MLB Divisional Predictions 2008:


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Thought I'd start this up again so we can look back this October and see how wrong we all were.:D Here are mine:

AL

West

Angels

Seattle

Oakland

Texas

Central

Indians

Tigers

Royals

Twins

White Sox

East

Red Sox

Spankees

Rays

Blue Jays

Orioles

Wildcard= Tigers

NL

West

Diamondbacks

Rockies

Padres

Dodgers (sorry Kev:D)

Giants

Central

Cubs

Reds

Brewers

Astros

Cardinals

Pirates

East

Mets

Phillies

Braves

Marlins

Nationals

Wildcard= Rockies

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AL

West

Angels

Seattle

Oakland

Texas

Central

Tigers

Indians

Royals

White Sox

Twins

East

Red Sox

Spankees

Blue Jays

Rays

Orioles

Wildcard= Tribe

NL

West

Diamondbacks

Rockies

Padres

Dodgers (I'm not sorry Kev:D)

Giants

Central

Astros

Cardinals

Reds

Cubs

Brewers

Pirates

East

Mets

Phillies

Braves

Marlins

Nationals

Wildcard= Rockies

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AL

West

LA Angels

Seattle

Oakland

Texas

Central

Detroit

Cleveland

Chicago White Sox

Minnesota

Kansas City

East

Boston

New York Yankees

Tampa Bay

Toronto

Baltimore

Wildcard--Cleveland

NL

West

Colorado

Los Angelas

Arizona

San Diego

San Francisco

Central

Milwaukee

Chicago Cubs

St.Louis

Cincinnati

Houston

Pittsburgh

East

New York Mets

Philadelphia

Atlanta

Florida

Washington

Wildcard--Philadelphia

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I think Willis is going to be great. He's no longer got the pressure of being the guy. He'll be the #2 or #3 starter and he's going to be one of the better #2 or 3 starters in baseball.

Thats the same thing I'm thinkin.

Verlander was the only guy who stayed healthy the whole year. Bonderman and Robertson played most of the year, but they each missed a handful of games at the end of the year, Kenny Rogers was never healthy last year, and other than that, they never really had another starting pitcher, outside of Verlander, Bonderman and Robertson, there were 8 other guys that had to step in and start. The only question they have is if Rogers can stay healthy.

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I think Willis is going to be great. He's no longer got the pressure of being the guy. He'll be the #2 or #3 starter and he's going to be one of the better #2 or 3 starters in baseball.

Oh man, I just printed this out to hold you to this one.:rolleyes::D

I wouldn't expect anything from Rogers, especially since they're watching for HGH now. Bonderman will be key, but if can turn it around he'll be a huge factor to their sucess. But if he has another year like he did last year it won't cut the mustard. And I wouldn't give you a bag of used BP balls for Robertson.

Willis is a gimmick pitcher with a funky windup that threw people off for a couple years. Once the league figured him out, he wasn't much of anything.

But that lineup is going to score a ton of runs and will win games for them. I like the way it's made up and Polanco is one of my favorite players. That said, there's ?'s there too. Sheff and Mag's health, Pudge's age...

I'm sticking with my Tribe winning the division because of the two studs at the front end of that rotation and a solid bullpen. I just wish Borowski wasn't our closer.

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Tigers only weakness is middle relief but with our bats I think we can save them in some games. Todd Jones is not the best either but he should get enough saves for us to win the division.

And as tough as the AL Central is, I dont think the wildcard will come from there. I think we will beat each other up where as a 2nd place team in a weaker division will have an easier path.

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AL

West

LA

Seattle

Oakland

Texas

Central

Tigers

Indians

White Sox

Twins

Royals

East

Red Sox

Yankees

Blue Jays

Orioles

D Rays

Wildcard= Yankees

NL

West

Padres

Dbacks

Rockies

Dodgers

Giants

Central

Brewers

Cubs

Cardinals

Astros

Pirates

East

Mets

Phillies

Braves

Marlins

Nationals

Wildcard= Dbacks

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