Prediction Thread (We'll pull this up at year's end)

List any predictions you may have for the upcoming season. This will be interesting to look back on as the season progresses.

AL 1st Round
NY Yankees deafeat Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox defeat Oakland Athetics

NL 1st Round
Houston Astros deafeat Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta Braves defeat Arizona Diamondbacks

AL 2nd Round
NY Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox

NL 2nd Round
Houston Astros defeat Atlanta Braves

World Series
NY Yankees defeat Houston Astros in 5 games

Season MVP: Jason Giambi

Those are just a few. I may add some later. Add on fellas.

MBpicks.com

 

[SSI]

first one for me,,, braves win 12th division title in a row.... jake, im a mega braves fan, since 1976.. dont agree with you on astro's,, cubs win- cubs win, cubs win,, the central that is... dusty gets it done..

The People's Champ

 

Cubs? In 2 years they will. I don't think it's their time yet. If they can keep Sammy and their pitching, 2 years they will have a chance at the series. I am huge on the Astros this year. Oswalt and Miller are both studs. Carlos Hernandez should be ready. They will have studly pitching, and with Jeff Kent and the core they had, I have them as the 3rd best team in the majors this year. They will surprise alot of people. Or so I hope.

 

[KMAN]

NL West
1. San Fransisco
2. Arizona
3. Los Angeles
4. San Diego
5. Colorado

NL Central
1. St Louis
2. Houston
3. Cincinnati
4. Chicago
5. Pittsburgh
6. Milwaukee

NL East
1. Philadelphia
2. Atlanta
3. NY Mets
4. Montreal
5. Florida


AL West
1. Seattle
2. Oakland
3. Anaheim
4. Texas


Al Central
1. Minnesota
2. Chicago
3. Cleveland
4. Kansas City
5. Detroit


AL East
1. New York
2. Boston
3. Baltimore
4. Toronto
5. Tampa Bay


AL Championship
NY beats Seattle

NL Championship
St Louis beats San Francisco

World Series
St Louis beats NY Yankees


KMAN

[This message was edited by KMAN on 02-05-03 at 10:47 AM.]

 

[SpaciousK]

So KMan.

Do you think Milwaukee will be disbanded?

Space

 

[TRYING2WIN!]

Prediction.......Arizona and the YANKEES....Winner D backs!!!!!!

 

Yankees win!

 

[KMAN]

Spacious K - Thanks for bringing to my attention that I left out Milwaukee. Not that it matters

. I guess I forgot that Milwaukee was still a Pro team.

KMAN

 

[SpaciousK]

Kman: That is certainly understandable. No disrespect intended.

Space

 

[Hardwaymoney]

minnesota and philly in the series

minnesota wins in 6

 

[monkey82]

Jake,

Carlos Hernandez is out for the season. Shane Reynolds is coming back after missing a season. Craig Biggio will be playing in the outfield. Do you really think that the Astros have what it takes to win a pennant? They have a lot of things to sort out, it seems.

 

Monkey, I know it is a stretch, but I think they'll be able to do some damage this year with their explosive offense (Kent in the mix) and their two studs. It was a really tough call, and could definately go either way, but I think they have enough firepower to get the job done. We'll see. Good luck this year buddy.

 

[SSI]

braves and cubs both win their respective divisions,,, remember this jake and who told you...

The People's Champ

 

[FunkSoulBrother]

I'll take my shot at the AL central:

Minnesota
Chicago
KC

Cleveland
Detroit

 

[BoZZi]

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[Ave Atlantica]

NL West: San Francisco
NL Central: Houston
NL East: NY Mets
Wildcard: Philadelphia

NL Champs: Philadelphia


AL West: Oakland
AL Central: Minnesota
AL East: NY Yankees
Wildcard: Boston

AL Champs: Oakland

World Series: Oakland in 6

 

[SpaciousK]

Texas over Los Angeles

Stop laughing, please.

First, I have no loyalty towards the Rangers. But Showalter will make an immediate impact. With the additions of Urbina, Yan, and Fultz in the bullpen, plus the return of Zimmerman and the axing of Rocker, this unit will be greatly improved from last year's version.
I Rod's loss will hurt, but Gonzalez is as healthy as ever, and Everett should return to form. Mench is ready to break out, and with Blalock and potentially Texiera, they'll have a good mix of youth and experience offensively.
The starting pitching, as always is the question. Park averaged 15 wins the previous five years before a bad hammy ruined last season for him. Valdes returns, and had a 3.90 ERA for Texas before he was sent to Seattle. Ryan Drese ranked second among AL rookies in starts, wins, and K's.
Farfetched? Maybe. But at these odds I'll take it.

Texas OVER 81 wins -110
Texas to win AL pennant +2500
Texas to win World Series +5500

All lines from Pinnacle.

Good luck to all,
Space.

 

Anyone else?

 

One more:

Roy Oswalt claims the NL Cy Young.

 

[KMAN]

BoZZi - Which team do you like?

KMAN