ILB'S TEAM OF BEISBOL EXPERTS BRINGS YOU ITS 2009 PREDICTATRON THREAD

Division and wildcard winners, MVP/CY predix, whatever you like, post it here.

No idea yet. Curious to see if Pirates lose more games than Yankees win.

Oh come on, take a stand!

AL East: Boston
AL Central: Cleveland
AL West: Losanaheim Angeles
AL Wildcard: New York

NL East: New York
NL Central: Chicago
NL West: Arizona
NL Wildcard: Los Angeles

I need to read stuff the next few days.

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Angels
AL Wildcard: Rays

NL East: Metros
NL Central: Chicago
NL West: Los Angeles
NL Wildcard: Phils

AL MVP: Mark Teixeira
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
AL Cy Young: Dice-K
NL Cy Young: Johan

AL East: Rays
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Athletics
AL WC: Red Sox

NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Brewers
NL West: Dbags
NL WC: Cubs

AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera
NL MVP: Hanley Ramirez
AL CY: Jon Lester
NL CY: Timmy Lincecum
AL ROY: David Price
NL ROY: Matt Wieters

the o's are trading matt wieters to the nl?

AL ROY: Travis Snider
NL ROY: Jason Motte

lol SS still on top of things; and is that Phils with or w/out Hamels?

wow - Snider?!

dude can hit

I mean, I probably would pick Price and Maybin if I was being honest, but I like oddball picks for ROY.

indeed he can hit - but he's just *so* young - i can't see him putting up ROY numbers.

i do hope i eat those words tho.

AL East: Redsox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Angels
AL Wildcard: Yankees
NL East: Mets
NL Central: Chicago
NL West: Los Angeles
NL Wildcard: Phillies
ILBB: Falcons

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: A's
AL Wildcard: Yankees

NL East: Mets
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dbacks
NL Wildcard: Reds

Worst record in AL: Royals
Worst record in NL: Padres

Padres

*sobs*

i'm thinking the worst records this year will have a nautical theme.

I keep hearing ppl picking Reds as a surprise -- is Dusty going to get fired in May? or will Taveras get hurt?

Dusty Baker teams do make the playoffs sometimes.

AL East: Sawks
AL Central: Indian fever
AL West: Mariners (u herd me)
AL WC: Rays

NL East: ~*Braves*~
NL Central: Cubz
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC: Mets

AL MVP: this chicken sandwich I got at Wendy's today (LAA)
NL MVP: David Wright (NYM)
AL CY: Joba Chamberlain (NYY)
NL CY: Chad Billingsley (LAD)
AL ROY: Matt Wieters (BAL)
NL ROY: Jordan Schafer (ATL)

i wouldn't put money on the reds making the playoffs, but it's more fun to have at least one sleeper pick like that and they have a lot of players who i could see having breakout years

shit, replace Wieters with Cameron Maybin.

Also I predict the Mets choke again, or maybe even an earlier fade this year... Santana's elbow gets wonkz0red, and their rotation shits the bed, also their new park has a new name by the all star break.

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: A's
AL WC: Rays

NL East: Mets
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC: Braves

Shasta, SO FULL of SURPRISES.

I predict that the New York Mets will dominate the professional wakeboarding circuit this year.

also remember Shastabag sez Sox will have best pitching staff EVER

and cankles, what's name of sandwich?

spicy chicken no mayo

no mayo is like a side of challops

u couldnt pay me to eat anything with mayo on it... the most vile of condiments. i wouldn't eat a dollop of mayo for $10,000

mayo seperates us from the beasts who would destroy us

AL E | sox
AL C | twins
AL W | angels
AL WC | rays

AL MVP | miguel cabrera
AL CY | halladay
AL ROY | matt wieters

NL E | mets
NL C | cubs
NL W | dodgers
NL WC | reds (maybe phils or braves)

NL CY | santana
NL MVP | david wright
NL ROY | jason motte

wtf is with the mayo bashing? mayo is awesome.

tell it

Mayo is some of the nastiest shit ever but I will always kill some vegenaise + Clancy's Fancy + ketchup w/ yam fries.

i will restrain myself from expounding on the topic any further, cuz i'm pretty sure it would turn into another space thread if i did

(mayo is for shitheads)

(420 shoot a mayo eater every day)

ILX-bot please replace every canklean "n"-bomb henceforth w/ "mayo eater"

even people i know who like mayo admit that it's kind of weird.

weird? it's perfect and sublime.

I've just added mayo to everything I hold dear.

nastiest shit ever?! try vegemite. mayo will taste like bubble gum and freedom after that shit.

ever have a club sandwich? mayo.
ever have fries in quebec? mayo.
HAM SANDWICH? MAYO!

i'm changing my NL MVP pick.
mayo.

AL East: NYY
AL Central: Indians (UGH)
AL West: RANGERS BOLD CLAM (UGH)
AL WC: TB

NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: LA
NL WC: Bravos

AL MVP: Longoria
NL MVP: Hanley Ramirez (I guess?)
AL CY: Sabathia (BOLD CLAM #2)
NL CY: Timmy Lincecum
AL ROY: That dude who catches for Loltimore
NL ROY: Matt Wieters (I have no idea, honestly)

Fresh homemade mayo is manna from the heavens. That jarred shit is not fit for even Mets fans.

mayo is gross

i think the mets are gonna win the world series. actually not but who else the cubs lol? yeah. maybe the dodgers. the AL can suck a fat nut this year afaic, i hope the yankees win all of the games actually the rays.

the MVP is gonna be pujols in both leagues i think. the cy young is gonna be tim lincecum and dice k

why are ppl on jon lester's dick all of a sudden? half of the 'experts' on si.com had him for the cy young? what?

u couldnt pay me to eat anything with mayo on it... the most vile of condiments. i wouldn't eat a dollop of mayo for $10,000

― the most brazen explosion of clitoral lust in folk-metal history (cankles), Wednesday, April 1, 2009 7:24 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

^100

420 rather than mayo wd explain some of these picks. why do you pretend to know who the dicks at the BBRAA will vote for? Justin Morneau is as good a bet as any.

Tyler Kepner's AL central: KC, MIN, CHI, DET, CLE.

Indians
Twins
White Sox
Tigers
Royals

No order would be terribly surprising.

Kepner = AL Bizarro (3/5 of KC rotation looks awful)

is KC going to be like everyone's challops pick this year? no less than a dozen things have to go right for them to even compete.

i guess i've seen the reds as a challops pick too--they seem to be a little more talented anyway.

All I care about: NL West: Rockies; NL ROY: Dexter Fowler. I also have a hardon for Tim Lincecum so add him in the mix too pls.

SI staff picks:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/04/01/experts.picks.grid/index.html?eref=T1

Mine:

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: A's
AL WC: Rays

NL East: Mets
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC: D'backs

awards, who knows? say Sizemore, Sabathia, Wright, Johan, Wieters, Motte

my only challop pick is the white sox

xpost I hate making preseason MVP/CY/RoY picks, it's too much of a crapshoot. But what's with all these people picking Miguel Cabrera for AL MVP?

he's good. i think last year was just an off year - for him and his whole team.
so let's see your pick then! might i remind you: Oh come on, take a stand!

trying to pick the awards is arbitrary and pointless imo, because the awards are arbitrary and pointless

AL E: SOX
AL C: CLE
AL W: LAA
AL WC: nyy

NL E: NYM
NL C: CHI
NL W: LAD
NL WC: AZD

BOLD CLAM: Dustin Pedroia will NOT win his second straight MVP award.

OK: Sizemore, Sabathia, Wright, Johan
RoY - I never get caught up in rookie hype until the season starts, so I'd just be copying other people's predix here. Sure, I'll hop on Wieters' bandwagon, why not.

why are so many people picking the twins to win the central

where is their offense going to come from (bunts lol)

Gomez never hitting leadoff? plus Mauer health status very scary.

Cabrera put up career highs in HRs and RBI (MVP stats, no?) last year despite on and off health problems -- hip flexor being the main one I recall, which was part of why he got off to a slow start (and it quite possibly prevented up to 10 doubles). He was also learning a new position on a new team. Of course he's not a slam dunk but he has as good a chance as anyone.

That said, my prediction is Sizemore.

who else picked the twins aside from me??

A bunch of ESPN dudes, for one.

that's not good, is it.

see SI link above my picks. where ESPN.com chart?

PECOTA agrees w my NL picks.

pretty safe picks tho

are the twins going to be batting span leadoff this year instead of gomez

i'd feel better about them if so

but still mauer injury and i just found out via my fantasy team that scott baker has hit the DL already :((((

see SI link above my picks. where ESPN.com chart?

My mistake, I meant the SI guys. The ESPN chart goes up April 5th.

can miggy and hanley win mvp from 4th place? doubt it

Brian G (Santa Barbara): Number of Oreos you can eat in one sitting or Jeff Francour's walk total in 2009?

SportsNation Keith Law: Oreos.

Law also says Royals and Reds optimists are deluded.

can miggy and hanley win mvp from 4th place? doubt it

Pujols won MVP from 4th place last year.

Which team do you guys predict will be the surprise team this year? Some team is bound to surprise.

are the twins going to be batting span leadoff this year instead of gomez

i'd feel better about them if so

Gardenhire eventually caught on -- not until after the AS break, I think.

Haha JULY 22.

ya - found out the Baker thing (also via fantasy)(on an already decimated pitching staff) this morning. it'll only be a few game tho - so *hopefully* no biggie.

with all the pitcher injuries AL west looks just as up in the air as central now

Joe Sheehan thinks COL, FLA and SF will all be around .500.

sounds more possible than KC winning the AL central.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/preview09/news/story?page=09expertpicks

12/21 pick the Twins to go to the playoffs.

I looked at Cubs roster today and was marveled by how many OLD lobbers are on there...

ALW: A's
ALC: Indians (would have picked Twins but for Mauer's injury probably)
ALE: Rays (just guessing they'll be healthier than the Red Sox and Yankees)
ALWC: Red Sox

Also predict whoever does not get the WC in the ALE will have a better record than the ALC or ALW winner.

NLE: Mets
NLC: Cubs
NLW: Dodgers
NLWC: D-Backs

Peter Pascarelli
WORLD SERIES: Cardinals over Rays

mmmmokay...

Nate Ravitz, ESPN Fantasy
MVP: Jason Bay

lololWAHT???

that's feasible i think

the MVP i mean

AL MVP: Sizemore
NL MVP: Pujols
AL Cy: Sabbathia
NL Cy: Santana
NL ROY: Dexter Fowler
AL ROY: Matt Wieters

NL - see no reason 2 not pick Pujols/Webb as mvp/cy every year

AL - uh i think markakis'll put up some sick #s but o's will be awful -- i'll say AROD (even w/ missing a month)/Halladay

AL ROY: Rick Porcello
NL ROY: Matthew Perpetua

NL - see no reason 2 not pick Pujols/Webb as mvp/cy every year

that doesnt even look like him tho yeah hes ok~~

NL ROY: Jordan Schafer (ATL)
NL ROY: Jordan Schafer (ATL)
NL ROY: Jordan Schafer (ATL)

AL ROI: Shin-Soo Choo
(final value delivered / cost of contract pickup)

anyone have Keith Law's W-L projections from behind the Insider wall?

Here you go, Morbs:

AL East
Boston 95 67
NY Yankees 94 68
Tampa Bay 92 70
Toronto 80 82
Baltimore 72 90

AL Central
Cleveland 86 76
Minnesota 83 79
Detroit 77 85
Chicago White Sox 76 86
Kansas City 73 89

AL West
Oakland 86 76
L.A. Angels 84 78
Seattle 76 86
Texas 75 87

NL East
NY Mets 89 73
Atlanta 85 77
Philadelphia 83 79
Florida 78 84
Washington 75 87

NL Central
Chicago Cubs 94 68
St. Louis 87 75
Milwaukee 84 78
Cincinnati 80 82
Pittsburgh 68 94
Houston 66 96

NL West
L.A. Dodgers 88 74
Arizona 85 77
San Francisco 78 84
Colorado 78 84
San Diego 65 97

gracias!!

Kansas City Royals go 4-0 to win the series over Philadelphia

you heard it here first.

NL MVP: Ryan Ludwick

^^^ lol

lol wow my predictions were HORRIBLE

Mayo is some of the nastiest shit ever but I will always kill some vegenaise + Clancy's Fancy + ketchup w/ yam fries.

― Andy K, Wednesday, April 1, 2009 9:06 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark

Still correct.

red sox look like the best team in the majors to me

why did people think the A's and Diamondbacks were going to be good this year? (i know why they thought the mets would be good lol)

AL ROY: That dude who catches for Loltimore
NL ROY: Matt Wieters (I have no idea, honestly)

Jimmy Mod factchecking fail.

hahaha

u couldnt pay me to eat anything with mayo on it... the most vile of condiments. i wouldn't eat a dollop of mayo for $10,000

― the most brazen explosion of clitoral lust in folk-metal history (cankles), Wednesday, April 1, 2009 8:24 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

maybe if u ate some fuckin mayo u might be able to pick winners more accurately

esp. Joba for AL CY... wahahhaa

"why did people think the A's and Diamondbacks were going to be good this year? (i know why they thought the mets would be good lol)"

A's case I thought (hoped) that the Angels pitching injuries would open the door for someone else in the division and I was hoping that Holliday enhanced the A's offense would be adequate enough for the task. Boy was I wrong.

For D-backs I thought the pitching would be good and the young guys would step up and they were best of the rest of the NL. Obv Webb getting hurt kind of changed the pitching being good part of that equation.

AL ROI: Shin-Soo Choo
(final value delivered / cost of contract pickup)

― sanskrit, Monday, April 6, 2009 12:21 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark

i so ssmart

just not quite smart enough to know Choo's rookie year was 2006?

lol i thought the same thing hes been around a while

AL ROY: Travis Snider
NL ROY: Jason Motte

Don't think I've ever predicted a ROY correctly, and this year is another fine example.

to answer the original revive question, everyone thought the angels would be much worse and the a's would sneak through a bad division.

i think the mets are gonna win the world series. actually not but who else the cubs lol? yeah. maybe the dodgers. the AL can suck a fat nut this year afaic, i hope the yankees win all of the games actually the rays.

the MVP is gonna be pujols in both leagues i think. the cy young is gonna be tim lincecum and dice k

why are ppl on jon lester's dick all of a sudden? half of the 'experts' on si.com had him for the cy young? what?

― strøm thurmond (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, April 1, 2009 11:56 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark

uhhh

atm i guess the rocks could continue to jet into the world series, but the cards have a better 1-2 than the giants right now + prince albert he reigneth & holliday and the whole gang. the phils can't make it to the WS with that bullpen & the dodgers are cooked.

i think the AL is the most wide open esp if there are gonna be games played in yankee stadium & fenway. i guess the angels? who knows

i don't think the yankees have the pitching

Also I predict the Mets choke again, or maybe even an earlier fade this year... Santana's elbow gets wonkz0red, and their rotation shits the bed, also their new park has a new name by the all star break.

― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･)　　　°~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, April 1, 2009 3:57 PM (4 months ago)

its still called citi field--looks like the mets defied your expectations!!

don't forget Putz taking F-Rod's job

Indians
Twins
White Sox
Tigers
Royals

― Andy K, Thursday, April 2, 2009 9:18 AM (4 months ago) Bookmark

ROI bitchmades
reading is fundamental

i don't think the yankees have the pitching

― sailor goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:20 PM (Yesterday)

i dunno, they have the experience & know how to win

joe morgan? mike kay? what did you guys do with k3v?

like that foul ball by teixeira there - a lesser team's first baseman would have fouled out there but merely playing on the same square mile of real estate as babe ruth and mickey mantle once did was enough to make the wind push it foul and give him another chance

so roi = return on investment? isnt this just pujols every yr also/ thought i read some bp article quantifyin it

Not unexpected, but GREAT DIVISION HERE:

DET 67-59
MIN 63-64
CHI 63-64
CLE 56-70
KAN 48-78

if yer gonna use unexpected terms skrit you shouldn't abbrev. That said, good call but I'm sure there are others (what is Zobrist making?).

A few K less.

http://www.soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dominoes22.gif

good call on Zobrist altho its hard to predict the injury that gets him into an everday gig

sorta like the injuries to the 5 Mets stars, huh

/sadtrombone

I think you mean rustytrombone

/rustystaubtrombone

wow. only got 3 right. at least the Twins was one of them.

AL East: Redsox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Angels
AL Wildcard: Yankees
NL East: Mets
NL Central: Chicago
NL West: Los Angeles
NL Wildcard: Phillies
ILBB: Falcons

― bela fregosi (brownie), Wednesday, April 1, 2009 2:57 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^I think this was best (5/8 teams), though both of his wild cards ended up winning the division instead.

why did people think the Diamondbacks were going to be good this year?

― velko, Sunday, August 23, 2009 10:12 AM (7 months ago)

They were deece in 08 but then Webb missed the season with injuries, Haren couldn't carry the team singlehandedly and Upton slumped, among many other things. also nl west was sorts of suck in 08 and dbags were young and turned it on in the end of the season.