Mets, Cubs, Dbacks
WC: Dodgers

Red Sox, Indians, Angels
WC: Yankees

WS: Mets over Indians

Most likely to lose 100 games: Orioles, Giants
Most likely to be run out of contenntion by their mangaer: Reds

NL East:
1. Phillies
2. Mets
3. Nationals
4. Braves
5. Marlins

NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Diamondbacks
NL Wild Card: Dodgers

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Mariners
AL Wild Card: Tigers

World Series: Tigers over Dodgers

NL
Mets, Brewers, Rox and Dbacks(WC)

AL
Sox, Tigers, Indians(WC) and Mariners

Tigers and Mets in WS

.....and we all know whose gonna win

wow, not many fearless forecasters.

JIP, sincere question - how will the Phils be better than last year? The pitching looks worse, all I can see that will be a plus over '07 is 6 more weeks of Utley.

I don't know that they'll be very much better. I don't think the Mets are all that great, though.

NL East:
1. Phillies
2. Mets
3. Nationals
4. Braves
5. Marlins

As for the others, I don't know enough about them to make a prediction...

NL EAST - METS
NL CENTRAL - CUBS
NL WEST - DIAMONDBACKS
NL WC - BREWERS

AL EAST - RED SOX
AL CENTRAL - WHITESOX
AL WEST- ANGELS
AL WC - INDIANS

NL CHAMPIONS - CUBS
AL CHAMPIONS - RED SOX

WORLD CHAMPIONS - CUBS

Predictions on April 22? Boooooooooooooo!

Cut him a little slack. He only just joined yesterday.

I'm fuzzy on who will get what in regards to Wild Card and stuff.....but my pick for the World Series.....

Red Sox/D-Backs

^May frontrunner^

Among all the pros picking the races this season, who did best? Why, it was Baseball Prospectus and their PECOTA system -- you know, "stat geeks." They were ridiculed by many for projecting 88 wins for Tampa Bay.

http://vegaswatch.net/2008/09/evaluating-a...tions-2008.html


Who did worst? ESPN morons Steve Phillips and Buster Olney.

I read that they projected 80 wins for the Phillies. Is that true?

No, as you could've learned by following the links. (but then you would've had to read some of what you blindly criticize, and we can't have that.)

"Blind criticism" is an apt phrase considering that I actually clicked on a link and got only a short piece of an article followed by "The rest of this article is restricted to Baseball Prospectus Subscribers." And I have much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much better ways of spending money.