2008 Season Predictions!

[redsrbetter]

Had a peanut butter crack sandwich this morning. Nah, where did you hear June 1st?

[Dry1313]

The Rockies will most definitely make a run for the NL West title

but so will the Padres, Dodgers, and Diamond Backs.

The NL West is pretty strong and whomever finishes 4th place would probably win any other division in baseball

I call bullshit.

The Mariners benefit from playing in a weaker division giving them a better shot at the playoffs than the Yankees. Don't forget they got Mel Stottlemyre as their pitching coach which will help.

Right. Let's see if there All Star CIFs can ever produce. Lets see if Bedard can win. Let's see if King Felix can remain consistent.

Also, FTR, Mel Stottlemyre isn't that great of a pitching coach

I guess I have to give this a crack:

AL East:

Reds Sox
Blue Jays
Rays
Yankees
Orioles

AL Central:

Tigers
Indians (Wild Card)
Twins
Royals
White Sox

AL West:

Angels
Mariners
Rangers
A's

NL East:

Mets
Braves
Phillies
Nationals
Marlins

NL Central:

Reds
Brewers
Cubs
Cardinals
Pirates
Astros

NL West: (Best Division In Baseball)

Diamondbacks
Dodgers (Wild Card)
Rockies
Padres
Giants

AL MVP: Grady Sizemore
AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander
AL ROY: Evan Longoria

NL MVP: Albert Pujols
NL Cy Young: Jake Peavy
NL ROY: Jay Bruce

World Series: Diamondbacks over Tigers

OK, Yankees 4th is ludicrous. They have a Top 5 lineup in baseball, and if you're banking on the Rotation of : Wang, Pettite, Mussina, Kennedy and Hughes doing worse than the Jays and Rays, you're crazy.

The NL West is a bunch of inconsistent teams with really good pitching. Look at the DRays and DBacks...sparing the fact that Haren and Webb are sick, don't the teams look eerily similar?

[brewersfan19]

maybe Longoria will be the Ryan Braun story of '08! who knows.

[DirtyKash]

Had a peanut butter crack sandwich this morning. Nah, where did you hear June 1st?

The whole reason that the (Devil) Rays sent him down is because they want to keep him until 2014, instead of 2013. They do that by keeping him down until June 1st.

[realmofotalk]

NL West:
1) D-bags
2) Rockies
3) Dodgers
4) Padres
5) Las Vegas 51's
6) Giants

[browntown653]

I guess I have to give this a crack:

AL East:

Reds Sox
Blue Jays
Rays
Yankees
Orioles

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[Halladay_is_God]

Jays' rotation > Yankees' rotation

no lie, no bias, just truth (you have to believe me I'm Canadian, I can't lie, but DK an exception)

[brewersfan19]

Halladay, I agree with you. On paper they may have better pitching, but the BIG question is, can the Jays pitchers stay healthy this season?

[browntown653]

Jays' rotation > Yankees' rotation

no lie, no bias, just truth (you have to believe me I'm Canadian, I can't lie, but DK an exception)

That's the thing, on paper it's definitely possible but Halladay and Burnett aren't the healthiest pitchers in the world recently. And the Yanks young guys could be real good or real bad. Who knows.

[brewersfan19]

don't forget about B. J. Ryan either.

[browntown653]

I'm talking about starting rotation, not overall pitching, so I didn't include Ryan.

[brewersfan19]

ah, fair enough.

[Halladay_is_God]

Jays have their own young guys, McGowan, Marcum and Litsch (looks to be the 5th starter now)

Halladay had a healthy season last year and most of his injuries were freak ones, still pitched over 220 Innings in the last two seasons with 16 wins in each.

Burnett I can't argue, he is the wild card of the whole bunch, but with McGowan around he may pass Burnett as the no. 2 starter this season.

[Dry1313]

Jays' rotation > Yankees' rotation

no lie, no bias, just truth (you have to believe me I'm Canadian, I can't lie, but DK an exception)

Let's break it down.

Halladay (healthy) > Wang, but I mean, 19 wins to 19 wins is essentially a wash. Same on ERA. Still, Halladay
Pettite> Burnett, Burnett has never won more than 12 games, and hell, he hasn't started more than 25 on the Jays
Hughes = McGowan, They have essentially the same makeup as of now, but I'm about 100% poisitve Hughes WILL be better.
Mussina = Marcum, Sorry Man, Marcum is going to be really good, but Moose had a terrible year last year. If you take the rookie over the veteran in this instance, it is a stretch. No way Moose is as bad this year...plus Marcum is hurt anyway.
Litsch = Kennedy they're both unproven blue chip specs...Litsch was not impressing me last year, but Kennedy is too much of an unknown.


I give it to the Yankees because the margin of Pettite to Burnett is much larger than Hallady to Wang in terms of numbers.

Factor in bullpen and hitting, and the insinuation on paper that the Jays are better is RIDICULOUS.

Jays have their own young guys, McGowan, Marcum and Litsch (looks to be the 5th starter now)

Halladay had a healthy season last year and most of his injuries were freak ones, still pitched over 220 Innings in the last two seasons with 16 wins in each.

Burnett I can't argue, he is the wild card of the whole bunch, but with McGowan around he may pass Burnett as the no. 2 starter this season.

Still, we're better. I mean, I'm not picking a fight, but compare lineups...and bullpens.

[browntown653]

I don't give a shit about the Jays on paper, but I've been hearing about them rising up to challenge the Yankees and Red Sox in the AL East for the last 7 years. Well when is this going to happen??