2011 Team Predictions

[Primetime]

Just throwing it out there. I'm sure we'll have 10 more before the season actually starts.

NL West
1. San Francisco Giants
2. Colorado Rockies
3. Los Angeles Dodgers
4. San Diego Padres
5. Arizona Diamondbacks

NL Central
1. Cincinnati Reds
2. Milawukee Brewers(W)
3. St. Louis Cardinals
4. Chicago Cubs
5. Houston Astros
6. Pittsburgh Pirates

NL East
1. Philadelphia Phillies
2. Atlanta Braves
3. Washington Nationals
4. New York Mets
5. Florida Marlins

AL West
1. Texas Rangers
2. Los Angeles Angels
3. Oakland Athletics
4. Seattle Mariners

AL Central
1. Chicago White Sox
2. Minnesota Twins
3. Detroit Tigers
4. Cleveland Indians
5. Kansas City Royals

AL East
1. Boston Red Sox
2. New York Yankees(W)
3. Tampa Bay Rays
4. Toronto Blue Jays
5. Baltimore Orioles

Divisional Playoffs:
Philadelphia Phillies > Milwaukee Brewers 4-2
Cincinnati Reds > San Francisco Giants 4-3
Boston Red Sox > New York Yankees 4-3
Texas Rangers > Chicago White Sox 4-2

Championship Playoffs:
Philadelphia Phillies > Cincinatti Reds 4-1
Boston Red Sox > Texas Rangers 4-2

World Series:
Philadelphia Phillies > Boston Red Sox 4-2

[Obst]

It's not like the NFL, all teams play in the first round, no byes in baseball. And it's three division winners and one wildcard team, not two.

NL West
1. Colorado Rockies (3 seed)
2. San Francisco Giants
3. Los Angeles Dodgers
4. San Diego Padres
5. Arizona Diamondbacks

NL Central
1. Milwaukee Brewers (2 seed)
2. Cincinnati Reds
3. St. Louis Cardinals
4. Chicago Cubs
5. Houston Astros
6. Pittsburgh Pirates

NL East
1. Philadelphia Phillies (1 seed)
2. Atlanta Braves (W)
3. Florida Marlins
4. New York Mets
5. Washington Nationals

AL West
1. Texas Rangers (3 seed)
2. LAoA Angels
3. Oakland A's
4. Seattle Mariners

AL Central
1. Detroit Tigers (2 seed)
2. Minnesota Twins
3. Chicago White Sox
4. Cleveland Indians
5. Kansas City Royals

AL East
1. Boston Red Sox (1 seed)
2. New York Yankees (W)
3. Tampa Bay Rays
4. Baltimore Orioles
5. Toronto Blue Jays

Divisional Series
Phillies over Rockies
Brewers over Braves

Red Sox over Rangers
Yankees over Tigers

Championship Series
Phillies over Brewers
Red Sox over Yankees


World Series
Phillies over Red Sox in 7

[Colonel Angus]

The Brewers are going to the Superbowl!

[Lanteri]

NL West

San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
Colorado Rockies
San Diego Padres
Arizona Diamondbacks

NL Central

St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds*
Milwaukee Brewers
Chicago Cubs
Houston Astros
Pittsburgh Pirates

NL East

Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta Braves
Florida Marlins
Washington Nationals
New York Mets

AL West

Oakland Athletics
Texas Rangers
Los Angeles Angels
Seattle Mariners

AL Central

Minnesota Twins
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Kansas City Royals

AL East

Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees*
Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles

Phillies over Reds
Cardinals over Giants

Red Sox over Athletics
Yankees over Twins

Phillies over Cardinals
Red Sox over Yankees

Red Sox over Phillies /homer

This will have to be updated later anyway based on how the rest of free agency plays out. Specifically on whether or not Pettitte returns to the Yankees or not. If he doesn't come back then they can easily be a non-playoff team with only Sabathia and Hughes as quality big league pitchers on their roster at this point, barring Burnett suddenly becoming useful again. Hughes isn't even a sure thing at this point either. He had a dreadfully bad second half last year, and was terrible in the playoffs.

[Rudi]

Still pretty early for this shit, but here goes nothing. [/Drake]

NL West
San Francisco Giants
Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
Arizona Diamondbacks

NL Central
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals WC
Milwaukee Brewers
Houston Astros
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates

NL East
Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta Braves
Washington Nationals
New York Mets
Florida Marlins

AL West
Texas Rangers
Los Angeles Angels
Seattle Mariners
Oakland Athletics

AL Central
Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Kansas City Royals

AL East
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox WC
Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles

Phillies over Cardinals
Reds over Giants

Red Sox over Rangers
Yankees over White Sox

Phillies over Reds
Red Sox over Yankees

Phillies over Red Sox

[Warner2BruceTD]

I refuse to ever pick against the Yankees, until they finish a distant third or fourth and prove that they're dead. Until then, it's impossible to not squeeze them into the playoffs somehow, and you might as well just pick them to win it all.

[NAHSTE]

I refuse to ever pick against the Yankees, until they finish a distant third or fourth and prove that they're dead. Until then, it's impossible to not squeeze them into the playoffs somehow, and you might as well just pick them to win it all.

Yep, because even if they do struggle out of the gate, there is the guarantee that they'll make a move at the deadline.

The AL East is pretty clear cut this year. Tampa will take a step back, and the Sox will mash their way back to the playoffs. The rest of the divisions will pretty much hold to form I'm guessing, with maybe the Brewers or Cards supplanting Cincinnati in the Central.

[NAHSTE]

I refuse to ever pick against the Yankees, until they finish a distant third or fourth and prove that they're dead. Until then, it's impossible to not squeeze them into the playoffs somehow, and you might as well just pick them to win it all.

Yep, because even if they do struggle out of the gate, there is the guarantee that they'll make a move at the deadline.

The AL East is pretty clear cut this year. Tampa will take a step back, and the Sox will mash their way back to the playoffs. The rest of the divisions will pretty much hold to form I'm guessing, with maybe the Brewers or Cards supplanting Cincinnati in the NL Central.

Wouldn't surprise me to see Colorado take the NL West, but they are so hard to call because they start slow every year.

[Warner2BruceTD]

As a Reds fan, I can see them taking a step back. They won two years ahead of plan. The team was built for 2012.

[SuperKevin]

I hope this is the year the Nationals avoid the NL East cellar. I thought it would happen last year.

[Leftwich]

NL West
San Francisco Giants
Colorado Rockies
San Diego Padres (Along with the Dodgers will finish with about a .500 season)
Los Angeles Dodgers
Arizona Diamondbacks

NL Central
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Milwaukee Brewers
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Houston Astros

NL East
Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta Braves
Florida Marlins
New York Mets
Washington Nationals

AL West
Texas Rangers
Los Angeles Angels
Oakland Athletics
Seattle Mariners

AL Central
Minnesota Twins
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Kansas City Royals

AL East
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Rays
Baltimore Orioles

Phillies over Rockies
Giants over Reds

Red Sox over Twins
Rangers over Yankees

Phillies over Giants
Red Sox over Rangers

Phillies over Red Sox

[Buzzman]

Tigers wont finish 3rd. They no longer are held back by Gerald Laird. The Player that can make an entire team worse just by being on the active roster.

[Goober]

Hey guys, you probably know me as the homer extraordinaire from the NFL section. Well now I'm officially announcing that I'm taking my talents to the MLB section. With Greinke in Milwaukee, I'm ready to let my Brewer homerism out. It's World Series time!

Anyways, it's way to early to be making predictions at this point. They won the AL Central last year, but with Pavano and Thome still free agents, they've lost a lot of talent this offseason. If they resign those two they'll become a much more talented team. So take these predictions with a grain of salt, they'll change a lot by April.

Al East
Boston (1)
New York (WC)
Baltimore
Tampa Bay
Toronto

Al Central
Detroit (2)
Chicago
Minnesota
Cleveland
Kansas City

Al West
Los Angeles (3)
Texas
Oakland
Seattle

Nl East
Philadelphia (1)
Atlanta (WC)
New York (Chris Capuano uber pawnage)
Florida
Washington

Nl Central
Milwaukee (2)
Cincinnati
Houston
St Louis
Pittsburgh
Chicago

Nl West
Colorado (3)
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Arizona

Playoffs:
Boston over Los Angeles
New York over Detroit
Milwaukee over Atlanta
Philadelphia over Colorado

Boston over Detroit
Milwaukee over Philadelphia

Milwaukee over Boston!

[Goober]

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[Woy]

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Big believer in the Astros?