MLB predictions 2005

[Manny24]

American League

 

EAST: Yanks (I hate to say it but there pitching staff is nasty... ol steinbrenner did it again)

 

CENTRAL: Twins (They always manage to slip silently into the post season)

 

WEST: Los Angelas Angels of Anaheim of Souther California of 13th street or watever the hell their called

 

WILD CARD: RedSox (YEHAW!)

 

ALDS: RedSox > Angels Yanks > Twins (sound familier?)

 

ALCS: Yanks > Red Sox (In 6 games) (THe yanks pitching is to damn deep... prove me wrong redsox PLEASE)

 

National League

 

EAST: Braves (They always do it)

 

CENTRAL: Cards (With the addition of Mulder nothing can stop them)

 

WEST: Dodgers (Their pitching staff is awsome)

 

WILD CARD: Reds (I got to see them in Spring Training down in Fort Myers, and they really impressed me)

 

NLDS: Reds > Braves Cards > Dodgers

 

NLCS: Reds > Cards (In 7 games)

 

World SERIES

 

Yanks > Reds

 

all hell breaks loose.... damn yankees

[Sox fan in Tex]

We'll just hope your wrong mannyman

[Manny24]

Amen dude... i hope Im dead wrong.

[Sox fan in Tex]

Your probably right to an extent though. I saw the Reds play last year in Cincy and they have a very improved team...I don't know if it's enough to take them to the World Series, but I'd give it a year or two and they'll be there.

[element1151]

In fact I picked up a couple of Reds players for Fantasy baseball this year for a couple of my teams.

[ahhchon]

American League

 

EAST: Yanks (I hate to say it but there pitching staff is nasty... ol steinbrenner did it again)

 

not as nasty as my fantasy pitching staff of:

 

johnson, sheets, petey, zito, sabathia (yeah, i know he's injured) and kazmir.. MWA HA HA HA HA, K/9 is one of the categories. my god am i going to DESTROY everyone in that.

 

john

[Soxfan1]

American League

East W L PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST NL L10 STRK

Baltimore 32 22 .593 - 17-14 15-8 18-8 9-10 4-2 1-2 4-6 L2

Boston 30 24 .556 2.0 16-8 14-16 15-16 3-1 10-6 2-1 5-5 W2

Toronto 29 26 .527 3.5 14-12 15-14 15-10 6-9 6-6 2-1 5-5 W1

New York 27 27 .500 5.0 16-13 11-14 10-16 3-4 12-6 2-1 4-6 L6

Tampa Bay 20 35 .364 12.5 16-14 4-21 8-16 4-9 8-7 0-3 5-5 W1

 

Central W L PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST NL L10 STRK

Chicago 36 18 .667 - 18-7 18-11 6-4 19-4 9-9 2-1 5-5 W1

Minnesota 32 21 .604 3.5 17-10 15-11 9-4 16-12 5-4 2-1 7-3 W3

Detroit 26 26 .500 9.0 13-14 13-12 8-8 10-11 7-5 1-2 6-4 W3

Cleveland 25 28 .472 10.5 11-13 14-15 2-1 12-18 9-8 2-1 5-5 L3

Kansas City 17 37 .315 19.0 11-17 6-20 8-8 5-17 3-10 1-2 4-6 W4

 

West W L PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST NL L10 STRK

Los Angeles 31 23 .574 - 15-11 16-12 2-2 16-14 11-6 2-1 5-5 L1

Texas 30 23 .566 0.5 17-12 13-11 6-6 12-9 9-8 3-0 7-3 L3

Seattle 22 31 .415 8.5 11-16 11-15 8-14 6-6 6-10 2-1 4-6 L1

Oakland 21 33 .389 10.0 13-13 8-20 11-18 2-4 7-9 1-2 4-6 L1

 

National League

East W L PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST AL L10 STRK

Florida 28 24 .538 - 18-12 10-12 15-14 5-5 5-5 3-0 2-8 L1

Atlanta 29 25 .537 - 17-7 12-18 18-14 7-3 3-6 1-2 4-6 L2

Washington 29 26 .527 0.5 16-9 13-17 14-13 6-7 8-4 1-2 5-5 W2

New York 28 26 .519 1.0 18-10 10-16 15-15 10-8 2-1 1-2 5-5 W2

Philadelphia 27 27 .500 2.0 13-10 14-17 12-18 9-7 4-1 2-1 7-3 W3

 

Central W L PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST AL L10 STRK

St. Louis 35 19 .648 - 17-10 18-9 7-8 20-4 6-6 2-1 7-3 W1

Chicago 28 25 .528 6.5 15-12 13-13 4-5 14-12 9-6 1-2 7-3 L1

Milwaukee 26 28 .481 9.0 15-11 11-17 4-6 14-14 7-6 1-2 5-5 W1

Pittsburgh 25 28 .472 9.5 11-14 14-14 4-1 12-19 9-8 0-0 6-4 W1

Cincinnati 21 33 .389 14.0 15-14 6-19 9-7 9-19 2-5 1-2 5-5 L3

Houston 20 33 .377 14.5 15-11 5-22 2-10 15-16 3-4 0-3 5-5 L1

 

West W L PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST AL L10 STRK

San Diego 34 21 .618 - 19-6 15-15 6-0 12-7 15-12 1-2 7-3 W1

Arizona 30 24 .556 3.5 16-12 14-12 3-6 5-5 20-12 2-1 4-6 L2

Los Angeles 27 27 .500 6.5 13-15 14-12 3-6 6-8 17-11 1-2 4-6 L1

San Francisco 23 29 .442 9.5 14-15 9-14 1-5 7-6 13-17 2-1 3-7 L7 Colorado 17 36 .321 16.0 13-13 4-23 4-5 5-10 8-21 0-0 4-6 W2

 

This is what we have so fan and nobodys close in the AL. Notice the yanks lost 6 in a row.

[Sizzlin22]

American League

 

EAST: Yanks (I hate to say it but there pitching staff is nasty... ol steinbrenner did it again)

 

CENTRAL: Twins (They always manage to slip silently into the post season)

 

WEST: Los Angelas Angels of Anaheim of Souther California of 13th street or watever the hell their called

 

WILD CARD: RedSox (YEHAW!)

 

ALDS: RedSox > Angels Yanks > Twins (sound familier?)

 

ALCS: Yanks > Red Sox (In 6 games) (THe yanks pitching is to damn deep... prove me wrong redsox PLEASE)

 

National League

 

EAST: Braves (They always do it)

 

CENTRAL: Cards (With the addition of Mulder nothing can stop them)

 

WEST: Dodgers (Their pitching staff is awsome)

 

WILD CARD: Reds (I got to see them in Spring Training down in Fort Myers, and they really impressed me)

 

NLDS: Reds > Braves Cards > Dodgers

 

NLCS: Reds > Cards (In 7 games)

 

World SERIES

 

Yanks > Reds

 

all hell breaks loose.... damn yankees

Yep that Yankee pitching staff has been DOMINAT :lol:

[schillingouttheks]

Haha...who saw that coming??? At least Steinny can still say it looks nasty on paper...

[CalvnHobs6]

I hate predicting things. That said, here are my predictions:

 

AL East: Red Sox

AL Central: Minnesota

AL West: Anaheim

AL Wild Card: Oakland. Oh yes, I went there. Yanks' 67 million dollar rotation a bust. Finish 3rd ALEast to the Sox and Drays. Lovin' it.

 

NL East: Atlanta. It's been said before and will be said again. You just can't dethrone these guys.

NL Central: Chicago. I don't know why. Maybe just the idea that Prior-Wood-Zambrano will be effective.

NL West: Dodgers. Proabably. But I'd love to see the DBacks turn it around and make this a race to the finish.

NL Wild Card: St. Louis. This was a tough one between NY and STL, and I do think Pedro and Carlos will have outstanding seasons, but STL is just a powerhouse. Their offense makes me want to throw up. And I have a tough time predicting against a team with Pujols in their lineup.

 

Playoffs. I don't know. Way too early. That said, here are my predictions:

AL Division

Boston over Oakland

Anaheim over Minnesota

AL Championship

Boston over Minnesota

NL Division

Chicago over Atlanta

St Louis over Los Angeles

NL Championship

Chicago over St Louis

World Series

Boston over Chicago. Booyakasha.

 

Diamondbacks WS Champs '06!!!!! Holler.

 

I just wanted to quote myself. I was in a really f***ed up mood that day. I'll update my predictions:

ALEast: Sox

ALCent: Twins (sticking to my guns)

ALWest: Angels

ALWild: ChiSox (Oakland? What was I thinking?)

NLEast: Braves (still)

NLCent: StLouis (my bad on the Chicago Pick)

NLWest: DBacks (absolutely)

NLWild: Marlins

[Moose]

Here was prediction last offseason on a different message board:

 

AL East- Yankees

AL Central- White Sox

AL West- Angels

AL Wildcard- Red Sox

 

NL East- Mets

NL Central- Cardinals

NL West- Dodgers

NL Wildcard- Marlins

 

ALDS- Angels over the Yankees, Red Sox over the White Sox

NLDS- Dodgers over the Mets, Astros over the Marlins

 

ALCS- Red Sox over the Angels

NLCS- Astros over the Dodgers

 

WS- Red Sox over the Astros (5 games)

 

 

(All-star game: 12-3 rout. NL wins, haha.)

[schillingouttheks]

Say...is that YOUR prediction as of RIGHT NOW?

[Moose]

Dude, I have no idea.

[Sox fan in Tex]

Hey Soxfan#1, you know what you also notice? Your pathetic M's are playing like crap, while those MIGHTY Minnesota Twins are fighting for another shot at the playoffs. I should already start thinking of ideas for you to put in your sig.

[Zenny]

OK, here's my updated thoughts on the playoffs, just for shits and giggles at the 1/3 marker:

 

AL East- Baltimore

AL Central- Minnesotta

AL West- Texas (with Chris Young, not Kenny Rogers, as their best pitcher)

AL Wild Card- White Sox (not Red Sox)

 

NL East- Nationals (great bullpen)

NL Central- Cardinals

NL West- Padres

NL Wild Card- Phillies

 

Twins over Rangers

White Sox over O's

 

Cardinals over Phillies

Padres over Nationals

 

Twins over White Sox

Padres over Cardinals

 

Twins over Padres in 7

[DOrtiz4prez]

AL East- Baltimore

AL Central- White Sox

AL West- Angels

AL Wildcard- Red Sox

 

NL East- Phillies believe it or not

NL Central- Cardinals

NL West- D-Back baby

NL Wildcard- Mets

 

Red Sox over White Sox

Baltimore over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim- psh

Mets over Cards

Phillies over Dbacks

 

Red Sox over Baltimore

Mets over Phillies

 

Red Sox over Mets

 

All depends on health, if Schilling comes back nice and healthy, and Wells, then this is my guess. If Kerry Wood and Mark Prior are both healthy than I got the Cubs all the way.

[Sizzlin22]

I guess if we're updating.......

 

AL ...

East- Sox

Central- White Sox

West - Texas

WC- Angels

 

NL...

East-Mets

Central-Cardinals

West- Dodgers

WC- Nationals (who wudda thunk it?)

 

AL Divisonal...

White Sox over Angels

Red Sox over Rangers

 

NL Divisional...

Cardinals over Nationals

Mets over Dodgers

 

ALCS...

White Sox over Red Sox

 

NLCS...

Cardinals over Mets

 

World Series...

Cardinals over White Sox in 6

 

 

 

I would like to point out that so far no ones updated predictions have the Yankees in the playoffs.... It's a beautiful thing baby.

[element1151]

Hey Soxfan#1, you know what you also notice? Your pathetic M's are playing like crap, while those MIGHTY Minnesota Twins are fighting for another shot at the playoffs. I should already start thinking of ideas for you to put in your sig.

Ah, yes, but the Mariners are in 3rd place, and the Yankees are in 4th place!

[Are U Kidding Me]

AL East- Baltimore

AL Central- White Sox

AL West- Angels

AL Wildcard- Red Sox

 

NL East- Phillies believe it or not

NL Central- Cardinals

NL West- D-Back baby

NL Wildcard- Mets

 

Red Sox over White Sox

Baltimore over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim- psh

Mets over Cards

Phillies over Dbacks

 

Red Sox over Baltimore

Mets over Phillies

 

Red Sox over Mets

 

All depends on health, if Schilling comes back nice and healthy, and Wells, then this is my guess. If Kerry Wood and Mark Prior are both healthy than I got the Cubs all the way.

 

 

Red Sox over Mets?? No way either of these teams are going to be in the World Series. I'm not trying to be a party pooper here but come on? You can't be serious. Both teams are playing like garbage.

 

I think St Louis Cards will beat the White Sox in seven games.

[Youk Of The Nation]

We ALL know whats going to happen, no one wants to admit it is all.

 

 

After wild card battles and a sudden spurt of winning for both teams, The Colorado Rockies will face the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2005 World Series. They will fight each other tooth and nail through six one run games, until the final game, which will turn into a 14-inning epic pitchers duel between Byun-Hung Kim and Mark Hendrickson. Finally, in the top of the 14th, Todd Helton will crush a grand slam into the upper seats of Coors field, only to be taken down a notch by a 6-run 14th by Tampa Bay.

[See Red]

Red Sox over Mets?? No way either of these teams are going to be in the World Series. I'm not trying to be a party pooper here but come on? You can't be serious. Both teams are playing like garbage.

 

I think St Louis Cards will beat the White Sox in seven games.

 

At this point last year, the Red Sox were playing far worse than they are right now.

[Are U Kidding Me]

At this point last year, the Red Sox were playing far worse than they are right now.

 

 

Thats true. But theres no way the mets are going to the World Series. lol!!!

[example1]

The sox still have a great chance to get to the World Series. They have a great lineup that is starting to come together. They have played, what, 3 of their last 5 series against #1 teams (Cards, Angels, Braves (at the time)) and have played very few home games. Manny seems to be coming around a little bit, Wells, Clement and Arroyo have been solid (young-Bronson looked GREAT last game) and Millar has stepped it up with one of his absurd-runs over the past two weeks or so.

 

The biggest concern is Embree right now. Hands down! But Embree is a veteran, he can't be this bad all year, can he? I don't think so.

[Soxfan1]

Anybody else think that the nationals will hold up.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Anybody else think that the nationals will hold up.

 

 

I do. Im rooting for them in the Series this year. Actually, my no-longer-secret dream is to see a Wild Card Mariners and Washington Nationals Series this year.

[Sox fan in Tex]

I watched them against the Rangers last night... two teams up at the top of their division and the Nationals just got smashed (8-1)... they will DEFINITELY have to play better than when I saw them.

[ORS]

We ALL know whats going to happen, no one wants to admit it is all.

 

 

After wild card battles and a sudden spurt of winning for both teams, The Colorado Rockies will face the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2005 World Series. They will fight each other tooth and nail through six one run games, until the final game, which will turn into a 14-inning epic pitchers duel between Byun-Hung Kim and Mark Hendrickson. Finally, in the top of the 14th, Todd Helton will crush a grand slam into the upper seats of Coors field, only to be taken down a notch by a 6-run 14th by Tampa Bay.

 

 

Todd Helton bats in the bottom half of the inning at Coors field....would be a great series though!

[Manny Goes Boom]

We ALL know whats going to happen, no one wants to admit it is all.

 

 

After wild card battles and a sudden spurt of winning for both teams, The Colorado Rockies will face the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2005 World Series. They will fight each other tooth and nail through six one run games, until the final game, which will turn into a 14-inning epic pitchers duel between Byun-Hung Kim and Mark Hendrickson. Finally, in the top of the 14th, Todd Helton will crush a grand slam into the upper seats of Coors field, only to be taken down a notch by a 6-run 14th by Tampa Bay.

 

 

LOL

[Sox fan in Tex]

That'd be great... hey, the D-Rays won 12 in a row during the summer last year, maybe they can win 30 or so in a row this time around.

[Sizzlin22]

That'd be great... hey, the D-Rays won 12 in a row during the summer last year

Like the Yankees this summer.