Official 2005 MLB Prediction Thread

[MWM]

NL Central - Cardinals
NL East - Florida
NL West - Dodgers
NL Wild Card - Atlanta (coming down to the wire against Colorado)

NL Pennant - Cards (they'll make a trading deadline move to put them over the hump)

NL MVP - Now that Bonds is out of the way, this will become the Albert Pujols award as long as he's healthy.

NL Cy Young - Jason Schmidt. If Houston is in the race, Brad Lidge could wind up winning the award. And If Ben Sheets is traded to an NL Team, he's definitely got a good shot.


AL East - Yankees
AL Central - Cleveland
AL West - Anaheim
Wild Card - Minnesota. I have a feeling Boston is going to disapoint this year. Just a hunch.

AL Pennant - Yanks. They've got too much. Randy Johnson makes them a different team in the playoffs.

AL MVP - Alex Rodriguez. He comes back this year in a big way. Too bad he's stuck at 3B when he's still the best SS in the game.

AL Cy Young - Randy Johnson. I'd be surprised if he doesn't win 20 games and have one of the better years of his career in New York.

World Series - St. Louis Cardinals

[OnBaseMachine]

NL East-Marlins
NL Central-Cards
NL West-Dodgers
NL Wildcard-Braves

NL MVP-Albert Pujols
NL Cy Young-Oliver Perez
NL Pennant-Dodgers

AL East-Yankees
AL Central-Indians
AL West-Angels
AL Wildcard-Red Sox

AL MVP-David Ortiz
AL Cy Young-Johan Santana
AL Pennant-Yanks

World Series-Yankees

I want to say the Sox are going to repeat, but I think the Yanks will win it.

[Retneprac]

NL East - Braves (I've learned not to pick against the Braves)
NL Central - Cardinals
NL West - Padres
Wild Card - YOUR CINCINNATI REDS!

NL MVP - Pujols
NL CY Young - Hudson

AL East - Yankees
AL Central - Twins
AL West - Angels
Wild Card - Red Sox

AL Cy Young - Schilling
AL MVP - Vlad Guerrero

World Series - Angels vs. Cardinals

Champion - Angels

[CincyRedsFan30]

NL Central - Cardinals
NL East - Braves
NL West - Padres
NL Wild Card - Reds(Call me crazy, but I'm feeling it)

NL Pennant - Cardinals

NL MVP - Pujols

NL Cy Young - Jake Peavy


AL East - Yankees
AL Central - Twins
AL West - Angels
Wild Card - Red Sox

AL Pennant - Yankees

AL MVP - Gary Sheffield

AL Cy Young - Randy Johnson

World Series - Yankees

[KronoRed]

NL Central - Cardinals
NL East - Florida
NL West - Padres
NL Wild Card - Astros

NL Pennant - Cards

NL MVP - Dunn (I have a feeling)

NL Cy Young - Beckett

AL East - Red Sox
AL Central - Cleveland
AL West - Oakalnd
Wild Card - Dirty Yanks

AL Pennant - Oakland

AL MVP - Chavez

AL Cy Young - Shilling.

World Series - Oakland

[OnBaseMachine]

NL MVP - Dunn (I have a feeling)

I think Dunn will put up MVP numbers, but Pujols or someone else will get it because they don't strikeout as much.

[BuckU]

NL Cy Young - Jason Schmidt. If Houston is in the race, Brad Lidge could wind up winning the award. And If Ben Sheets is traded to an NL Team, he's definitely got a good shot.

Uugggghhhh!

[cumberlandreds]

NL Central - Cardinals
NL East - Braves I'm picking them until someone proves me different
NL West - Giants
NL Wild Card - Marlins

NL Pennant - Marlins They might as well be this season's wild card rep.

NL MVP - Pujols

NL Cy Young - Schmidt

AL East - Yankees
AL Central - Twins
AL West - Angels
Wild Card - Red Sox

AL Pennant - Yankees

AL MVP - Matsui

AL Cy Young - Santana

World Series - Yankees will payback the Marlins (I sincerely hope I am wrong about this prediction)

[deltachi8]

NL Central - Cardinals
NL East - Atlanta
NL West - Padres
NL Wild Card - Marlins

NL Pennant - Cards

NL MVP - Puljos

NL Cy Young - Sheets

AL East - Yankees
AL Central - Detroit
AL West - Oakland
Wild Card - Red Sox

AL Pennant - Oakland

AL MVP - Ordonez

AL Cy Young - Clement

World Series - Cardinals

[redsandrails]

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Twins (Indians come VERY close)
AL West: Angels (Rangers and Mariners are in it down to the wire)
AL WC: Red Sox

AL MVP: Mark Texiera (I feel a big year coming)

AL Cy Young: Randy Johnson (One last good year from him, IMO).

AL Penant: Yankees (I feel that with thie amazingly good rotation and lineup they will win it all)


NL East: Marlins
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Giants
NL WC: Reds (Cubs, Astros, maybe D-Backs, Dodgers, Braves, Mets, Padres are all in it)

NL MVP: Albert Pujois

NL Cy Young: Tim Hudson

[jmcclain19]

NLE - Braves - Will be my pick every year for eternity until they lose
NLC - Cubs - Despite trying hard to screw it up, this will be there year
NLW - Padres - Only team that isn't old or weak
WC - Marlins - Dominant pitching wins everytime

ALE - Yankees - Money will buy you all the titles you want
ALC - Twins - Best low budget team in baseball
ALW - Angels - Power, D, pitching, they have it all
WC - Red Sox - Just barely over the surprising A's

Playoffs

Marlins over Cubs / Braves over Pads
Marlins over Braves
Yankees over Twins / Angels over Red Sox
Angels over Yankees

Marlins over Angels - in a six game thriller

ALMVP - Vlad the Impaler - W/ Bonds out, probably best player in baseball
NLMVP - Andrew Jones - Will carry Atlanta this year
ALCyYoung - Jake Peavy - Was downright nasty in 04
NLCyYoung - Josh Beckett - His breakout year
ALROY - B.J. Upton - A's rook's all split the vote
NLROY - Gavin Floyd - Goes from Phils 5th starter to potential No. 1

[traderumor]

jmclain, how could Peavy win the AL Cy Young?

[KronoRed]

Did San Diego move?

[MasonBuzz3]

AL West - Angels, 10-12 games over M's
AL Central- Twins, easily over Indians again
AL East - Yankees, wins by 5+ games
AL Wild Card - Red Sox
AL Pennant - Angels
AL MVP - Vladdy
AL Cy Young - Santana

NL West - Padres, tough division to pick
NL Central - Cards, Reds and Cubs battle for 2nd
NL East - Braves, can't pick against ATL, though FLA comes close
NL Wild Card - Marlins, Reds come close but fall a few games short
NL Pennant - Marlins
NL MVP - Pujols
NL Cy Young - Hudson

World Champs - Angels

[Falls City Beer]

"World Series - St. Louis Cardinals"

Really? Their pitching staff (top to bottom) is actually weaker than last year and you think that staff will win them a championship, against, say, Boston's, New York's, heck even Cleveland's?

I'm afraid I just don't see it.