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MLB 2005 Season Thread
Little early but gives us time to post predictions
NL EAST x-Florida Atlanta New York Philadelphia Washington NL CENTRAL x-St. Louis y-Chicago Houston Pittsburgh Cincinnati Milwaukee NL WEST x-San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Arizona Colorado AL EAST x-New York y-Boston Toronto Baltimore Tampa Bay AL CENTRAL x-Minnesota Cleveland Detroit Chicago Kansas City AL WEST x-Los Angeles Seattle Oakland Texas Cardinals over Giants Marlins over Cubs Yankees over Twins Red Sox over Angels Cardinals over Marlins Yankees over Red Sox Yankees over Cardinals AL MVP: Adrain Beltre SEA NL MVP: Albert Pujols STL AL Cy Young: Barry Zito OAK Yeah you heard me NL Cy Young: Mark Prior CHI GO M'S |
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x-Florida New York Atlanta Philadelphia Washington NL CENTRAL x-St. Louis y-Chicago Milwaukee Houston Cincinnatti Pittsburgh NL WEST x-San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Arizona Colorado AL EAST x-New York y-Boston Baltimore Tampa Bay Toronto AL CENTRAL x-Minnesota Cleveland Detroit Chicago Kansas City AL WEST x-Anaheim Seattle Texas Oakland Cardinals over Giants Marlins over Cubs Yankees over Twins Angels over Red Sox Cardinals over Marlins Yankees over Angels Yankees over Cardinals AL MVP: Vlad Guerrero ANA NL MVP: Albert Pujols STL AL Cy Young: Johan Santana MIN NL Cy Young: Pedro Martinez NYM (He will be big) |
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x-Florida Atlanta New York Philadelphia Washington NL CENTRAL x-Houston y-St. Louis Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh Milwaukee NL WEST x-Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Colorado Arizona AL EAST x-New York y-Boston Baltimore Toronto Tampa Bay AL CENTRAL x-Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Kansas City Chicago AL WEST x-Anaheim Seattle Texas Oakland Dodgers over Cardinals Astros over Marlins Yankees over Angels Red Sox over Twins Astros over Marlins Red Sox over Yankees Red Sox over Astros I'm not going to guess the "league awards" cause I have no idea. Yeah, homer picked the Sox this time... although, I wouldn't be shocked to see either the Sox or Yanks miss the playoffs, relying on 39/40yr old guys as your "Ace/#1 pitcher" is a gamble. |
NL EAST
x-Florida Atlanta New York Philadelphia Washington NL CENTRAL x-St. Louis y-Chicago Houston Cincinnati Pittsburgh Milwaukee NL WEST x-San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Arizona Colorado AL EAST x-New York y-Boston Baltimore Toronto Tampa Bay AL CENTRAL x-Minnesota Cleveland Detroit Chicago Kansas City AL WEST x-Anaheim Texas Oakland Seattle Cardinals over Giants Cubs over Marlins Yankees over Twins Red Sox over Angels Cardinals over Cubs Yankees over Red Sox Yankees over Cardinals AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez NYY NL MVP: Albert Pujols STL AL Cy Young: Randy Johnson NYY NL Cy Young: Mark Prior CHI |
NL EAST
x-Florida New York Atlanta Philadelphia Washington NL CENTRAL x-St. Louis y-Chicago Houston Cincinnatti Pittsburgh Milwaukee NL WEST x-San Francisco Los Angeles Arizona San Diego Colorado AL EAST x-New York y-Boston Baltimore Tampa Bay Toronto AL CENTRAL x-Minnesota Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City AL WEST x-Anaheim Seattle Oakland Texas Cardinals over Giants Marlins over Cubs Yankees over Angels Red Sox over Twins Marlins over Cardinals Red Sox over Yankees Red Sox over Marlins AL MVP: Vlad Guerrero ANA NL MVP: Albert Pujols STL AL Cy Young: Curt Schilling BOS NL Cy Young: Mark Prior CHI |
just a little question for everyone, but do you think Toronto will be better or worse this year with the players they added (Hillenbrand and Koskie) even though they've lost Delgado?
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NL EAST
x-Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Washington NL CENTRAL x-St. Louis y-Chicago Houston Pittsburgh Cincinnati Milwaukee NL WEST x-San Francisco Arizona Los Angeles San Diego Colorado AL EAST x-New York y-Boston Toronto Baltimore Tampa Bay AL CENTRAL x-Cleveland Minnesota Chicago Detroit Kansas City AL WEST x-Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas Cardinals over Giants Cubs over Braves Yankees over Twins Red Sox over Angels Cubs over Cardinals Red Sox over Yankees Cubs over Red Sox Total Homer :cool: |
VEL taking the Astros in the NL Central...interesting, whats your reasoning?
DaveWadding taking the Indians...nahh |
NL EAST
x-Florida Atlanta Philadelphia New York Washington NL CENTRAL x-St. Louis y-Houston Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee NL WEST x-San Diego San Francisco Los Angeles Arizona Colorado AL EAST x-New York y-Boston Baltimore Toronto Tampa Bay AL CENTRAL x-Minnesota Cleveland Detroit Chicago Kansas City AL WEST x-Anaheim Seattle Oakland Texas All the other predictions, screw 'em. |
NL EAST
x-Philadelphia Atlanta Florida New York Washington NL CENTRAL x-Chicago St. Louis Houston Cincinatti Milwaukee Pittsburgh NL WEST x-Arizona y-San Francisco San Diego Los Angeles Colorado AL EAST x-Boston y-New York Baltimore Tampa Bay Toronto AL CENTRAL x-Minnesota Kansas City Detroit Chicago Cleavland AL WEST x-Oakland Seattle Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Texas Oakland > New York Minnesota > Boston Arizona > Chicago San Francisco > Philly Oakland > Minnesota Arizona > San Francisco Oakland > Arizona |
Joey you crazy fella!
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One can dream
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Florida third, Arizona first, KC second, and Oakland in the World Series are kind of risky, but who knows maybe you will be the genius come next October. The A's could realistically get there, they once again have a big set of hot prospects, but I don't expect them to perform great until next year.
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They improved the bullpen, the starting rotation will be better with a healthy Halliday and a matured Bush and Towers. Who knows with the offense. Wells and Hudson need to stay healthy. Rios will hopefully be better. Cat should start in left and send Johnson to the bench, which is where he should be. I have no idea what to expect from Hillenbrand, Zaun, Adams and Hinske. |
NL EAST
x-Florida y-Atlanta Philadelphia New York Washington NL CENTRAL x-Chicago St. Louis Houston Cincinatti Milwaukee Pittsburgh NL WEST x-San Diego San Francisco Arizona Los Angeles Colorado AL EAST x-New York y-Boston Baltimore Tampa Bay Toronto AL CENTRAL x-Detroit Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Kansas City AL WEST x-Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Seattle Texas Oakland Boston > LA Angels New York > Detroit Chicago > Atlanta Florida > San Diego New York > Boston Chicago > Florida New York > Chicago |
Yankees >
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NL East
Braves Marlins Mets Phillies Nationals NL Central Cardinals Astros Reds Cubs Pirates Brewers NL West Dodgers Padres Giants Diamondbacks Rockies AL East Red Sox Yankees Orioles Jays Devil Rays AL Central Twins Tigers Indians White Sox Royals AL West Angels of Anaheim Mariners Athletics Rangers Cardinals over Marlins Dodgers over Braves Red Sox over Twins Angels of Anaheim over Yankees Dodgers over Cardinals Angels of Anaheim over Red Sox Angels of Anaheim over Dodgers NL MVP: Miguel Cabrera AL MVP: Vlad Guerrero NL Cy Young: Tim Hudson AL Cy Young: Johan Santana |
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If Roger can do it another year and Pettite comes back to form after injury, they should have one of the best staffs in the league. |
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compare that to: Prior, Zambrano, Wood, Maddux, and whoever the 5 guy will be. |
The fact that you think the Cubs have a chance makes me go "hahahahaha"
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Because no outfield strikes fear into the hearts of competitors like Hollandsworth/Patterson/Burnitz
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If you can't name one of the keys to the Astros playoff run "Brandon Backe" then you shouldn't try and pretend you know what you're talking about. That being said, Dave, I've learned a simple rule, when you pick a team and say they're going to win, it's usually a VERY safe bet they wont. I'm not sure if your a jinx, or just like to pray, maybe you take the long shot so the once out of 100times you're right you look like a genius since no one else picked them. That being said, you just flushed the cubs season down the toilet. Good job! |
Dave is THE goat.
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yeah Dunn sure did have a bad year last year didn't he
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That's fine, you don't have to know or care, but then you can't give an opinion on something you don't care/know about. |
I actually like Supremes having the Cubs in third. Last year was the Cubs year to do it and they choked. They kept all of their stars and added Maddux and Derek Lee, and they got completely blown away by the Cards. I don't see them doing any better this year, and now they don't have the momentum or anything. I don't think that right now there is a distinguished #2 team in the NL Central, it could be the Cubs, Stros, Reds, or even the Brewers.
Speaking of good staffs... Santana-Radke-Silva-Lohse-Mulholland-Mays/Nathan-Rincon-Romero-Balfour-Craine Top staff in the AL last season, all coming back with Joe Mays and prospects, bow down. |
My opinion on the Astros, last season it took a late miracle for them to make the playoffs. Once in the playoffs, anything can happen, so coming within one game of the World Series doesn't mean all that much. If they needed a giant burst of momentum to do it last year, I think that they lost too much in the offseason to be a legit contended this season.
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No Beltran though, and aren't some of their key players getting real old now?
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VEL he only missed about 17 starts. I think you're pushing it with 15
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Their outfield sucks but thats what trades are for |
I want Derek Lee to be good again, he was the man on the Marlins
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.280-100-32 is pretty good
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I guess so, weren't his numbers a lot better in Florida though? Or was Lee just in a slump part of last year, for some reason I was under the impression that he didn't have a good year.
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Just looked up his numbers in Florida, he put up .270-90-31.
One thing that stood out from looking at his numbers was 20 less walks and 65 more at bats |
why are you writing statlines like that? homeruns first. .270-31-90.
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