Official MLB 2010 Season Thread

[Pujols4MVP]

Spring games have been underway for a few days now, so I figured it wouldn't hurt to go on ahead and make this. Feel free to post some predictions on the upcoming season, I personally feel as though not a lot has changed and that the Yankees and Phillies are still the two best teams in baseball. I also believe Seattle was the big winners this off-season, they added a Cy Young candidate in Cliff Lee and a great player in Chone Figgins, who should fit nicely at the top of their lineup with Ichiro. They also added Milton Bradley, and if he can have a solid year they should have a good offense to go with great pitching.

So I'll go on ahead and throw out some early predictions:

AMERICAN LEAGUE
East: Yankees, Red Sox (WC), Rays, Orioles, Blue Jays
Central: Tigers, Twins, White Sox, Royals, Indians
West: Mariners, Angels, Rangers, Athletics

Cy Young: Justin Verlander
MVP: Mark Teixeira
Manager of the Year: Joe Girardi
Comeback Player: Ben Sheets
Rookie of the Year: Desmond Jennings

NATIONAL LEAGUE
East: Phillies, Braves, Marlins, Nationals, Mets
Central: Cardinals, Reds, Cubs, Brewers, Astros, Pirates
West: Rockies, Giants (WC), Dodgers, Diamondbacks, Padres

Cy Young: Roy Halladay
MVP: Albert Pujols
Manager of the Year: Bruce Bochy
Comeback Player: Troy Glaus
Rookie of the Year: Alcides Escobar

If the Yankees and Phillies play to their capabilities and reach the post-season, I think we'll be looking at a rematch. So my predictions for the playoffs are:

Yankees over Mariners 3-1
Red Sox over Tigers 3-2
Phillies over Giants 3-1
Cardinals over Rockies 3-1

Yankees over Red Sox 4-2
Phillies over Cardinals 4-3

Yankees over Phillies 4-2

[slickdtc]

That's a good set of predictions Pujols.

NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Marlins

AL East: Rays
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Red Sox

NL Playoffs:
Phillies over Giants
Marlins over Cardinals

Phillies over Marlins

AL Playoffs:
Red Sox over Twins
Rangers over Rays

Rangers over Red Sox

World Series:
Phillies over Rangers

Ugh. I feel like these are going to blow up in my face.

[DrMcAwesome]

Time for me to take a stab ...

AMERICAN LEAGUE
East: Yankees, Red Sox (WC), Rays, Orioles, Blue Jays.
Central: Twins, White Sox, Tigers, Royals, Indians.
West: Mariners, Angels, Rangers, Athletics.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
East: Phillies, Braves (WC), Mets, Marlins, Nationals.
Central: Cardinals, Brewers, Cubs, Reds, Astros, Pirates.
West: Giants, Dodgers, Rockies, Diamondbacks, Padres.

POSTSEASON
ALDS: Yankees over Mariners; Twins over Red Sox.
NLDS: Phillies over Giants; Cardinals over Braves.
ALCS: Yankees over Twins.
NLCS: Phillies over Cardinals.
WS: Yankees over Phillies.

[bigivie]

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

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

AL West:
1. LA Angels
2. Texas Rangers
3. Seattle Mariners
4. Oakland Athletics

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

NL Central:
1. St Louis Cardinals
2. Chicago Cubs
3. Cincinnati Reds
4. Houston Astros
5. Milwaukee Brewers
9. Pittsburgh Pirates (yes, the Pirates will finish 9th in the NL Central)

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

AL Playoffs:
Yankees over White Sox
Red Sox over Angels

Yankees over Red Sox

NL Playoffs:
Phillies over Dodgers
Cardinals over Giants

Phillies over Cardinals

World Series:
Phillies over Yankees

[Brady 12]

American League
East: Yankees, Red Sox (Wild Card), Rays, Orioles, Blue Jays
Central: Twins, White Sox, Tigers, Royals, Indians
West: Mariners, Rangers, Angels, Athletics

National League
East: Phillies, Braves, Marlins, Mets, Nationals.
Central: Cardinals, Brewers, Cubs, Reds, Astros, Pirates.
West: Dodgers, Rockies (Wild Card), Diamondbacks, Giants, Padres

Postseason
ALDS: Yankees over Mariners; Red Sox over Twins
NLDS: Phillies over Rockies, Cardinals over Dodgers
ALCS: Yankees over Red Sox
NLCS: Cardinals over Phillies
WS: Cardinals over Yankees

[Brady 12]

Thought this might be of interest to some of you...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/100401&sportCat=mlb

[slickdtc]

Thought this might be of interest to some of you...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/100401&sportCat=mlb

Ugh! Uni Watch always kills my time.

[GoKnicks]

Since I'm took lazy to do my own predictions for the upcoming season, I'll just post the predictions the folks at AccuScore came up with:

AL EAST
1. New York (95-67)
2. Boston (92-70) - Wild Card
3. Tampa Bay (88-74)
4. Baltimore (76-86)
5. Toronto (68-94)

AL CENTRAL
1. Minnesota (87-75)
2. Chicago (84-78)
3. Detroit (80-82)
4. Cleveland (71-91)
5. Kansas City (69-93)

AL WEST
1. Los Angeles (84-78)
2. Texas (83-79)
3. Seattle (82-80)
4. Oakland (80-82)

NL EAST
1. Philadelphia (94-68)
2. Atlanta (84-78)
3. Florida (81-81)
4. Washington (75-87)
5. New York (74-88)

NL CENTRAL
1. St. Louis (92-70)
2. Milwaukee (84-78) - Wild Card
3. Chicago (83-79)
4. Cincinnati (80-82)
5. Houston (72-90)
6. Pittsburgh (71-91)

NL WEST
1. Colorado (86-76)
2. Arizona (83-79)
3. San Francisco (82-80)
4. Los Angeles (81-81)
5. San Diego (68-94)

[2k7fan]

Woot!!!!! Braves come from behind win against the Cubbies!!! Chipper with a two run shot in the bottom of the 8th to put them up!

Braves now 2-0 on the season boy!!!!!

[Pujols4MVP]

Woot!!!!! Braves come from behind win against the Cubbies!!! Chipper with a two run shot in the bottom of the 8th to put them up!

Braves now 2-0 on the season boy!!!!!

Gotta love Troy Glaus' golden sombrero and critical error.