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Old 03-29-2010, 03:22 PM
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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?
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Old 03-29-2010, 03:47 PM
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79-83 would be my guess for the Mets.

I think Vegas had the over/under at 82.5
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Old 03-29-2010, 04:49 PM
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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
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Old 03-29-2010, 07:38 PM
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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.
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Old 03-29-2010, 09:42 PM
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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.
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Old 03-29-2010, 10:41 PM
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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.
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Old 09-22-2010, 06:09 AM
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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
This was pretty accurate too. You might have both NL awards correct and Longoria and Lester had very good seasons as well. Your only misses were the western divisions.
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Old 03-29-2010, 05:03 PM
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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.
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Old 03-29-2010, 06:34 PM
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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.
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Old 03-29-2010, 07:22 PM
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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
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Old 03-29-2010, 10:04 PM
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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?
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Old 03-29-2010, 10:44 PM
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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.
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Old 04-01-2010, 07:44 AM
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any thoughts?
my dream world series matchup, but not this year. I'm a pretty optimistic person in general, except when it comes to red sox expectations. This years expectations are pretty low

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Old 04-01-2010, 02:10 PM
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any thoughts?
though I'm a life long red sox fan, I'll be surprised to see them win 90 games this year
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Old 09-22-2010, 06:10 AM
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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
This is a mess. I don't know why i always believe in Seattle and always discount the Twins.
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Old 04-20-2010, 08:47 AM
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You are correct, they are dead wrong. I think 75 wins tops.
After 13 games, it looks like 75 wins is a pipe dream. The Mets are actually worse than i thought. Nearly unwatchable at times.
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Old 05-07-2010, 01:26 AM
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Some nobody pitched the best 6 2/3 innings of their life, and Broxton had to fk it up.
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Old 05-07-2010, 01:57 AM
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Just like that cow to blow a save, and then get someone else's win. Only starts to compete after it gets tied. Has the concentration of a worm.
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