2007 Season Predictions

[VanCitySportsGuy]

Pitchers and catchers report in less than 2 weeks. Lots of players changed teams.

This is how I see it shaping up:

AL East

New York
Boston
Toronto
Baltimore
Tampa Bay

AL Centrall

Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Minnesota
Kansas City

AL West

LA
Oakland
Texas
Seattle

NL East

Philadelphia
Florida
New York
Atlanta
Washington

NL Central

Milwaukee
Chicago
St. Louis
Houston
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh

NL West

San Diego
Arizona
LA
San Francisco
Colorado


World Series: Cleveland over Philadelphia

I have to give a lot of credit to Shapiro. The Indians are a really deep team in terms of position players and pitchers. The only weak spot I see right now is Borowski as the closer. If he stumbles out of the gate, Matsny or Foulke should take over. Last season, the Indians fell well short of their expected Pythagorean Record. The 22 blown saves really hurt their record. An improved bullpen will really help this season. Grady Sizemore is a sleeper MVP contender.

[tjb71]

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All i have to say is watch out for the pirates.....flame away

[nyisles16]

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my sleeper team this year would have to be Milwaukee...

I also think Philly will take the East, but that the Mets would take the WC..

[Lintyfresh85]

Re: 2007 Season Predictions

Pitchers and catchers report in less than 2 weeks. Lots of players changed teams.

This is how I see it shaping up:

AL East

New York
Boston
Toronto
Baltimore
Tampa Bay

AL Centrall

Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Minnesota
Kansas City

AL West

LA
Oakland
Texas
Seattle

NL East

Philadelphia
Florida
New York
Atlanta
Washington

NL Central

Milwaukee
Chicago
St. Louis
Houston
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh

NL West

San Diego
Arizona
LA
San Francisco
Colorado


World Series: Cleveland over Philadelphia

I have to give a lot of credit to Shapiro. The Indians are a really deep team in terms of position players and pitchers. The only weak spot I see right now is Borowski as the closer. If he stumbles out of the gate, Matsny or Foulke should take over. Last season, the Indians fell well short of their expected Pythagorean Record. The 22 blown saves really hurt their record. An improved bullpen will really help this season. Grady Sizemore is a sleeper MVP contender.

Now that you have cursed my beloved Indians, I have no option but to weep because now we will surely come in last place behind even the Royals. Oh well, and I was actually starting to look forward to the season.

[Lintyfresh85]

Re: 2007 Season Predictions

btw, yall all know how I picked the Marlins last year.... well this year, they'll fall apart without Joe... book it.

[dansaint]

Re: 2007 Season Predictions

AL East

New York
Boston
Toronto
Baltimore
Tampa Bay

AL Central

Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Minnesota
Kansas City

AL West

Oakland
LA
Texas
Seattle

NL East

New York
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Florida
Washington


NL Central

Chicago
Houston
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh

NL West

Arizona
LA
San Diego
San Francisco
Colorado

Playoffs:
Boston beats Oakland 3-1
White Sox beat Yanks 3-1

Red Sox beat White Sox 4-2

Phils beat Arizona 3-0
Cubs beat Mets 3-2

Phils beat Cubs 4-2

World Series: Phils beat Red Sox 4-2

AL MVP: Vlad Guerrero, Angels
AL Cy Young: Josh Beckett, Red Sox (think he turns it around in his 2nd season)
AL ROY: Josh Fields, White Sox (wouldn't surprise me if he doesn't take over 3B before Spring Training if the Sox deal away Crede.)

NL MVP: Alfonso Soriano, Cubs
NL CY Young: Roy Oswalt, Astros
NL ROY: Hunter Pence, Astros (Think he gets called up early and takes over in LF full time)

WS MVP: Ryan Howard or Brett Myers.

[Brandon13]

Re: 2007 Season Predictions

The Braves will win the NL Wild Card.

[The GIGGAS]

Re: 2007 Season Predictions

Wow... no love for the defending Champions!

[SPTO]

Re: 2007 Season Predictions

I'm not going to do my full fledged picks until Valentine's day.

Anywho Milwaukee is my NL sleeper and Cleveland is my AL sleeper but since AF cursed them I might have to pick another team.

I also think either the Yanks or BoSox are primed for a precipitous fall. My money's on the Yanks.

The Mets won't have as big of a season as last year but I think they'll eke out the WC.

[dansaint]

Re: 2007 Season Predictions

Wow... no love for the defending Champions!

I'm a Cardinals fan but I just think they lost too much pitching wise. I think the offense will be fine (Top 10), but the starting rotation after Carpenter will really struggle. And that bullpen will be okay, but not great (especially if Thompson has to move into the rotation, who I think will be fine as a #5 but is better as a middle reliever)

[untouchable04]

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As far as the Cardinals defending their championship, coming from one of their biggest fans, it ain't gonna happen. The way it stands now, the way I see it, our rotation is going to look like this:

1. Chris Carpenter
2. Mark Mulder
3. Anthony Reyes
4. Adam Wainwright
5. Kip Wells

The top four, I'm comfortable with. It's that fifth spot that I'm worried about. As far as a prediction, I'm gonna go with the Detroit Tigers.

[TheMatrix31]

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I'm going to make my predictions later as well....it's too early to get a feel for what's going on.

[skitch]

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My WAY too early divisional predictions...

I'll save the MVP/ROY/etc. for another thread.

AL East
- NYY
- BOS
- TOR
- TB
- BAL

AL Central
- DET
- CLE
- CWS
- MIN
- KC

AL West
- TEX
- LAA
- OAK
- SEA

NL East
- PHI
- ATL
- NYM
- FLA
- WAS

NL Central
- CHC
- STL
- MIL
- HOU
- CIN
- PIT

NL West
- LAD
- SD
- ARI
- SF
- COL

[bravosfan]

Re: 2007 Season Predictions

I didn't put a ton of thought into it, but...

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

AL Central
Twins
Tigers
Indians
White Sox
Royals

AL West
Angels
Athletics
Rangers
Mariners

NL East
Mets
Braves (WC)
Phillies
Marlins
Nationals

NL Central
Cardinals
Cubs
Astros
Brewers
Pirates
Reds

NL West
Dodgers
Giants
Padres
Rockies
Diamondbacks

[NYJets]

Re: 2007 Season Predictions

Not a whole lot of thought into these but...

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

AL Central
Twins
Tigers
Indians
White Sox
Royals

AL West
Angels
Athletics
Rangers
Mariners

NL East
Mets
Braves (WC)
Phillies
Nationals
Marlins

NL Central
Cardinals
Cubs
Brewers
Astros
Pirates
Reds

NL West
Dodgers
Padres
Diamondbacks
Giants
Rockies
Diamondbacks