Mar
09
World Series: Yankees over the Giants in 6 games
MLB Predictions for 2010.
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Hardball Mike a Las Vegas baseball prognosticator and player makes his picks for the Junior and Senior Circuits:
American League Predictions
AL East
New York
Boston
Tampa
Baltimore
Toronto
New York added Granderson, Nick Johnson, and Javier Vazquez to more than offset loss of Damon, Matsui. Boston has strong SP but not sure if lineup as god as years past. Tampa is solid but in a tough division. Baltimore getting better finally and have some good young players. Toronto lost Halladay and will rebuild, but this year will finish 5th.
AL Central
Chicago
Minnesota
Detroit
Kansas City
Cleveland
Should be a good three way race for first place. Chicago gets the nod with Peavy as ace of a good pitching staff. Also added Teahen will have Beckham and Rios for a full year. Quentin is a top RBI guy if he can stay healthy. Minnesota should contend all year and added Hudsone and Hardy to start in the middle infield. Can their starters repeat their performances from last year? Mauer and Morneau as good as it gets for 3-4 hitters. Detroit has good starting pitching but a little too much youth in their lineup. Kansas City continues to improve and added a couple of vets in Ankiel and Kendall. Greinke one of the best pitchers and bottom end of rotation is improving. Cleveland is in for a long season. Too many unproven pitchers and lack of talent in the lineup.
AL WEST
Los Angeles
Seattle
Texas
Oakland
Despite losing Lackey and Figgins, Angels are very good and well coached. Seattle has great 1-2 punch with Felix Hernandez and Cliff Lee, but not much after that. Texas will contend but fade like they do every year (I think it has to do with the heat and humidity). Oakland will battle but can't keep up with the division.
Wild Card: Boston
AL MVP: Mark Teixeira
CY Young: Felix Hernandez
ROY: Carlos Santana
Playoffs: New York over Chicago, Los Angeles over Boston
ALCS: New York over Los Angeles
National League Predictions.
The National League seems a bit more unpredictable...could go many different ways. So, here we go.
NL East
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Florida
New York
Washington
Phillies should repeat as division champs. They have the best hitting and good pitching. Halladay is there for a full season to go with Hamels to lead the pitching staff. New York is a bit of a mess but may make a little noise if Santana is 100%. Atlanta, despite losing Vazquez will battle for Bobby Cox in his last season. Washington moving in the right direction. Florida could surprise as they seem to do every year. They know how to scout and get the most out of their young players and talent.
NL Central
Chicago
St Louis
Milwaukee
Houston
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
This may be a surprise, but finally Chicago takes the division. Marmol will become an elite closer and the offense ready to rebound from subpar season last year. St Louis falls back even though on paper they have the top starting pitchers and best 3-4 combo with Pujols and Holliday. Milwaukee pitching not strong enough. The rest of the division just lacks offensive punch and pitching. Cincinnati has some good young talent and should compete in a couple of years. Pittsburgh showing no signs of wanting to win and they continue to develop players to trade to contenders such as Bay, Nady, Ramirez, McLouth, etc
NL West
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Colorado
Arizona
San Diego
The Giants, led by their pitching, will take the division. They will add a big bat during the season as they will need to score more runs to win. Los Angeles and Colorado are both good and will put up a good fight. Arizona is a dark horse especially if Webb is back to full strength and the young positions players break out. San Diego has a ways to go. They will likely trade Adrian Gonzalez before the trade deadline this year, just like Peavy last year.
NL MVP: Hanley Ramirez
NL Cy Young: Matt Cain
NL ROY: Jason Heyward
Wild card: St Louis
NL Playoffs: Phil over St Louis; SF over Chicago
NLCS: SF over Phil
