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Subject: 2007 Predictions
Posted by: Mattinglyinthehall
- Leader [01629107] Wed, Mar 21, 2007, 15:18
ALE: Yanks
ALC: ChiSox
ALW: Angels
Wildcard: Red Sox
NLE: Mets
NLC: Cubs
NLW: Dodgers
Wildcard: Phillies
WS: Yanks over Cubs
AL MVP: ARod
AL CY: Javier Vazquez
AL ROY: Alex Gordon
AL Comeback Player: Hideki Matsui
NL MVP: Pujols
NL CY: C Zambrano
NL ROY: Mike Pelfrey
NL Comeback Player: Kerry Wood (with 30 saves)
Random predictions:
1.Ichiro is a monster in his contract year and the hapless Mariners trade him to a sagging contender, possibly the Red Sox, which he elevates into the playoffs.
2.Santana gets hurt and Halladay is limited with arm trouble, leaving the CY battle wide open, allowing Vazquez to take it with his best season in the AL.
3. Roger Clemens will be a non-factor, wherever he plays. |
| 1 | blue hen
Leader
ID: 710321114
Wed, Mar 21, 2007, 15:43
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NLCS - Phils over DBacks
ALCS - A's over Indians
World Series - Phils over A's
MVP: Utley and Sizemore
CY: Peavy and Bonderman (Santana hurt)
ROY: J. Upton and Gordon (Matsuzaka 13-10, 4.04)
- Roger Clemens doesn't play.
- In addition to Santana, Michael Young and Carlos Zambrano go out for the year in April, and people get mad.
- Mark Prior pitches 130 innings, with 140 K's, and whatever else I said in the RIBC thread.
- Gil Meche is good. 16-11, 3.77.
- Oliver Perez gets hurt in April and May but rebounds to finish 9-8 with 177 K's in 140 innings.
- Justin Upton comes up in May and sets the world on fire. He gets some MVP votes.
- Chris Burke leads the NL with 63 steals.
- Ryan Howard is World Series MVP.
- Nick Johnson hits .379 (with .477 OBP) in 128 at-bats, all in August and September. The Nats are too far back to care.
- Jonathan Broxton takes over in late April and records 35 saves.
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| 2 | blue hen
Leader
ID: 710321114
Wed, Mar 21, 2007, 15:45
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Oh, I forgot Ichiro. He gets traded. Not sure to who. Could it be the Brewers, making a playoff push?
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| 3 | KrazyKoalaBears
ID: 15023167
Wed, Mar 21, 2007, 16:02
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ALE: NYY
ALC: MIN
ALW: OAK
Wild: DET
NLE: FLA
NLC: STL
NLW: ARI
Wild: NYM
ALCS: MIN over NYY
NLCS: FLA over NYM
WS: MIN over FLA
AL Cy: Santana
NL Cy: Carpenter
AL ROY: D.Young
NL Roy: Kouzmanoff
AL MVP: A-Rod
NL MVP: Pujols
Random Predictions
- SEA shells out the big bucks to keep Ichiro.
- Clemens pitches for NYY and makes a case for CY. Ends up with too little because of missed time.
- Griffey comes in under 400 AB.
- Santana comes in 2nd place in AL MVP voting.
- BoSox never decide on a single closer and it costs them their season.
- WAS almost wins the NL Wild Card (1 game back)
- Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's record and EVERY TV channel has a story about "Asterisk or No Asterisk?" 60 Minutes, Dateline NBC, and CNN all devote an entire show to the topic.
- Mike Scioscia will either get fired or be asked to leave.
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| 6 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Wed, Mar 21, 2007, 23:49
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NYY BOS(WC) TOR BAL TB
CLE MIN CWS DET KC
LAA OAK TEX SEA
PHI NYM(WC) ATL FLA WAS
HOU CHI STL MIL CIN PIT
LAD SF SD ARI COL
ALCS - NYY over BOS
NLCS - LAD over NYM
WS - NYY over LAD
AL CY - Halladay
NL CY - Sheets
AL MVP - V Wells
NL MVP - Soriano
AL ROY - Matsuzaka
NL ROY - Chris Young (AZ)
AL MOY - Torre
NL MOY - Grady Little
MISC -
- Torre's final season. New NYY MGR 2008 - Joe Girardi
- Bonds finishes with 761, just because it has 61 in it.
- Nats lose 115 games
- First manager fired - Mike Hargrove
- MacGwire tells all
- Clemens - joins Red Sox as closer - no just kidding, Sox convince Papelbon to return to closer role, Rocket becomes Red Sox.
- Sosa - bust and retires mid year.
- All Star Game - AL 9 NL 3.
- 500 HR club welcomes Thomas (needs 13), Thome (28), Manny (30), ARod (36). Sheff (45) falls short.
- Sosa does not reach 600 HR - needs 12, nor does Griffey (needs 37).
- 300 win club welcomes...Glavine (needs 10, gets 11). Johnson (needs 20) falls 10 short.
- no 50 HR hitters now that all teams have to store baseballs in moisture free closet like Coors did last season.
- Pete Rose confesses to Linburgh baby kidnapping and Kennedy assasination.
- Pedro goes 2-6 with 4.30 ERA from mid-July through season's end.
- Big Unit goes 10-10 with D-Backs.
- No hitter thrown by David Bush.
- blue hen declares his love for Ollie Perez.
- D-Rays playing 3 games in Disney vs Texas goes totally unnoticed.
- 10 post season games end after midnight in the Eastern time zone.
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| 7 | Building 7
Sustainer
ID: 171572711
Thu, Mar 22, 2007, 11:30
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The winner of the All-Star game will not have home-field advantage in the World Series.
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| 8 | jeff
ID: 17256239
Fri, Mar 23, 2007, 12:19
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just a note- denver tends to lack humidity, their 'humidor' adds moisture to the ball
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| 9 | Seattle Zen
ID: 46315247
Fri, Mar 23, 2007, 21:12
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AL Least: BoSox
AL Cent: Minn
AL West: LAA
WC: Tigers
NL East: Phi
NL Cent: Mil
NL West: Dodgers
WC: NYMets
LAA beat Minn
BoSox beat Tigers
Sox beat Angels
Phi sweep Dodgers (No Jose Lima, no way)
Mets beat Mil
Mets beat Phi
Bill Buckner throws out first pitch of Red Sox v. Mets WS. Red Sox win.
AL MVP: David Ortiz
NL MVP: Matt Holliday
AL CY: Santana
NL CY: Peavy
AL ROY: Matsuzaka-san
NL ROY: Tim Lincecum
Ichiro resigns with the M's for a ridiculous figure. Young Japanese girls continue to spend thousands of dollars flying to Seattle to watch him play live.
Bonds breaks record.
Three pitchers win 20 games
Five closers save 40 games
Three sluggers top 50 HR's
David Wright sucks so bad that people start "MLB2007 cover" conspiracy theories. Mets win without his contribution.
[undrafted] kicks ass! Will get drafted next year in round 7!
Yankees suck, this time we don't get the pleasure of watching them stink in the post season.
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| 10 | Seattle Zen
ID: 86541617
Sun, Sep 30, 2007, 20:47
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The real reason the Phillies came back to win the NL East: they looked back at this thread and said, "hey, we can't let Seattle Zen down, man!".
Stupid Ben Sheets ruined my Milwaukee pick. I hate the Dodgers and hate them even more for making me look stupid. I still don't know how Arizona ended up with the NL's best record.
Bonds breaks record. Yup
Three pitchers win 20 games. Well, Peavy may make it 2 tomorrow.
Five closers save 40 games Yup, actually six.
Three sluggers top 50 HR's Well, Holliday may make it three tomorrow, if he hits fourteen :)
David Wright sucks so bad that people start "MLB2007 cover" conspiracy theories. Yup... in April (0 HR's, 3 sb's, .244 ave). I stopped paying attention after that. Did he ever pick it up?
[undrafted] kicks ass! He sure did! But now he's at the top of my "most likely to slide back" list.
Yankees suck, this time we don't get the pleasure of watching them stink in the post season. No, the Tigers ended up sucking more. We will get the pleasure of watching the Yankees go out in the first round yet again.
Make sure to watch history being made tomorrow. How could you not vote for Matt Holliday for NL MVP after he hits 14 homers to send the Padres home?!?!?!
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| 11 | KrazyKoalaBears
ID: 48573020
Sun, Sep 30, 2007, 22:57
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My predictions for this were pretty much a reflection of my fantasy baseball year...
ALE: NYY, ALC: MIN, ALW: OAK, Wild: DET
Well, at least the Yankees made the playoffs.
NLE: FLA, NLC: STL, NLW: ARI, Wild: NYM
My ARI pick would look great if everything else weren't so bad.
AL Cy: Santana, NL Cy: Carpenter, AL ROY: D.Young, NL Roy: Kouzmanoff, AL MVP: A-Rod, NL MVP: Pujols
Well, A-Rod was likely right.
Random Predictions
- SEA shells out the big bucks to keep Ichiro.
5-year deal for $90M! I got one right. I really got one right!
- Clemens pitches for NYY and makes a case for CY. Ends up with too little because of missed time.
Yeah, just ignore that Cy Young part.
- Griffey comes in under 400 AB.
What I meant to say was that Griffey would have more ABs than any previous season since joining the Reds.
- Santana comes in 2nd place in AL MVP voting.
Or not.
- BoSox never decide on a single closer and it costs them their season.
Or not.
- WAS almost wins the NL Wild Card (1 game back)
I'm such a homer.
- Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's record and EVERY TV channel has a story about "Asterisk or No Asterisk?" 60 Minutes, Dateline NBC, and CNN all devote an entire show to the topic.
Well, he did break the record and there was a lot of talk about the asterisk. Just not quite as much as predicted.
- Mike Scioscia will either get fired or be asked to leave.
And by "either get fired or be asked to leave," I mean his team will win the AL West.
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| 12 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Sun, Sep 30, 2007, 23:32
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My picks were not too bad.
NYY BOS(WC) TOR BAL TB
CLE MIN CWS DET KC
LAA OAK TEX SEA
I got all 4 AL playoff teams correct and mixed results on the also rans
PHI NYM(WC) ATL FLA WAS
HOU CHI STL MIL CIN PIT
LAD SF SD ARI COL
One playoff team. Totally botched NL West
ALCS - NYY over BOS
NLCS - LAD over NYM
WS - NYY over LAD
We'll hope the Yankees salvage my post season selections
AL CY - Halladay 16-7 3.71 but not top 5
NL CY - Sheets 12-5 3.82 missed to much of season
AL MVP - V Wells .245 16 80, not earning big salary (yet)
NL MVP - Soriano .295 32 67 but important cog in Cubs resurgence
AL ROY - Matsuzaka decent season, not even Rookie of Year for team
NL ROY - Chris Young (AZ) 32 HR.
AL MOY - Torre Probably nailed it (or Wedge)
NL MOY - Grady Little umm, nope.
MISC -
- Torre's final season. New NYY MGR 2008 - Joe Girardi He hung from a thread mid season, probably saved his job. Who knows, another ring and he may go out on top, and everyone thinks Mattingly will be next.
- Bonds finishes with 761, just because it has 61 in it. 762 !
- Nats lose 115 games Nope. Even played only 1 game under .500 at home. Respectable last week of season as spoiler.
- First manager fired - Mike Hargrove First to go, but not fired
- MacGwire tells all Not yet
- Clemens - joins Red Sox as closer - no just kidding, Sox convince Papelbon to return to closer role, Rocket becomes Red Sox. Oh my goodness gracious, Rocket was a Yankee again. Papelbon did close for Boston.
- Sosa - bust and retires mid year. Nope. Texas was probably happy with 21 HR, 92 RBI in 100 games
- All Star Game - AL 9 NL 3. AL won 5-4
- 500 HR club welcomes Thomas (needs 13), Thome (28), Manny (30), ARod (36). Sheff (45) falls short. Not that I should get credit, it was pretty chalk. Just missed on Manny still 10 away.
- Sosa does not reach 600 HR - needs 12, nor does Griffey (needs 37). Sosa yes, Griff 7 shy.
- 300 win club welcomes...Glavine (needs 10, gets 11). Johnson (needs 20) falls 10 short. Glavine wins 13. Unit 4-3 in 10 starts.
- no 50 HR hitters now that all teams have to store baseballs in moisture free closet like Coors did last season. Nope. ARod & Cecil's kid.
- Pete Rose confesses to Linburgh baby kidnapping and Kennedy assasination. Quiet year from Rose.
- Pedro goes 2-6 with 4.30 ERA from mid-July through season's end. 3-1 2.57 in 5 Sept starts.
- Big Unit goes 10-10 with D-Backs. 10 starts.
- No hitter thrown by David Bush. Verlander, Buhrle, Buckholz.
- blue hen declares his love for Ollie Perez. like predicting the sunrise
- D-Rays playing 3 games in Disney vs Texas goes totally unnoticed. I told you so
- 10 post season games end after midnight in the Eastern time zone. Please be wrong!
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| 13 | blue hen
ID: 16322314
Mon, Oct 01, 2007, 14:24
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Now wait a minute. I only had Olly in one league (plus a few starts in TSN). Granted, this guy in a keeper league with me won't shut up because he had Olly after I didn't keep him after 2005.
My predictions were alright - Phils, DBacks, and Indians in the final four looks pretty good. Peavy will probably win the Cy and Utley's a decent MVP candidate.
And Justin Upton did set the world on fire but it was in August and only lasted a week or two.
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