2008 Season Predictions!

[redsrbetter]

Had a peanut butter crack sandwich this morning. Nah, where did you hear June 1st?

[Dry1313]

Originally Posted by HollywoodLeo The Rockies will most definitely make a run for the NL West title but so will the Padres, Dodgers, and Diamond Backs. The NL West is pretty strong and whomever finishes 4th place would probably win any other division in baseball

I call bullshit.

Originally Posted by love_that_reefer The Mariners benefit from playing in a weaker division giving them a better shot at the playoffs than the Yankees. Don't forget they got Mel Stottlemyre as their pitching coach which will help.

Right. Let's see if there All Star CIFs can ever produce. Lets see if Bedard can win. Let's see if King Felix can remain consistent.

Also, FTR, Mel Stottlemyre isn't that great of a pitching coach

Originally Posted by redsrbetter I guess I have to give this a crack: AL East: Reds Sox Blue Jays Rays Yankees Orioles AL Central: Tigers Indians (Wild Card) Twins Royals White Sox AL West: Angels Mariners Rangers A's NL East: Mets Braves Phillies Nationals Marlins NL Central: Reds Brewers Cubs Cardinals Pirates Astros NL West: (Best Division In Baseball) Diamondbacks Dodgers (Wild Card) Rockies Padres Giants AL MVP: Grady Sizemore AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander AL ROY: Evan Longoria NL MVP: Albert Pujols NL Cy Young: Jake Peavy NL ROY: Jay Bruce World Series: Diamondbacks over Tigers

OK, Yankees 4th is ludicrous. They have a Top 5 lineup in baseball, and if you're banking on the Rotation of : Wang, Pettite, Mussina, Kennedy and Hughes doing worse than the Jays and Rays, you're crazy.

The NL West is a bunch of inconsistent teams with really good pitching. Look at the DRays and DBacks...sparing the fact that Haren and Webb are sick, don't the teams look eerily similar?

[brewersfan19]

maybe Longoria will be the Ryan Braun story of '08! who knows.

[DirtyKash]

Originally Posted by redsrbetter Had a peanut butter crack sandwich this morning. Nah, where did you hear June 1st?

The whole reason that the (Devil) Rays sent him down is because they want to keep him until 2014, instead of 2013. They do that by keeping him down until June 1st.

[realmofotalk]

NL West:
1) D-bags
2) Rockies
3) Dodgers
4) Padres
5) Las Vegas 51's
6) Giants

[browntown653]

Originally Posted by redsrbetter I guess I have to give this a crack: AL East: Reds Sox Blue Jays Rays Yankees Orioles

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[Halladay_is_God]

Jays' rotation > Yankees' rotation

no lie, no bias, just truth (you have to believe me I'm Canadian, I can't lie, but DK an exception)

[brewersfan19]

Halladay, I agree with you. On paper they may have better pitching, but the BIG question is, can the Jays pitchers stay healthy this season?

[browntown653]

Originally Posted by Halladay_is_God Jays' rotation > Yankees' rotation no lie, no bias, just truth (you have to believe me I'm Canadian, I can't lie, but DK an exception)

That's the thing, on paper it's definitely possible but Halladay and Burnett aren't the healthiest pitchers in the world recently. And the Yanks young guys could be real good or real bad. Who knows.

[brewersfan19]

don't forget about B. J. Ryan either.

[browntown653]

I'm talking about starting rotation, not overall pitching, so I didn't include Ryan.

[brewersfan19]

ah, fair enough.

[Halladay_is_God]

Jays have their own young guys, McGowan, Marcum and Litsch (looks to be the 5th starter now)

Halladay had a healthy season last year and most of his injuries were freak ones, still pitched over 220 Innings in the last two seasons with 16 wins in each.

Burnett I can't argue, he is the wild card of the whole bunch, but with McGowan around he may pass Burnett as the no. 2 starter this season.