Saturday, February 21, 2009

Pre-Spring Training Predictions

Okay folks. That smell is in the air. The smell of spring. The sound of balls popping mitts and bats. Yep. Baseball Spring Training is back again. The games get underway next week. So now is a good time for my preseason predictions for the regular season. These predictions aren't final until after the Spring Training games though. ;)

MLB STANDINGS
NL EAST
1. *Philadelphia Phillies
2. *Atlanta Braves
3. New York Mets
4. Florida Marlins
5. Washington Nationals

NL CENTRAL
1. *Chicago Cubs
2. Cincinnati Reds
3. Milwaukee Brewers
4. St. Louis Cardinals
5. Houston Astros
6. Pittsburgh Pirates

NL WEST
1. *Arizona Diamondbacks
2. San Francisco Giants
3. Los Angeles Dodgers
4. Colorado Rockies
5. San Diego Padres

AL EAST
1. *Boston Red Sox
2. *Tampa Bay Rays
3. New York Yankees
4. Toronto Blue Jays
5. Baltimore Orioles

AL CENTRAL
1. *Minnesota Twins
2. Cleveland Indians
3. Detroit Tigers
4. Chicago White Sox
5. Kansas City Royals

AL WEST
1. *Los Angeles Angeles
2. Texas Rangers
3. Oakland Atheltics
4. Seattle Mariners

MLB PLAYOFFS
NLDS - Braves over Cubs
NLDS - Phillies over Diamondbacks
ALDS - Red Sox over Twins
ALDS - Rays over Angels

NLCS - Phillies over Braves
ALCS - Red Sox over Rays

WS - Red Sox over Phillies

MLB AWARDS
NL MVP
Albert Pujols, Cardinals

NL CY YOUNG
Rich Harden, Cubs

NL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Jordan Schafer, Braves

NL MANGER OF THE YEAR
Dusty Baker, Reds

AL MVP
Mark Teixeira, Yankees

AL CY YOUNG
James Shields, Rays

AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Matt LaPorta, Indians

AL MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Ron Washington, Rangers

I know you probably think some of these predictions are off the wall and they may very well be but at least they're different then what you'll find in all the preview magazines and websites. :)

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