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Hogtropolis™

April 04, 2010, 01:11:28 am
Seems like this forum has been like a ghost town lately.  How about some preseason predictions?  Here's a list of what I'm going to predict in the next few days.  Feel free to add more if you would like.

Playoffs
Cy Young
MVP
Rookie of the Year
Comeback player of the year (AL and NL)
Reliever of the Year (AL and NL)
Batting Champion (AL and NL)
HR leader (AL and NL)

hogfan1111x

April 04, 2010, 09:50:58 am #1
Quote from: Hogtropolis™ on April 04, 2010, 01:11:28 am
Seems like this forum has been like a ghost town lately.  How about some preseason predictions?  Here's a list of what I'm going to predict in the next few days.  Feel free to add more if you would like.

Playoffs
Cy Young
MVP
Rookie of the Year
Comeback player of the year (AL and NL)
Reliever of the Year (AL and NL)
Batting Champion (AL and NL)
HR leader (AL and NL)

Man Im excited about the season geting underway...  I just want to throw my vote in now for NL Rookie of the Year - #5 Carlos Gonzales Colorado Rockies ....however , even though nary a pitch has been thrown, seems  Jason Heyward from the braves   already has it sown up in the media.
 

LVW

April 04, 2010, 09:06:38 pm #2
Quote from: hogfan1111x on April 04, 2010, 09:50:58 am
  I just want to throw my vote in now for NL Rookie of the Year - #5 Carlos Gonzales Colorado Rockies
he's not a rookie.
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LVW

April 04, 2010, 09:10:46 pm #3 Last Edit: April 05, 2010, 04:49:06 pm by LVW
this will be simple enough; just copy and paste mine from another board

American League

East: Yankees
Central: White Sox
West: Mariners
WC: Red Sox
Sleeper: A's
Div series: Yanks over White Sox
                Red Sox over Mariners

MVP: Evan Longoria
Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
Rookie: Scott Sizemore
Comeback Player: Ben Sheets
Breakout Hitter: Matt Wieters
Breakout Pitcher: Clay Bucholz
Cy Young Sleeper: Brett Anderson
Welcome new members of the .300-30-100 club: Ben Zobrist and Billy Butler
Player most likely to be traded to a contender: Ben Sheets

National League

East: Phillies
Central: Cubs
West: Dodgers
WC: Rockies over Cards in 1 game playoff
Sleeper:  Braves
Div Series: Phillies over Rockies
                    Dodgers over Cubs

MVP: Albert Pujols
Cy Young: Roy Halladay
Rookie: Jason Heyward
Comeback Player: Conor Jackson
Breakout Hitter: Jay Bruce
Breakout Pitcher: Mat Latos
Cy Young Sleeper: Cole Hamels
Welcome new members of the .300-30-100 club: Justin Upton and Joey Votto
Player most likely to be traded to a contender: Heath Bell

WS- Yankees over Phillies in
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hogfan1111x

April 05, 2010, 10:29:41 am #4
Quote from: LVW on April 04, 2010, 09:06:38 pm
he's not a rookie.
not a rookie, but wasnt eligible for rookie honors last year. is eligible this year. thanks.

ErieHog

April 05, 2010, 03:48:19 pm #5
Borrowing someone else's format:

American League

East: Yankees
Central: Twins
West: Mariners
WC: Rays
Sleeper:   None.  The American League is what it is.   Three team fights in the West and Central may turn on avoiding big injuries.
Div series: Yanks over Mariners
               Twins over Rays
LCS:  Yanks over Twins

MVP: Justin Morneau
Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
Rookie:  Brian Matusz
Comeback Player:  Fransisco Liriano
Breakout Hitter:  Either Delmon Young or  Nick Johnson
Breakout Pitcher: Clay Bucholtz
Cy Young Sleeper: Jarred Washburn
Welcome new member of the .300-30-100 club: Ben Zobrist
Player most likely to be traded to a contender: Adam Jones

National League

East: Phillies
Central: Cardinals
West: Rockies
WC: Marlins
Sleeper:  Braves
Div Series: Phillies over Marlins
               Rockies over Cardinals
LCS: Phillies over Rockies

MVP: Albert Pujols
Cy Young: Roy Halladay
Rookie: Jason Heyward
Comeback Player:  Tim Hudson
Breakout Hitter: Justin Upton-- this guy is going to be scary; in a normal year, Carlos Gonzales
Breakout Pitcher: Straussberg is going to be huge.  Even in half a season.
Cy Young Sleeper: Matt Cain
Welcome new members of the .300-30-100 club: Justin Upton
Player most likely to be traded to a contender: Heath Bell

WS- Phillies
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jst01

April 05, 2010, 04:00:01 pm #6
I'd say I agree with just about everything Erie posted. But I dont think Rockies win the west. It's still the Dodgers, maybe even the Giants before the Rocks.

I'll say Cards over the DRays in the Series.

ErieHog

April 05, 2010, 04:06:56 pm #7
Quote from: jst01 on April 05, 2010, 04:00:01 pm
I'd say I agree with just about everything Erie posted. But I dont think Rockies win the west. It's still the Dodgers, maybe even the Giants before the Rocks.

I'll say Cards over the DRays in the Series.

I really think a lot of people are sleeping on the Rockies.  They would have had another playoff season last year, if Tulo hadn't started horribly.   Between his improvement, and Gonzales about to become known as the equal of the other Great Gonzales in the NL West,  the Rockies will be extremely good.   If Jimmenez and the offense can see them through the first part of the year, while Francis recovers, it's a potential 95 win team.
No cause, ever, in the history of all mankind, has produced more cold-blooded tyrants, more slaughtered innocents, and more orphans than socialism with power. It surpassed, exponentially, all other systems of production in turning out the dead. The bodies are all around us. And here is the problem: No one talks about them. No one honors them. No one does penance for them. No one has committed suicide for having been an apologist for those who did this to them. No one pays for them. No one is hunted down to account for them. It is exactly what Solzhenitsyn foresaw in The Gulag Archipelago: "No, no one would have to answer. No one would be looked into." Until that happens, there is no "after socialism."

jst01

April 05, 2010, 04:11:52 pm #8
Quote from: ErieHog on April 05, 2010, 04:06:56 pm
I really think a lot of people are sleeping on the Rockies.  They would have had another playoff season last year, if Tulo hadn't started horribly.   Between his improvement, and Gonzales about to become known as the equal of the other Great Gonzales in the NL West,  the Rockies will be extremely good.   If Jimmenez and the offense can see them through the first part of the year, while Francis recovers, it's a potential 95 win team.

maybe so, I live in Denver and watch them a lot. I'm not sold on their pitching or their young hitters. If all their young talent has a good year together, 100 wins is possible. Gonzalez,Fowler,Seth Smith & Ian Stewart are all really great players & hitters but I think they have a little work to do before they take over that division.

LVW

April 05, 2010, 04:57:17 pm #9
Quote from: hogfan1111x on April 05, 2010, 10:29:41 am
not a rookie, but wasnt eligible for rookie honors last year.
He wasn't eligible for rookie of the year last year because he was a rookie in 2008 for Oakland.
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Oklahawg

April 05, 2010, 08:44:00 pm #10
Borrowing someone else's format:

American League

East: Red Sox
Central: Twins
West: Rangers
WC: Rays
Sleeper:   Baltimore has enough pitching to keep it interesting until after the AS break.

Div series: Red Sox over Rangers
               Rays over Twins
LCS:  Red Sox over Rays

MVP: Mark Texiera
Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
Rookie:  Carlos Santana
Comeback Player:  Francisco Liriano
Breakout Hitter:  Sean Rodriquez
Breakout Pitcher: Brian Anderson
Cy Young Sleeper: Rich Harden
Welcome new member of the .300-30-100 club: Franklyn Guiterrez
Player most likely to be traded to a contender: Mike Lowell

National League

East: Marlins
Central: Cardinals
West: Dodgers
WC: Phillies
Sleeper:  Giants
Div Series: Dodgers over Marlins
               Cardinals over Phillies
LCS: Cardinals over Dodgers

MVP: Albert Pujols
Cy Young: Chad Billingsley
Rookie: Drew Stubbs
Comeback Player:  Conor Jackson
Breakout Hitter: Jay Bruce
Breakout Pitcher: Straussberg is easy; I'll go Edwin Jackson becoming an elite starter
Cy Young Sleeper: Josh Johnson
Welcome new members of the .300-30-100 club: Justin Upton
Player most likely to be traded to a contender: Heath Bell

WS- Cardinals
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LVW

April 05, 2010, 09:09:15 pm #11
Quote from: ErieHog on April 05, 2010, 03:48:19 pm
Borrowing someone else's format:
Quote from: Oklahawg on April 05, 2010, 08:44:00 pm
Borrowing someone else's format:
Glad to see I have a platform as popular as Obama's was.  :)
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hogfan1111x

April 06, 2010, 10:23:25 am #12
Quote from: LVW on April 05, 2010, 04:57:17 pm
He wasn't eligible for rookie of the year last year because he was a rookie in 2008 for Oakland.
thanks for the 411.. guess im wrong. it happens. I stand corrected.
 

Jeff "hogfanintx" Anderson

April 06, 2010, 10:36:59 am #13
Yanks win world series #28.

Gonna say they meet the Cubs there.  Would be highest rated ever.  Of course this will just add to the already huge pile of crap the Cubbies fans live with.
Let's make some waves.

hogfan1111x

April 06, 2010, 11:50:17 am #14
Quote from: hogfanintx on April 06, 2010, 10:36:59 am
Yanks win world series #28.

Gonna say they meet the Cubs there.  Would be highest rated ever.  Of course this will just add to the already huge pile of crap the Cubbies fans live with.
would be the first time  i would root for the yanks ( yanks against cubs or cards)..

Jeff "hogfanintx" Anderson

April 06, 2010, 03:22:08 pm #15
lol
Let's make some waves.
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