[Coeus]

I know its early in the season but I read today that Ruben Amaro Jr says the Phillies may be a selling club come the July trade deadline if their form dont improve. That dont bode well for all the Phillies predictions...

[jack presley]

Originally Posted by Coeus

I know its early in the season but I read today that Ruben Amaro Jr says the Phillies may be a selling club come the July trade deadline if their form dont improve. That dont bode well for all the Phillies predictions...

I love seeing the Phillies struggle but I don't think they're in as bad a position as is being made out. The trades they made to get the pitching they have really depleted their farm system and this is catching up on them now that their 2 best hitters are on the DL.

They're still only 5 games back though and we're only in May so I wouldn't be having all the panic talk yet. Utley and Howard will be back at some stage and surely the rest of the lineup will start to hit better at some stage.

For their sake they'd better start doing better. You know how fans in Philadelphia get!

[smackbunnybaby]

Getting late to this, but I will predict it how I would have predicated it:

NL East: Marlins
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Diamondbacks
Wildcards: Reds and Phillies

The Cardinals and Diamondbacks in the NL Championship series with the Cardinals winning.

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Rangers
Wildcards: Angels and Boston

Tigers and Rangers in the NL Championship series with the Rangers winning.

Rangers defeat Cardinals in the final.

[Coeus]

Originally Posted by jack presley

I love seeing the Phillies struggle but I don't think they're in as bad a position as is being made out. The trades they made to get the pitching they have really depleted their farm system and this is catching up on them now that their 2 best hitters are on the DL.

They are gonna struggle more now that Doc is headed to the DL. Not that he has been great this season but he eats innings and saves the bullpen for others.

Injury is a lat strain and they saying are 6-8 weeks out but you always have to worry when pitchers get shoulder injuries. Have all the innings he has thrown over the years finally caught up with him...

[jack presley]

Originally Posted by jack presley

As the season starts tonight I suppose I'll submit my official picks. I'm going with the favourites in most cases which is the easy option I know so I actually hope I repeat last year's performance and get most of them wrong.

AL East - Yankees
AL Central - Tigers
AL West - Rangers
AL WC - Rays, Angels

NL East - Phillies
NL Central - Cardinals
NL West - Giants
NL WC - Reds, Marlins

And I'll say Phillies over the Rays in the World Series just like '08.

2 months in, time to check in on how the predictions are doing. Only 1 of my 6 division predictions are correct at the moment so I'm on course to equal my record from last season.

However the Yankees and Cardinals are within touching distance and I think the Tigers will still win the ALC but I'm not too confident in my Giants or Phillies picks. My wild card teams are still in with a shout too so all is not lost. Still early days though.....

[Coeus]

Originally Posted by Coeus

Since there hasn't been a predictions thread in a few seasons I thought I'd start one up. Here are mine...

NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Giants
Wildcards: Reds and Nationals

Hard to predict who will have the best record in the NL but I'm going to go with the Phillies and Giants in the NL Championship series with the Phillies winning.

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Angels
Wildcards: Rangers and Rays

I think the Tigers will have the best record in the AL and predict they will play the Angels in the AL Championship series with the Tigers winning.

So that gives a world series of Phillies v Tigers. Pushed to choose, I plump with the Tigers. I must see what price I can get for them in the bookies

Any other offers?

Just thought I'd see how I was doing with my season predictions now that the season is half way through.

I only have 1 of the 6 division leaders at the moment but the rest of my picks are in good position to push for their division titles or wildcard spots except for the Phillies!

Tigers will need to get alot better if they are gonna win it out. The AL central is alot tougher than I though it would be. The Indians are solid and the White Sox can hit and have Chris Sale.