MLB predictions

[tigerfan]

NL East: Phillies (The Mets are a total mess)
NL Central: Cardinals (Reds give them a serious scare)
NL West: Giants (Pitching takes this weak divsion)
NL Wildcard: Braves (Fitting send off for Bobby Cox)

AL East: Yankees (Failure to score runs will cost Red Sox)
AL Central: White Sox (Plenty of talent, should rebound)
AL West: Rangers (Should be a good race with the Angels)
AL Wildcard: Tigers (Lots of power arm pitching)

Underachievers: Red Sox, Twins, Mets, Dodgers
Overachievers: Reds, Braves, Giants, Indians

[randallscott35]

Yes my Mets are beyond a mess. 4th in that division is likely. 6 months of shitty baseball watching ahead for me.

[tigerfan]

How's the farm? Any good Met prospects to look forward to? Late season call ups can help a fan get through the dog days of summer if/when your team is out of the race.

[Crown@club]

Ike Davis pounds the crap out of the ball. Should be nice when the Mets call him up in June to replace Murphy/Jacobs tandem.

A healthy Fernando Martinez would be nice

Jenny Mejia - may be someone to see on the mound.

Anyone else has a few years down the road.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Crown@club

Ike Davis pounds the crap out of the ball. Should be nice when the Mets call him up in June to replace Murphy/Jacobs tandem.

A healthy Fernando Martinez would be nice

Jenny Mejia - may be someone to see on the mound.

Anyone else has a few years down the road.

Should get us to the cusp of 70 wins.

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Yes my Mets are beyond a mess. 4th in that division is likely. 6 months of shitty baseball watching ahead for me.

the bronx is closer to NJ

[kenny p]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Yes my Mets are beyond a mess. 4th in that division is likely. 6 months of shitty baseball watching ahead for me.

Do you think the Mets will break .500 for the season?

[tigerfan]

79-83 would be my guess for the Mets.

I think Vegas had the over/under at 82.5

[dalakhani]

AL EAST- Yankees (tepidly over rays and sox)
AL Central- Minnesota
AL West- Angels
AL wildcard- Rays
AL MVP- Longoria
AL CY Young- John Lester

NL East- Phillies (braves coming)
NL Central- Reds (Nice youngs bats to go with bevy of young pitchers)
NL West- Dodgers
NL Wildcard- Rockies
NL MVP- Joey Votto
NL CY Young- Roy Halladay

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by tigerfan

79-83 would be my guess for the Mets.

I think Vegas had the over/under at 82.5

You are correct, they are dead wrong. I think 75 wins tops.

[kenny p]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

You are correct, they are dead wrong. I think 75 wins tops.

My place has it at 81. Unfortunately I think the Mets are gonna stink this year. The Wilpons are cursed.

[Cannon Shell]

AL East - Red Sox
AL Central - White Sox
AL West - Seattle
Wildcard - Yankees
MVP - Arod
Cy Young - Felix Hernandez

NL East - Phils
NL Central - Cardinals
NL West - Dodgers
Wildcard - Braves
MVP - Pujols
Cy Young - Clayton Kershaw


AL PLAYOFFS
Red Sox over White Sox
Yankees over Seattle
Red Sox over Yankees

NL PLAYOFFS
Phils over Cardinals
Braves over Dodgers
Phils over Braves

WS
Phils over Red Sox

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by tigerfan

How's the farm? Any good Met prospects to look forward to? Late season call ups can help a fan get through the dog days of summer if/when your team is out of the race.

The Mets farm system is devoid of talent though they do have a couple of interesting guys who are really young/long ways away.

If Mejia plays in the majors this year for that crappy team they should shoot Minaya. The kid has been rushed through the system and has never even thrown more than 95 innings in a minor league year let alone MLB.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

AL EAST- Yankees (tepidly over rays and sox)
AL Central- Minnesota
AL West- Angels
AL wildcard- Rays
AL MVP- Longoria
AL CY Young- John Lester

NL East- Phillies (braves coming)
NL Central- Reds (Nice youngs bats to go with bevy of young pitchers)
NL West- Dodgers
NL Wildcard- Rockies
NL MVP- Joey Votto
NL CY Young- Roy Halladay

The Reds dont have enough starting pitching and will need career years from the entire outfield and Rolen to stay healthy to be close. That is highly unlikely.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The Reds dont have enough starting pitching and will need career years from the entire outfield and Rolen to stay healthy to be close. That is highly unlikely.

They have those three kids though. Aroldis could be a star. Leake and Wood are both highly touted.

Jay Bruce could put it together. Votto is good. Phillips is good.

This staff is fairly young and deep. Even Dusty might not screw it up.

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

AL East - Red Sox
AL Central - White Sox
AL West - Seattle
Wildcard - Yankees
MVP - Arod
Cy Young - Felix Hernandez

NL East - Phils
NL Central - Cardinals
NL West - Dodgers
Wildcard - Braves
MVP - Pujols
Cy Young - Clayton Kershaw how about wandy rodriguez outside shot?

AL PLAYOFFS
Red Sox over White Sox
Yankees over Seattle
Red Sox over Yankees

NL PLAYOFFS
Phils over Cardinals
Braves over Dodgers
Phils over Braves

WS
Phils over Red Sox

any thoughts?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

They have those three kids though. Aroldis could be a star. Leake and Wood are both highly touted.

Jay Bruce could put it together. Votto is good. Phillips is good.

This staff is fairly young and deep. Even Dusty might not screw it up.

The staff is hardly deep. Remember Aaron Harang and Bronson Arroyo are the 1 and 2 pitchers here not Carpenter and Wainwright.

Leake and Wood are undersized guys who are 1 1/2 -2 years away from being ready to be major league regulars. Cueto is another undersized guy who may never be anything but an average number 4 or 5 starter. And in that ballpark, average is simply not good enough. Homer Bailey is the one guy they have who may have a breakout year but just as easily could go back to major suckdom as well. He finished the season very well last year after starting to throw a splitter. Volquez wont be back till late summer and cant be expected to produce much. The Cuban guy already has had a setback and really isnt a guy ready to step into a 32 start season anyway. Not to mention Dusty Baker is a pitchers nightmare.

Votto is very good, Phillips is a good 2nd baseman, Rolen is an improvement if he can stay semi healthy. But Bruce has to hit lefties better and start taking walks. The problem for guys like Bruce that arent taking enough walks is that pitchers simply dont throw them enough strikes and when they are struggling like he was last year he has too many 0-4's and wind up hitting .223. Gomes, Dickerson and Stubbs are all more 4th OF types than starters and though Stuubs is a very good CF, Gomes is a brutal fielder. They get very little from behind the plate and thier bullpen overachived last year.

They have some nice pieces but they have a lot of holes as well.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by gales0678

any thoughts?

He is probably one of the top 10 starters in the NL but most likely would regress than improve off of last year. Underrated though.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The Mets farm system is devoid of talent though they do have a couple of interesting guys who are really young/long ways away.

If Mejia plays in the majors this year for that crappy team they should shoot Minaya. The kid has been rushed through the system and has never even thrown more than 95 innings in a minor league year let alone MLB.

Devoid is strong. Not solid.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

LOL .."WANDY"....Love it when deaf people name kids.