MLB 2012 Season predictions

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?

jack presley

I was 1 out of 6 last season with my division predictions so expect top quality picks you can put your house on again this season....!!!!!

It's still a bit early in Spring Training to commit to picks so I'll make mine in a couple of weeks but I'd say it'll be something along the lines of Yankees, Tigers, Angels, Phillies, Cardinals, Giants with Braves, Brewers, Rays and Rangers as the WCs.

jack presley

Coeus wrote: »

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?

I presume that's what you meant?

Coeus

jack presley wrote: »

I presume that's what you meant?

Yep, I need to re-read my posts before I post

BigBadRob83

NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Giants
Wildcards: Marlins & Brewers

Crap-shoot after that, will go with the Brewers to make a run all the way to the World Series.

AL East: Rays
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Rangers
Wildcards: Angels and Red Sox

Sox for the wildcard is a heart-over-head prediction, see the Rangers winning it all this year.

gciddy

Thought I would through mine into the mix!

NL East: Miami
NL Central: Brewers
NL West: Arizona
Wildcards: Reds and Phillies


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

WS - Yankees over Phillies

8-10

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

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

WS - Yankees, beating Phillies unfortunately.

UCD AFC

AL

East - Red Sox
Central - Detroit
West - Texas
Wildcards - Yankees and Angels

NL

East - Philadelphia
Central - St. Louis
West - San Francisco
Wildcards - Reds and Marlins

brilliantboy

Just over half a day until the season opener
Got my snacks and drinks and whatnot and ready to roll

The change in time zone really throwing me off though as I'm used to staying up until 3am to watch most Mariners games

My predictions:

AL East - Yankees, Red Sox (WC), Rays, Jays, Orioles
AL Central - Tigers, Indians (WC), Royals, White Sox, Twins
AL West - Rangers, Mariners :pac: , Angels, A's

NL East - Marlins, Phillies (WC), Braves, Nats, Mets
NL Central - Brewers, Reds (WC), Cards, Cubs, Pirates, Astros
NL West - Rockies, Giants, Dodgers, D'Backs, Padres

WS - Tigers over Phillies

jack presley

jack presley wrote: »

I was 1 out of 6 last season with my division predictions so expect top quality picks you can put your house on again this season....!!!!!

It's still a bit early in Spring Training to commit to picks so I'll make mine in a couple of weeks but I'd say it'll be something along the lines of Yankees, Tigers, Angels, Phillies, Cardinals, Giants with Braves, Brewers, Rays and Rangers as the WCs.

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.

eire4

I will go with the following:

AL East: New York Yankees
AL Central Detroit Tigers
AL West Los Angeles Angels
AL Wildcards Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox

AL Champion New York Yankees

NL East Philadelphia Phillies
NL Central St Louis Cardinals
NL West San Francisco Giants
NL Wildcards Miami Marlins, Atlanta Braves

NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies

MLB Champion New York Yankees

Benimar

My uneducated guesses:

AL East: Tampa Bay Rays
AL Central Detroit Tigers
AL West Los Angeles Angels
AL Wildcards New York Yankees, Texas Rangers

AL Champion Tampa Bay Rays

NL East Philadelphia Phillies
NL Central St Louis Cardinals
NL West Arizona Diamondbacks
NL Wildcards Miami Marlins, Atlanta Braves

NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies

MLB Champion Philadelphia Phillies

jossul1179

gciddy wrote: »

Thought I would through mine into the mix!

NL East: Miami
NL Central: Brewers
NL West: Arizona
Wildcards: Reds and Phillies


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

WS - Yankees over Phillies

Wildcard Toronto! I hope so it would be nice to see Toronto back in the playoffs. They have not been in almost 20 years. The world series does not sound right when it is only American teams in it. I'm rooting for the one Canadian team.

califano

Cubs making steady headway now.

Duckworth_Luas

rounders123 wrote: »

Cubs making steady headway now.

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

Coeus wrote: »

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

jack presley wrote: »

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

jack presley wrote: »

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

Coeus wrote: »

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.