2008 MLB predictions

How can you honestly say that you prefer Cleveland's lineup to Detroit's? That's absolutely preposterous. The Yankees are the only team even close to the Tigers in the offensive department. Pronk better hit .450 and hit 127 HRs if the Indians want to try to match Detroit offensively this year.

 

NL East
1. New York*
2. Atlanta
3. Philadelphia
4. Florida
5. Washington

NL Central
1. Chicago
2. Milwaukee
3. Cincinatti
4. Houston
5. St. Louis
6. Pittsburgh

NL West
1. Arizona
2. Los Angeles
3. San Diego
4. Colorado
5. San Francisco

Wild Card
Atlanta

AL East
1. Boston*
2. New York
3. Toronto
4. Tampa Bay
5. Baltimore

AL Central
1. Cleveland
2. Detroit
3. Minnesota
4. Chicago
5. Kansas City

AL West
1. Seattle
2. Los Angeles
3. Oakland
4. Texas

Wild Card
Los Angeles

*=denotes best records in each league



ALDS
Boston def. Los Angeles (3-1)
Cleveland def. Seattle (3-0)

ALCS
Boston def. Cleveland (4-3)

NLDS
New York def. Arizona (3-2)
Atlanta def. Chicago (3-2)

NLCS
New York def. Atlanta (4-1)

World Series
Boston def. New York Mets (4-3)

Boston wins back-to-back and gets revenge from their collapse in the 1986 World Series.

 

Whether or not Cleveland has the better lineup will depend on what kind of production they can get out of the outfield corners. With Hafner, V-Mart, Sizemore, Peralta, Garko, and Blake they certainly have a fearsome order. Detroit's is very strong too, and might end up being better, but their age concerns me. I could see injuries and/or general decline derailing the Tigers' offense.

 

NL East
1. New York* The Mets and Phils will battle all year
2. Philadelphia
3. Atlanta
4. Washington Washington and the young Marlins could flip flop
5. Florida

NL Central
1. Chicago I really like the Reds bats and am hoping Homer Bailey can rebound
2. Milwaukee Trading away their closer has me scratching my head but I really like their infield corners
3. Cincinnati
4. Houston
5. St. Louis Old but look for Glaus to rebound
6. Pittsburgh

NL West
1. Arizona Probably the best 1-2-3 pitching staff in NL
2. Los Angeles Getting younger
3. San Diego After Peavy what's to be excited over in their rotation
4. Colorado
5. San Francisco Rowand will never have numbers like he had in Phillie in SF

Wild Card
Dodgers Mets and Phillies. Two of these will be a divisional winner and a Wild card

AL East
1. Boston* Schilling will not be nearly the factor as in the past
2. New York still need pitching IMO
3. Toronto
4. Tampa Bay
5. Baltimore

AL Central
1. Detroit Great Lineup and soon to be dominant staff
2. Cleveland Will battle Yanks for wild card
3. Chicago
4. Minnesota
5. Kansas City

AL West
1. Los Angeles Vlad has some help and Garland will be a 16 game winner in this lineup
2. Seattle Nice addition in Bedard
3. Texas
4. Oakland Billy Ball just lost it luster

Wild Card
Cleveland

 

Pirates will suck again . . . . I kinda feel sorry for them , they haven't had anything to really cheer about since Willie 'Pops' Stargell was playing, they wore those cool mix & match Uniforms, and they were singing 'WE ARE FAMILY'

 

You make a very valid point. Yankees don't win games just cuz they're the Yankees, they win because they're good, but not quite as good as the Indians.