2010 ILB PREDICTATRON

'analyst' predictions are starting to roll in so it's time to make fun of them and then post our own not-too-different ones

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/03/29/expert.picks/index.html

only 3 ppl there having nl win the ws

here goes w/e:

al east: nyy
central: chisox
west: tejas
wc: tampa

cy - felix
mvp - cabrera
rook - scott sizemore

nl east: phil
cetral: stl
west: rox
wc: atl

cy - carpenter
mvp - pujols
rook - escobar

idk, tx over atl for something different

AL

east - yanks
central - twins
west - mariners
wild card - rays

champ - rays

cy - felix
mvp - tex
rook - sizemore

NL

east - phils
central - cards
west - rox
wc - braves

champ - braves

cy - josh johnson
mvp - pujols
rook - heyward

rays over braves in WS

AL

east - yanks
central - twins
west - mariners
wild card - rays

champ - NYY

cy - felix
mvp - arod
rook - sizemore

NL

east - phils
central - cards
west - LAD
wc - Rockies

champ - Cards (no conviction behind this, really)

cy - josh johnson
mvp - pujols
rook - Strasburg

NYY over STL

AL East: Yankees
AL Cent: Twins
AL West: Mariners
AL Wild: Red Sox

NL East: Phillies
NL Cent: Cardinals
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild: Braves

NYY over ATL i guess

oh and
AL Worst Record: Jays
NL Worst Record: Astros

haha just looked up my post from last year and i was 2 for 8 on playoff teams (BOS/NYY of course, and i got division/wc reversed still) and 0 for 2 on worst record

i will not make predictions, but wishes: the yankees go .500 or lower, and the red sox win the series. nothing less will do.

AND WHEN DID THE BRAVES GET GOOD AGAIN?

Yankees
Detroit
Rangers
Rays (WC)

Colorado
Cards
Phillies
Giants (WC)

Yankees over Cards

AL MVP: Mark Teixeira
NL MVP: Chase Utley
AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL Rookie: Scott Sizemore
NL Rookie: Kyle Blanks

I'm not sure if Blanks qualifies though.

bummed that BP doesn't appear to be doing a true Predictatron, AGAIN

i think MLBTR posted a possible ROY list recently.

AL E • Yankees
AL C • White Sox
AL W • Angels
AL WC • Red Sox (possibly Rays)

AL MVP • Youk (possibly Longoria)
AL CY • King Felix
AL ROY • Wade Davis

NL E • Phillies
NL C • Cards
NL W • Dodgers
NL WC • Brewers (possibly Rockies)

NL MVP • Pujols
NL CY • Halladay
NL ROY • Strasburg

World Series • Phillies over White Sox

AL E • RAYZ
AL C • TWINZ
AL W • MARINIERS
AL WC • REDCOX
AL MVP • ICHIROU SUZUKI
AL CY • GROANKE
AL ROY • SIZEMORE

NL E • FILLIEZ
NL C • CARDINALES
NL W • GIANTZ
NL WC • MARLINES

NL MVP • HANLEY
NL CY • HALLADAY
NL ROY • POSEY

Worst Records:
NL (tie): Friarz/Metz*
AL: Jokeland fAder'z*
*basically any team that BP jox the cox of

oh: I-75 World Series, Rays in 6.

i just checked - only got 3 picks right last year, myself.

Worst records • A's & Padres

Not enough Rangers love on my list.

melissa segura showing some delusional support for the mariners

hey, the only ESPN "expert" to pick the Mets to play in October is...JOE MORGAN.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/preview10/news/story?page=10expertpicks

I don't partic feel like picking all 8 playoff teams, but I envision a St Louis-Seattle World Series.

Cubs vs. Royals for all the marbles

http://files.dmusic.com/music/h/a/halfdeaf/soooooo.jpg
l to r - cubs, playoffs

Im not gonna speculate on the awards but heres some totally uninformed guesses

al
east: yanquis
central: white sox
west: texas
wc: red sox will inevitably poach someone at the deadline for magic beans to make up for their shitty offense

nl
east: phillies
central: cards
west: rockies
wc: dodgers

ws: phillies beat nyy in a rematch

not sure why so many people are freaking out about the red sox's offense, unless they think jason bay was responsible for half of the 872 runs they scored last year

this happens every year tho right? sox fans are deeply damaged from decades of dissapointment i guess.

then they go and win two WS in 4 seasons and even that one sox fan (cad?) on this board was all "zzzz, i hate this team now". just str8 lolz.

I hereby promise that after the Cubs beat the Royals in October I will not suddenly turn on them

the fact that the royals have a non-zero chance to make the playoffs this year is a nice reminder of why i love baseball

You're a good man, Charlie Brown.
xp

then they go and win two WS in 4 seasons and even that one sox fan (cad?) on this board was all "zzzz, i hate this team now". just str8 lolz.

i will point out that i was 110% otm about the 2009 sox, a horrifically dull team that rightly got pasted in the alds. i will never hate but they were all kinds of zzzzzz

this year's team, no idea. i'm approaching with an open mind.

I guess shitty is poor word choice. Maybe 'not so great' in the context of the NYY-BOS-TB deathmatch that will go down this season.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=10451

Who the hell voted for Manny as NL MVP? Thats crazy talk.

REVIVE

AL E • RAYZ (maybe)
AL C • TWINZ (maybe)
AL W • MARINIERS (lol)
AL WC • REDCOX (maybe not)
AL MVP • ICHIROU SUZUKI (lol)
AL CY • GROANKE (lol)
AL ROY • SIZEMORE (what?)

NL E • FILLIEZ (maybe not)
NL C • CARDINALES (maybe)
NL W • GIANTZ (maybe not)
NL WC • MARLINES (lol)

NL MVP • HANLEY (maybe)
NL CY • HALLADAY (maybe)
NL ROY • POSEY (two man race, may have an edge)

Worst Records:
NL (tie): Friarz/Metz* (lol @ me w/r/t padres. metz maybe)
AL: Jokeland fAder'z* (maybe)

cy - josh johnson
mvp - pujols
rook - heyward

rays over braves in WS

i have a chance of hitting this

lol @ heyward. gtfo

he still has a pretty good shot

strong class tho

if his numbers in the last 3 weeks or so before he went on the DL were a result of his injury and he's fully healed now i don't see why he can't win ROY

my picks all still feasible except seattle, wasn't expecting every one of their average-ish hitters to crater to below replacement level

here goes w/e:

al east: nyy
central: chisox
west: tejas
wc: tampa

^^

not sure how i picked the white sox & still dont think theyre that good/will win that div

Worst Records:
NL (tie): Friarz/Metz* (lol @ me w/r/t padres. metz maybe)

maybe is a fascinating word

Hanley maybe ... what is rong w/you?

just let your random hatreds trump facts

^ new board motto

i'm 4 for 8 on playoff teams barring a braves collapse, 0 for 2 on worst record (astros pick looked pretty prescient for the first month or so but damn)

i guess it's an improvement from last year when i got everything wrong except yankees/redsox

AL ROY • SIZEMORE (what?)

Ha -- the Tigers have not one, not two, not three, but four rookies who would be more deserving than Sizemore (whose health was a major factor, obv).

Thought I predicted here, but I'm pretty sure I was thinking Rays, Twins, Mariners (LOL), Yankees (WC); Phillies, Cardinals, Giants, Braves (WC); Morneau, Hernandez, Feliz; Pujols, Halladay, Heyward.

just let your random hatreds trump facts

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, July 25, 2010 12:54 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^ new board motto

― now breathing manually (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, July 25, 2010 1:33 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i was partly serious too. i think we should change it!

and boy was i wrong with most my predictions. it looks like i only (hopefully) guessed both cy youngs correctly.