Predictions for 2003

[JRod]

Re: Predictions for 2003

My prediction...

Beer at the ball parks will be severly overpriced.

[JRod]

Re: Predictions for 2003

My prediction...

Beer at the ball parks will be severly overpriced.

[PVarck31]

Re: Predictions for 2003

AL

east

boston
new york
baltimore
toronto
tampa bay

central

chicago
cleveland
minesota
kansas city
detroit

west

anaheim
oakland
seattle
texas

wild card: NY

NL

east

atlanta
philly
florida
new york
montreal

central

st. louis
houston
chicago
pittsburgh
cincy
milwaukee

west

arizona
san fran
LA
san diego
colorado

wild card: San Fran

world series: Boston vs. St. Louis
world champs: STL

AL mvp : Manny Ramierez
NL mvp: Barry Bonds

[PVarck31]

Re: Predictions for 2003

AL

east

boston
new york
baltimore
toronto
tampa bay

central

chicago
cleveland
minesota
kansas city
detroit

west

anaheim
oakland
seattle
texas

wild card: NY

NL

east

atlanta
philly
florida
new york
montreal

central

st. louis
houston
chicago
pittsburgh
cincy
milwaukee

west

arizona
san fran
LA
san diego
colorado

wild card: San Fran

world series: Boston vs. St. Louis
world champs: STL

AL mvp : Manny Ramierez
NL mvp: Barry Bonds

[Triton]

Re: Predictions for 2003

The only sure thing is that the Padres will finish in last.

[Triton]

Re: Predictions for 2003

The only sure thing is that the Padres will finish in last.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Predictions for 2003

AL East:

NYY
BOS
TOR
BAL
TB

AL CENTRAL:

CWS
MIN
CLE
DET
KC

AL WEST:

OAK
SEA
ANA
TEX

Wild Card: Seattle
AL Champs: New York Yankees

NL EAST:

ATL
PHI
FLA
NYM
MTL

NL CENTRAL:

STL
HOU
CIN
CHI
PIT
MIL

NL WEST:

SF
LA
COL
SD

Wild Card: Philly
NL Champs: Atlanta

World Series: Atlanta vs. NYY (Atlanta in 7)

AL MVP: Magglio Ordonez
NL MVP: Chipper Jones

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Predictions for 2003

AL East:

NYY
BOS
TOR
BAL
TB

AL CENTRAL:

CWS
MIN
CLE
DET
KC

AL WEST:

OAK
SEA
ANA
TEX

Wild Card: Seattle
AL Champs: New York Yankees

NL EAST:

ATL
PHI
FLA
NYM
MTL

NL CENTRAL:

STL
HOU
CIN
CHI
PIT
MIL

NL WEST:

SF
LA
COL
SD

Wild Card: Philly
NL Champs: Atlanta

World Series: Atlanta vs. NYY (Atlanta in 7)

AL MVP: Magglio Ordonez
NL MVP: Chipper Jones

[mnhert]

Re: Predictions for 2003

One Predictions

Blue Jays win the eat and go all the way for their 3rd world championship.(and yes I am living in a dream world)

[mnhert]

Re: Predictions for 2003

One Predictions

Blue Jays win the eat and go all the way for their 3rd world championship.(and yes I am living in a dream world)

[paulywerner]

Re: Predictions for 2003

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my 2 cents

boston wins the east

NYY pitchers are OLD

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Outside of Clemens and Wells, how old do you think the Yankees pitching is? Pedro and Moose are the same age roughly. Wakefield pitches like Charlie Hough, and will never be able to help any team compete for a championship because he too, is old, the only real promising Starters the Sox have (outside of Pedro) are Lowe, who i think last year was a fluke, and will continue to think so until he does it again.... But i think he'll have Jose Lima disease this year, and Casey Fossum, who is still an uncertainty, but still very promising capabilities. Now lets Take a long at the Yanks rotation in comparison

Yanks.
1Clemens
2Moose
3Pettitte/Contreras
4Wells/Leiber
5Weaver/Hitchcock

Sox
1Pedro
2Lowe
3Burkett
4Wakefield/Castillo
5Fossum

So i ask you, which perdicament would you rather be in... The choice between 7-8 starters who all have the capability of winning 16-20 games this season, or a rotation that is uncertain from 3-5 if they can win 16-20 combined.

[paulywerner]

Re: Predictions for 2003

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my 2 cents

boston wins the east

NYY pitchers are OLD

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Outside of Clemens and Wells, how old do you think the Yankees pitching is? Pedro and Moose are the same age roughly. Wakefield pitches like Charlie Hough, and will never be able to help any team compete for a championship because he too, is old, the only real promising Starters the Sox have (outside of Pedro) are Lowe, who i think last year was a fluke, and will continue to think so until he does it again.... But i think he'll have Jose Lima disease this year, and Casey Fossum, who is still an uncertainty, but still very promising capabilities. Now lets Take a long at the Yanks rotation in comparison

Yanks.
1Clemens
2Moose
3Pettitte/Contreras
4Wells/Leiber
5Weaver/Hitchcock

Sox
1Pedro
2Lowe
3Burkett
4Wakefield/Castillo
5Fossum

So i ask you, which perdicament would you rather be in... The choice between 7-8 starters who all have the capability of winning 16-20 games this season, or a rotation that is uncertain from 3-5 if they can win 16-20 combined.

[paulywerner]

Re: Predictions for 2003

As for my predictions:

AL East
1 Yanks
2 Red Sox(the Curse will never die)
3 Blue Jays
4 Tampa Bay
5 Balitmore
Yes Tampa i believe will finish outside of the cellar this year for 2 reasons: 1) Pinella is a winner, and i think it will rub off on those younger guys in the Trop enough to get them 70 wins this year. 2) Baltimore is just horrible, from the ending they had last season, and the fact they didnt even try to improve this year, they are destined for another 0-22 start just like in 88...

AL Central
1 Twins
2 Chicago(not even Colon will add enough improvement to this mediocre team)
3 Detroit (same reason as Tampa, Allen Trammel is a winner)
4 Cleveland
5 KC

AL West(probrably the hardest of all divisions to predict)
1 Oakland(pitching is just too damn good to not win 100)
2 Seattle
3 Anaheim
4 Texas (still not enough pitching)

AL Wildcard: Seattle

NL East
1 Phillies(Thome will love Philly, and he'll prove it with 50HR, 140RBI)
2 NY Mets
3 Atlanta (no fans, no division title)
4 Florida (battle for 3rd)
5 Expos (battle for 3rd also)
I dont see any of these teams not be at or close to the .500 mark)

NL Central
1 Astros(oswalt, Miller, and Sarloos, not to far behind Oaklands big 3)
2 Cards (too much offense to not compete)
3 Brewers (big year from Sexton, Jenkins and Sheets)
4 Reds (Griffey is still washed up, regardless of his abilities 5 years ago)
5 Cubs (Not even Dusty can make them winners, but still have the best fans in the NL)
6 Pirates

NL West
1 SF
2 Arizona (Johnson and Schillings last run???????)
3 Colorado (Helton is great enough to carry this team on his back)
4 LA (still no starting pitching)
5 SD (maybe next year in PetCO)

NL Wildcard:
Cards

Division Champs:
AL Yankees &amp; Twins..
NL Astros &amp; Cards
League Champs:
AL Champs: Yankees
NL Champs: Astros
World Champs: Yankees in 6

AL MVP: Jason Giambi
AL Cy Young: Barry Zito
AL ROY: Hideki Matsui

NL MVP: Lance Berkman/Todd Helton...to close to tell (Triple Crown Winner?????)
NL Cy Young: Mark Prior(24 game winner on a sub .500 team even possible????)
NL ROY: Jack Cust (Colorado)

[paulywerner]

Re: Predictions for 2003

As for my predictions:

AL East
1 Yanks
2 Red Sox(the Curse will never die)
3 Blue Jays
4 Tampa Bay
5 Balitmore
Yes Tampa i believe will finish outside of the cellar this year for 2 reasons: 1) Pinella is a winner, and i think it will rub off on those younger guys in the Trop enough to get them 70 wins this year. 2) Baltimore is just horrible, from the ending they had last season, and the fact they didnt even try to improve this year, they are destined for another 0-22 start just like in 88...

AL Central
1 Twins
2 Chicago(not even Colon will add enough improvement to this mediocre team)
3 Detroit (same reason as Tampa, Allen Trammel is a winner)
4 Cleveland
5 KC

AL West(probrably the hardest of all divisions to predict)
1 Oakland(pitching is just too damn good to not win 100)
2 Seattle
3 Anaheim
4 Texas (still not enough pitching)

AL Wildcard: Seattle

NL East
1 Phillies(Thome will love Philly, and he'll prove it with 50HR, 140RBI)
2 NY Mets
3 Atlanta (no fans, no division title)
4 Florida (battle for 3rd)
5 Expos (battle for 3rd also)
I dont see any of these teams not be at or close to the .500 mark)

NL Central
1 Astros(oswalt, Miller, and Sarloos, not to far behind Oaklands big 3)
2 Cards (too much offense to not compete)
3 Brewers (big year from Sexton, Jenkins and Sheets)
4 Reds (Griffey is still washed up, regardless of his abilities 5 years ago)
5 Cubs (Not even Dusty can make them winners, but still have the best fans in the NL)
6 Pirates

NL West
1 SF
2 Arizona (Johnson and Schillings last run???????)
3 Colorado (Helton is great enough to carry this team on his back)
4 LA (still no starting pitching)
5 SD (maybe next year in PetCO)

NL Wildcard:
Cards

Division Champs:
AL Yankees &amp; Twins..
NL Astros &amp; Cards
League Champs:
AL Champs: Yankees
NL Champs: Astros
World Champs: Yankees in 6

AL MVP: Jason Giambi
AL Cy Young: Barry Zito
AL ROY: Hideki Matsui

NL MVP: Lance Berkman/Todd Helton...to close to tell (Triple Crown Winner?????)
NL Cy Young: Mark Prior(24 game winner on a sub .500 team even possible????)
NL ROY: Jack Cust (Colorado)

[rubisco43]

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5 Balitmore
Yes Tampa i believe will finish outside of the cellar this year for 2 reasons: 1) Pinella is a winner, and i think it will rub off on those younger guys in the Trop enough to get them 70 wins this year. 2) Baltimore is just horrible, from the ending they had last season, and the fact they didnt even try to improve this year, they are destined for another 0-22 start just like in 88...


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Maybe a slight exaggeration on your part. Just about EVERYTHING has to go wrong to start 0-21 (not 22, let's not get carried away now, heh). I actually think a lot of players will have their "career" years. 1 - many players are in the 26-30 year old range, where players often have their best years (of course, by career year, I mean by their own standards... I don't think Devi Cruz will have an A-Rod year... just a good year by Cruz's standard). 2 - Many players have just one year contracts so they must perform for next year's contract. Having said that, I still believe that the O's will finish below .500 this year.