2016 MLB prediction thread

[MurrayBannerman]

Personally I don't see him being that much better offensively.

Why?

 

[Pwnasaurus]

Why?

There's no precedent for success with a baseball player's first name starting with X. Xavier Nady is their HOFer I reckon.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

There's no precedent for success with a baseball player's first name starting with X. Xavier Nady is their HOFer I reckon.

Counterpoint, the nickname Professor X must bear greatness.

 

[Pwnasaurus]

Counterpoint, the nickname Professor X must bear greatness.

That assessment has merit. If I had a podcast, I'd blog about it. Or Twitter or whatnot. Something something social.

 

[DougieSmash]

While we talk about predictions and projections:

http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-cardinals//post/_/id/111/cardinals-arent-buying-the-projections

“Those things also have people like me hitting .260 with nine homers,” Carpenter said. “I’m going to guarantee you that I’ll hit better than my projected stats. I don’t buy into it. I believe that they’re always kind of not very accurate, first off, and we know what we’re capable of with this group of people.”

 

[Pwnasaurus]

Ha ha Carpenter is my favorite. <3

 

[Eyedea]

Plenty of people still fail to understand the variability of projection systems.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Like oh they're not buying the 300% increase in HR production from Carpenter at age 29! What bologna!

 

[Pwnasaurus]

Handygraphs has my neighbor hoisting 2x as much drywall this year. He thinks that's aggressive.

 

[Eyedea]

Handygraphs has my neighbor hoisting 2x as much drywall this year. He thinks that's aggressive.

Handygraphs doesn't dabble in projections, and even if they did they would account for your neighbor's natural decline. Still, he may be able to exceed his drywall projections, but we all know that isn't his true hoisting level.

 

[Pwnasaurus]

for your neighbor's natural decline.

Hopefully not this year, he's due to hang some of mine and other homeowners will think I overpaid. I'll be crushed in the press.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Hopefully not this year, he's due to hang some of mine and other homeowners will think I overpaid. I'll be crushed in the press.

You've already been crucified on Social Media.

 

[Pwnasaurus]

You've already been crucified on Social Media.

Noooooo, it's all so fast now!!!!!

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Hopefully not this year, he's due to hang some of mine and other homeowners will think I overpaid. I'll be crushed in the press.

What's your internal budget like and are you close to the luxury tax at all? You might want to look at signing a foreign player to do this for you to save on costs.

 

[Pwnasaurus]

What's your internal budget like and are you close to the luxury tax at all? You might want to look at signing someone a foreign player to do this for you to save on costs.

We're ok. Last year was a rebuilding year, the fans expect us to go all out on the house this year.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

We're ok. Last year was a rebuilding year, the fans expect us to go all out on the house this year.

I wouldn't bother. Everyone knows that your neighbor's cub house is going to go wire to wire and will go down as the best house of all time even before it's been built.

 

[bluesfan94]

I wouldn't bother. Everyone knows that your neighbor's cub house is going to go wire to wire and will go down as the best house of all time even before it's been built.

Even though they've been homeless for over a hundred years.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Sure to go wrong!

AL East: Blue Jays (2), Red Sox (4), Yankees (6), Orioles (8), Rays (14)
AL Central: Royals (1), Tigers (7), White Sox (10), Indians (12), Twins (15)
AL West: Astros (3), Rangers (5), Mariners (9), Angels (11), Athletics (13)

NL East: Mets (2), Nationals (7), Marlins (9), Braves (13), Phillies (15)
NL Central: Cardinals (1), Cubs (4), Pirates (5), Brewers (12), Reds (14)
NL West: Giants (3), Dodgers (6), Diamondbacks (8), Padres (10), Rockies (11)

Red Sox over Rangers
Cubs over Pirates

Royals over Red Sox in 5
Astros over Blue Jays in 5
Cardinals over Cubs in 4
Giants over Mets in 5

Royals over Astros in 5
Giants over Cardinals in 7

Giants over Royals in 6

AL MVP: Mike Trout
NL MVP: Paul Goldschmidt
AL Cy Young: David Price
NL Cy Young: Adam Wainwright
AL Rookie of the Year: A.J. Reed
NL Rookie of the Year: Corey Seager
AL Manager of the Year: A.J. Hinch
NL Manager of the Year: Bruce Bochy
AL Comeback Player of the Year: Carlos Gomez
NL Comeback Player of the Year: Adam Wainwright

 

[DougieSmash]

My final prediction:

AL East

1. Jays
2. Rays [Wild Card]
3. Yankees
4. Orioles
5. Red Sox

AL Central

1. Tigers
2. Royals [Wild Card]
3. Indians
4. Twins
5. White Sox

AL West

1. Astros
2. Mariners
3. Rangers
4. A's
5. Angels

NL East

1. Nationals
2. Mets
3. Phillies
4. Marlins
5. Braves

NL Central

1. Cubs
2. Cardinals [Wild Card]
3. Pirates
4. Reds
5. Brewers

NL West

1. Giants
2. Dodgers [Wild Card]
3. Diamondbacks
4. Rockies
5. Padres

WC: Royals over Rays, Cardinals over Dodgers
ALDS: Royals over Jays, Astros over Tigers
NLDS: Cubs over Cardinals, Giants over Nationals
ALCS: Astros over Royals
NLCS: Cubs over Giants
WS: Cubs over Astros

AL/NL MVP: Machado/ Harper
AL/NL CY: Sale/ Strasburg
AL/NL ROY: Snell/ Seager
AL/NL Comeback: Carlos Gomez/ Fernandez

 

[Pwnasaurus]

I agree on Tampa being a team that could be in the mix. Vegas (most of it) has them at 40-1 or 50-1, which I think is a bit low. If you can pitch and play defense, you have a chance I reckon.

 

[Blainer14]

AL East

Toronto
Boston wc
New York
Tampa Bay
Baltimore

AL Central

Kansas City
Detroit
Minnesota
Chicago
Cleveland

AL West

Houston
Texas wc
Seattle
Los Angeles
Oakland

NL East

New York
Washington wc
Miami
Atlanta
Philadelphia

NL Central

Chicago
Pittsburgh wc
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Milwaukee


NL West

San Francisco
Arizona
Los Angeles
San Diego
Colorado

AL Wild Card

Boston vs Texas

ALDS

Houston vs Boston
Toronto vs Kansas City

ALCS

Houston vs Toronto

NL Wild Card

Washington vs Pittsburgh

NLDS

Chicago vs Washington
New York vs San Francisco

NLCS

Chicago vs San Francisco

World Series

Houston
San Francisco

World Series Champions : San Francisco Giants

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Might as well throw my hat into the ring as I wait for the first pitch today...

AL East

1. Jays
2. Rays [Wild Card]
3. Red Sox
4. Yankees
5. Orioles

AL Central

1. Tigers
2. Royals [Wild Card]
3. Indians
4. Twins
5. White Sox

AL West

1. Astros
2. Rangers
3. Mariners
4. A's
5. Angels

NL East

1. Mets
2. Nationals
3. Phillies
4. Marlins
5. Braves

NL Central

1. Pirates
2. Cardinals [Wild Card]
3. Cubs
4. Reds
5. Brewers

NL West

1. Giants
2. Dodgers [Wild Card]
3. Diamondbacks
4. Rockies
5. Padres

WC: Royals over Rays, Dodgers over Cardinals
ALDS: Royals over Jays, Tigers over Astros
NLDS: Pirates over Mets, Giants over Dodgers
ALCS: Tigers over Royals
NLCS: Pirates over Giants
WS: Pirates over Tigers

 

[Cody Webster]

AL East

1. Jays
2. Red Sox [Wild Card]
3. Rays
4. Yankees
5. Orioles

AL Central

1. Royals
2. Tigers [Wild Card]
3. Indians
4. Twins
5. White Sox

AL West

1. Astros
2. Rangers
3. Mariners
4. Angels
5. A's

NL East

1. Nationals
2. Mets [Wild Card]
3. Phillies
4. Braves
5. Marlins

NL Central

1. Cardinals
2. Cubs[Wild Card]
3. Pirates
4. Reds
5. Brewers

NL West

1. Dodgers
2. Giants
3. Diamondbacks
4. Rockies
5. Padres

WC: Tigers over Red Sox, Cubs over Mets
ALDS: Jays over Tigers, Royals over Astros
NLDS: Cubs over Dodgers , Cardinals over Nationals
ALCS: Jays over Royals
NLCS: Cardinals over Cubs
WS: Cardinals over Jays

 

[darko]

AL East

Toronto*
Tampa Bay*
Boston
New York
Baltimore

AL Central

Kansas City*
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Minnesota

AL West

Houston*
Texas*
Seattle
Los Angeles
Oakland

NL East

New York*
Washington
Miami
Atlanta
Philadelphia

NL Central

Pittsburgh*
Chicago*
St. Louis*
Milwaukee
Cincinnati

NL West

Los Angeles*
San Francisco
Arizona
San Diego
Colorado

 

[Winger for Hire]

NL Central

Pittsburgh*
Chicago*
St. Louis*
Milwaukee
Cincinnati

I knew I liked you for a reason darko