Tuesday, March 29, 2011

2011 Season Predictions

AL East

  1. Boston Red Sox. Money talks.

  2. New York Yankees. Freddy Garcia. Bartolo Colon. Yep. A distant 2nd.

  3. Tampa Bay Rays

  4. Baltimore Orioles

  5. Toronto Blue Jays


AL Central

  1. Chicago White Sox

  2. Detroit Tigers

  3. Minnesota Twins. I just can't get behind their rotation.

  4. Kansas City Royals

  5. Cleveland Indians. At least the promotions department is top class.


AL West

  1. Los Angeles Angels. Top 2 SP's seperate them from Texas.

  2. Texas Rangers. Cliff Lee looks great...wait....

  3. Oakland Athletics. Brad Pitt can't go far with these guys.

  4. Seattle Mariners


NL East

  1. Philadelphia Phillies.

  2. Atlanta Braves. A Very Good Team.

  3. Florida Marlins

  4. Washington Nationals

  5. New York Mets


NL Central

  1. Cincinnati Reds. Depth+Age+Defense=94-68

  2. Milwaukee Brewers

  3. St. Louis Cardinals

  4. Houston Astros

  5. Pittsburgh Pirates


NL West


  1. San Francisco Giants

  2. Colorado Rockies. Surprise NL team of 2011. Maybe.

  3. San Diego Padres

  4. Los Angeles Dodgers

  5. Arizona Diamondbacks


CY Young

AL- Justin Verlander, Tigers.

NL- Tim Lincecum, Giants


MVP

AL- Adrian Gonzalez, Red Sox

NL- Albert Pujols, Cardinals The Contract Year of all contract years. If only the MLB worked like the NFL with their elite. Will be a sad day for MLB if he's a Yankee in 2012.


HR Champ

AL- Adrian Gonzalez, Red Sox

NL- Jay Bruce, Reds


Playoffs:

Reds over Braves

Phillies over Giants

Phillies over Reds


Red Sox over Tigers

White Sox over Angels

Red Sox over White Sox


Red Sox over Phillies*


* So obvious and vanilla, I hope I am wrong.