MLB predictions

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Cannon, those reds ended up being pretty good.

It was a good call. I am still surprised that they were able to patch together enough pitching to win the Central. In my mind St Louis lost the division more than the Reds won it. The failure of the Cards to get any production from a 4/5 starter after Penny went down and thier ridiclous offense added to Garcia wearing down late in the season makes them trading a bat instead of adding a bat at the trading deadline even stranger.

I don't know where Bronson Arroyo's season came from, Cueto was always good enough, Leake just wore down but is not even the best rookie on the staff, Poor Harang is toast, Bailey was subpar but adequate, Volquez was typical post TJ surgery up and down but the real key was the emergence of Travis Wood midseason, giving them 15 starts and almost every one of them a good one. The bullpen has looked shaky as of late and will really need Chapman to step up if they have any hope of advancing.

Lori will hate me for saying this but I will be very surprised if Philadelphia doesn't dominate the NL playoffs

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by tigerfan

NL East: Phillies (The Mets are a total mess)
NL Central: Cardinals (Reds give them a serious scare)
NL West: Giants (Pitching takes this weak divsion)
NL Wildcard: Braves (Fitting send off for Bobby Cox)

AL East: Yankees (Failure to score runs will cost Red Sox)
AL Central: White Sox (Plenty of talent, should rebound)
AL West: Rangers (Should be a good race with the Angels)
AL Wildcard: Tigers (Lots of power arm pitching)

Underachievers: Red Sox, Twins, Mets, Dodgers
Overachievers: Reds, Braves, Giants, Indians

This was pretty good. About the only thing he got wrong was the twins and Indians. So outside of the alway baffling AL Central, Tigerfan pretty much nailed it.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

AL EAST- Yankees (tepidly over rays and sox)
AL Central- Minnesota
AL West- Angels
AL wildcard- Rays
AL MVP- Longoria
AL CY Young- John Lester

NL East- Phillies (braves coming)
NL Central- Reds (Nice youngs bats to go with bevy of young pitchers)
NL West- Dodgers
NL Wildcard- Rockies
NL MVP- Joey Votto
NL CY Young- Roy Halladay

This was pretty accurate too. You might have both NL awards correct and Longoria and Lester had very good seasons as well. Your only misses were the western divisions.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

AL East - Red Sox
AL Central - White Sox
AL West - Seattle
Wildcard - Yankees
MVP - Arod
Cy Young - Felix Hernandez

NL East - Phils
NL Central - Cardinals
NL West - Dodgers
Wildcard - Braves
MVP - Pujols
Cy Young - Clayton Kershaw


AL PLAYOFFS
Red Sox over White Sox
Yankees over Seattle
Red Sox over Yankees

NL PLAYOFFS
Phils over Cardinals
Braves over Dodgers
Phils over Braves

WS
Phils over Red Sox

This is a mess. I don't know why i always believe in Seattle and always discount the Twins.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The Mets farm system is devoid of talent though they do have a couple of interesting guys who are really young/long ways away.

If Mejia plays in the majors this year for that crappy team they should shoot Minaya. The kid has been rushed through the system and has never even thrown more than 95 innings in a minor league year let alone MLB.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/16/sp...ll/16mets.html

Yeah this was hard to see coming...

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

It was a good call. I am still surprised that they were able to patch together enough pitching to win the Central. In my mind St Louis lost the division more than the Reds won it. The failure of the Cards to get any production from a 4/5 starter after Penny went down and thier ridiclous offense added to Garcia wearing down late in the season makes them trading a bat instead of adding a bat at the trading deadline even stranger.

I don't know where Bronson Arroyo's season came from, Cueto was always good enough, Leake just wore down but is not even the best rookie on the staff, Poor Harang is toast, Bailey was subpar but adequate, Volquez was typical post TJ surgery up and down but the real key was the emergence of Travis Wood midseason, giving them 15 starts and almost every one of them a good one. The bullpen has looked shaky as of late and will really need Chapman to step up if they have any hope of advancing.

Lori will hate me for saying this but I will be very surprised if Philadelphia doesn't dominate the NL playoffs

I hope you knocked on some darn wood!!!!!