Thursday, February 14, 2008

My 2008 MLB Predictions

With pitchers and catchers reporting today, and the 2008 MLB season officially underway, I figured today would be a good day to post my predictions for the upcoming season.

American League East
1. New York Yankees
2. Boston Red Sox (WC)
3. Toronto Blue Jays
4. Tampa Bay Rays
5. Baltimore Orioles

American League Central
1. Detroit Tigers
2. Cleveland Indians
3. Chicago White Sox
4. Minnesota Twins
5. Kansas City Royals

American League West
1. Seattle Mariners
2. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
3. Texas Rangers
4. Oakland A’s


National League East
1. New York Mets
2. Philadelphia Phillies
3.
Atlanta Braves
4. Washington Nationals
5. Florida Marlins

National League Central
1. Milwaukee Brewers
2. Chicago Cubs
3. Houston Astros
4. Cincinnati Reds
5. St. Louis Cardinals
6. Pittsburgh Pirates

National League West
1. Arizona Diamondbacks
2. Los Angeles Dodgers (WC)
3. Colorado Rockies
4. San Diego Padres
5. San Francisco Giants


PLAYOFFS

ALDS:
Yankees over Tigers 3-2, Boston over Seattle 3-0
ALCS: Yankees over Boston 4-3

NLDS: Mets over DBacks 3-1, Dodgers over Brewers 3-1
NLCS: Mets over Dodgers 4-2

World Series:
Yankees over Mets 4-3

I'm a Yankee fan, so it should be no surprise I'm picking them to go all the way. Plus you gotta finish off the storied career of the old Stadium with one more championship.

AWARDS

AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez - .304, 48 HR, 140 RBI
NL MVP: Prince Fielder - .292, 52 HR, 126 RBI

Expect A-Rod to continue to be A-Rod. There's no reason why he can't win back-to-back MVP's. Another guy to keep your eye on in the AL is Miguel Cabrera. He's a beast, and finally is in a lineup where he is surrounded by good hitters.

Fielder is one of the best young hitters in the game, if he has a year like he did last year, and can carry the Brewers into the postseason as I expect him to do, he better start making some room in his trophy case for some new hardware.

Other guys to watch are Ryan Howard, David Wright, Matt Holiday, and 2007 MVP Jimmy Rollins.

AL Cy Young: Erik Bedard 18-8, 3.30 ERA
NL Cy Young: Johan Santana 20-5, 2.83 ERA

Johan Santana in the NL? Are you kidding me? He should have little trouble putting up numbers like that.

Bedard was 13-6 with a 3.16 ERA, and on his way to at least contending for the 2007 Cy Young until he had to be shut down at the end of August. If he can stay healthy he should be able to reproduce his numbers from '07.


2008 All Star Game @ Yankee Stadium: AL wins 9-7.

Post your 2008 predictions in the comments section.

19 Comments:

Anonymous said...

AL East
Yankees
Red Soxs(WC)
Rays
Jays
Orioles

AL Central
Indians
Tigers
White Soxs
Royals
Twins

AL West
Mariners
Angels
Rangers
Athletics

NL East
Mets
Phillies
Braves
Nationals
Marlins

NL Central
Brewers
Cubs
Reds
Cardinals
Astros
Pirates

NL West
Dodgers
Diamondbacks(WC)
Rockies
Padres
Giants

AL Playoffs
Yankees over Mariners 3-1
Indians over Red Soxs 3-2

Yankees over Indians 4-3

NL Playoffs
Mets over Diamondbacks 3-2
Dodgers over Brewers 3-2

Dodgers over Mets 4-3

World Series
Yankees over Dodgers

AL MVP- Alex Rodriguez
AL CY Young- Fausto Carmona
AL Rookie- Evan Longoria
AL Manager- John McLaren
NL MVP- David Wright
NL CY Young- Johan Santana
NL Rookie- Jay Bruce
NL Manager- Ned Yost

Greg Cohen said...

Nice, pretty close to what I picked... I would love to see a Yankees-Dodgers World Series. That would be awesome.

Anonymous said...

I like the predictions of the standings except, I dont think the Brewers will win the div. I think the Cubs are the strongest team in the NL Central and will lead the way, from April to October.

Greg Cohen said...

Yeah, I could see the Cubs winning, but I think the Brewers are headed in the right direction and may make major strides this season.

Bill-DC said...

Wow, the Orioles are that bad huh? So this could be the year the O's amazing run finishing 4th in 9 of the past 10 years ends. I'm really bummed.

Alan Bombria said...

Not just Yankee stadium, but the last season for Shea too. That would make a subway series this year INSANE!!!!

Greg Cohen said...

X,

Yea, it really would be awesome. As long as the Yankees win of course.

Anonymous said...

AL East Red Sox
Al Central Tigers
AL West Angels
AL Wildcard Yankees

NL East Mets
NL Central Cubs
NL West D-Backs
NL Wildcard Phillies

ALDS REd Sox vs Angels : REd Sox
ALDS Tigers vs Yankees : Yankees
ALCS Red Sox vs Yankees: Red Sox

NLDS Mets vs D-Backs : Mets
NLDS Cubs vs Phillies : Phillies
NLCS Mets vs Phillies : Mets

World Series Mets vs Red Sox: Mets
Champion: New York Mets

NL Cy young: Johan Santana, NYM
AL Cy young: Justin verlander, Det
NL Mvp: David Wright, NYM
AL Mvp: Alex Rodriguez, NYY

Anonymous said...

AL East- Red Sox
AL Central- Tigers
AL West- Mariners
AL Wildcard- Indians

NL East- Phillies
NL Central- Brewers
NL West- Diamondbacks
NL Wildcard- Mets

Al Playoffs- Sox over Indians in 6,
Tigers over Mariners in 5, Sox over Tigers in 7

NL Playoffs- Diamondbacks over Mets in 6(Johan Santana can only pitch 2 games), Phillies over Brewers in 6, Dbacks over Phils in 7

WS- Red Sox over Diamondbacks in 6

Anonymous said...

AL East
Yankees
Red Sox (WC)
Blue Jays
Rays
Orioles

AL Central
Tigers
Indians
White Sox
Royals
Twins

AL West
Mariners
Angels
Athletics
Rangers

NL East
Mets
Phillies
Marlins
Braves
Nationals

NL Central
Cubs
Brewers
Astros
Cardinals
Reds
Pirates

NL West
Diamondbacks
Dodgers (WC)
Rockies
Padres
Giants

ALDS:
Yankees over Mariners 3-1
Red Sox over Tigers 3-1

NLDS:
Mets over Dodgers 3-0
Cubs over Diamondbacks 3-2

ALCS:
Yankees over Red Sox 4-1
Cubs over Mets 4-2

World Series:
Yankees over Cubs 4-2

Anonymous said...

AL East:
Yankees 98-64
Red Sox 95-67
Rays 79-83
Jays 75-87
O's 62-100
AL MVP: A-Rod 321. 49 HR. 146 RBI
AL ROY: Joba Chamberlain
AL Cy Young: Fausto Carmona
AL Champs: Yankees over Angels 4-2

Anonymous said...

The Yankees aren`t looking to hot this year. Hopefully they can pull it off. I`m a Yankee fan. Another to watch for this year is the Rays. Go ahead and laugh. But they have Sheilds and Kazmir and Sonnanstine and Carlos Pena. Plus there #1 in AL in the bullpen. I think many people are going to be surprised this year. So my predictions for the AL East is that the Yanks win the division and the Rays get the WC. Laugh all you want but you wait and see.

Anonymous said...

@Greg Cohan

There was a Dodgers/Yankees World Series.
1981 World Series: Dodgers win in 6.

I personally see the Phillies and Rays going farther than they've gone before in recent years.

Anonymous said...

Looks like the Rays will win the Division....Hopefully the YAnks will scratch past Boston and Minnesota or Chicago to get the Wild Card....

Greg Cohen said...

Yea, my predictions aren't looking so hot, oh well, what can ya do?

Unknown said...

yes, your American league predictions were particularly sour. Just goes to show $ doesn't produce champions. Go Rays I guess.

Anonymous said...

Yea yankees need to fire cashman.....

Anonymous said...

Yanks is Dead

Greg Cohen said...

Yea, sure looks that way.

These predictions are tough, you never know how things will work out.

I am rooting for the Dodgers, though. I'm a big Joe Torre fan.