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0 Subject: 2014 Season Predictions

Posted by: Khahan
- [16341313] Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 19:54

I think I skipped posting in this thread last year. That made me sad.

AL East: Boston
AL Central: Detroit
AL West: LA Angels
WC: Oak, KC

NL East: Nationals
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC: St Louis, Pitt

WS: Dodgers over the Tigers in 6

AL RoY: Not on any opening day roster
NL RoY: Billy Hamilton
AL CY Young: Verlander
NL Cy Young: Gio Gonzalez (wait, what?)
AL MVP: Mike Trout
NL MVP: Joey Votto
AL Comeback player: Grady Sizemore
NL Comeback player: Matt Kemp

I may add some other random predictions later.

1Khahan
      ID: 16341313
      Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 19:55
Oh, 1 other for now:
The Dodgers open the season 2-0 before most any other team even plays a game. Figured I'd go out on a limb.
2Perm Dude
      ID: 431013412
      Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 21:12
AL East: TB
AL Central: Cleveland
AL West: LA Angels
WC: NYY, KC

NL East: Washington
NL Central: Pittsburgh
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC: Cincy, Arizona

WS: Washington over TB in 5

AL RoY: Jose Abreau
NL RoY: Kolten Wong, r/u Gregory Polanco
AL CY Young: Feliz Hernandez r/u Drew Smyly
NL Cy Young: Stephen Strasburg r/u Adam Wainwright
AL MVP: Mike Trout r/u Prince Fielder
NL MVP: Carlos Gonzalez r/u Andrew McCutchen
AL Comeback player: Grady Sizemore r/u Rickie Weeks
NL Comeback player: Albert Pujols

AL Mgr of the Year: Ned Yost ?
NL Mgr of the Year: Matt Williams
3Khahan
      ID: 16341313
      Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 22:40
Hey PD - might want to check your NL comeback player of the year.
4Evan
      ID: 29181714
      Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 08:31
AL East: Boston
AL Central: KC
AL West: Oakland
WC: DET, NYY

NL East: Nationals
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC: Reds, Padres

WS: Nationals over the Athletics in 5

AL RoY: Jose Abreu
NL RoY: Billy Hamilton
AL CY Young: Yu Darvish
NL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw
AL MVP: Mike Trout
NL MVP: Joey Votto
AL Comeback player: Mark Teixeira
NL Comeback player: Matt Kemp
5Perm Dude
      ID: 431013412
      Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 09:58
Oops! Originally put him down for winning it in the AL, then with the editing I never picked an NL guy! My pick: Josh Beckett
6blue hen
      ID: 4739168
      Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 11:44
AL East: Boston
AL Central: Detroit
AL West: Oakland
WC: KC, NYY

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC: Reds, Padres

WS: A's over the Reds in 7

AL RoY: Jose Abreu
NL RoY: Billy Hamilton
AL CY Young: Yu Darvish
NL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw
AL MVP: Mike Trout
NL MVP: Bryce Harper
8JeffG
      ID: 2654157
      Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 12:22
ALE: TB NYY* Bos Tor Bal
ALC: Det KC* Cle Chi Min
ALW: Oak Tex Sea LAA Hou
ALCS: TB over NYY

NLE: Was Atl* NYM Mia Phi
NLC: Cin Mil StL Pit Chi
NLW: LA Ari* SF SD Col
NLCS LA over Was

WS: TB over LAD

CY: Sale, Kershaw
MVP: Trout (of course) with Choo second, Goldsmith
ROY: Tanaka, Syndergaard
MOY: Yost, Mattingly
American Idol Season 13 winner: Caleb

First mgr fired: Scioscia
No hitter: Grienke

Cano in Seattle - Solid MVP candidate type year.
Xander Bogaerts - Bust
Pujols - Bounce back
9blue hen
      ID: 4739168
      Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 14:04
Scratch that, NOT Darvish. I'll go with Jered Weaver for AL Cy Young.
10blue hen
      ID: 4739168
      Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 14:04
Scratch that, NOT Darvish. I'll go with Jered Weaver for AL Cy Young.
11GO
      ID: 292502110
      Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 14:22
AL East: Tampa
AL Central: Detroit
AL West: LA Angels
WC: Boston, Oak

NL East: Washington
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC: Reds, Giants

WS: Tampa over Nationals in 6

AL RoY: Xander Bogaerts
NL RoY: George Springer
AL CY Young: Felix
NL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw
AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera
NL MVP: Bryce Harper
AL Comeback player: Mark Teixeira
NL Comeback player: Matt Kemp

Things I think I predict...
I predict a significant Darvish injury this year (beyond the current soreness).
Toronto will still not be very good.
Yanks realize they should have paid Cano
The Phillies are an aging disaster and held on to their old guys way too long.
12blue hen
      ID: 4739168
      Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 16:10
Dear Great One,

The Astros play in the AL.

Sincerely,
Baseball
13GO
      ID: 59918108
      Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 17:46
You assume he won't be traded. If he happens to stay with Houston -- then I'll go Archie Bradley, AZ
14C1-NRB
      ID: 591172521
      Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 20:15
AL East: Boston
AL Central: Detroit
AL West: Texas
WC: Oakland, Tampa Bay

NL East: Atlanta
NL Central: Cincinnati
NL West: Los Angeles
NL WC: St. Louis, Arizona

WS: Los Angeles beats Detroit in 6

AL RoY: Masahiro Tanaka
NL RoY: Michael Wacha
AL CY Young: Yu Darvish
NL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw
AL MVP: Mike Trout
NL MVP: Jay Bruce
AL Comeback player: Josh Hamilton
NL Comeback player: Jayson Werth

15filthy
      ID: 4157202
      Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 05:05
AL East: Tampa Bay
AL Central: Detroit
AL West: Oakland
WC: NYY, Tor

NL East: Washington
NL Central: St. Louis
NL West: Los Angeles
NL WC: Col, Cin

WS: Oakland over the Dodgers in 7

AL RoY: Erik Johnson
NL RoY: Kolten Wong
AL CY Young: Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw
AL MVP: Evan Longoria
NL MVP: Clayton Kershaw
AL Comeback player: Dustin McGowan
NL Comeback player: Ryan Howard
16Seattle Zen
      ID: 3310162612
      Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 17:38
AL East: Boston
AL Central: Detroit
AL West: Oakland
WC: Texas, TB

NL East: Washington
NL Central: St. Louis
NL West: Arizona
NL WC: LA, Pitt

WS: Det over Nats

AL RoY: Jose Abreu
NL RoY: Michael Wacha
AL CY Young: Chris Sale
NL Cy Young: Mad Bum
AL MVP: Mike Trout
NL MVP: Paul Goldschmidt

Billy Hamilton leads NL in Steals
Mark Trumbo leads NL in HR
Miggy leads AL in HR
No twenty game winners
There will be one 20+ minute replay during which two fans in the stands are killed in frustration.
17filthy
      ID: 4157202
      Thu, Aug 14, 2014, 02:27
Contradicting my previous prediction to propose the semi-believable thought of a World Series Game 7 showdown between my Cy Young picks (Kershaw/Felix). Although I kinda recall a very anti-climactic NLCS matchup between two of the best arms at the time with Halladay and Lincecum a few years back. It is pretty safe to put Lincecum at his best and Halladay as the 4th/3rd best pitchers mentioned though. Kershaw and Felix are having Randro type seasons of rare dominance right now.... Kernandez!!! Don't miss it!
18Seattle Zen
      ID: 576301411
      Thu, Aug 14, 2014, 18:03
I'm liking my Jose Abreu AL ROY pick over your Erik Johnson today, filthy, but your Cy Young picks are looking real sharp.
19filthy
      ID: 4157202
      Thu, Aug 14, 2014, 22:44
hah not even close! same with AL MVP!

I still would pick Kershaw for NL MVP. I honestly don't even know where to check for this, but is he a contender for Gold Glove/Silver Slugger as well? Has to be a Silver Slugger contender, but I think Gold Glove may be a stretch. The other day there was a fantastic play made, but I don't believe he tends to get much for fielding opportunities?
20Kyle
      Sustainer
      ID: 052753312
      Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 10:31
Fangraphs link
According to fangraphs Kershaw is 4th among pitchers who have 50 or more PAs. Travis Wood and Madison Bumgarner are far and away the best hitting pitchers this season.
21blue hen
      ID: 4739168
      Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 11:46
Heh, Bumgarner has a .370 BABIP, so it's all luck, right?

Wood has zero walks, so there's that.
22Khahan
      ID: 497221515
      Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 16:22
Well aside from my al east boston pick (which is common for me always rooting for Boston) I feel pretty good about my picks.
If we ended today I'd have 4 out of 5 AL reps in the playoffs including KC (though right now I have them flipped for wc and division leader).
And I'd have 4/5 NL reps flipping only the Reds out of my predictions for the Brewers. Even have the WC there right.

My individual player predictions, on the other hand, are pretty horrible with maybe only Trout and Hamilton right.
23filthy
      ID: 4157202
      Sat, Aug 16, 2014, 06:38
Nice! Guess I could have searched but I had a feeling someone here might have the perfect link. Thanks Kyle!

I must be lucky with my Kershaw watching. He seems to get a hit when I see him, but I clearly don't get to see a lot of his starts. Missing some 0'fers. Gotta see Wood or Bumgarner one of these days, those are some beefy numbers.

Fielding looks like Greinke? Cueto? (AL: Keuchel!!!)

I'm still liking a lot of these races to go down to the wire. MVP races are super wide open in my view. Rays are still gonna pull the AL East off somehow? They got that magic. I need the Jays to steal that magic somehow!

Some great predictions all around. I still like most of my picks, but Rockies wild card is about as bad as Erik Johnson ROY. Wrong White Sock!! I am gonna have to blame Bobby for making me doubt Jose Abreu. But blame to myself for thinking the Rockies would stay healthy and contend.

The predictions by GO are as good as you can get without suspicions of sorcery.
24Khahan
      ID: 16341313
      Mon, Sep 29, 2014, 00:39
Nailed the AL outside of the east getting West, central and WC spots picked correctly.

Just about the same in the NL getting the East and West winners right. St Louis was my WC choice but they won the central. Got Pittsburgh in the WC, just flip san fran in for Cincy for post season appearance.

Getting the AL MVP and possibly the NL RoY but thats about it. Was pretty atrocious w/ my award picks.
25JeffG
      ID: 2654157
      Mon, Sep 29, 2014, 09:11
Not a good result for me. I had just two playoff teams correct in each league. Totally screwed up ALE and NLC.

BUT.... I did nail the American Idol Season 13 winner :)
26GO
      ID: 541392319
      Sat, Mar 07, 2015, 23:11
I'd like to say in post 11 that I predicted the Yu Darvish injury. I feel bad for him but it was too obvious. I was just a few months late on the prediction.
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