at the All-Star break


AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Angels
Wild Card: White Sox

NL East: Mets
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Reds

AL MVP: Jim Thome
NL MVP: David Wright

[Edited on July 9, 2006 at 8:08 PM. Reason : .]

7/9/2006 8:06:49 PM

Tigers over angels
White Sox over red sox
Tigers over White sox

Mets over reds
Dogers over cardinals
mets over dodgers

Tigers over Mets

7/9/2006 8:12:00 PM

pretty bold prediction considering the sox and tigers play each other 13 times

7/9/2006 8:30:22 PM

our pitching when we played you last wasnt what it is now

7/9/2006 9:05:29 PM

Red Sox
White Sox
A's
Tigers

Mets
Cards
Dodgers
Padres


Red Sox over Tigers
White Sox over A's
Mets over Padres
Cards over Dodgers

Red Sox over White Sox
Cards over Mets

Red Sox over Cards


AL MVP: Thome
NL MVP: Pujols

AL CY: Santana
NL CY: Carpenter (?)

AL ROY: Liriano
NL ROY: Uggla

7/9/2006 10:54:11 PM

Zidane played his heart out

7/10/2006 11:44:35 PM

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=403469

7/10/2006 11:50:34 PM

not really the same thing, mr. kruk

7/11/2006 12:23:58 AM

so

7/11/2006 12:24:40 AM

You think the Angels will win the West?

I see Oakland having a strong 2nd half like always and winning it.

7/11/2006 8:50:00 AM

ORIOLES WIN IT ALL

7/11/2006 9:30:23 AM

Predictions from various sources....

Sporting News Mid-Season Predictions
Before the Season
ALDS White Sox over Red Sox/Yankees over the A's
NLDS Cardinals over Braves/Mets over Giants

ALCS White Sox over Yankees
NLCS Cardinals over Mets

World Series White Sox over Cardinals

At The Halfway Point
ALDS White Sox over A's/Red Sox over Tigers
NLDS Mets over Rockies/Dodgers over Cardinals

ALCS White Sox over Red Sox
NLCS Mets over Dodgers

World Series White Sox over Mets

Vegas Odds (from http://www.tradesports.com)

AL East Division Winner: Boston Red Sox (59%)
AL Central Division Winner: Chicago White Sox (57%... Detroit Tigers at 41.2%)
AL West Division Winner: Oakland A's (45%)

NL East Division Winner: New York Mets (96%)
NL Central Division Winner: St. Louis Cardinals (74%)
NL West Division Winner: San Diego Padres (34.6%... Los Angeles Dodgers at 32.6%)

NL Wild Card Winner: San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dogers tied (15%... San Francisco Giants at 13%... Cinncinnati Reds at 12%)
AL Wild Card Winner: Detroit Tigers (34.5%... Chicago White Sox at 30%)

NL Pennant Winner: New York Mets (32.5%... St. Louis Cardinals at 24%)
AL Pennant Winner: Chicago White Sox (24%... Boston Red Sox at 20.3%)

World Series Winner: New York Mets (15.6%... Chicago White Sox at 14.5%)

BP Postseason Odds - http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/ps_odds.php
AL East W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card Playoffs
Red Sox 53 33 .578 96.5 65.5 59.06774 11.34530 70.41304
Yankees 50 36 .594 93.7 68.3 32.63577 14.60189 47.23767
Blue Jays 49 39 .564 88.5 73.5 8.29359 5.87458 14.16817
Orioles 41 49 .460 71.6 90.4 .00226 .00159 .00385
Devil Rays 39 50 .454 69.8 92.2 .00063 .00030 .00093

AL Central W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card Playoffs
Tigers 59 29 .594 101.9 60.1 74.07762 19.57031 93.64793
White Sox 57 31 .565 96.6 65.4 25.39552 45.45690 70.85242
Twins 47 39 .514 84.5 77.5 .48577 2.74394 3.22971
Indians 40 47 .559 80.1 81.9 .04110 .36053 .40163
Royals 31 56 .407 58.4 103.6 .00000 .00000 .00000

AL West W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card Playoffs
Athletics 45 43 .482 78.7 83.3 13.52149 .00972 13.53122
Rangers 45 43 .555 84.3 77.7 54.02432 .01674 54.04107
Angels 43 45 .534 80.8 81.2 24.73566 .01547 24.75113
Mariners 43 46 .497 76.7 85.3 7.71853 .00272 7.72124

NL East W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card Playoffs
Mets 53 36 .547 95.3 66.7 98.09366 .58191 98.67557
Phillies 40 47 .448 74.9 87.1 .39993 1.49788 1.89781
Braves 40 49 .479 77.1 84.9 .78492 3.35799 4.14291
Marlins 38 48 .472 76.2 85.8 .67579 2.60799 3.28379
Nationals 38 52 .437 70.7 91.3 .04570 .15791 .20361

NL Central W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card Playoffs
Cardinals 48 39 .480 86.1 75.9 57.75833 6.56017 64.31850
Reds 45 44 .489 82.7 79.3 25.96755 8.38469 34.35224
Brewers 44 46 .461 79.0 83.0 9.89880 3.49692 13.39573
Astros 43 46 .453 77.5 84.5 6.21120 2.19454 8.40574
Cubs 34 54 .437 68.6 93.4 .16019 .03552 .19571
Pirates 30 60 .433 63.1 98.9 .00392 .00053 .00446

NL West W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card Playoffs
Padres 48 40 .519 87.1 74.9 41.55214 19.17303 60.72517
Dodgers 46 42 .524 85.6 76.4 28.94484 19.96943 48.91426
Giants 45 44 .496 82.6 79.4 13.06281 13.51534 26.57814
Rockies 44 43 .496 81.9 80.1 11.07656 11.90197 22.97854
Diamondbacks 43 45 .477 79.5 82.5 5.36365 6.56416 11.92781

7/12/2006 9:13:10 AM

American League:

Yankees over Tigers
White Sox over A's


Yankees over White Sox


National League
Mets over Reds
Cards over Dodgers


Mets over Cards



World Series

Yankees over Mets in 7

[Edited on July 12, 2006 at 9:44 AM. Reason : typo]

7/12/2006 9:43:17 AM

Red Sox
White Sox
A's
Yankees-WC (Predicting a Tigers collapse)

Mets
Cards
Padres
Dodgers-WC


White Sox over Yankees
Red Sox over A's
Mets over Dodgers
Cards over Padres

White Sox over Red Sox
Cards over Mets

Cards over White Sox (I know Im a little bit of a homer, but the Cards should make it this far since the N.L. is terrible this year.)


AL MVP: Ortiz
NL MVP: Pujols

AL CY: Halladay
NL CY: Carpenter

AL ROY: Liriano
NL ROY: Josh Johnson (8-4 with 2.21 ERA right now)

7/12/2006 10:18:41 AM

Quote :

"(Predicting a Tigers collapse) "

wow, this is new!

teams who actually have good pitching dont collapse, your cards on the other hand, barring a big trade for a SP are looking at a squeak into the playoffs and a loss to the Dodgers.

7/12/2006 10:44:59 AM

its just a prediction, peel your panties out of your crack

7/12/2006 10:46:44 AM

^^They got Jeff Weaver, Im sure he's going to help.

The Cardinals are easily going to make the playoffs. That is why it is easy to pick them to go far.

7/12/2006 11:36:39 AM

a lot of guys on detroit's pitching staff are having career years (Bonderman, Robertson). Verlander is doing way better than could have been expected for his second year. Miner has come out of nowhere. Rogers is holding up well for an old man. This team reminds me a LOT of the White Sox of last year because of the pitching.

The problem is that in September '05 they went on an inevitable slump--they were playing far above their talent for so long. The Tigers problem this year is that the Sox are only 2 GB, not the 17 GB that the Tribe spotted Chicago lost year.

Now tell me how the Tigers will continue to keep this up until October...

7/12/2006 11:49:18 AM

Quote :

"teams who actually have good pitching dont collapse"

I wouldn't say that. The White Sox had great pitching last year and they ALMOST collapsed all the way. Full credit to them for righting it come playoff time but it can happen. I'm still waiting to see how their youth responds to real pressure games..

[Edited on July 12, 2006 at 12:56 PM. Reason : ^ didn't read that post untila fter mine.. pretty much teh same thing]

7/12/2006 12:55:32 PM

Quote :

"teams who actually have good pitching dont collapse"

you mean like the braves?

7/12/2006 1:08:23 PM

good pitching =/ braves anymore

7/12/2006 1:37:00 PM

well no shit

i wasn't talking about these braves

7/12/2006 2:39:56 PM

so i was perusing ESPN.com's preseason predictions and this made me laugh

Eric Karabell,
ESPN Fantasy

World Series: Angels over Cardinals

East: Yankees
Central: Indians
West: Angels
WC: Red Sox

East: Braves
Central: Cardinals
West: Giants
WC: Phillies

AL MVP: Vladimir Guerrero
NL MVP: Barry Bonds

AL CY: Rich Harden
NL CY: Roy Oswalt

AL ROY: Jason Kubel
NL ROY: Jeremy Hermida

7/17/2006 1:33:32 AM

definite braves wildcard

7/17/2006 1:44:35 AM

NL MVP: Beltran or Pujols? Who is your pick today?

7/30/2006 5:53:56 PM

Pujols.

7/30/2006 8:15:19 PM