Another baseball season upon us, and another chance to prove how little I know when it comes to accurately predicting how the new season will play out.
Nevertheless, I like to entertain myself and look back seven months from now and see if I knew anything, so before all you critics out there rip my predictions to shreds, know that I make them without doing any real research and simply off of gut feelings based on how teams faired last season and how they look based on the moves they made during the offseason.
I'll also put a disclaimer that I'm a die hard New York Mets fan who decided it would be smart to pick my team to win it all this year, a mistake I certainly will not be making twice. Plus Sports Illustarted already took care of that for me.
I usually predict standings and records however this season I'm going to take WFAN's Mike Francessa's lead and list the teams in order of how I think they'll finish but instead of records I'll take over/under's on amount of victories.
I'll also throw in pre-season playoff picks and preseason award winners.
So without further adeiu, lets make some picks...
(Over/Under's courtesy of vegaswatch.com)
AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST
Boston Red Sox (94.5) Over
New York Yankees (97.5)* Under
Tampa Bay Rays (87.5) Over
Toronto Blue Jays (80.5) Over
Baltimore Orioles (73.5) Over
American League Central
Detroit Tigers (82.5) Over
Minnesota Twins (83.5) Over
Chicago White Sox (79.5) Over
Minnesota Twins (83.5) Under
Kansas City Royals (75.5) Over
American League West
Oakland Athletics (81.5) Over
Seattle Mariners (72.5) Over
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (89.5) Under
Texas Rangers (73.5) Under
National League East
Philadelphia Phillies (87.5) Over
Florida Marlins (76.5) Over
New York Mets (88.5) Under
Atlanta Braves (83.5) Under
Washington Nationals (71.5) Over
National League Central
Chicago Cubs (91.5) Over
Milwaukee Brewers (80.5) Over
Cincinnati Reds (80.5) Over
Houston Astros (74.5) Over
St Louis Cardinals (82.5) Under
Pittsburgh Pirates (69.5) Under
National League West
Los Angeles Dodgers (82.5) Over
Arizona Diamondbacks* (86.5) Under
San Diego Padres (71.5) Over
Colorado Rockies (77.5) Under
San Francisco Giants (80.5) Under
*wild card winner
Division Series
Red Sox over Athletics
Yankees over Tigers
Phillies over Diamondbacks
Cubs over Dodgers
Championship Series
Yankees over Red Sox
Phillies over Cubs
World Series
Phillies over Yankees
Most Valuable Player
AL- Mark Teixeira (NYY)
NL- Manny Ramirez (LAD)
Cy Young
AL- Jon Lester (BOS)
NL- Johan Santana (NYM)
Rookie of the Year
AL- David Price (TAM)
NL- Cameron Maybin (FLA)
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