2015 Predictions

[UMFan83]

Feel free to include your own, but also wanted to post media predictions as I find them

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/mlb-predictions-2015--standings--playoffs--awards-and-more-043325435.html

 

Tim Brown: 82-80, 3rd, 6 GB Division, 2 GB WC2

Jeff Passan: 83-79, 3rd, 9 GB Division, 3 GB WC2

Mike Oz: 84-78, 3rd, 6 GB Division, 1 GB WC2

Chris Cwik: 82-80, 3rd, 8 GB Division, 2 GB WC1/WC2

Mark Townsend: 83-79, 5 GB Division, 3 GB WC2

 

Mike Oz actually lists the Cubs in his playoff predictions but for some reason has the 89-73 Pirates out of the playoffs. Anyways, he has the Cubs beating the Padres in the WC game and then losing to the Nats in the NLDS.

 

-2 of the 5 have Kris Bryant winning ROY, 2 of the other 3 have Soler winning ROY, the 5th has Joc Pederson winning it.

-1 guy has Soler as his breakout hitter

-2 of the guys predict that Jake Arrieta will thrown the first no hitter this season.

-3 of the 5 predict Lester will have a better season than Scherzer

-Each picked the date of Bryant's first MLB HR (2 picked 4/17 which I think is the first day he can come up, then 4/23, 4/29 and 5/2)

[ctcf]

Did you mean to put this in Cubs Discussions?

[UMFan83]

My predictions:

 

E: Blue Jays

C: Indians

W: Angels

WC1: Mariners

WC2: Tigers

 

E: Nationals

C: Cardinals

W: Dodgers

WC1: Pirates

WC2: Fine, Cubs

 

Mariners over Tigers

Cubs over Pirates

 

Mariners over Angels

Blue Jays over Indians

 

Nationals over Cubs

Dodgers over Cardinals

 

Mariners over Blue Jays

Nationals over Dodgers

 

Nationals over Mariners

 

MVP: Trout, Rendon (just trying to be bold)

Cy Young: Hernandez, Wainwright

ROY: Rusney Castillo, Bryant

[UMFan83]

Did you mean to put this in Cubs Discussions?

 

Well no, because I was asking for people's 2015 predictions for the MLB as a whole. I just posted a media prediction and cubcentrically posted a summary.

[Cubswin11]

AL East: Red Sox, Blue Jays, Orioles, Yankees, Rays

AL Central: Indians, White Sox, Tigers, Royals, Twins

AL West: Mariners, A's, Angels, Rangers, Astros

 

WC: White Sox over Blue Jays

DS: Red Sox over White Sox, Mariners over Indians

CS: Red Sox over Mariners

 

AL MVP: Trout

CY Young: King Felix

ROY: Rodon

 

NL East: Nats, Marlins, Mets, Braves, Phillies

NL Central: Cubs, Pirates, Cardinals, Reds, Brewers

NL West: Dodgers, Padres, Giants, D'Backs, Rockies

 

WC: Marlins over Padres

DS: Marlins over Nats, Cubs over Dodgers

CS: Cubs over Marlins

 

WS: Cubs over Red Sox

 

NL MVP: Harper

CY Young: Strasburg

ROY: Bryant

[bukie]

AL East: Red Sox, Blue Jays, Orioles, Rays, Yankees

AL Central: Indians, Tigers, Royals, White Sox, Twins

AL West: Mariners, Angels, Astros, A's, Rangers

AL Wild Card: Tigers over Blue Jays

 

NL East: Nationals, Marlins, Mets, Braves, Phillies

NL Central: Cubs, Pirates, Cardinals, Brewers, Reds

NL West: Dodgers, Padres, Giants, Rockies, Diamondbacks

NL Wild Card: Marlins over Pirates

 

ALDS: Indians over Tigers, Mariners over Red Sox

NLDS: Cubs over Dodgers, Marlins over Nationals

 

ALCS: Indians over Mariners

NLCS: Cubs over Marlins

 

WS: Cubs over Indians

[ctcf]

I'm taking the shorter version. I'm mostly in line with UMF:

 

E: Blue Jays

C: Tigers

W: Angels

WC1: Mariners

WC2: Red Sox

 

E: Nationals

C: Cardinals

W: Dodgers

WC1: Padres

WC2: Cubs

 

Mariners over Red Sox

Cubs over Padres

 

Mariners over Angels

Tigers over Blue Jays

 

Nationals over Cubs

Dodgers over Cardinals

 

Mariners over Tigers

Nationals over Dodgers

 

Nationals over Mariners

 

MVP: Trout, Stanton

Cy Young: Hernandez, Kershaw

ROY: Souza, Bryant

[Guest]

My predictions:

 

E: Blue Jays

C: Indians

W: Mariners

WC1: Boston

WC2: Angels

 

E: Nationals

C: Cubs

W: Dodgers

WC1: Mets

WC2: Pirates

 

Mariners over Boston

Pirates over Mets

 

Mariners over Angels

Blue Jays over Indians

 

Nationals over Cubs

Dodgers over Pirates

 

Blue Jays over Mariners

Nationals over Dodgers

 

Nationals over Mariners

 

MVP: Trout, Bryant

Cy Young: Tanaka, Strasburg

ROY: Castillo (Red Sox), Bryant (50 HRs)

Edited April 1, 2015 by CubinNY

[Guest]

NL

East - Nationals, Marlins, Mets, Braves, Phillies

Central - Cubs, Pirates, Cardinals, Brewers, Reds

West - Dodgers, Padres, Giants, Rockies, Diamondbacks

WC - Pirates and Cardinals

 

 

MVP - Yasiel Puig

Cy Young - Clayton Kershaw

ROY - Jorge Soler

 

AL

East - Red Sox, Rays, Blue Jays, Orioles, Yankees

Central - Indians, Tigers, White Sox, Royals, Twins

West - Angels, A's, Mariners, Rangers, Astros

WC - A's and Rays

 

MVP - Mike Trout

Cy Young - Felix Hernandez

ROY - Carlos Rodon

[Gilby]

AL

West - Mariners

Central - Indians

East - Red Sox

WC 1 - Orioles

WC 2 - White Sox

 

ROY - Rodon

CY - Felix

MVP - Trout

 

NL

West - Dodgers

Central - Cardinals

East - Nationals

WC 1 - Cubs

WC 2 - Pirates

 

ROY - Soler (Bryant a close second)

CY - Strasburg

MVP - McCutchen

 

Cubs beat Pirates in WC game and lose to the Nats in the NLDS.

 

Nationals over Mariners in World Series

[Guest]

Mike Oz actually lists the Cubs in his playoff predictions but for some reason has the 89-73 Pirates out of the playoffs. Anyways, he has the Cubs beating the Padres in the WC game and then losing to the Nats in the NLDS.

 

Looks like it got changed to 79-83, which would be why he didn't have Pittsburgh in the playoffs.

[ctcf]

For the record, y'all are nuts for betting against Kershaw.

[Guest]

I have absolutely no grasp of the AL this year. The NL at least has two easy teams with Washington and LA and I feel like St. Louis will be good enough to at least get a WC spot.

 

ALW: Angels, Mariners, A's, Astros, Rangers

ALC: Indians, Tigers, White Sox, Royals, Twins

ALE: Red Sox, Orioles, Blue Jays, Yankees, Rays

NLW: Dodgers, Padres, Giants, Rockies, DBacks

NLC: Cardinals, Pirates, Cubs, Brewers, Reds

NLE: Nationals, Marlins, Mets, Braves, Phillies

 

Mariners, Tigers, Pirates and Cubs are the WC teams.

[Cubs Fan Dan]

AL West: Angels, Mariners, A's, Astros, Rangers

AL Central: Tigers, Indians, White Sox, Royals, Twins

AL East: Blue Jays, Orioles, Yankees, Red Sox, Rays

 

NL West: dodgers, Padres, Giants, Rockies

NL Central: Cardinals, Cubs, Brewers, Pirates, Reds

NL East: nationals, Mets, Marlins, Braves, Phillies

 

AL Wild Cards: Indians, Orioles: Indians win

NL Wild Card: Cubs, Padres: Cubs win

AL Round 1: Indians over Jays, Tigers over Angels

AL Championship: Indians over Tigers

NL round 1: nationals over Cubs, Dodgers over Cards

NL Championshop: dodgers over nationals

 

World Series: Indians over Dodgers 4-2

 

AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera

NL MVP: Anthony Rizzo

AL Cy Young: Corey Kluber

NL Cy Young: Steven Strasburg

AL ROY: Mookie Betts

NL ROY: Jorge Soler

[Sammys Boombox]

AL

E: BAL

C: KC

W: LAA

WC1: SEA

WC2: TOR

 

MVP: Trout

CY: Felix

ROY: Rodon

 

PENNANT: SEA

 

NL

E: WAS

C: CHC

W: LAD

WC1: PIT

WC2: MIA

 

Cardinals lack of rotation depth and aging lineup buries them.

 

MVP: Stanton

CY: Kershaw

ROY: Soler/Bryant split decision

 

PENNANT: WAS

 

WS CHAMPS: WAS

[sweetpeteman]

AL

E: TOR, BAL, BOS, NY, TB

C: CLE, DET, CHI, KC, MIN

W: ANA, SEA, OAK, HOU, TEX

WC1: BAL

WC2: SEA

 

MVP: Trout

Cy: Chris Sale

ROY: Rusney Castillo

 

NL:

 

E: WAS, MIA, NY, ATL, PHI

C: PIT, CHC, STL, MIL, CIN

W: LAD, SD, SF, COL, ARI

WC1: SD

WC2: CHC

 

MVP: Stanton

Cy: Zimmermann

ROY: Bryant

 

 

WS: WAS over ANA

[UMFan83]

lol, one ESPN expert picked Bryant to win the NL MVP this year

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/preview15/story/_/id/12608426/expert-award-predictions-2015-mlb-season

[Guest]

NL

East - Nationals, Marlins, Mets, Braves, Phillies

Central - Cubs, Pirates, Cardinals, Brewers, Reds

West - Dodgers, Padres, Giants, Rockies, Diamondbacks

WC - Pirates and Cardinals

 

 

MVP - Yasiel Puig

Cy Young - Clayton Kershaw

ROY - Jorge Soler

 

AL

East - Red Sox, Rays, Blue Jays, Orioles, Yankees

Central - Indians, Tigers, White Sox, Royals, Twins

West - Angels, A's, Mariners, Rangers, Astros

WC - A's and Rays

 

MVP - Mike Trout

Cy Young - Felix Hernandez

ROY - Carlos Rodon

 

I was way the hell off

[Banedon]

NL

East - Nationals, Marlins, Mets, Braves, Phillies

Central - Cubs, Pirates, Cardinals, Brewers, Reds

West - Dodgers, Padres, Giants, Rockies, Diamondbacks

WC - Pirates and Cardinals

 

 

MVP - Yasiel Puig

Cy Young - Clayton Kershaw

ROY - Jorge Soler

 

AL

East - Red Sox, Rays, Blue Jays, Orioles, Yankees

Central - Indians, Tigers, White Sox, Royals, Twins

West - Angels, A's, Mariners, Rangers, Astros

WC - A's and Rays

 

MVP - Mike Trout

Cy Young - Felix Hernandez

ROY - Carlos Rodon

 

I was way the hell off

 

Your NL was a lot closer than your AL, for sure.

[Guest]

NL

East - Nationals, Marlins, Mets, Braves, Phillies

Central - Cubs, Pirates, Cardinals, Brewers, Reds

West - Dodgers, Padres, Giants, Rockies, Diamondbacks

WC - Pirates and Cardinals

 

 

MVP - Yasiel Puig

Cy Young - Clayton Kershaw

ROY - Jorge Soler

 

AL

East - Red Sox, Rays, Blue Jays, Orioles, Yankees

Central - Indians, Tigers, White Sox, Royals, Twins

West - Angels, A's, Mariners, Rangers, Astros

WC - A's and Rays

 

MVP - Mike Trout

Cy Young - Felix Hernandez

ROY - Carlos Rodon

 

I was way the hell off

 

Your NL was a lot closer than your AL, for sure.

 

lmao my AL literally might as well be in reverse