MLB 2006 Predictions

**holyroman** · 02-08-2006, 10:12 AM

i still think petite and oswalt pitch the same on their starts regardless of the fact Clemens pitches the next day. hopefully they have backe pitch like he has in the playoffs, and the young guys step up. I don't think they will commit any more salary to pitching, even more so if they are anticipating another big salary to sign Clemens.

Bagwell is getting payed either way, the astros signed him to a contract. Do you expect him to retire and leave money on the table. (I think McGuire did something like this) well I think he would if he starts and realizes he can't do it. however he has spent a year recouping and working back from surgery so he can try to play again. He doesn't want to be forced out without that chance. Not with the career he has had.
To those who think he should do what is best for the teams chances at winning. Well, the Astros have played their hand they want to call him unfit to play prematurely. All in the spirit of moving Berkman to first and adding an offensive power hitting outfielder, two things they have sorely needed the last couple of years.
Why would Bagwell after knowing their intentions step up and say thanks guys for giving me, the face of the organization, a chance to come back from surgery I had after shutting myself down(for the good of the team)... never mind I quit, stop paying me, I hope you guys are better without me.

I am torn as a fan between what will be a better team without him and seeing a role model and team leader go down without a shot. Maybe I should see baseball more as the business that it is. but the kid with the rainbow bagwell jersey(with the mustard stain from my dome dog on it)and former Astrosbuddy member wants Bagwell to be given a shot at going out a little better than this.

**robsmyth40** · 02-08-2006, 06:57 PM

AL East
1. Boston
2. New York (wc)
3. Toronto
4. Baltimore
5. Tampa Bay

AL Central
1. Chicago
2. Cleveland
3. Minnesota
4. Detroit
5. Kansas City

AL West
1. Angels
2. Oakland
3. Texas
4. Seattle

NL East
1. Atlanta
2. New York
3. Washington
4. Philadelphia
5. Florida

NL Central
1. Chicago
2. St. Louis (wc)
3. Houston
4. Milwaukee
5. Cincinnati
6. Pittsburgh

NL West
1. San Francisco
2. Los Angeles
3. San Diego
4. Arizona
5. Colorado

Playoffs
Boston d. White Sox (3-1)
Yankees d. Angels (3-1)
Cubs d. San Francisco (3-2)
St. Louis d. Atlanta (3-2)

Yankees d. Boston (4-2)
Cubs d St. Louis (4-3)

Cubs d. Yankees (4-3)

**Lindseynelson** · 02-09-2006, 06:32 AM

You are right about Bagwell getting paid any way but , and it's a very big but, if he retired as requested ,the Stros would get 15 million of the 17 million back in insurance. The Stros could do an awful lot with that 15 million towards beefing up the team. As it stands now Bagwell gets paid but the insurance does not .That's why I labeled him a distraction, his teammates will be aware of the missing 15 mil when the team needs to plug a hole and can't afford it.

**Twisted Wicker** · 02-09-2006, 08:29 AM

AL West
1. Oakland Athletics
2. Anaheim Angels
3. Texas Rangers
4. Seattle Marliners

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

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

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

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

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

**zaxxon** · 02-09-2006, 11:59 AM

NL East:
1. Mets
2. Braves (wc)
3. Phillies
4. Gnats
5. Marlins

NL Central:
1. Cardinals
2. Astros
3. Cubs
4. Pirates
5. Brewers
6. Reds

NL West:
1. Padres
2. Dodgers
3. Giants
4. Diamondbacks
5. Rockies

AL East:
1. Red Sox
2. Blue Jays
3. Yankees
4. Orioles
5. Devil Rays

AL Central:
1. Cleveland
2. White Sox (wc)
3. Twins
4. Royals
5. Tigers

AL West:
1. Angels
2. Athletics
3. Rangers
4. Mariners

ALDS:
White Sox over Angels (3 - 1)
Red Sox over Indians (3 - 2)

NLDS:
Cards over Braves (3 - 2)
Mets over Padres (3 - 1)

ALCS:
Red Sox over White Sox (4 - 3)

NLCS:
Mets over Cards (4 - 1)

World Series
Mets over Red Sox (4 - 3) (happy 20th anniversary!)
MVP: Cliff Floyd

**laxplayer81217** · 02-09-2006, 01:21 PM

AL East
1. Boston
2. New York
3. Toronto
4. Baltimore
5. Tampa Bay

AL Central
1. Cleveland
2. Chicago
3. Minnesota
4. Detroit
5. Kansas City

AL West
1. Anaheim
2. Oakland (Wild Card)
3. Seattle
4. Texas

NL East
1. New York
2. Atlanta
3. Washington
4. Philadelphia
5. Florida

NL Central
1. St. Louis
2. Chicago (Wild Card)
3. Milwaukee
4. Houston
5. Pittsburgh
6. Cincinatti

NL West
1. Los Angeles
2. San Fran
3. San Diego
4. Arizona
5. Colorado

WS
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim def New York Mets(4-2)

**Chisox73** · 02-11-2006, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by KingJ

AL Central:
1. White Sox 109-53
2. Cleveland 92-70
3. Twins 70-92
4. Royals 66-96
5. Tigers 65-97

World Series
White Sox over Nationals 4-0

WS MVP: Jim Thome

I like that.

I'll have mine in mid-March.

**BrewKeggr** · 02-12-2006, 09:18 AM

Most predictions on playoff teams are based on past happenings. My prediction is totally based on futures. I believe that The Milwaukee Brewers will shock the baseball world and Become the N.L. Champion for 2006. I see the World Series being a I-94 series versus the ChiSox. The Brewers will lose in six to the Sox. Laugh if you must but this is a young, talented team(Brewers),that is on the rise.

**runningshoes** · 02-12-2006, 09:23 AM

What, no Royals fans here claiming they're gonna win it all?

**Chisox73** · 02-12-2006, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by BrewKeggr

Most predictions on playoff teams are based on past happenings. My prediction is totally based on futures. I believe that The Milwaukee Brewers will shock the baseball world and Become the N.L. Champion for 2006. I see the World Series being a I-94 series versus the ChiSox. The Brewers will lose in six to the Sox. Laugh if you must but this is a young, talented team(Brewers),that is on the rise.

I'm not laughing about the Brewers.That's a good team that's just going to get better.If they get a monster year out of Ben Sheets,look out.

**RobertHConner** · 02-12-2006, 06:39 PM

I'll put one up now for fun, but I reserve to revise it when rosters clear up a bit. Red means losing record. Blue means lock

NL East
1) Mets
2) Braves
3) Phillies
4) Nationals
5) Girardi's hairless wonders

NL Central (most difficult-the top got worse & the bottom feeders improved-except for the Reds)
1) Cardinals ?
2) Brewers ?
3) Cubs ?
4) Pirates ?
5) Astros
6) Reds

NL West
1) Giants
2) Dodgers (check out Furcal's road splits!)
3) Padres
4) Rockies
5) D'backs

AL EAST
1) Red Sox
2) Yankees (starting pitching is silly looking at best)
3) Blue Jays
4) Orioles (could finish last)
5) Devil Rays (Kazmir can't pitch 5 in a row, Jackson must blossom)

AL Central
1) Indians
2) White Sox (Thome won't stay healthy/Vazquez doesn't win)
Twins...these three
Royals...teams are
Tigers...interchangeable

AL WEST
1) Angels
2) Rangers
3) A's
4) Mariners

Giants over Braves in NLDS
Mets over Cardinals in NLDS
Angels over White Sox or Yankees over Angels in ALDS
Red Sox over Indians in ALDS

Giants over Mets in NLCS
Red Sox over Angels/Yankees in ALCS

World Series preview Boston v. Giants
Schmidt v. Bos. roster-161 AB/4 HR/38 K/8 BB/.224 BA/.259 OBP/.335 SLG
Morris v. Boston-119 AB/1 HR/24 K/5 BB/.244 BA/.280 OBP/.336 SLG
Lowery v. Sox-40 AB/0 HR/9 K/5 BB/.150 BA/.244 OBP/.175 SLG
Cain v. Sox-only faced M. Loretta (0-3/0 K/0 BB)
Benitez v. Sox-74 AB/1 HR/20 K/8 BB/.230 BA/.310 OBP/.284 SLG
Kline/Worrell/Munter/Taschner/Walker-115 AB/3 HR/21 K/20 BB/.200 BA/.319 OBP/.339 SLG
Beckett v. SF-76 AB/6 HR/20 K/6 BB/.316 AVG/.366 OBP/.612 SLG
Schilling v. SF-298 AB/14 HR/67 K/34 BB/.262 BA/.337 OBP/.480 SLG
Wakefield v.SF-174 AB/2 HR/37 K/22 BB/.253 BA/.342 OBP/.345 SLG
Wells v SF-230 AB/7 HR/31 K/8 BB/.261 BA/.283 OBP/.413 SLG
Arroyo v. SF-38 AB/1 HR/5 K/4 BB/.105 BA/.209 OBP/.211 SLG
Foulke v SF-48 AB/2 HR/11 K/4 BB/.125 BA/.208 OBP/.250 SLG
advantage: SF
w/o taking more space, I'd give head-to-head offensive edge to Boston, ever so slightly
Giants win in 6 or 7 games

**Tram2Lou** · 02-12-2006, 07:18 PM

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

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

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

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

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

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

Playoffs
LA Angels defeat NY Yankees
Boston Red Sox defeat Chicago White Sox

New York Mets defeat St. Luis Cardinals
Houston Astros defeat LA Dodgers

Boston Red Sox defeat LA Angels
NY Mets defeat Houston Astros

Boston Red Sox defeat NY Mets

Other Predictions:
Detroit and Milwaukee will finish above .500
Nobody will hit 50 HRs
MVP Pujols and Guerrero
Cy Young Willis and Bonderman
I know my playoffs sound like the 86 playoffs, but this time the Sox will win, and Roger Clemens will pitch the deciding game 6

**det87thsquad** · 02-23-2006, 06:35 PM

NL EAST
1. Atlanta Braves

2. New York Mets (WC)
3. Philadelphia Phillies
4. Washington Nationals
5. Florida Marlins

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

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

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

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

AL WEST
1.Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
2.Oakland Athletics
3.Texas Rangers
4.Seattle Mariners

Yes The Braves will win there 15th consecutive divison title.
Playoffs
Braves in 5 Over Dodgers
Mets in 5 Over St. Louis

Yankees in 4 over Indians
White Sox in 5 Over Angels

Braves in 6 Over Mets

White Sox in 7 Over Yankees

Braves in 6 Over White Sox

15th Conconsecutive divison title and 2 world Series

**Dravecky43** · 02-23-2006, 09:45 PM

Does anyone notice that practically everyone taking The Hated dodgers to win the NL West resides EAST of the Rockies? Either that, or they are dodgers fans already. So does the midwest/east US habitually root for the dodgers over the other NL West teams? (Besides a certain RHC in Georgia, of course)

Kudos to those of you correctly picking the Giants to win the West. You are true baseball fans.

**ndistops** · 02-24-2006, 12:09 AM

Originally Posted by giantsalltheway16

Does anyone notice that practically everyone taking The Hated dodgers to win the NL West resides EAST of the Rockies?

Along the same vein, it seems like practically everyone taking the Brewers (or anyone else other than STL) to finish ahead of the Cubs are fans of either those teams they are picking or non-NL Central teams.

**holyroman** · 02-24-2006, 05:44 AM

[QUOTE=RobertHConner]I'll put one up now for fun, but I reserve to revise it when rosters clear up a bit. Red means losing record. Blue means lock

NL East
1) Mets
2) Braves
3) Phillies
4) Nationals
5) Girardi's hairless wonders

NL Central (most difficult-the top got worse & the bottom feeders improved-except for the Reds)
1) Cardinals ?
2) Brewers ?
3) Cubs ?
4) Pirates ?
5) Astros
6) Reds

as an astros fan i'm trying to see where some of you people are coming from, but wake the hell up. from the world series to fith in the nl central with a losing record. I can't believe some of you people are that ignorant as to what the astros have built.

**holyroman** · 02-24-2006, 05:51 AM

Originally Posted by Lindseynelson

You are right about Bagwell getting paid any way but , and it's a very big but, if he retired as requested ,the Stros would get 15 million of the 17 million back in insurance. The Stros could do an awful lot with that 15 million towards beefing up the team. As it stands now Bagwell gets paid but the insurance does not .That's why I labeled him a distraction, his teammates will be aware of the missing 15 mil when the team needs to plug a hole and can't afford it.

actually if he retires he takes home the money the astros owe him per THE CONTRACT THEY SIGNED!! unless he decides to leave some of it for the good of the team and out of a feeling of not earning it.

why the hell would he do that after the team has basically opened the door of retirement for him and started shoving from behind. it's all mute as i said months ago he will be playing and doing what he has dome for the last 3 or 4 years since he has had the injury. i'm guessing he still has in him 280, 85 rbi's, 90 walks, 25 hr's. and i think they would take that

**Tigerfan1974** · 02-24-2006, 07:10 AM

Originally Posted by robsmyth40

Mets over Cards in 5 / Cubs over Giants in 4
Yankees over Angels in 3 / BoSox over ChiSox in 5

Cubs over Mets in 6 / Yankees over BoSox in 5

Cubs over Yankees in 7

The Cubs IN the WS?? The Cubs WIN the WS???

Did Hell freeze over and nobody tell me??

**ndistops** · 02-24-2006, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by holyroman

as an astros fan i'm trying to see where some of you people are coming from, but wake the hell up. from the world series to fith in the nl central with a losing record. I can't believe some of you people are that ignorant as to what the astros have built.

I don't have the Astros fifth, but you have to wonder what a team that was built around pitching can do with everyone on the offense a year older, Pettitte a year older, Clemens probably not there, and Brad Lidge possibly carrying the weight of an awful postseason.

**Erik Bedard** · 02-24-2006, 12:45 PM

here goes my pre-WBC guess (not a prediction, a guess):

AL EAST:

Toronto
Boston
Baltimore (they were close last year... they'll get closer this year)
New York

Tampa Bay

AL CENTRAL:

Cleveland
Chicago (wc)
Minnesota
Detroit
Kansas City

AL WEST:

Angels of whatever
Oakland
Texas
Seattle

AL MVP: Vladimir Guerrero
AL Cy Young: Mark Buerhle seems to be the consensus
AL ROY: Is Chris Ray eligible? If not, Francisco Liriano.

NL EAST:

Atlanta (closer, but I'm still going with them)
New York (wc)
Philadelphia
Washington
Florida

NL CENTRAL:

St. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Houston
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati

NL WEST:

San Diego
San Francisco
Arizona
Los Angeles
Colorado

NL MVP: Albert Pujols
NL Cy Young: Jake Peavy
NL ROY: Ryan Zimmerman

PLAYOFFS:

Blue Jays over White Sox in 5
Indians over Angels in 4
Padres over Braves in 5
Cardinals over Mets in 3

Blue Jays over Indians in 6
Cardinals over Padres in 4

Blue Jays over Cardinals in 7

The Sox will narrowly miss the postseason by losing on the final day, allowing the White Sox to sneak in.

**Coal Cracker** · 02-25-2006, 08:53 PM

AL East:
1. New York
2. Boston
3. Toronto
4. Baltimore
5. Tampa Bay

AL Central:
1. Chicago
2. Cleveland
3. Minnesota
4. Detroit
5. Kansas City

AL West:
1. Los Angeles
2. Oakland (WC)
3. Seattle
4. Texas

New York over Oakland in 4
Chicago over Los Angeles in 4

New York over Chicago in 7

NL East:
1. Atlanta
2. New York (WC)
3. Philadelphia
4. Washington
5. Florida

NL Central:
1. St. Louis
2. Houston
3. Milwaukee
4. Chicago
5. Cincinnati
6. Pittsburgh

NL West:
1. San Francisco
2. Arizona
3. San Diego
4. Los Angeles
5. Colorado

St. Louis over New York in 4
Atlanta over San Francisco in 4

St. Louis over Atlanta in 6

World Series:
New York over St. Louis in 6

**holyroman** · 02-27-2006, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by ndistops

I don't have the Astros fifth, but you have to wonder what a team that was built around pitching can do with everyone on the offense a year older, Pettitte a year older, Clemens probably not there, and Brad Lidge possibly carrying the weight of an awful postseason.

i'm pretty sure every team in the majors is a year older, haha

i would not agree that the astros are built around pitching, i mean that is a strong point but they should be well balanced with the likes of berkman,ensberg,lane,biggio,wilson, bagwell. definately they under acheived last year offensively. but lets not forget they got to the world series only one other team can say that!!!

you could make a case that a year under a lot of these players belts is a positive not a negative so age is not a factor for this team. If you consider this team is a perfect fit for clemens coming back late. he will maybe fresher at the end of the year.

so heres to an older team im all for that

**trosmok** · 02-27-2006, 08:31 AM

Originally Posted by holyroman

i'm pretty sure every team in the majors is a year older....... but lets not forget they got to the world series only one other team can say that!!!

Not exactly. In fact, the Orioles became decidedly younger by jettisoning Raffy and Sammy, didn't they? Age or experience is not a determining factor in the success of a team sport like baseball, where some valuable players are half the age of others, while some are twice as old as their teammates.

No one will remember for very long who the White Sox crushed for their first World Series Championship in our lifetime. Don't believe me? Okay, who did Baltimore beat in '83 or Detroit destroy in '84? Could you honestly answer correctly without looking it up? I couldn't.

**holyroman** · 02-27-2006, 08:36 AM

You're right the world may not remember who the white sox crushed(close games though) in 2005 but as an Astros fan of 20 years i will remember the run we had knocking off the postseason rival braves for the second time in a row and then knocking of the mighty Cards after just missing last year!!

You have to admit every team if you add up all the players is getting older every year it's just nature!!! it was mostly a toungue in cheek comment back to the people saying the Astros have gotten so much older I believe thats a good thing with thier current mix!

**Myankee4life** · 02-27-2006, 02:16 PM

AL EAST- Yankees (100-62)
AL CENTRAL- Whites Sox (102-60)
AL WEST- Angels (95-67)
AL WILDCARD- Indians (97-65)

AL MVP- Alex Rodriguez
HR CHAMP- Alex Rodriguez (44)
RBI CHAMP- Manny Ramirez (133)
BT CHAMP- Ichiro (.342)
AL CY YOUNG- Roy Halladay (22-6 2.29)

NL EAST- Mets (95-67)
NL CENTRAL- Cardinals (102-60)
NL WEST- Dodgers (93-69)
NL WILDCARD- Braves (94-68)

ALDS- Yankees 3 Indians 1
ALDS- White Sox 3 Angels 0
NLDS- Mets 3 Dodgers 2
NLDS- Cardinals 3 Braves 0

ALCS- Yankees 3 White Sox 4

NLCS- Mets 0 Cardinals 4

WS- White Sox 4 Cardinals 2

No biased shown here as I dont think the Yankees have enough.