2008 MLB season

[pohibaba]

So, for all you baseball fans, this is your chance to make predictions, root on your favorite team, and talk trash to your rivals. I'll start this out by posting my predictions for the year:

American League:

East Champion: Boston
Central Champion: Detriot
West Champion: Seatle
Wildcard: Cleveland

AL Champion: Cleveland

National League:

East Champion: Atlanta
Central Champion: Chicago
West Champion: San Diego
Wildcard: New York

NL Champion: New York

World Series Champion: Cleveland Indians in 6 games

[blister1]

Detroit is this years trendy pick and I get a laugh out of it. Steve Phillips just brought his braindead logic into BBT and predicted them to win it all. His gripe against the Yanks last year when he said Seattle would win the WC? no pitching/all offense. Sound similar!? the Tigers have it even worse, at least the Yanks had Mo to close games, the Tigers? Todd motherfucking Jones!

AL East: Yanks
Central: Indians (pitching is a wonderful thing, Hafner won't suck and Seizemore is gonna have a huge year)
West: Mariners (Escobar's season is done, Lackey is gone for the month, their strength became a weakness)
WC: Boston

NL East: Mets
Central: Cubs
West: DBacks (Webb and Haren is a fierce combo)
WC: Braves

Not gonna do playoff predictions as that's crapshoot. Can't wait for tomorrow, this bullshit rain better stay away

Edit: Worst national anthem.ever.

[Kooldac]

AL
East: Boston
Central: Cleveland
West: Seattle
Wild: NY

NL
East: Philly
Central: Milwaukee
West: Arizona
Wild: Colorado

[Cail]

my team is the astros...im so excited for our year /sarcasm

[pohibaba]

my team is the astros...im so excited for our year /sarcasm

Giants fan here; I know your pain.

[Trichocyst]

I'd love to pick the Phillies to win the NL East and beyond but it's such a tough division with two great teams to compete against. It's probably going to be both triumphant and heart breaking.

[Talus]

Baltimore fan /sigh

[Akiyama]

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Angels
AL Wild Card: Yankees

NL East: Mets
NL Central Cubbies
NL West: (Wide open here) Padres
NL Wild Card: Braves

Not gonna do the playoffs either.

I'm an Atlanta fan too, so I'm not going homer here.

[Mizango]

Life long Royals fan. I'm telling you, one of these days its going to happen.

I need a cutting emote.

[Cephius]

I'll focus on the AL, because outside of the Mets and maybe Philly or Atlanta, the NL is a joke.

Boston is clearly the favorite after retaining most of their staff from last year. Their problem will likely be pitching. Beckett is coming off back problems which is not what you want your ace to be going through. Shilling is likely done, and Dice-K has not proven himself to be anything but a mediocre at best starter. Lester and Buchholtz will be the key for them, they need to have good years. Boston's lineup is also getting old, Ortiz hasn't been himself lately and still seems to be trying overcome injuries. However Manny is still Manny, and Ellsbury is going to be a hell of a player.

The Yankees are actually the underdog this year, their biggest question is their pitching staff. They need Wang to have a good year, Pettite to be the pitcher hes capable of being, and their young pitchers to give them a bunch of good starts. There is potential in their front 4 but it has yet to be realized so it could go either way. The bright side is that their offense is as good as it will ever be, and has the ability to bail their pitchers out of a bad start. If Joba stays in the bullpen, they easily have the best 7/8/9 combo in all of baseball. If their starters get in trouble though, things could change in a hurry.

Detroit also has a great lineup put together but I don't think they're on par with the Yankees just yet. Their pitching staff is full of holes also, so it remains to be seen how well they do. They're clearly capable of winning over 95 games but much like the other powerhouses in the league, need their pitching staff to keep them in the game.

Seattle and the Angels I don't think will change much from last year. They're keeping the majority of their rosters and I doubt there will be any surprises there. Personally I'd bank on the Angels winning the division again.

[GraveRobberX]

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Mariners
AL Wild Card: Indians

NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Cardnials
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Mets

Playoffs

Yankees AL Champions
Dodgers NL Champions

WS Champs Yankees in 6

[Heian]

We're doing it again this year.

Yankees will be lucky to get Wild Card if that.

Detroit is going to be nasty this year, as well as Oakland.

LA Dodgers should be interesting to watch, and should have great potential in a year or so.

[Reality]

AL:
east: boston
central: cleveland
west: seattle
WC: angels

yup, tigers aren't making the playoffs

NL:
east: new york
central: chicago
west: arizona
WC: atlanta

world series: cleveland vs new york, cleveland in 5, carmona MVP

Detroit is going to be nasty this year, as well as Oakland.

they've got one great pitcher (harden), and blanton is average at best, and their lineup is very suspect. i don't see oakland surprising anyone this year, JMO

[terranova]

National League:

East Champion: Atlanta
Central Champion: Chicago
West Champion: San Diego
Wildcard: New York

That's being very nice and optimistic.

However given their current downward spiral since..2000, the best I will give them is the wild card.

[Darkevolution]

As a die hard Indians fan, it pains me to see people pick Cleveland to win. The more people pick Cleveland, the less likely they'll make the playoffs... If anyone else if from Cleveland, you'll know what I mean.

AL:
east: Boston
central: Cleveland
west: Seattle (tough call, nod to great pitching)
WC: Detroit (will hit their way into the playoffs)

NL:
east: Atlanta
central: Chicago
west: Arizona
WC: NY Mets

WS: Boston v. Atlanta
WS winner: Boston in 5

[blister1]

We're doing it again this year.

Yankees will be lucky to get Wild Card if that.

Detroit is going to be nasty this year, as well as Oakland.

LA Dodgers should be interesting to watch, and should have great potential in a year or so.

It'll be nice seeing Detroit waltz their way into October with Verlander, 4 stragglers, and no bullpen

[Viq]

Let's go Wind Sox!

[Creeps]

AL East: Tampa Bay
AL Central: Kansas City
AL West: Los Angeles
AL Wild Card: Minnesota

NL East: Florida
NL Central: Pittsburgh
NL West: San Fran
NL Wild Card: Houston

Playoffs

Tampa Bay AL Champions
San Fran NL Champions

WS Champs Tampa Bay in 4

I figure if I choose the teams that are pretty much a guaranteed lose, I won't be disappointed in the end

[Viq]

^
Tampa Bay won't finish last. Take a look at the Baltimore Orioles roster sometime.

[pohibaba]

AL East: Tampa Bay
AL Central: Kansas City
AL West: Los Angeles
AL Wild Card: Minnesota

NL East: Florida
NL Central: Pittsburgh
NL West: San Fran
NL Wild Card: Houston

Playoffs

Tampa Bay AL Champions
San Fran NL Champions

WS Champs Tampa Bay in 4

I figure if I choose the teams that are pretty much a guaranteed lose, I won't be disappointed in the end

Your sarcasm digs deep