MLB Thread 87: Konnichiwa, Regular Season

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[Biggtone23]

Alright seeing as this is our opening day thread and the season does start tomorrow with the A's/Mariners games in Japan time for some predictions.

AL East
Yankees, Rays*, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Orioles
AL Central
Tigers, Royals, White Sox, Indians, Twins
AL West
Rangers, Angels*, Mariners, A's
NL East
Phillies, Braves*, Marlins, Nationals, Mets
NL Central
Reds, Cardinals, Brewers, Pirates, Cubs, Astros
NL West
Diamondbacks, Giants*, Dodgers, Padres, Rockies

Wild Card Round
Giants beat Braves
Angels beat Rays
LDS
Tigers beat Angels
Yankees beat Rangers
Phillies beat Giants
Diamondbacks beat Reds
LCS
Tigers beat Yankees
Diamondbacks beat Phillies
WS
Tigers beat Diamondbacks

AL MVP - Albert Pujols
NL MVP - Justin Upton
AL CY - Felix Hernandez
NL CY - Roy Halladay
AL ROY - Jesus Montero
NL ROY - Devin Mesoraco

I have now doomed all of these teams and players to fail.

[Cyno]

Here are my crazy predictions.

AL East Winner - New York Yankees; Order of Division - Yankees, Rays, Blue Jays, Red Sox, Orioles
AL Central Winner - Detroit Tigers; Order of Division - Tigers, Indians, White Sox, Twins, Royals
AL West Winner - Los Angeles Angels; Order of Division - Angels, Rangers, Mariners, Athletics

AL Wild Cards - Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers
Dark Horse Team - Toronto Blue Jays

NL East Winner - Philadelphia Phillies; Order of Division - Phillies, Braves, Marlins, Nationals, Mets
NL Central Winner - Milwaukee Brewers; Order of Division - Brewers, Cardinals, Reds, Pirates, Cubs, Astros
NL West Winner - Arizona Diamondbacs; Order of Division - Dbacks, Giants, Dodgers, Rockies, Padres

NL Wild Cards - Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals

Dark Horses - Cincinnati Reds, Miami Marlins

[BRV]

I'll throw in my two cents and toss out some baseless and mathematically inaccurate predictions.

It feels weird to say it, because it's a Tuesday morning in late March, but the season starts in just over 48 hours. With that said, what better time than now for some baseless predictions?

2012 MLB PREDICTIONS

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST
New York Yankees (95-67)
Tampa Bay Rays (90-72)*
Boston Red Sox (86-78)
Toronto Blue Jays (83-79)
Baltimore Orioles (63-99)

AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL
Detroit Tigers (97-65)
Chicago White Sox (84-78)
Kansas City Royals (77-85)
Minnesota Twins (74-88)
Cleveland Indians (68-94)

AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (99-63)
Texas Rangers (93-69)*
Seattle Mariners (70-92)
Oakland Athletics (66-96)

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST
Philadelphia Phillies (96-66)
Atlanta Braves (86-76)
Miami Marlins (83-79)
Washington Nationals (78-84)
New York Mets (65-97)

NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL
St. Louis Cardinals (91-71)
Milwaukee Brewers (88-74)*
Pittsburgh Pirates (80-82)
Cincinnati Reds (79-83)
Chicago Cubs (74-88)
Houston Astros (61-101)

NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST
San Francisco Giants (92-70)
Colorado Rockies (89-73)*
Arizona Diamondbacks (79-83)
Los Angeles Dodgers (75-87)
San Diego Padres (66-96)

POSTSEASON

AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISIONAL SERIES
Texas over Tampa Bay (Wild Card playoff)
Los Angeles over New York, 3-2
Detroit over Texas, 3-2

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Detroit over Los Angeles, 4-3

NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISIONAL SERIES
Milwaukee over Colorado (Wild Card playoff)
Philadelphia over Milwaukee, 3-1
San Francisco over St. Louis, 3-2

NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
San Francisco over Philadelphia, 4-3

2012 WORLD SERIES
Detroit over San Francisco, 4-3

AWARDS

AMERICAN LEAGUE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Miguel Cabrera, Detroit
AMERICAN LEAGUE CY YOUNG AWARD: Jered Weaver, Los Angeles
AMERICAN LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Matt Moore, Tampa Bay
AMERICAN LEAGUE MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Mike Scoscia, Los Angeles
NATIONAL LEAGUE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Troy Tulowtizki, Colorado
NATIONAL LEAGUE CY YOUNG AWARD: Tim Lincecum, San Francisco
NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Devin Mesoraco, Cincinnati
NATIONAL LEAGUE MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Mike Matheny, St. Louis
WORLD SERIES MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Justin Verlander, Detroit

[Insomniac]

AL East: Yankees, Red Sox, Rays, Blue Jays, Orioles
AL Central: Tigers, Indians, Royals, White Sox, Twins
AL West: Angels, Rangers, Athletics, Mariners

NL East: Phillies, Nationals, Braves, Marlins, Mets
NL Central: Cardinals, Brewers, Reds, Pirates, Cubs, Astros
NL West: Diamondbacks, Giants, Dodgers, Padres, Rockies

AL Wild Card round: Red Sox over Rangers
NL Wild Card round: Brewers over Nationals

ALDS: Tigers over Yankees, Angels over Red Sox
NLDS: Cardinals over Diamondbacks, Phillies over Brewers

ALCS: Angels over Tigers
NLCS: Phillies over Cardinals

World Series: Angels over Phillies

[Biggtone23]

Frank McCourt has agreed to sell the Dodgers to Magic Johnson and former Braves and Nationals President Stan Kasten.

[BR329]

Mar 27, 2012 22:12:08 GMT -5 Biggtone23 said:

Frank McCourt has agreed to sell the Dodgers to Magic Johnson and former Braves and Nationals President Stan Kasten.

For 2 Billion dollars!

deadspin.com/5896984/magic-johnson-has-bought-the-los-angeles-dodgers-for-2-billion

[WorkingInAColeMine]

So McCourt gained 1.5 billion in this.

AND KEPT THE PARKING LOTS?

That man is a genius

[Renslayer]

Prediction time

AL East: Tampa Bay, New York (WildCard #1), Toronto, Boston, Baltimore
AL Central: Detroit, Cleveland, Kansas City, Chicago, Minnesota
AL West: Los Angeles, Texas (WildCard #2), Seattle, Oakland

NL East: Atlanta, Philadelphia (WildCard #1), Miami (WildCard #2), Washington, New York
NL Central: St. Louis, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Houston
NL West: Arizona, San Francisco, Colorado, Los Angeles

AL WildCard: Texas over New York
NL WildCard: Miami over Philadelphia

Playoffs:

ALDS: Los Angeles over Texas
Tampa Bay over Detroit

NLDS: ST. Louis over Miami
Arizona over Atlanta

ALCS: Los Angeles over Tampa Bay
NLCS: St. Louis over Arizona

World Series: St. Louis over Los Angeles

Awards

AL MVP: Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay
AL Cy Young: Dan Haren, Los Angeles
AL Rookie of the Year: Jesus Montero, Seattle
AL Manager of the Year: Joe Maddon, Tampa Bay
NL MVP: Justin Upton, Arizona
NL Cy Young: Josh Johnson, Florida
NL Manager: Kirk Gibson, Arizona
NL Rookie of the Year: Yonder Alonso, San Diego

[Rolent Tex]

I'm not going to go through my complete predictions just yet, but my biased self is going to make my World Series prediction.

St. Louis Cardinals over the Los Angeles Angels

If there's any series than can get Fox over their whining when the Yankees and Red Sox don't make the WS and their RATINGZ are down, it's going to be this. Pujols vs the Cardinals. The pitching staff looks a million times better than they did last year. Hope you like being on the other side of the celebration this year El Hombre.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Mar 28, 2012 0:36:41 GMT -5 Rolent Tex said:

I'm not going to go through my complete predictions just yet, but my biased self is going to make my World Series prediction.

St. Louis Cardinals over the Los Angeles Angels

If there's any series than can get Fox over their whining when the Yankees and Red Sox don't make the WS and their RATINGZ are down, it's going to be this. Pujols vs the Cardinals. The pitching staff looks a million times better than they did last year. Hope you like being on the other side of the celebration this year El Hombre.

Considering that Games 6 and 7 last year got the highest ratings since that 2004 disaster, I think Fox may be finally starting to realize how effective a draw the Cards are.

[WorkingInAColeMine]

If Chone Figgins is the first batter of the season does the season really start?

[Insomniac]

Mar 28, 2012 0:47:18 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

Considering that Games 6 and 7 last year got the highest ratings since that 2004 disaster, I think Fox may be finally starting to realize how effective a draw the Cards are.

I think the biggest reason for the ratings in those two games was the simple fact that they were Games 6 and 7 of the World Series. Since 2003 there had only been one other series to even get to a Game 6 (NY/PHI 2009). Other than Game 2, the rest of the series actually saw a decline in total number of viewers when compared to 2010.

[S-Chrome]

Per-dictions: Round 2012

AL East:
New York Yankees (96-66)
Toronto Blue Jays (90-72)
Boston Red Sox (88-74)
Tampa Bay Rays (83-79)
Baltimore Orioles (71-91)

AL Central
Detroit Tigers (99-63)
Chicago White Sox (81-81)
Kansas City Royals (76-86)
Minnesota Twins (74-88)
Cleveland Indians (2-160), actually (74-88)

AL West
Texas Rangers (97-65)
Los Angeles Angeles de Anaheim (95-67)
Seattle Mariners (78-84)
Oakland A's (68-94)

AL: Angels over Jays in 1-game playoff
Angels over Tigers
Rangers over Yankees

Rangers over Angels, on their way to a THIRD consecutive World Series defeat.

NL East
Philadelphia Phillies (96-66)
Miami Marlins (89-73)
Atlanta Braves (85-77)
NatsTown (79-83)
Apu's Favorite Baseball Squadron (65-97)

NL Central
Milwaukee Brewers (89-73)
St. Louis Cardinals (84-78)
Cincinnati Reds (81-81)
Pittsburgh Pirates (75-87)
Chicago Cubs (70-92)
The American League's Next Whipping Boys (58-104)

NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks (92-70)
San Francisco Giants (90-72)
Colorado Rockies (89-73)
Los Angeles Dodgers (76-86)
San Diego Padres (68-94)

NL: Rockies over Giants
Wild Card: Phillies over Rockies
Wild Card: Brewers over Diamondbacks

NLCS: Brewers over Phillies

[WorkingInAColeMine]

No national channels airing the As/Mariners game live. Because they are clearly more important thing to show at 6 AM

[WorkingInAColeMine]

Ichiro with the first hit of the season with an infield hit

[Sajoa Moe]

Dustin Ackley has the first home run of the season.

[Deleted]

First MLB game not even being shown live...yup, well done fellas.

This should really be an exhibition.

[WorkingInAColeMine]

Extra innings.

But the game is scheduled to air on MLB Network in 15 minutes! Is it possibly for a game to preempt itself?

[Steveweiser]

ROOT Seattle didn't even send their announcers over to Tokyo, they're watching on a monitor in Seattle.

Free baseball in the first game.