MLB predictions 2005

[Soxfan1]

AL East

Sox cuz pitching matters most.

 

 

 

AL Central

Tigers

 

AL West

Mariners

 

Wildcard

Yankees

 

NL East

Mets

 

 

NL Central

Cards

 

NL West

Arizona

 

Wildcard

Stros

 

NL Wildcard Round

Mets over St Louis

 

Stros over Arizona

 

NLCS

Mets over str0s

 

AL Wildcard Round

Yankees over LAOA

Red Sox over Tigers

 

ALCS

Sox over Yanks

 

WORLD SERIES

 

Sox over mets can you say dynasty #2

[BoSox Rule]

2 titles is a dynasty?

[YanksHater213]

AL East- Yankees, they always find a way to do it, and they will do it again.

AL Central- Cleveland

AL West- Texas

AL Wild Card- Red Sox, not even close

ALDS- Red Sox over Texas, Yankees over Cleveland

ALCS- Red Sox over Yankees

NL East- Mets

NL Central- StL

NL West- Padres

NL Wild Card- Astros

NLDS- Mets over Astros, StL over Padres

NLCS- Mets over StL

 

World Series- Red Sox over Mets in 7 games. Game 7, will be an epic battle between Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez

[YanksHater213]

Oh, and Yeszir, I think this is a pretty good idea for a contest.

[Yanksin2010]

Al East- yankees

 

AL central- Twins

 

AL West- Angels of aneheim

 

NL East- braves

 

NL Central- Cubs

 

NL West- Dodgers

 

AL wildcard- A's

 

NL wildcard- Cardinals

 

ALDS- yankees over twins- Angels over A's

 

ALCS- yankees over angels

 

NLDS- Cubs over braves- Cardinals over dodgers

 

NLCS- Cubs over cardinals

 

Worldseries- yankees over cubs

[yeszir]

Oh, and Yeszir, I think this is a pretty good idea for a contest.

Ok, deal, you supply the prizes. We'll have some form of contest soon, don't worry about it.

[Sox fan in Tex]

AL East

Yanks.... damnit prove me wrong Sox

 

AL Central

Twins

 

AL West

Angels (I hope you kidding with the mariners Soxfan#1)

 

Wildcard

Red Sox

 

NL East

Atlanta Braves (how can you pick against them?)

 

 

NL Central

St. Louis Cardinals

 

NL West

Dodgers (I hope Arizona is also a joke Soxfan#1 otherwise.... well, I don't know about your predictions)

 

Wildcard

Houston Astros

 

NL Wildcard Round

Braves over St Louis

Dodgers over Astros

 

NLCS

Braves over Dodgers

 

AL Wildcard Round

Twins over Yankees

Red Sox over Angels

 

ALCS

Sox over Twins

 

WORLD SERIES

Braves over Red Sox

[stocker323]

AL East

Yanks.... damnit prove me wrong Sox

 

AL Central

Twins

 

AL West

Angels (I hope you kidding with the mariners Soxfan#1)

 

Wildcard

Red Sox

 

NL East

Atlanta Braves (how can you pick against them?)

 

 

NL Central

St. Louis Cardinals

 

NL West

Dodgers (I hope Arizona is also a joke Soxfan#1 otherwise.... well, I don't know about your predictions)

 

Wildcard

Houston Astros

 

NL Wildcard Round

Braves over St Louis

Dodgers over Astros

 

NLCS

Braves over Dodgers

 

AL Wildcard Round

Twins over Yankees

Red Sox over Angels

 

ALCS

Sox over Angels

 

WORLD SERIES

Twins over Red Sox

 

 

That would be a heck of a World Series.

 

Anyway here's my picks

 

AL East

Yankees

 

AL Central

Twins

 

AL West

Angels

 

Wild Card

Red Sox

 

NL East

Braves

 

NL Central

Cubs

 

NL West

Padres (The only division I'm not sure about)

 

NL Wild Card

Cardinals

 

Red Sox over Angels

Yanks over Twins

 

Not going to pick the ALCS because it depends on the pitching. If the pitching is the current rosters of today, then I'd go with the Yanks, but since there is injuries, trades and other things, it is impossible to pick.

 

Cubs over Braves

Cards over Padres

 

Cubs over Cardinals

 

Red Sox/Yankees over Cubs

[element1151]

AL West

Angels (I hope you kidding with the mariners Soxfan#1)

 

I think the Mariners are the most improved team in baseball, but not the AL West winners.

Also, I hope you were kidding with the Twins winning it all vs. their AL opponent Sox in the WS.

 

AL East

Sox

 

AL Central

Twins

 

AL West

Angels

 

Wildcard

Yanks, Mariners (My pick for most improved)

 

ALDS

Yankees over Angels /// M's over Twins

Red Sox over Angels /// Twins

 

ALCS

Sox over Yanks /// M's

 

NL East

Mets

 

NL Central

Cardinals

 

NL West

Giants

 

Wildcard

Cubs

 

NLDS

Mets over Cards

Cubs over Giants

 

NLCS

Mets over Cubs

 

WORLD SERIES

 

Sox over Mets

[Noah]

Mets vs. Sox in World Series.

 

Wow.

 

Yez and I would get into some pretty big fights. I'd pose a NYMfans.com-Talksox.com war, because I'm an idiot.

[YANKEESRULE]

AL East-Yankees

 

AL Central-Twins

 

AL West-Angels

 

AL Wild Card- Mariners/Red Sox, I would give the edge to mariners because the yankees are in the East

 

NL East-Braves (Because they always find a way)

 

NL Central-Cardinals

 

NL West-Giants

 

NL Wildcard Mariners or Phillies

 

ALDS-Yanks over Mariners

ALDS-Twins over Angels

ALCS-Yanks over Twins

 

NLDS-Phillies or Marlins over Braves

NLDS-Cardinals over Giants

NLCS-Cardinals over Marlins or Phillies

 

Series-Yanks over Cardinals

[elsrbueno]

A few friendly reminders:

 

The Sox WILL NEVER face the Twins in the World Series unless there's some reconstruction of the leagues, and it definatelty won't happen in 2005.

 

Also, the Angels WON'T play Seattle in the first round of the playoffs. Another impossibility.

 

That being said, my predictions:

AL East: Yankees

AL Central: Twins

AL West: Angels

AL Wildcard: Red Sox

 

OK, Crespo will probably have my head for this, but I am going to predict the Yankees will win the division again this year. Of course I hope I'm wrong....

 

NL East: Atlanta

NL Central: St. Louis

NL West: San Diego (OK, I also predicted them last year....but they're certainly not worse than last year and no NL West team is really far and away better than another)

NL Wildcard: Mets

 

I've vowed never to predict any other team in the NL East until the Braves are unseated, because John Schurholtz always seems to bring in the right players, and Bobby Cox seems to get his players to play at their best. Not to mention Leo Mazzone has one miracle pitcher each season. The Braves have effectively added 2.5 starters this year (Hudson, Smoltz, Ramirez was injured ), which makes them as good as last year. The Mets have improved a lot, and I've picked them for the Wild Card because I don't think they'll have enough to overtake the Braves. St. Louis is still a better team (in my mind) than the Cubs, and I really picked San Diego at random because the NL West can be anyone's division.... except Colorado...

 

I refuse to make playoff predictions yet, because so much is going to change in the next 7 months.

 

Teams that may surprise folks (and play well): Cleveland (if Millwood can turn himself around), Philadelphia (Jon Lieber may really help these guys out)

Teams that may surprie folks (and play poorly): Seattle, Baltimore. Both of these teams improved offensively, but don't have enough in the way of pitching to really stick around (in my mind).

[element1151]

NL Wildcard Mariners or Phillies

 

I am 100% sure that the Mariners won't win the NL Wildcard.

[element1151]

Also, the Angels WON'T play Seattle in the first round of the playoffs. Another impossibility.

 

Forgot that rule.

[Soxfan1]

WORLD SERIES

Twins over Red Sox

 

What did you say about my predicions?

 

And yanskin2010 are you kidding. Read ahhchons sig.

[yagmaster]

AL East-Red Sox -> For the first time in a long time, we have the team to win the division

 

AL Central-Twins -> They always find a way (as of recently)

 

AL West- Angels -> Not many changes to last years division champion

 

AL Wild Card- Yankees -> It would be too much to hope that they'll miss the playoffs

 

NL East - Mets -> Can't argue with the offseason success

 

NL Central - Cubs -> Sosa's gone, Clement's gone, but they still have Wood, Prior, Zambrano

 

NL West - Dodgerse -> I think they'll pull it off this year

 

NL Wildcard - Braves -> Much like the Yankees, can't see them missing the playoffs

 

ALDS-Red Sox OVER Repeat -> won't be as easy this time

ALDS-Yankees OVER Twins -> Yankees don't lose in the division series

ALCS-Sox OVERYanks -> it will be the Yankees who will need the epic comeback. Schilling on the mound, not going to happen.

 

NLDS-Mets OVERDodgers -> Mets just too strong for LA

NLDS-Cubs OVER Braves -> Pitching wins and Cubs have pitching

NLCS-Mets OVER Cubs -> Tough pick, Pedro give Mets the nod. Beltran is a playoff machine too.

 

Series-Red Sox OVER Mets -> Franc will put in McCartey in at first for defensive replacement to seal the deal

[Yanksin2010]

WORLD SERIES

Twins over Red Sox

 

What did you say about my predicions?

 

And yanskin2010 are you kidding. Read ahhchons sig.

kidding about what?

[Soxfan1]

the a's hagve no chance of making it to the playoffs.

[Yanksin2010]

the a's hagve no chance of making it to the playoffs.

Sure they do, they ll just die in the first round.

[Sox fan in Tex]

Holy **** did that come out wrong. I'll edit it.

 

What did you say about my predicions?

 

Alright, how about a deal.... if the Mariners win the AL West I'll send you a great amount of money. If they don't you have to make your sig line "I am Sox fan in Texas's bitch" for a full year.

[ahhchon]

i don't know why everyone is so quick to pick the sox as al east winners. the yankees have won it basically every year since i was 9 with the exception of 3 years. who am i to say that they won't do it again?

 

until the sox man up and de-throne the yankees they will be the al east champs.

 

i think if we have a healthy miller, wells and clement stay healthy and schilling recovers quickly and none of them have dissappointing seasons we def have the chance.

 

john

[Zenny]

AL East- Skankees

AL Central- Guardians (with the Twins taking it down to the last weekend)

AL West - Angels (with the A's taking it down to the last weekend)

AL Wild Card- Red Sox

 

NL East- Braves

NL Central- Cubs (assuming health)

NL West- Giants (young pitching, young pitching, young pitching)

NL Wild Card- Padres

[SoCalSox]

AL East- Skankees

AL Central- Guardians (with the Twins taking it down to the last weekend)

AL West - Angels (with the A's taking it down to the last weekend)

AL Wild Card- Red Sox

 

NL East- Braves

NL Central- Cubs (assuming health)

NL West- Giants (young pitching, young pitching, young pitching)

NL Wild Card- Padres

 

Zenny-

 

Thank you. Finally someone picks the Giants in the NL West. Personally I don't like the Giants, but I think they are going to beat up on a bunch of teams. Remember they signed Alou. I know he's old & whatever, but how many pitchers are gonna be happy to walk Bonds & see Alou walking to the plate? Bonds will see more pitches (probably not ALOT more) and Alou's numbers should be pretty big this year. The Rockies aren't going anywhere, D-backs & Padres should be better-but not there yet & the Dodgers.....well who knows what will come out of that mess.

[Zenny]

I look at it this way: the Dodgers have the best potential but the most question marks. The Padres have the best ace (Jake Peavy) and best bullpen (Hoffman, Otsuka, Linebrink), but their offense and depth are not good. The Giants are getting pretty old and have a buttload of question marks themselves, but I look for Noah Lowry, Jesse Foppert and Jerome Williams to come up huge behind Schmidt and Tomko. Not only that, but they have Matt Cain, Merkin Valdez and Brad Hennessey on the way up. Even if they are old, they still have a talented defense; those 35+ year old knees in the outfield are a bit scary, though.

 

Still, I think the Dodgers are the most talented, but I think they're all going to get hurt. Both teams have excellent young talent on the way up, though.

[CrespoBlows]

AL East

 

Red Sox

 

Central

 

Tribe

 

West

 

Angels

 

Wild Card

 

Yanks

 

NL East

 

Braves

 

Central

 

Reds (sleeper pick)

 

West

 

Giants

 

Wild Card

 

Padres

 

Playoffs

 

ALDS

 

Sox over Angels

 

Yanks over Tribe

 

NLDS

 

Braves over Padres

 

Giants over Reds

 

ALCS

 

Sox over Yanks

 

NLCS

 

Giants over Braves (I even doubt they'll get this far, watch Smoltz' elbow closley)

 

World Series

 

Red Sox over Giants in 5

[Soxfan1]

Holy **** did that come out wrong. I'll edit it.

 

 

 

Alright, how about a deal.... if the Mariners win the AL West I'll send you a great amount of money. If they don't you have to make your sig line "I am Sox fan in Texas's bitch" for a full year.

 

 

lets make this a little more interesting. If the twins have a better record, I'll post in my sig sox fan in tex is my superior or anything different you want. If the m's have a better record then post Lousy texan from the depths of hell otherwise known as texas or anything different i think up. Deal?

[Sizzlin22]

AL East - Red Sox cuz I cant pick agaisnt them

Al Central - Twins cuz Santana is a god

AL West - Angels cuz that team hasn't changed too too much

AL WC- Yankees cuz they never miss the playoffs

 

NL East - Braves cuz untill someone finally knocks them off I cant pick against them

NL Central - Cubs cuz if they can avoid a collapse/ health problems the pitching is strong

NL West - Dodgers cuz I actually liek the little blonde haired jackass Weaver who used to pitch for the Yanks hes got good stuff along with the rest of a solid staff

 

NL WC - Mets cuz i got to al least 5 met games a year moms side of the family is season ticket holders in 2nd row seats mets are my second favorite team and they are argueably the most improved team in baseball

 

ALDS - Sox over Twins cuz the rotation is better , Angels over Yanks cuz if the Angels can stay healthy they are SCARY

 

NLDS - Dodgers over Braves cuz its the Braves, Mets over Giants cuz the Mets are just stacked

 

ALCS- Angels over Sox cuz I gotta say if they stay healthy and Colon can have a good season the whole entire season and not jsut the tail end then thats a good damn baseball team

 

NLCS- Mets over Dodgers cuz the Mets are just an all around better team

 

WS- Angels over Mets cuz it would be a heavyweight bout and because the AL will have home field advantage again because they own in the all star game so Angels in 6 or 7

 

God knows my family would be in all out war id the Sox and Mets go to the series again ti would jsut be a nightmare.

[soxonfox]

AL East- Red Sox

AL Central- Twins

AL West- Rangers

AL Wildcard- Yankees

 

NL East- Marlins

NL Central- Cubs

NL West- Diamondbacks

NL Wildcard- Mets

 

 

ALDS- Red Sox over Rangers 3-0

Yankees over Twins 3-2

 

NLDS- Marlins over Diamondbacks 3-0

Cubs over Mets 3-1

 

ALCS- Red Sox over Yankees 4-3

 

NLCS- Marlins over Cubs 4-2

 

 

 

World Series- Red Sox over Marlins 4-1

[Radgeta]

AL East - Boston pssh the Yankees are gonna lose RJ to injury.

AL Central - The Twins. The Whitesox always fall apart

AL West - Texas. They have great hitting.

AL WildCard - Yankees even though no RJ they still have a good team.

 

NL East- The Mets. They made some good moves in the offseason hope it pays off.

NL Central - The Cardinals. The offense is too good to ignore.

NL West- LA. They made the move to get offense.

NL Wildcard- Chicago Cubs; otherwise they should all be shot.

[Sox fan in Tex]

lets make this a little more interesting. If the twins have a better record, I'll post in my sig sox fan in tex is my superior or anything different you want. If the m's have a better record then post Lousy texan from the depths of hell otherwise known as texas or anything different i think up. Deal?

 

Deal. Go Twins!