AL West Champ: Los Angeles AngelsAL Central Champ: Detroit TigersAL East Champ: New York Yankees
AL Wild Card #1: Tampa Bay RaysAL Wild Card #2: Texas Rangers
NL West Champ: San Francisco GiantsNL Central Champ: St. Louis CardinalsNL East Champ: Philadelphia Phillies
NL Wild Card #1: Washington NationalsNL Wild Card #2: Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series: New York Yankees over San Francisco Giants
AL MVP: Robinson Cano, New York YankeesNL MVP: Matt Kemp, Los Angeles Dodgers (2nd year in a row)
AL Cy Young: Jered Weaver, Los Angeles AngelsNL Cy Young: Steven Strasburg, Washington Nationals
AL ROY: Matt Moore, Tampa Bay RaysNL ROY: Devin Mesoraco, Cincinnati Reds
Ryan Braun won the MVP.
You're so indifferent. I'll pray for you
AL West Champ: LAAAL Central Champ: DetroitAL East Champ: Tampa Bay
AL Wild Card #1: NYYAL Wild Card #2: Texas
NL West Champ: ArizonaNL Central Champ: MilwaukeeNL East Champ: Philly
NL Wild Card #1: ColoradoNL Wild Card #2: St. Louis
World Series: Tampa Bay over Philly
AL MVP: Eric HosmerNL MVP: Troy Tulowizki
AL Cy Young: VerlanderNL Cy Young: Kershaw
AL ROY: Bryce HarperNL ROY: Mat Gamel
Did Harper get traded to the AL?
Hosmer MVP is a REACH of a pick. I think he's going to have a great year, but wow, MVP!
Sorry, got that goofed somehow with Harper.
And yes, Hosmer will be unreal this year.
self proclaimed baseball scout doesn't know who the NL MVP was last year
Nationals as first wild-card?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Dodgers as second wild-card?
BUMP
<As we approach the midpoint I thought this thread deserved a bump. My predictions look pretty bad.
AL West Champ: LAA (currently 4 games back)AL Central Champ: Detroit (4.5 games back)AL East Champ: Boston (7.5 games back)
AL Wild Card #1: NYY (5.5 game lead to win division)AL Wild Card #2: Texas (4 game lead in the division)
NL West Champ: SF (1.5 games back)NL Central Champ: THE BREWERS! (I'm an idit)NL East Champ: Philly (Wow, 13 games back)
NL Wild Card #1: St. Louis (2.5 games back of division, 2 games back of the WC)NL Wild Card #2: Arizona (7 games back)
World Series: Philly over Detroit (Philly is out and I think the Tigers pitching is too weak)
AL MVP: Migy Cabrera (He's got a shot)NL MVP: Braun (Repeat)
AL Cy Young: Verlander (The guys an animal and it's likely)NL Cy Young: NARVDOG... haha Halladay (Nope, it's gonna be Dickey)
AL ROY: Cespedes (Nope)NL ROY: Yonder Alonso (WTF?)
Well done.
Most people change their screen names rather than face their predictions.
My picks are, for the most part, alive in the AL (other than Weaver winning Cy Young or Matt Moore winning ROY).
Washington and Pittsburgh have screwed up a lot of things in the NL though. I just didn't expect the Nationals to be as good as they have been, nor the Marlins to be as bad as they have.
AL West Champ: Angels (4 GB, gonna be a great race)AL Central Champ: Tigers (4.5 GB, good team, bad division they can win it)AL East Champ: Rays (7 GB, probably not gonna happen, then again everyones good in the East)
AL Wild Card #1: Red Sox (3.5 GB of WC #1, could happen)AL Wild Card #2: Rangers (lead the West by 4)
NL West Champ: Dbags (6 GB, still plenty of time, Dodgers aren't good)NL Central Champ: Brewers (7 GB, no better team to trail than the Pirates, at least there's that)NL East Champ: Nationals (4.5 game lead! Yay for me so far!)
NL Wild Card #1: Reds (0.5 GB of WC #1, could definitely happen)NL Wild Card #2: Marlins (4 GB of WC #2, definitely maybe)
World Series: Brewers def. Tigers in 7 games (sigh)
AL MVP: Prince Fielder (13 HR 58 RBI .298 avg, only an .866 ops, not looking like an MVP so far)NL MVP: Ryan Braun (24 HR 60 RBI .305 avg, .984 ops, this could definitely happen)
AL Cy Young: Verlander (9-5 18 starts 132.2 IP 128 K's 30 BB's 11 HR 2.58 ERA 2.95 FIP, definitely possible)NL Cy Young: Halladay (4-5 11 starts 72.1 IP 3.98 era 3.27 FIP 56 K's 14 BB's, probably not going to happen)
AL ROY: Mike Trout (10 HR 38 RBI .348 avg .958 ops, great chance)NL ROY: Bryce Harper (8 HR 25 RBI .283 avg .836 ops, could happen)
What about comeback players of the year?
Position players
AL-Adam Dunn
Last year- 122 G, 415 AB, 36 R, 66 H, 115 TB, 16 2B, 11 HR, 42 RBI, 75 BB, 177 SO, .159 AVG, .292 OBP, .277 SLG, .596 OPSAll career lows. He had a forgettable year even embarrassing
THIS YEAR- 82 G, 286 AB, 47 R, 60 H, 115 TB, 11 2B, 25 HR, 60 RBI, 66 BB, 130 SO, .210 AVG, .358 OBP, .510 SLG, .868 OPS
He deserves this not because of avg. But all other numbers dwarf last years in almost half the games.
NL- Buster Posey
No numbers needed here. After the tragic knee injury last year its hard to come back the way he has. More a mental thing than anything else. He could've lost his mind after what happened but he worked hard to come back and play as well as he has. He could've easil
Quit or just not been able to play at the level he was at. Real gamer
Pitchers
AL-JAKE PEAVY
LAST YEARS NUMBERS- 18 GS, 7 W, 7 L, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 111.2 IP, 117 H, 61 R, 61 ER, 10 HRA, 24 BB, 95 K, .268 OBA, 1.28 WHIP
Another sub-par injury plagued season raised questions as to if the white sox made a bad move, and if peavy could everget back to his dominating self.
THIS YEAR- 17 GS, 7 W, 5 L, 2.85 ERA, 4 CG, 1 SHO, 120 IP, 95 H, 40 R, 38 ER, 12 HRA, 26 BB, 108 K, .213 OBA, .99 WHIP
Peavy's having an outstanding year. Even though his numbers aren't much different, hes already pitched more innings and given up 21 less runs. Looks like hes obser his way