Who will win the world series?

[Bigworm]

Re: Who will win the world series?

The Yankees. No one is beating them in a 7 game series. Sorry to break it to all of you.

Nobody knows for sure, thats why the games are played. The Yankees are going to be favored I'm sure, but that doesn't mean anything really (after all, the Saints won the Superbowl and I doubt many favored them to win it all before the season started). Any team can be beaten in a 7 game series, even the Yankees. Look at last year, everyone who doesn't watch baseball looks at the Yankee vs Twins series in the playoffs as a blow out and nobody gave the Twins a chance before the series started. However, realistically the Yankees could have easily lost that series (the Twins blew the lead in the 9th inning 2 or 3 times in that series - not to mention the terrible umpiring). Point being, on paper a team may look unstoppable but the games aren't played 'on paper' so a lot of things can happen that dictate the outcome of the games.

[Madman55]

Re: Who will win the world series?

Braves win it in Bobby's last year.

[NFCBeast55]

Re: Who will win the world series?

(Win/loss totals are rough estimates)

AL East
1. Boston Red Sox - 96-66
2. New York Yankees - 94-68 (WC)
3. Baltimore Orioles - 79-83
4. Charlotte Rays (oh, I'm sorry that will be a few years into the future) - 76-86
5. Toronto Blue Jays - 64-98

AL Central
1. Chicago White Sox - 88-75 (Win one game playoff)
2. Minnesota Twins - 87-76 (Lose one game playoff)
3. Detroit Tigers - 81-81
4. Kansas City Royals - 70-92
5. Cleveland Indians - 66-96

AL West
1. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - 90-72
2. Seattle Mariners - 86-76
3. Texas Rangers - 80-82
4. Oakland Athletics - 69-93

NL East
1. Philadelphia Phillies - 95-67
2. Atlanta Braves - 88-74
3. New York Mets - 81-81
4. Florida Marlins - 75-87
5. Washington Nationals - 67-95

NL Central
1. St. Louis Cardinals - 90-72
2. Milwaukee Brewers - 84-78
3. Chicago Cubs - 80-82
4. Pittsburgh Pirates - 75-87
5. Houston Astros - 73-89
6. Cincinnati Reds - 64-98

NL West
1. San Francisco Giants - 91-71
2. Colorado Rockies - 89-73 (WC)
3. Arizona Diamondbacks - 76-86
4. Los Angeles Dodgers - 75-87
5. San Diego Padres - 60-102

Playoffs
Red Sox 3, White Sox 0
Yankees 3, Angels 2

Phillies 3, Rockies 1
Giants 3, Cardinals 0

Red Sox 4, Yankees 2 (ALCS MVP: Jacoby Ellsbury)
Phillies 4, Giants 1 (NLCS MVP: Roy Halladay)

Red Sox 4, Phillies 3 (WS MVP: Kevin Youkilis)

[vatechfan44]

Re: Who will win the world series?

Mariners vs Reds
or
Royals vs Mets
or
Yankees vs Phillies
this last option better not happen, I hate the Yankees

[NFCBeast55]

Re: Who will win the world series?

Mariners - Reds and Royals - Mets?

What are you on?

[Marino]

Re: Who will win the world series?

Dodgers wont finish 4th, come on now. That shows me lack of knowledge.

[Evan_OS]

Re: Who will win the world series?

The St. Louis Cardinals!

[homer]

[jvalverde88]

Re: Who will win the world series?

Royals vs Mets

As Mets fan I LMAO hard on that one.

[NFCBeast55]

Re: Who will win the world series?

Dodgers wont finish 4th, come on now. That shows me lack of knowledge.

They didn't do anything to improve. Their SP is horrendous. Their bullpen is unproven outside of Sherrill and Broxton. Their offense should be okay. But, they let Belliard, Hudson, and Pierre go. That's three key role players who had big years last year.

The Rockies are an improving, young ballclub that almost upended the Dodgers last year and have improved with Francis coming back. The Giants will certainly be in the race with that pitching staff and a full season of Sandoval and Freddy Sanchez. And the Diamondbacks are adding Brandon Webb and Edwin Jackson to a rotation headlined by Dan Haren supported by a lineup with Justin Upton and Mark Reynolds.

I'm not saying it's definitely going to happen, but it's certainly not out of the question that LA finishes 4th in the toughest division in baseball this year.

[jvalverde88]

Re: Who will win the world series?

They didn't do anything to improve. Their SP is horrendous. Their bullpen is unproven outside of Sherrill and Broxton. Their offense should be okay. But, they let Belliard, Hudson, and Pierre go. That's three key role players who had big years last year.

The Rockies are an improving, young ballclub that almost upended the Dodgers last year and have improved with Francis coming back. The Giants will certainly be in the race with that pitching staff and a full season of Sandoval and Freddy Sanchez. And the Diamondbacks are adding Brandon Webb and Edwin Jackson to a rotation headlined by Dan Haren supported by a lineup with Justin Upton and Mark Reynolds.

I'm not saying it's definitely going to happen, but it's certainly not out of the question that LA finishes 4th in the toughest division in baseball this year.

Dodgers- same team from last year
Rockies- we'll find out this year if last year was a lucky year
Giants- did not improve their offense

I see the Dodgers either winning the NL west or wildcard but not 4th. If anyone either than the Dodgers win the NL west its going to be the Giants. I definitely see the D-Backs as the sleeper team in the West.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Who will win the world series?

I'll be starting a full prediction thread within the next couple of weeks---just a heads up.

[rsox]

Re: Who will win the world series?

Dodgers- same team from last year
Rockies- we'll find out this year if last year was a lucky year
Giants- did not improve their offense

I see the Dodgers either winning the NL west or wildcard but not 4th. If anyone either than the Dodgers win the NL west its going to be the Giants. I definitely see the D-Backs as the sleeper team in the West.

Aubrey Huff and Mark DeRosa are definite upgrades over Travis Ishikawa and Randy Winn so in that respect the Giants did upgrade their offense.

The X-Factor in that whole division is Brandon Webb. If he is healthy the Diamondbacks are a contender. Webb, Haren, Jackson are as good a 1-2-3 combination as any in the NL.

[jvalverde88]

Re: Who will win the world series?

Forgot about those signings, they slightly improved their offense.

[BunnyHardaway]

Re: Who will win the world series?

Aubrey Huff and Mark DeRosa are definite upgrades over Travis Ishikawa and Randy Winn so in that respect the Giants did upgrade their offense.

The X-Factor in that whole division is Brandon Webb. If he is healthy the Diamondbacks are a contender. Webb, Haren, Jackson are as good a 1-2-3 combination as any in the NL.

And if guys like Chris Young can regain their form...D-Backs can be nasty.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Who will win the world series?

Weird how one year, the NL West is the best division in baseball. The next year, it's the worst. And it always seems to be fluctuating.