Official MLB Season Thread

[jilbagh]

My predictions, as optimistic as they may seem...

ALDS: Yankees over Twins in 5; Red Sox over Angels in 5
NLDS: Dodgers over Cardinals in 5; Astros over Braves in 5

ALCS: Red Sox over Yankees in 6
NLCS: Dodgers over Astros in 5

World Series: Dodgers over Yankees in 6
World Series MVP: Eric Gagne

[loseyourname]

I have a weird feeling about this postseason. None of the underdogs really feel like underdogs, except the Twins, since the Yankees own them.

ALDS - Angels over Sox in 4. Schilling will win game 1, Pedro will choke and whoever else they throw out there will get shelled. The Angels are hot at the right time.

ALDS - Yankees over Twins in 4. Same thing. Santana throws a complete game and wins game 1, then the Twins hand it over.

NLDS - Dodgers over Cards in 5. Don't you just get the feeling that someone like Alex Cora or Jason Grabowski will hit a go-ahead homer in the ninth inning of the final game, then Gagne will close it out?

NLDS - Astros over Braves in 3. The whole team is hitting. Clemens will outpitch Wright, Oswalt will outpitch Thompson, and game three in Houston will be close, but the Braves are going home early again.

ALCS - Angels over Yankees in 6. Weak pitching and a slow outfield spells doom against the line-drive hitting Angels. The Angels have owned this team the last two years.

NLCS - Dodgers over Astros in 7. Same thing they did against the Cards, except this time someone who was either a no one or on another team at the beginning of this year hits a walk-off. Brad Lidge will be overworked by game 7 and he'll hang a slider.

World Series - Angels over Dodgers in 6. Sorry to say it, but I get the feeling this will be the end of the road. You beat the Angels by getting ahead early, and for whatever reason, the Dodgers just can't hit early in a game. It's too hard to come back on the Angels. The bullpen is too good and too deep. Plus, the Angels hitters usually struggle against power pitchers, and the Dodgers don't have any. Just a bad matchup.

[jilbagh]

whats your pick for the MVP?

[loseyourname]

Guerrero and Bonds. I would have given it to Beltre, but he was pressing the last week of the season, while the rest of the lineup carried the team.

I'd give the Cy Youngs to Santana and Clemens.

[jilbagh]

Guerrero and Bonds. I would have given it to Beltre, but he was pressing the last week of the season, while the rest of the lineup carried the team.

I'd give the Cy Youngs to Santana and Clemens.

I was talking about the World Series MVP, you left that off your predicitions

[loseyourname]

If that scenario pans out, I'll go with Darin Erstad, although I think Bartolo Colon would have a big series. The Dodgers can't hit him for whatever reason.

[jilbagh]

The Dodgers can't hit anything the past month, or get consistant pitching.
Thank you Randy Johnson you old egotistical punk

[loseyourname]

Don't blame Randy. He was willing to come, but the Dodgers would have had to give up either Edwin Jackson or Jayson Werth, and they wouldn't. If they keep it together, they should have a very good in the coming years. They're just not ready for a team like the Cardinals yet. I just wish I had more faith in McCourt. The market is loaded with good pitchers this off-season (Pedro, Carl Pavano, etc.), but you know the Dodgers won't get one of them, especially with the way the Yankees are starved. Someone is going to be rewarded heavily by Georgy Porgy.

[jilbagh]

so i guess now would be a good time to do my re-predictions...

Boston over Jankees

Card's over Astros

Boston and Cards

Boston Champs

[jilbagh]

2 down, 2 to go