

Al Rookie: Delmon Young

[VanceJergins]

NL

 

East:

Mets

Phillies

Braves

Marlins

Nationals

 

Central:

Cubs

Cardinals

Brewers

Reds

Astros

Pirates

 

West:

Diamonbacks

Dodgers

Padres

Rockies

Giants

 

Wildcard: Phillies

 

AL

 

East:

Redsox

Yankees

Blue Jays

Orioles

Devil Rays

 

Central:

Indians

Tigers

White Sox

Twins

Royals

 

West:

Angels

Rangers

A's

Mariners

 

Wildcard: Yankees

 

Postseason:

 

NL Pennant: Cubs

AL Pennant: Redsox

Champion: Cubs

 

NL Cy Young: Carlos Zambrano

AL Cy Young: Daisuke Matsuzaka

 

NL MVP: Matt Holliday

AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez

[Rob]

I can't... I feel that I'd jinx it.

[UMFan83]

AL East:
*Boston Red Sox        95-67 --
w-Toronto Blue Jays    91-71 4.0
New York Yankees       85-77 10.0
Tampa Bay Rays         70-92 25.0
Baltimore Orioles      66-96 29.0

AL Central:
*Cleveland Indians     91-71 --
Detroit Tigers         88-73 3.0
Minnesota Twins        85-77 6.0
Chicago White Sox      80-82 11.0
Kansas City Royals     71-91 20.0

AL West:
*Los Angeles Angels    92-70 --
Oakland A's            89-73 3.0
Texas Rangers          78-84 14.0
Seattle Mariners       73-89 19.0


NL East:
*New York Mets         94-68 --
w-Philadelphia Philles 92-70 2.0
Florida Marlins        86-76 8.0
Atlanta Braves         80-82 14.0
Washington Nationals  59-103 35.0

NL Central:
*Milwaukee Brewers     87-75 --
St. Louis Cardinals    81-81 6.0
Chicago Cubs           78-84 9.0
Pittsburgh Pirates     74-87 13.0
Houston Astros         70-92 17.0
Cincinnati Reds        70-92 17.0

NL West:
*Arizona Diamondbacks  88-74 --
Los Angeles Dodgers    85-77 3.0
San Diego Padres       82-80 6.0
Colorado Rockies       80-82 8.0
San Francisco Giants   76-86 12.0

AL Wild Card:
Toronto Blue Jays      91-71 --
Oakland A's            89-73 2.0
Detroit Tigers         88-73 3.0
Minnesota Twins        85-77 6.0
New York Yankees       85-77 6.0
Chicago White Sox      80-82 11.0
Texas Rangers          78-84 13.0

NL Wild Card:
Philadelphia Phillies  92-70 --
Florida Marlins        86-76 6.0
Los Angeles Dodgers    85-77 7.0
San Diego Padres       82-80 10.0
St. Louis Cardinals    81-81 11.0
Atlanta Braves         80-82 12.0
Colorado Rockies       80-82 12.0
Chicago Cubs           78-84 14.0

ALDS:
Red Sox 3 Indians 2
Angels 3 Blue Jays 2

NLDS:
Mets 3 Brewers 1
Phillies 3 Diamondbacks 0

ALCS:
Red Sox 4 Angels 2

NLCS: 
Phillies 4 Mets 3

WS:
Phillies 4 Red Sox 2

[Drew Doughty]

i'll just repost what i posted at grb with one minor addendum

 

AL

East:

Yankees -- 95-67

Red Sox -- 90-72

Blue Jays -- 85-77

Devil Rays -- 72-90

Orioles -- 70-92

 

Central:

Indians -- 88-74

White Sox -- 87-75

Twins -- 82-80

Tigers -- 82-80

Royals -- 71-91

 

West:

Angels -- 87-75

A's -- 81-81

Rangers -- 79-83

Mariners -- 75-87

 

(runners up in parentheses)

MVP Grady Sizemore (Manny Ramirez, Vlad Guerrero)

Cy Young Johan Santana (Roy Halladay, Felix Hernandez)

Rookie of the Year Daisuke Matsuzaka (Delmon Young, Alex Gordon) (nice class o' rookies again)

Comeback Player of the Year Hideki Matsui (Gary Sheffield, Bartolo Colon)

Manager of the Year Mike Scioscia (Jim Leyland, Joe Torre)

 

Yankees over Angels in 5

Red Sox over Indians in 4

 

Yankees over Red Sox in 6

 

NL

East:

Phillies -- 86-76

Mets -- 83-79

Braves -- 83-79

Marlins -- 76-86

Nationals -- 58-104

 

Central:

Cardinals -- 85-77

Cubs -- 84-78

Brewers -- 82-80

Astros -- 75-87

Pirates -- 74-88

Reds -- 72-90

 

West:

Padres -- 87-75

D'Backs -- 83-79

Giants -- 83-79

Dodgers -- 80-82

Rockies -- 78-84

 

MVP Albert Pujols (Ryan Howard, Carlos Beltran)

Cy Young Jake Peavy (Chris Carpenter, Carlos Zambrano)

Rookie of the Year Kevin Kouzmanoff (Chris Iannetta, Jason Hirsh)

Comeback Player of the Year Derrek Lee (Pedro Martinez, Mark Prior)

Manager of the Year Bud Black (Bruce Bochy, Bobby Cox)

 

Cubs over Padres in 5

Cards over Phillis in 5

 

Cards over Cubs in 7

 

Yankees over Cards in 6

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I predict the Cubs will suck less than they did last year but suck just enough to keep us all pissed off all season.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

AL East

1. Red Sox

2. Yankees WC

3. Blue Jays

4. Devil Rays

5. Orioles

 

AL Central

1. Tigers

2. Indians

3. Twins

4. White Sox

5. Royals

 

AL West

1. Rangers

2. Angels

3. A's

4. Mariners

 

NL East

1. Phillies

2. Mets WC

3. Braves

4. Fish

5. Nationals

 

NL Central

1. Cubs

2. Brewers

3. Cardinals

4. Reds

5. Astros

6. Pirates

 

NL West

1. Dodgers

2. Diamondbacks

3. Giants

4. Padres

5. Rockies

[98navigator]

NATIONAL LEAGUE

 

NL EAST:

Philadelphia Phillies

New York Mets

Atlanta Braves

Florida Marlins

Washington Nationals

 

NL Central:

Chicago Cubs

St. Louis Cardinals

Houston Astros

Milwaukee Brewers

Cincinnati Reds

Pittsburgh Pirates

 

NL West:

Los Angeles Dodgers

Arizona Diamondbacks

San Diego Padres

Colorado Rockies

 

NL Wild Card: Arizona Diamondbacks

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

 

AL East:

Boston Red Sox

New York Yankees

Toronto Blue Jays

Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Baltimore Orioles

 

AL Central:

Detroit Tigers

Minnesota Twins

Cleveland Indians

Chicago White Sox

Kansas City Royals

 

AL West:

Los Angeles Angels

Texas Rangers

Oakland Athletics

Seattle Mariners

 

 

AL Wild Card: New York Yankees

 

 

POSTSEASON:

NL Pennant: Chicago Cubs

AL Pennant: Los Angeles Angels

 

Champion: Los Angeles Angels

 

NL Cy Young: Carlos Zambrano

AL Cy Young: Irvin Santana

 

NL MVP: Derrek Lee

AL MVP: Valdimir Guerrero

 

NL Rookie: Chris Young

AL Rookie: Delmon Young

[Roast]

AL EAST

Bosox

Yanks

Jays

Orioles

Drays

 

AL CENTRAL

Tigers

Twins (Wild Card)

Indians

Whitesox (yeah, thats right)

KC

 

AL West

Angels

Rangers

A's

Mariners

 

 

NL East

Mets

Phillies (Wild Card)

Braves

Fish

Nats

 

NL Central

Cubs (i'm calling it!)

Brewers

Cards

Astros

Reds

Pirates

 

NL West

Dodgers

Dbacks

Dads

Giants

Rockies

 

NLDS

Cubs over Dodgers

Mets over Phillies

 

ALDS

Bosox over Twins

Angels over Tigers

 

NLCS

Cubs over Mets

 

ALCS

Bosox over Angels

 

WORLD SERIES

Cubs over Bosox in 6.

 

ALMVP - ManRam

AL Cy Young - Santana

Comeback Player - Sammy!

Manager - Leyland

 

NLMVP - Pujols

Cy Young - Z!

Comeback Player - Lee

Manager - Piniella

[TB_11]

I'm tempted to go through UMFan's predictions to see if his total wins and losses equal each other.

[bhogg]

My prediction? Pain. . . .

 

http://www.widewordofsports.com/images/Other/lang_clubber.jpg

[BigSlick]

I predict the Cubs will suck less than they did last year but suck just enough to keep us all pissed off all season.

 

hahahahahahahah

[BleedCubbieBlue81]

I'm not going to rank every division team by team, but rather give an overall divison winner prediction.

 

NL East: New York Mets

NL Central: Chicago Cubs by 1 game

NL West: Arizona Diamondbacks

NL Wildcard: Philadelphia Phillies

 

AL East: Boston Red Sox

AL Central: Minnesota Twins by 1 game over Cleveland

AL West: LA Angels

AL Wildcard: New York Yankees

 

NLDS: Mets over Cubs in 5

NLDS: Dbacks over Phillies in 4

 

ALDS: Red Sox over Angels in 5

ALDS: Yankees over Twins in 3

 

NLCS: Mets over DBacks in 6

ALCS: Red Sox over Yankees in 5

 

World Series: Red Sox over Mets in 6

 

NL MVP: Albert Pujols

AL MVP: David Ortiz (a DH finally wins one)

 

NL Cy Young: Roy Oswalt (boooooo)

AL Cy Young: Johan Santana

[UMFan83]

I'm tempted to go through UMFan's predictions to see if his total wins and losses equal each other.

 

I don't think that they do, normally I check for that kinda stuff but not this time

[UMFan83]

I'm tempted to go through UMFan's predictions to see if his total wins and losses equal each other.

 

I don't think that they do, normally I check for that kinda stuff but not this time

 

Looks like I'm 8 games over .500 overall, thats actually not bad at all

[Bruno7481]

I see the Kool-Aid is flowing quite freely in this thread...

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I see the Kool-Aid is flowing quite freely in this thread...

 

I don't think picking the Cubs to win the division is that far-fetched. As far as playoff predictions go, it's pretty much a crapshoot so any scenario is reasonable.

[BleedCubbieBlue81]

I see the Kool-Aid is flowing quite freely in this thread...

 

I don't think picking the Cubs to win the division is that far-fetched. As far as playoff predictions go, it's pretty much a crapshoot so any scenario is reasonable.

Exactly, I didn't pick the Cubs to win the division because I thought they were great. I picked them because I think the rest of the Central is just not that good.

[Bruno7481]

I see the Kool-Aid is flowing quite freely in this thread...

 

I don't think picking the Cubs to win the division is that far-fetched. As far as playoff predictions go, it's pretty much a crapshoot so any scenario is reasonable.

 

Agreed.

 

But Cubs fan or not, I still don't think they have what it takes, as things stand right now, to be considered the favorite in the division.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I see the Kool-Aid is flowing quite freely in this thread...

 

I don't think picking the Cubs to win the division is that far-fetched. As far as playoff predictions go, it's pretty much a crapshoot so any scenario is reasonable.

 

Agreed.

 

But Cubs fan or not, I still don't think they have what it takes, as things stand right now, to be considered the favorite in the division.

 

Understandable, but who does?

[otis89]

I see the Kool-Aid is flowing quite freely in this thread...

 

I don't think picking the Cubs to win the division is that far-fetched. As far as playoff predictions go, it's pretty much a crapshoot so any scenario is reasonable.

 

Agreed.

 

But Cubs fan or not, I still don't think they have what it takes, as things stand right now, to be considered the favorite in the division.

 

I don't think this division HAS a favorite.

[Ivy Walls]

NATIONAL League

 

NL EAST:

New York

Philadelphia

PHillies

Florida

Washington

 

NL Central:

Chicago

Milwaukee

Cincinnati

StL

Houston

Pittsburgh

 

NL West:

Los Angeles

San Diego

Arizona

Colorado

SF

 

NL Wild Card:

Milwaukee

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

 

AL East:

New York

Toronto

Boston

Tampa Bay

Baltimore

 

AL Central:

Detroit

Cleveland

Minnesota

Chicago

Kansas City

 

AL West:

Los Angeles

Oakland

Texas

Seattle

 

AL Wild Card: Toronto

 

 

POSTSEASON:

NL Pennant: Chicago

AL Pennant: NY

Champion: CHicago

 

NL Cy Young: Zambrano

Al Cy Young: Santana

 

NL MVP: Beltran

AL MVP: Jeter

 

NL Rookie: Pie

Al Rookie: who really cares

[Andy]

BoSox - 1

Yankees

Jays

O's

DRays

 

Tigers - 3

ChiSox*

Twins

Tribe

Royals

 

A's - 2

Rangers

Angels

Mariners

 

Mets - 1

Phils*

Marlins

Braves

Nats

 

Cards - 2

Cubs

Brewers

Astros

Bucs

Reds

 

Padres - 3

Dodgers

DBacks

Giants

Rockies

 

ALCS

 

BoSox over Tigers

 

NLCS

 

Mets over Phillies

 

World Series

 

Mets over BoSox in 6

[soccer10k]

West - Angels

Central - Tigers

East - Yankees

WC - Red Sox

 

West - Dodgers

Central - Cubs

East - Mets

WC - Phillies

 

Tigers over Yankees

Red Sox over Angels

 

Mets over Cubs

Dodgers over Phillies

 

Tigers over Red Sox

Mets over Dodgers

 

Tigers over Mets

[Soul]

NATIONAL League

 

NL Central:

Chicago

Milwaukee

Cincinnati

StL

Houston

Pittsburgh

 

 

Any scenario that has the Cards finishing 4th is OK with me.

 

I'm going to go 85 - 77. Cubs are respectable and provide hope for the future, but miss the playoffs by a couple games to the Brewers.