MLB 2006 Predictions Thread

[nymr83]

Take your guesses folks....

NL East: NYM, ATL, PHI, WAS, FLA
NL Central: HOU, STL, CHC, MIL, CIN, PIT
NL West: SD, LA, ARZ, SF, COL
WC: STL

AL East: NYY, BOS, BAL, TOR, TB
AL Central: CLE, CHW, DET, MIN, KC
AL West: ANH, SEA, TEX, OAK,
WC: CHW

1st Round: NYM over HOU, SD over STL, CLE over ANH, NYY over CHW
League Championships: SD over NYM, CLE over CHW
World Series: CLE over SD

NL MVP: Albert Pujols
NL Cy Young: Ben Sheets
NL ROY: Josh Willingham
AL MVP: Vlad Guerrero
AL Cy Young: Jake Westbrook
AL ROY: Andy Marte

[nymr83]

oh and someone start the Met-specific thread please

[Benjamin Grimm]

You have the White Sox losing to the Yankees in the first round, but advancing to the ALCS anyway.

I'd love to see that somehow happen. Steinbrenner would go ballistic.

[Edgy MD]

The Yankees win, but can't advance to the next round after a string of arrests leaves them gutted.

[nymr83]

i'll leave the mistake so as not to kill the joke but for the record i'm picking CHW to beat the Yankees.

[Guest SI Metman]

AL East: MFY, Bos, Tor, TB, Bal
AL Central: Chi, Cle, Min, Det, KC
AL West: Oak, LAA, Tex, Sea
AL WC: Bos

NL East: NYM, Atl, Phi, Was, Fla
NL Central: StL, Hou, ChC, Mil, Pit, Cin
NL West: LAD, Ari, SD, SF, Col
NL WC: Hou

NL ROY: Prince Fielder
AL ROY: Kenji Johjima
NL CY: Dontrelle Willis
AL CY: Roy Halladay
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
AL MVP: Paul Konerko

LCS: ChW over Oak, StL over NYM
WS: ChW over StL

[Guest abogdan]

Screw it. Subway Series II: Electric Bugaloo.

NL East: ATL, NYM, PHI, WAS, FLA
NL Central: MIL, STL, CHC, CIN, HOU, PIT
NL West: SF, LA, ARZ, SD, COL
WC: NYM

AL East: NYY, BOS, TOR, TB, BAL
AL Central: CHW, CLE, DET, MIN, KC
AL West: OAK, TEX, ANH, SEA
WC: BOS

1st Round: NYM over SF, ATL over MIL, OAK over BOS, NYY over CHW
League Championships: NYM over ATL, NYY over OAK
World Series: NYM over NYY

NL MVP: David Wright
NL Cy Young: Jake Peavy
NL ROY: Prince Fielder
AL MVP: David Ortiz
AL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL ROY: Craig Hansen

edit: Pesky ROY rules.

[Guest Rotblatt]

NL East: NYM, ATL, PHI, WAS, FLA
NL Central: STL, CHC, HOU, MIL, CIN, PIT
NL West: SF, LA, SD, ARZ, COL
WC: CHC

AL East: NYY, BOS, TOR, BAL, TB
AL Central: CHW, CLE, MIN, DET, KC
AL West: ANH, OAK, TEX, SEA
WC: BOS

1st Round: STL over CHC, NYM over SF, BOS over ANH, CHW over NYY
League Championships: NYM over STL, NYY over CHW
World Series: NYM over NYY

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'll freely admit, there's a good dose of wishful thinking in this. I had to pull myself short of picking a Flushing World Championship, though.

NL East: ATL, NYM, PHI, WAS, FLA
NL Central: STL, HOU, CHC, MIL, CIN, PIT
NL West: SD, SF, LAD, ARZ, COL
WC: NYM

AL East: TOR, NYY, BOS, BAL, TB
AL Central: CHW, CLE, MIN, DET, KC
AL West: LAA, OAK, TEX, SEA
WC: CLE

1st Round: NYM over SD, STL over ATL, LAA over CLE, TOR over CHW
League Championships: NYM over STL, TOR over LAA
World Series: TOR over NYM

[seawolf17]

NL East: NYM, ATL, FLA, PHI, WAS
NL Central: STL, CHC, MIL, HOU, PIT, CIN
NL West: SD, LA, SF, ARI, COL
NL Wild Card: ATL
NLDS: NYM over CHC; SD over STL
NLCS: NYM over SD

AL East: NYY, BOS, TOR, TB, BAL
AL Central: CHW, CLE, MIN, DET, KC
AL West: ANA, OAK, TEX, SEA
AL Wild Card: CLE
ALDS: CHW over NYY; CLE over ANA
ALCS: CHW over CLE

WS: NYM over CHW

(What the heck, right? This is a freaking Mets message board. Let's go whole hog.)

NL MVP: Carlos Beltran
NL CY: Jake Peavy
NL ROY: Prince Fielder

AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez
AL CY: Mark Buerhle
AL ROY: Andy Marte

edit: changed AL ROY pick. I was only going by whoever listed him first, assuming they'd looked him up, as I was too lazy to do so.

[Benjamin Grimm]

So far I'm the only one who kept the Yankees out of the playoffs.

[Guest sharpie]

Felix Hernandez doesn't qualify for the ROY. He pitched 84 innings last year, well over the 50 minimum and was on the ML roster for more than 45 days.

[nymr83]

yeah, if he did i'd have picked him as well, he's going to be very good.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

NL East: NYM, PHI, ATL, WAS, FLA
NL Central: StL, HOU, CHC, PIT, CIN
NL West: SD, ARZ, LA, SF, COL

AL East: MFY, TOR, BOS, TB, BAL
AL Central: CHW, CLE, MIN, DET, KC
AL West: OAK, ANA, TEX, SEA

NLDS: Mets over Padres, Phillies over Cardinals
ALDS: Indians over Yankees, A's over White Sox

NLCS: Mets over Phillies
ALCS: A's over Indians

WS: Mets over A's

NL MVP: Albert Pujols
AL MVP: David Ortiz
NL Cy: Roy Oswalt
AL Cy: Rich Harden
NL ROY: Prince Fielder
AL ROY: Brian Anderson (CF, CHW)

EDIT: Whoops. Thanks, Yancy

[Benjamin Grimm]

Now Olerud has the White Sox losing the ALDS and advancing to the ALCS.

These World Baseball Classic tie-breaking rules make everything confusing.

[Vic Sage]

NL East: NYM / ATL / PHI / WAS / FLA
NL Central: HOU / MIL / STL / CHC / PIT / CIN
NL West: LA / SF / SD / ARZ / COL
WC: ATL

AL East: NYY / BOS / TOR / BAL / TB
AL Central: CLE / CHW / DET / MIN / KC
AL West: ANH / SEA / OAK / TEX
WC: BOS

1st Round--
NL: NYM over LA / ATL over HOU
AL: CLE over BOS / ANH over NYY

League Championships--
NL: ATL over NYM
AL: ANH over CLE

World Series--
ANH over ATL

NL MVP: David Wright (YES, i do!)
AL MVP: Vlad Guerrero
NL CY: Jake Peavy
AL CY: Felix Hernandez
NL ROY: Prince Fielder
AL ROY: Ian Kinsler

[Guest ABG]

NL East: ATL, NYM, PHI, WAS, FLA
NL Central: StL, HOU, CHC, PIT, CIN
NL West: SF, SD, LA, ARZ, COL

AL East: BOS, NYY, TOR, TB, BAL
AL Central: CHW, CLE, MIN, DET, KC
AL West: ANA, OAK, TEX, SEA

NLDS: Stl over Mets, SF over ATL
ALDS: Boston over Ana, CWS over NYY

NLCS: StL over SF
ALCS: CWS over Boston

WS: CWS over StL

NL MVP: Barry Bonds
AL MVP: David Ortiz
NL Cy: Pedro
AL Cy: Rich Harden
NL ROY: Prince Fielder
AL ROY: Bobby Jenks (if qualifies)

[Guest cleonjones11]

AL EAST TOR BOS NY TB BAL
AL CENTRAL CLE CHI MIN DET KC
AL WEST OAK ANA TEX SEA

WC CHI

CLE OVER TOR CHI OVER ANA
CLE WS

NL EAST NY ATL WASH PHIL FLOR
NC CENTRAL STL HOU MIL PIT CIN CHI
NL WEST LA SD ARIZ SF COL

NY OVER STL LA OVER HOU
NY OVER HOU

WS NY OVER CLE

AL MVP GRADY SIZEMORE
AL CY ROY HALLADAY
AL ROY CURTIS GRANDERSON

NL MVP DAVID WRIGHT
NL CY ROY OSWALT
NL ROY LASTINGS MILLEDGE

COMEBACK PLAYER MIKE PIAZZA

[nymr83]

Milledge won't win a ROY for the same reason Wright didn't, the Mets will not bring him up to start a year

[TransMonk]

NL East
ATL
NYM
PHI
WAS
FLA

NL Central
STL
CHC
HOU
MIL
CIN
PIT

NL West
LAD
SF
SD
ARI
COL

AL East
NYY
TOR
BOS
BAL
TB

AL Central
CWS
CLE
MIN
DET
KC

AL West
OAK
LAA
TEX
SEA

ATL over LAD
NYM over STL
NYM over ATL

CWS over TOR
NYY over LAA
CWS over NYY

CWS over NYM

NL MVP - Pujols
NL Cy Young - Carpenter
NY ROY - Prince Fielder

AL MVP - Vlad Guerrero
AL Cy Young - Buhrle
AL ROY - Marte

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

My predictions are usually worth shit, so here's what I predict, based in part on what I want to happen.

The I think things could actually turn out this way division:
Mets
Phils
Braves
Nats
Fish

The anything can happen other than the Cardinals not winning it division
Cardinals
Pirates
Brewers
Reds
Astros
Cubs

The Mike Cameron makes all the difference division
Pods
Dodgers
Rockies
DBaggs
Giants

The I want a fun summer division
Sox
Jays
Rays
O's
MFYs

The New Moneyball Division
Indians
White Sox
Tigers
Twins
Royals

The Barry Zito Gets Traded Division
Rangers
Angels
Mariners
A's

Phils over Cardinals
Mets over Pods
Mets over Phils

Bosox over Rangers
seriously, I just used a racist word when I really meant "Guardians" over White Sox
Sox over seriously, I just used a racist word when I really meant "Guardians"

Holy crap: Mets over Bosox in the 20th anniversary World Series!

NLMVP: David Wright
NL Cy Young: Pedro!
NLROY: Ryan Zimmerman

ALMVP: Peralta
ALCY: Halladay
ALROY: Johjima

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Are you folks (Dickshot aside) writing what you think WILL happen, or what you want to happen?

[Benjamin Grimm]

As I said, I'm influenced by wishful thinking.

I picked the Mets to get to the World Series, but lose to Toronto. If I take partisianship out of the equation, I'd say that the Mets have a reasonable shot at the wild card, but I don't expect that they'll reach the World Series.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: As I said, I'm influenced by wishful thinking.

That's a pretty important influence. Threads like these make more sense if they're divided into "wishful thinking" (in which virtually all CPFers will say that they hope the Mets win the Series) and predictions people want to stand by. Some sort of loopy combination of the two is kinda like "Who do you want to sleep with tonight, Gina Gershon or your wife?", without specifying if this is polling your deepest desries or your views on probablility (plus whether your wife will be reading your response).

[Elster88]

I like to fanatasize about Gina Gershon while listening to my Steely Dan records.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Are you implying that Gina is elderly?

[Elster88]

Elderly might be pushing it a bit.

[Benjamin Grimm]

She'll be 44 in June, which makes her almost a year older than me. And she's still mighty fine.

There was probably a time when I thought of 44 as too old. (Like maybe when I was 16.) But those days are long gone.

Elster, would Jessica Alba be a better example for you?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Talk about fooling yourself. I know enough to know that "predicting" what'll happen is folly. Even those who study probabilities know that. That said, other than putting the Yankees in last place I'm as comfortable with what I "predicted" as I can be.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I too think that there's a chance that my predictions will come true. They may not be the most likely scenario, but it's far more likely than me sharing a bed tonight with Gina Gershon. Or Jessica Alba. Or Betty White.