2005 MLB Predictions

[GBPackersfan]

With just about one more week to go until Opening Day (where Randy Johnson will dominate the Red Sox, by the way), I figured I'd make a predictions thread.


AL East

1. New York
2. Boston*
3. Baltimore
4. Tampa Bay
5. Toronto

AL Central

1. Minnesota
2. Cleveland
3. Detroit
4. Chicago
5. Kansas City

AL West

1. Seattle
2. Los Angeles
3. Oakland
4. Texas


NL East

1. Philadelphia
2. Atlanta*
3. New York
4. Florida
5. Washington

NL Central

1. Chicago
2. St. Louis
3. Houston
4. Milwaukee
5. Cincinnati
6. Pittsburgh

NL West

1. San Francisco
2. Los Angeles
3. San Diego
4. Arizona
5. Colorado

* - Wild Card

World Series: Philadelphia over Minnesota in 7

AL MVP: Manny Ramirez (Runner-Up: Alex Rodriguez)
NL MVP: Jim Thome (Runner-Up: Albert Pujols)

AL Cy Young: Randy Johnson (Runner-Up: Johan Santana)
NL Cy Young: Carlos Zambrano (Runner-Up: John Smoltz)

AL Rookie of the Year: Dallas McPherson (Runner-Up: Nick Swisher)
NL Rookie of the Year: Gavin Floyd (Runner-Up: Jason Dubois)

AL Manager of the Year: Mike Hargrove
NL Manager of the Year: Charlie Manuel

[Regole]

NL Central

1. Chicago
2. St. Louis
3. Houston
4. Milwaukee
5. Cincinnati
6. Pittsburgh

Damn right.

[Burr]

Rays are dropping back to last in the AL East. Especially with Rocco out for a good while.

[dl4ndow]

I appreciate your optimism for Philadelphia but no.... Atlanta will win it again (makes it kinda hard to be a philly fan)

[big_jim]

Go Tigers. Go and get some pitching, and not just offense. Percival's a great catch, but he's only a closer. Bonderman did prove something today, so I'm off his back for now.

[All-Night John]

Go Tigers. Go and get some pitching, and not just offense. Percival's a great catch, but he's only a closer. Bonderman did prove something today, so I'm off his back for now.
I think Bonderman will have a good year, but you can't really prove much against the Royals except for how much they suck.

[Arandar]

I'm just wondering why you hate New England sports teams that much?

[Burr]

A lot of people have the Yanks winning the division, just like they tend to do year in and year out.

[ddavenport]

Last year the Red Sox won it all, so I think I'll go with the Cubs.

[GBPackersfan]

The Phillies have the offense to win the division, and their starting rotation has been excellent so far. A supposed strength of the team, the bullpen, is what has been lacking. If their bullpen shapes up and their rotation continues their success (very likely, as Joe Kerrigan is no longer there to fuck things up), they might even have a 100-win season.

And I don't hate New England teams. I just think New York has the better rotation, and will be able to win the division again.

[Arandar]

I'm not talking about baseball. I'm also talking about how you picked The Patriots to lose every single game last year. Even when they were like 6 or 7 and 0 and playing the worst team in the entire league, a team that hadn't had a winning season in 10 years you STILL picked the Pats to lose. Yeah your right you don't hate New England teams at all. :rolleyes:

[Regole]

I'm not talking about baseball. I'm also talking about how you picked The Patriots to lose every single game last year. Even when they were like 6 or 7 and 0 and playing the worst team in the entire league, a team that hadn't had a winning season in 10 years you STILL picked the Pats to lose. Yeah your right you don't hate New England teams at all. :rolleyes:

Who cares?

[All-Night John]

I'm not talking about baseball.
Then stop spamming up the thread.


I realized I never posted my predictions:

AL East:
1. Boston
2. New York
3. Baltimore
4. Tampa Bay
5. Toronto

AL Central:
1. Minnesota
2. Cleveland
3. Chicago
4. Kansas City
5. Detroit

AL West:
1. Los Angeles
2. Texas
3. Seattle
4. Oakland

AL Wildcard:
New York

NL East:
1. Florida
2. Atlanta
3. New York
4. Philadelphia
5. Washington


NL Central:
1. St. Louis
2. Chicago
3. Houston
4. Cincinnati
5. Pittsburgh
6. Milwaukee

NL West:
1. San Diego
2. Los Angeles
3. San Francisco
4. Colorado
5. Arizona

NL Wildcard:
Los Angeles

ALDS:
Boston over Los Angeles
Minnesota over New York

NLDS:
Los Angeles over St. Louis
San Diego over Florida

ALCS:
Boston over Minnesota

NLCS:
Los Angeles over San Diego

World Series:
Boston over Los Angeles

[Pig]

Chicago over the Cardinals? I seriously hope you're joking.

[All-Night John]

Yeah, because that would be absolutely impossible. :rolleyes: