Fearless Predictions
April 1, 2005 · Filed Under General Opinion · Comment
| AL East | |
| New York Yankees | Twins v.Yankees |
| Boston Red Sox | |
| Baltimore Orioles | |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |
| Toronto Blue Jays | |
| AL Central | |
| Minnesota Twins | Yankees v. Angels |
| Cleveland Indians | |
| Chicago White Sox | |
| Detroit Tigers | |
| Kansas City Royals | |
| AL West | Angels’ v. Red Sox (wc) |
| Anaheim Angels | |
| Seattle Mariners | |
| Texas Rangers | |
| Oakland A’s | |
| NL East | |
| Florida Marlins | Marlins v. Padres |
| Atlanta Braves | |
| Philadelphia Phillies | |
| New York Mets | |
| Washington Nationals | |
| NL Central | Marlins v. Cubs |
| Chicago Cubs | |
| St Louis Cardinals | |
| Houston Astros | |
| Cincinatti Reds | |
| Milwaukee Brewers | |
| Pittsburg Pirates | |
| NL West | |
| San Diego Padres | Cubs v. Braves (wc) |
| San Francisco Giants | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | |
| Colorado Rockies | |
| In the end, the Cub’s beat the Yankees in extra innings on a double from Derek Lee during the sixth game of the World Series. | |
| Subline: Wood Starts game and Prior finishes ala D-Backs ’01 | |
| NL MVP: | |
| 1. Albert Pujols | |
| 2. Scott Rolen | |
| 3. Aramis Ramirez | |
| 4. Jim Thome | |
| 5. Carlos Beltran | |
| AL MVP: | |
| 1. Alex Rodriguez (Settled into NY and ready to explode) | |
| 2. Manny Ramirez | |
| 3. Vlad Guerrero | |
| 4. Vernon Wells | |
| 5. David Ortiz | |
| NL Cy Young | |
| 1. Tim Hudson | |
| 2. Pedro Martinez | |
| 3. Josh Beckett | |
| 4. Roy Oswalt | |
| 5. Jason Schmidt | |
| AL Cy Young | |
| 1. Randy Johnson | |
| 2. Johan Santana | |
| 3. Bartolo Colon | |
| 4. Dunno | |
| 5. Curt Schiliing | |
| NL Rookie of the Year | |
| 1. Chris Burke | |
| 2. Garrett Atkins | |
| 3. Jose Capellan | |
| 4. Prince Fielder | |
| 5. Brad Hawpe | |
| AL Rookie of the Year | |
| 1. Joe Mauer | |
| 2. Jeremy Reed | |
| 3. Brandon McCarthy | |
| 4. Nick Swisher | |
| 5. Dallas McPherson | |
| Comebacks as ranked by impact | |
| 1. Magglio Ordonez | |
| 2. Richie Sexson | |
| 3. Raul Mondesi | |
| 4. Jason Giambi | |
| 5. Austin Kearns | |
| 6. Troy Glaus | |
| 7. Ken Griffey Jr. | |
| 8. Javier Vazquez | |
| Breakouts | |
| 1. David Wright | |
| 2. Rich Harden | |
| 3. Justin Morneau | |
| 4. Pedro Feliz | |
| 5. Jose Reyes | |
| 6. Michael Cuddyer | |
| 7. Adam Eaton | |
| 8. Danny Haren | |
| 9. Jeremy Affeldt | |
| 10. Adam LaRoche | |
| Stars to Superstars | |
| 1. Andruw Jones | |
| 2. Vernon Wells | |
| 3. Carlos Zambrano | |
| 4. Victor Martinez | |
| 5. Derek Lee | |
| 6. Aramis Ramirez | |
| Fading Stars | |
| 1. Russ Ortiz | |
| 2. Jose Valentin | |
| 3. Carlos Guillen | |
| 4. Greg Maddux | |
| 5. Pedro Martinez | |
| 6. Raul Ibanez | |
| 7. Andy Pettite | |
| 8. Bernie Williams | |
| 9. Kenny Lofton | |
Number of times Milton Bradley will blow up: 4
Number of time Lou Pinella will throw a fit: 7 (will kick the rosin bag once to increase the number of things kicked)
Number of losses by the Kansas City Royals: 108 (Here’s another youth movement)
Number of trades DePodesta will do for the Dodgers by next off-season: 32
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