I believe both Mariners and the D-backs will have good season

 

The Mariners young staff may carry that putrid offense to the playoffs!

 

No way the Mets beat my Phillies or win the NL East. Marlins won't finish 4th in the NL East, they'll finish 2nd behind my Phils. Cubbies always tighten up come playoff time. Otherwise, nice job!!!! :up:

 

dont get your hopes up bro.

 

Well youre right about 3 things:
The Marlins wont finish 4th
The Marlins will finish 2nd
Cubbies always tighten up around playoff time

Now what you got wrong:
The Marlins will finish 2nd....behind MY Mets.
The Phillies will finish 4th cause their starting pitching is quite possibly the worst starting staff in the NL 2-5.

Hey remember 2006? Get ready for a repeat of how the Mets ran away with the division brotha :tongue2:

 

AL East
*New York Yankees
*Boston Redsox
Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Bluejays
Baltimore Orioles

AL Central
*Minnesota Twins
Cleveland Indians
Detriot Tigers
Chicago Whitesox
Kansas City Royals

AL West
*LA Angels
Texas Rangers
Oakland A's
Seattle Mariners

NL East
*New York Mets
*Florida Marlins
Atlanta Braves
Philadelphia Phillies
Washington Nationals

NL Central
*Chicago Cubs
St Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Milwaukee Brewers
Houston Astros
Pittsburgh Pirates


NL West
*LA Dodgers
Arizona Diamondbacks
San Fransisco Giants
Colorado Rockies
San Diego Padres

Angels over Red Sox
Yankees over Twins
Mets over Dodgers
Marlins over Cubs

Angels over Yankees
Mets over Marlins

Mets over Angels (come on did you think it would end any other way?)

AL MVP - Justin Morneau
AL CY - Francisco Liriano
AL ROY - Matt Wieters
NL MVP - David Wright
NL CY - Johan Santana
NL ROY - Cameron Maybin

 

Breakout season for Cameron Maybin!!!!

 

LOL I guess I was more tired then I thought last night :lol:

 

:yawn: - that is my prediction for baseball this year.

edit

on topic, phillies repeat. :lol:

 

Boik...the standing in the West should look like this...

1.) Angels
































2.) A's
3.) Rangers
4.) Mariners

You needed a bigger space in between first and second. I could see all three of those teams losing 90 games.

My A's are going to be terrible. They are loaded with young pitchers but relying solely on young pitchers is NOT a good idea.

 

Ya, except I like the Rangers more then the A's this year. At least texas can outslug teams, the A's wont be good for another year or two. I can see Oakland and seattle losing 90, I think Texas should be around .500 just by virtue of the fact they play Seattle and Oakland 18x each. The other 45 games (to get to 81 wins) they should win by accident. :lol:

 

Braves win the East. A combination of their much improved pitching staff, Francoer learning how to hit again, and their future superstar centerfielder puts them back on top over the overhyped defending champs and the Mets. Chipper probably won't play in 140 games but if he somehow does that seals the deal even further.

 

Wasn't that supposed to be last year?

Oh and I can't post mine because I don't want to make Boik happy

 

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:hi5:

 

Not if you actually follow baseball. Or at least the Tigers or Marlins

 

AL East
*Boston Redsox
*New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Bluejays
Baltimore Orioles

AL Central
*Chicago Whitesox
Detriot Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Minnesota Twins
Kansas City Royals

AL West
*LA Angels
Oakland A's
Texas Rangers
Seattle Mariners

NL East
*Philadelphia Phillies
*New York Mets
Florida Marlins
Atlanta Braves
Washington Nationals

NL Central
*Chicago Cubs
St Louis Cardinals
Milwaukee Brewers
Cincinatti Reds
Houston Astros
Pittsburgh Pirates

NL West
*LA Dodgers
Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Rockies
San Diego Padres
San Fransisco Giants


AL MVP - Miguel Cabrera
AL CY - Jon Lester
AL ROY - Matt Wieters
NL MVP - Albert Pujols
NL CY - Tim Lincecum
NL ROY - Cameron Maybin

 

No f-ing way.

 

Dont see whats so unbelievable about that.

 

The Marlins, one could aruge, have less talent than last year. They have made no significant upgrades and have very little depth.

If one or two of their starting pitchers goes down (as they did last year) how many wins do you project for them?

2nd Place in the NL East probably means around 90 wins, maybe more. I dont see that happening.

 

The O's will be in the World Series

 

I'd argue that we're better than last year. And only Andrew Miller went down for any significant time.

 

I meant down as in injured, not sent down. Josh Johnson and Anibal Sanchez missed most of last season.

 

I still say another year of maturity makes them better then the Phillies and Braves. Thats not just out of hatred. I agree if either Johnson or Nolasco go down for any extended length of time that is a killer but otherwise they should be real strong. The lineup is solid up and down with a decent bench; only Maybin and Bonnafacio are really questions. Hanley should be even more productive in the 3 slot and the bullpen should be better then last year.

In my opinion the NL East goes down like this...probably whoop the heck out of the rest of the NL save for the Cubs, Cards, D-backs and Dodgers; the only other non pushovers in the NL:

Mets: 97-65
Marlins: 89-73
Braves: 87-75
Phillies: 81-81
Nats: 75-87 (love the over on the 71 wins that Vegas gave them)

I could easily see the Braves flipping spots with the Marlins if anything happens to Johnson or Nolasco. :wink2:

 

No I know. JJ and Sanchez missed time recovering from injuries suffered in 2007. Obviously if we lose a couple of starters we're screwed but that holds true for every team

 

I'll **** myself if the Phils only win 81 games.

 

Ill **** myself if they win more then 81. They arent that good. There's no way that bullpen is that good again. None. Lidge didnt blow a save; they had the best conversion rate in save opportunities. You have to expect some decline there. Even a modest one will cost them 4-5 games.

Combine that with a step down in LF (from Burrell to Ibanez...Ibanez makes Burrell look like a Gold Glover) and an awful 2-5 on the starting staff and its not hard to see why it could happen.

 

Add Hamels having arm problems and it gets worse. He has a history of being injured so it could get ugly. Either way though I will be there opening night and tuesday for the ring ceremony. :up:

 

I think the Padres arethe worst team in that division (which is saying something). Giants probably have the best pitching, so if they get any offense they'll be decent. I think they finish 3rd, maybe 2nd if Pablo Sandavol is the stud everyone thinks he can be.

 

No one has the Royals finishing above last. :pity:

 

I do. I havent/didnt post my projections but I wont have them last if/when I do :up:

I kind of like their chances in a bad division.

 

I agree with Don84 here. I feel that the Giants will in fact have a winning record.

 

Watch the World Champs get their banners and rings on ESPN2 Sunday night.:up:

 

That should help numb their opening night loss. :up:

 

AL East
*Redsox
Rays
Yanks
Blue Jays
Orioles

AL Central
*Royals
*Twins
Whitesox
Indians
Tigers

AL West
*Angels
A's
Rangers
Mariners

NL East
*Mets
Braves
Phillies
Marlins
Nationals

NL Central
*Cubs
Cardinals
Brewers
Reds
Pirates
Astros

NL West
*Dodgers
*Diamondbacks
Giants
Rockies
Padres

Mets over Red Soxs in 7 games

 

It's the Royals and Padres duking it out for the #1 overall VO..:sad:

 

I have the Royals winning the division

 

It's Spring NJ, everyone has a chance.

Problem the Royals have is losing is contagious, they've lost an unbelievable amount of games the last 5 years.