2011 MLB Season Predictions

[Jofis11ep]

Well Opening Week is here! I am so giddy, I can't focus on any work so I decided to start something fun. I know pre-season predictions mean next to nothing, but they're fun to do and read. So let's do some predicting... What do you think about:

 

Who will win:

 

AL East

AL Central

AL West

AL Wild Card

 

NL East

NL Central

NL West

NL Wild Card

 

Playoffs?

 

AL MVP

NL MVP

 

AL Cy Young

NL Cy Young

 

AL Rookie of the Year

NL Rookie of the Year

 

AL Manager of the Year

NL Manager of the Year

 

Feel free to add any other categories you can think of! Happy Opening Day Week 2011!!!

[Ennder]

AL East - Red Sox

AL Central - White Sox

AL West - A's

AL Wild Card - Rays

 

NL East - Phillies

NL Central - Brewers

NL West - Rockies

NL Wild Card - Braves

 

Playoffs - crapshoot but I'll pick the Red Sox to win it all over the Rockies.

 

AL MVP - Adrian Gonzalez

NL MVP - Prince Fielder

 

AL Cy Young - Jon Lester

NL Cy Young - Tommy Hanson

 

AL Rookie of the Year - Michael Pineda

NL Rookie of the Year - Dominic Brown

 

Manager of the year is such a bogus stat I won't bother predicting it, whichever team plays over their head will win it, most likely by the manager abusing the starters and getting them hurt.

 

Hardest pick for me was the NL Central. I think the Reds can easily win it but I think they are the ones who are going to struggle with pitching this year, just too many injury question marks and too many guys with questionable control and Arroyo is the only pitcher I think they have that ends up with a full season.

[bylo tesi me]

Sounds like fun, I'll play http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

AL East: Boston

AL Central: Chicago

AL West: Oakland

 

NL East: Philadelphia

NL Central: Cincinnati

NL West: Colorado

 

AL Wildcard: Tampa Bay

NL Wildcard: Milwaukee

 

Boston is clearly the team to beat in the AL East with Tampa losing to many key contributors and the Yankees just to old.

It's hard to pick against Minnesota in the Al Central, but I just think Chicago will get it done this year.

Should probably gone with Texas in the AL West, but I really like Oakland's pitching staff.

Philadelphia, like Boston is clear favorite in the NL East.

As much as I want to pick the Brewers in the NL Central, I think Cincinnati has better depth to overcome adversity.

The NL West was hardest to pick, I think Colorado has best talent and depth.

[PrinceEatMeat]

AL East - Red Sox

AL Central - White Sox

AL West - Angels

AL Wild Card - Yankees

 

NL East - Phillies

NL Central - Brewers

NL West - Giants

NL Wild Card - Reds

 

Playoffs - AL - Red Sox over Angels, Yankees over White Sox, Red Sox over Yankees

NL - Phillies over Reds, Brewers over Giants, Phillies over Brewers

WS - Phillies over Red Sox

 

AL MVP - Carl Crawford

NL MVP - Ryan Howard

 

AL Cy Young - CC Sabathia

NL Cy Young - Yovani Gallardo

 

AL Rookie of the Year - Jeremy Hellickson

NL Rookie of the Year - Freddie Freeman

 

AL Manager of the Year - Mike Scioscia

NL Manager of the Year - Ron Roenicke

[BuckyBrewer61]

AL East - Boston

AL Central - Chicago

AL West - Oakland

AL Wild Card - Tampa

 

NL East - Philadelphia

NL Central - Milwaukee

NL West - San Francisco

NL Wild Card - Colorado

 

Playoffs:

1st round winners - Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Colorado

Championship Series winners - Boston, Philadelphia (creative, I know)

WS - Boston

 

AL MVP - Carl Crawford

NL MVP - Ryan Braun

 

AL Cy Young - David Price

NL Cy Young - Josh Johnson

 

Honestly don't know enough about rookies to make an educated guess on ROY, and I just don't really care about manager of the year.

[Warning Track Power]

AL East
Boston Red Sox
AL Central
Chicago White Sox
AL West
Los Angeles Angels
AL Wild Card
New York Yankees

Boston on paper is a beast and should have the best record in baseball. I think the Yankees have one last run with this set of players (Jeter, Posada, Mo, even A-Rod) and I expect both of them to win 95-100 games. I think the Angels are really getting overlooked as their rotation is every bit as good as the Brewers #1-4. I think they win 90ish games and Texas falls back to about 85. However, the real beast of the AL is the White Sox. That lineup, combined with the pitching staff, assuming Peavy can pitch, is a legit championship team. 100 wins is possible.

NL East
Atlanta Braves
NL Central
Milwaukee Brewers
NL West
Colorado Rockies
NL Wild Card
Philadelphia Phillies

Phillies seem to have a bit of bad karma going into the season but have too much talent to not make the playoffs. Like the Yankees, I feel like this may be one of their last runs as their lineup is aging very quickly. Though they will have excellent pitching for the next few seasons. May be the Giants east after 2011. The Braves are solid everywhere. I expect McLouth turns back to McLouth and Freeman performs at a 2005 Lyle Overbay level. Their pitching lacks the dominant ace though and that will hurt come playoff time. The Rockies pitching scares me after Ubaldo but there may not be a better 1-2 combo than Tulo-CarGo. Sorry Braun-Fielder. Ian Stewart breaks out to make it a scary 3-4-5 which carries them past the Dodgers and Giants. As for the Crew, it's a homer pick but in the Central, no one can honestly match the Brewers everyday lineup and no one can match Greinke-Gallardo-Marcum. Assuming the bullpen isn't a trainwreck, the Brewers win the Central by 2-4 games over Cincinnati by going 88-74.

PLAYOFFS
ALDS
White Sox/Yankees: White Sox in 4
Angels/Red Sox: Red Sox in 5
ALCS
White Sox/Red Sox: White Sox in 6

NLDS
Brewers/Braves: Brewers in 4
Phillies/Rockies: Phillies in 4
NLCS
Brewers/Phillies: Phillies in 7

WORLD SERIES
White Sox/Phillies: White Sox in 6

[Teatoe993]

AL East: Tampa Bay

AL Central: Detroit

AL West: Oakland

AL Wild Card: Boston

 

NL East: Atlanta

NL Central: Milwaukee

NL West: Colorado

NL Wild Card: Philadelphia

 

Playoffs: ALDS-Tampa Bay over Boston, Detroit over Oakland

NLDS-Philadelphia over Colorado, Milwaukee over Atlanta

 

ALCS-Tampa Bay over Detroit

NLCS-Milwaukee over Philadelphia

 

WS-Tampa Bay over Milwaukee

 

AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera

NL MVP: Rickie Weeks

 

AL Cy Young: Jon Lester

NL Cy Young: Ubaldo Jimenez

 

AL Rookie of the Year: Tsuyoshi Nishioka

NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman

 

AL Manager of the Year: Ned Yost

NL Manager of the Year: Ron Roenicke

[nate82]

I think people are over stating how good the Red Sox are. After Lester and Buchholz there are a lot of question marks in the Red Sox rotation. Will Beckett be like he was in 2009 and 2010? Lackey is another question mark in the rotation with Matsuzaka being the biggest question mark in the rotation. I am not all that certain that the Red Sox are this dominant team that everyone is making them out to be. They have some serious questions marks in that starting rotation but it is not as bad as the Yankees have as I don't see them making the playoffs. Philadelphia also has some question marks but that is mostly due to injuries on their offensive side but their bullpen is not all that good. I don't see the Rays making the playoffs I believe the AL central will have two teams in the playoffs the Rays bullpen is what will do them in.

AL East: Red Sox

AL Central: White Sox

AL West: A's

AL Wild Card: Twins

NL East: Phillies

NL Central: Brewers

NL West: Giants

NL Wild Card: Braves

Playoffs: Red Sox over Twins; White Sox over A's; Brewers over Braves; Phillies over Giants;

ALCS: Red Sox over White Sox

NLCS: Phillies over Brewers

WS: Phillies over Red Sox

AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez

NL MVP: Ryan Braun

AL Cy Young: David Price

NL Cy Young: Tim Lincecum

AL Rookie: Jeremy Hellickson

NL Rookie: Freddie Freeman

[owbc]

A new team wins the World Series every year, so it's only logical that this year is our turn.

 

AL East: Boston

AL Central: Minnesota

AL West: LA Angels

AL Wild Card: NY

 

NL East: Philly

NL

Central: Milwaukee

NL West: Colorado

NL Wild Card: Atlanta

 

Playoffs: Milwaukee vs. Philadelphia, Boston vs. Minnesota

Milwaukee over Boston

 

AL MVP: Mauer

NL

MVP: Fielder

 

AL Cy Young: Price

NL Cy Young: Halladay

 

AL Rookie of the Year: Jennings I guess...who really knows

NL

Rookie of the Year: Chapman

 

AL Manager of the Year: Francona

NL Manager of the

Year: Roenicke

[HiAndTight]

Who will win:

 

AL East-Red Sox

AL Central-Twins

AL West-A's

AL Wild Card-Yankees

 

NL East-Braves

NL Central-Brewers

NL West-Rockies

NL Wild Card-Phillies

 

Playoffs?

AL

Red Sox over A's

Twins over Yankees

Twins over Red Sox

NL

Braves over Rockies

Phillies over Brewers

Braves over Phillies

 

WS-

Braves over Twins

AL MVP-Adrian Gonzalez

NL MVP-Jason Heyward

 

AL Cy Young-Felix Hernandez

NL Cy Young-Tommy Hanson

 

AL Rookie of the Year-Kyle Gibson

NL Rookie of the Year-Freddie Freeman

 

AL Manager of the Year-Mike Scioscia

NL Manager of the Year-Freddi Gonzalez

[pitchleague]

AL East-Red Sox

AL Central-Tigers

AL West-A's

AL Wild Card-Rangers

 

NL East-Phillies

NL Central-Brewers

NL West-Giants

NL Wild Card-Braves

 

Playoffs?

AL

Red Sox over Rangers

Tigers over A's

Tigers over Red Sox (in 6 games)

NL

Brewers over Braves

Phillies over Giants

Phillies over Brewers (in 7 games)

 

World Series

Phillies over Tigers (in 5 games)

 

 

AL MVP Adrian Gonzalez

NL MVP Prince Fielder

 

AL Cy Young Justin Verlander

NL Cy Young Roy Halladay

 

AL Rookie of the Year Mike Moustakas

NL Rookie of the Year Daniel Hudson (not sure if he's still eligible--I don't think so.)

If not, I'll go with Brett Wallace (he's still eligible, right? BAH, he's not either)

Okay, third try: How about Freddy Freeman?

 

AL Manager of the Year Like it matters, but I'll go with Jim Leyland

NL Manager of the Year Again, a totally meaningless award. How about Freddy Gonzalez

[Getpaddled]

AL East-Red Sox
AL Central-Tigers
AL West-Rangers
AL Wild Card-White Sox

NL East-Braves
NL Central-Brewers
NL West-Rockies
NL Wild Card-Phillies

Playoffs:
AL
Red Sox over White Sox
Tigers over Rangers
Red Sox over Tigers
NL
Braves over Brewers
Rockies over Phillies
Braves over Rockies

WS-
Red Sox over Braves

AL MVP-Adam Dunn
NL MVP-Troy Tulowitzki

AL Cy Young-Jon Lester
NL Cy Young-Clayton Kershaw

AL Rookie of the Year-Michael Pineda
NL Rookie of the Year-Freddie Freeman

AL Manager of the Year-Jim Leyland
NL Manager of the Year-Ron Roenicke