2009 Season Predictions

by Randy Richardson on Apr 3, 2009 11:17 PM CDT Comment 45 comments

Sorry, in advance for having the two consecutive fanposts. Not much going on tonight. Thought it would be fun if we did our predictions for the 2009 season. I'll do mine in the comments.

More words:

"Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky"

- Montaigne

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AL
East: Rays
Central: Twins
West: Angels
WC: Yankees

NL
East: Mets
Central: Cubs
West: Diamondbacks
WC: Braves

Yankees over Cubs in World Series

AL MVP: Longoria
NL MVP: Pujols

AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young: Lincecum

"A good start would be not giving up 900 runs again." -Jon Daniels

by Randy Richardson on Apr 3, 2009 11:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

oops, not Longoria

Carlos Quentin as AL MVP

"A good start would be not giving up 900 runs again." -Jon Daniels

by Randy Richardson on Apr 3, 2009 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let's hope the AL Cy Young doesn't go to Felix

Bring on April 6th!

by NothinG on Apr 4, 2009 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mine

AL
East: Yankees
Central: Indians
West: Angels.
WC: Red Sox
(yes, this is the most boring possible outcome. Next year Rangers fans, next year…)

NL
East: Marlins
Central: Cubs
West: Dodgers
WC: Mets

Playoffs:
Yankees over Indians, Red Sox over Angels. Yankees over Red Sox
Marlins over Cubs, Dodgers over Mets. Dodgers over Marlins

Yankees over Dodgers

AL MVP: Grady Sizemore
NL MVP: Hanley Ramirez
AL CY: CC
NL CY: Johan

by JBImaknee on Apr 3, 2009 11:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Wouldn't you have had 75 words had you just done your predictions in the fanpost?

Anyway…

East: Red Sox
Central: White Sox
West: Angels
WC: Yankmes

MVP: Mark Teixeira
Cy Young: Jon Lester

East: Phillies
Central: Cubs
West: Dodgers
WC: Braves

MVP: Manny
Cy Young: Timmy Lincecum redux

WS: Red Sox over the Cubs in 4, followed by mass suicide by Cubs fans.

She was a grand old lady...

by lonestarJon on Apr 3, 2009 11:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

yes,

but I wanted it in the comments. Why Lester?

"A good start would be not giving up 900 runs again." -Jon Daniels

by Randy Richardson on Apr 3, 2009 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It might be a bit of a homeristic pick, because I like him

But I do think he’ll continue to improve this year, and might put up Cliff-Lee esque #’s in doing so.

She was a grand old lady...

by lonestarJon on Apr 4, 2009 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

IMO, he gets overrated

because of his great story, the no hitter, and general Red Sox Nation exuberance

"A good start would be not giving up 900 runs again." -Jon Daniels

by Randy Richardson on Apr 4, 2009 12:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

Which is why I think he’ll have a good shot at the Cy Young if his surface numbers look shiny enough – and they where pretty damn good last year (3.21 ERA, 1.27 WHIP in 212 innings).

She was a grand old lady...

by lonestarJon on Apr 4, 2009 12:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

3.90 tra, 3.64 FIP, 3.29 ERA last year.

He got pretty lucky in ’08, imo.

He was good, don’t get me wrong.

Would’ve been our ace fo’ sho’.

But he outperformed pretty much all his peripherals last year, which doesn’t bode well for his projections, imo.

6.5 k/9 combined with a really serious jump in innings has me thinking he’ll be lucky to finish the season healthy and even if he does he’s a good bet to finish with an ERA closer to ~4-4.5 this year.

He could make the leap this year, but he’s actually my bet to crash and burn this year.

The great thing about baseball is we’ll get to watch and see who ends up being right.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

I love you, Marcus Lemon.

"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.

by thedirkatron on Apr 4, 2009 1:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Okay, here we go.

East: Yankees
Wild: Red Sox
Central: White Sox
West: Mariners (Lackey and E-San are out longer than anticipated, the A’s young pitching struggles, and not even the mid-June addition of ruggedly handsome sexed-up golden child phenom Derek “Don’t Call me Dutch or Brian Thomas Will Use His Vocab Words to Disparage You” Holland to anchor the starting rotation is enough to pitch Texas into contention… All four teams are in it into the last week of the season but the Mariners get dominant starts from Bedard and F-Her [the division’s only two "aces"]] down the stretch and win with title with an 81-81 record. The Al West gargles my balls. All the other divisions make fun of us. The Rays look at our final standing and seethe.)

East: Braves
Wild: Mets
Central: Cubs
West: Dodgers

The Series: Red Sox over Dodgers.

AL MVP: Jason Bay
NL MVP: David Wright
AL Denton True: Eric Bedard
NL Denton True: Tim Lincecum
AL Roy: David Price
NL Roy: Cameron Maybin
Roy Halladay Traded?: No.
Higher OPS, Nelly Cruz, or Chris Davis: Nelly Cruz.
Guaranteed Dollars for Strasburg: 36,000,000.
Marcus Lemon Makes The Newberg Eat His Words With Ketchup and Salt and a Small Drizzle of Mustard?: Fuck Yes.
Texas’ Wins Leader: Derek Holland.
Best Fantasy Player on the Board: The Dirkatron.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

I love you, Marcus Lemon.

"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.

by thedirkatron on Apr 3, 2009 11:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The

Mariners will not win the West.

"Come on man you have to admit the average guy in a baseball clubhouse...... is relatively a douchebag." BGL.

The 2008-2009 Dallas Mavericks are the biggest teases in the world.

by sprite on Apr 4, 2009 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yah, it'll prolly be the Angels. I started to write them in, but where's the fun in that?

If Lackey and E-San make it back by May, they’ll win it easy.

Heck if even one of them is back soon they probably win it.

I dunno, though.

E-San had a jump in innings last year which is always scary, along with a mysterious almost half’ing of his BB/9, which I’d like to see him repeat before I start drinking his delicious sugary flavored drink.

And something about the way Lackey looked last year combined with the reports about his arm this Spring make me think something serious is wrong there.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

I love you, Marcus Lemon.

"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.

by thedirkatron on Apr 4, 2009 1:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If the Mariners win the West, I will eat a whicker swing set.

She was a grand old lady...

by lonestarJon on Apr 4, 2009 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I wouldn't pick the Mariners,

but, paraphrasing Dirkatron, the AL West is really mediocre. The Mariners have the two best starting pitchers – far and away. They also improved their defense, which should help Silva and Washburn not suck as much. Obviously, they need some breakout years from the hitters to be competitive though. This division is so weak that, by default, everyone starts with about a 15% chance of winning it.

"A good start would be not giving up 900 runs again." -Jon Daniels

by Randy Richardson on Apr 4, 2009 12:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Mariners winning their division would surprise me less than any other team I picked to finish last.

Just because I now find that an interesting thought, in order of surprise:

Orioles
Pirates
Nationals
Padres
Royals
Mariners

There’s a distinct divide: the top three would shock the hell out of me, the bottom three wouldn’t surprise me much at all. The Mariners would be less surprising to me than any of the other teams by far, though. Not only because I think they’re at least close to as good as the other last-place teams but more because the top of their division is so relatively bad.

The Orioles I actually think are probably going to be the best team I picked in last and could be close to average, it’s just the top of that division is so intense.

And That Happened: Sports with a Hint of Sarcasm

by philkid3 on Apr 4, 2009 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Best Fantasy Player on the Board: The Dirkatron.

Because you drafted Brett Gardener, right?

Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"

by Longhorn on Apr 4, 2009 1:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got him off waivers!!! Boosh!!!

Hey, in a deep 15 team league with 5 of slots, CF’ers and steals are both at a premium.

But if you wanna know why I’m the best fantasy player on the board, just ask Troy, Requiem, Nikpin, Rentz, Liamp, Sprite, BDavidson and whoever Mudville Madcows is.

Click to see faces owned.

And, yah.

That was actually the final standings.

Dirkatron, ftw.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

I love you, Marcus Lemon.

"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.

by thedirkatron on Apr 4, 2009 1:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like these categories.

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

East: Mets
Wild: Phillies
Central: Cubs
West: Dodgers

The Series: Red Sox over Mets

AL MVP: Sizemore
NL MVP: Pujols
AL CY: Sabathia
NL CY: Santana
AL Roy: Wieters
NL Roy: Maybin
Roy Halladay Traded?: Yes. To the NL.
Higher OPS, Nelly Cruz, or Chris Davis: Davis
Guaranteed Dollars for Strasburg: 15mm – 20mm
Marcus Lemon Makes The Newberg Eat His Words With Ketchup and Salt and a Small Drizzle of Mustard?: Absolutely not.
Texas’ Wins Leader: Padilla.
Best Fantasy Player on the Board: Me.

by LiamP on Apr 4, 2009 1:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If Wieters wins AL Roy I'm gonna win our league by 74.5-75 points.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

I love you, Marcus Lemon.

"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.

by thedirkatron on Apr 4, 2009 1:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wieters will win based on name recognition/hype and the fact that Toronto won't win enough games for Snider to win it.

by LiamP on Apr 4, 2009 1:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also.

If Bedard wins the CY like you predict, I’ll clean up in both of our leagues.

by LiamP on Apr 4, 2009 2:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also,

If you doubled your score last year you still wouldn’t have been within 10 points of me.

Think about it.

That’s a borderline illegal level of ownershipping, if you ask me.

All I’m saying is that if some dude sex crimed me that hard in a fantasy league, I wouldn’t even joke about being better than him at fantasy.

I’d just sit in my room all alone staring at my many Zac Efron posters and cry and cry and cry and cry until maybe I felt like dancing… then I’d cry some more.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

I love you, Marcus Lemon.

"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.

by thedirkatron on Apr 4, 2009 5:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jazz hands.

I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'

by iorange555 on Apr 4, 2009 5:35 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

homerism

East: Rays
Central: Twins
West: Rangers
WC: BoSox

MVP: Justin Morneau
Cy Young: Sabathia

East: Mets
Central: Cubs
West: Dodgers
WC: Phillies

MVP: Manny
Cy Young: Johan Santana

WS:Mets over Twins much to the dismay of Yankee fans and thier new ballpark.

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Apr 3, 2009 11:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

you're the only one that picked the Rangers

c’mon, where are the homers???

Bring on April 6th!

by NothinG on Apr 4, 2009 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i think you need to do a

community prediction list; kinda like what D. Tron did with the community prospects list…

Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"

by Longhorn on Apr 4, 2009 1:17 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm...

West : Halos
Central : Indians
East : Rays
WC : Red Sox

MVP : Grady Sizemore
Cy Young : Scott Kazmir
ROY : Matt Weiters

West : Giants
Central : Cubs
East : Marlins
WC : Mets

MVP : Hanley Ramirez
Cy Young : Tim Lincecum
ROY : Cameron Maybin

WS : Rays over Cubs in 6

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Apr 4, 2009 1:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Jeff Passan = Genius

For picking the Rangers to win AL West.

LoneStarBall....You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

by DaheelzCM on Apr 4, 2009 8:29 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Stupid link

Here.

LoneStarBall....You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

by DaheelzCM on Apr 4, 2009 8:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I never get these right

AL
West: Angels
Central: Twins
East: Red Sox
WC: Yankees

MVP: Sizemore
Cy: Greinke
ROY: Weiters

NL
West: Dodgers
Central: Cubs
East: Phillies
WC: Mets

MVP: Pujols
CY: Lincecum
ROY: Maybin

Red Sox over Dodgers in World Series

Rangers 2nd place 83-79

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Apr 4, 2009 10:15 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

These will fail.

AL East
Red Sox 96-66
Rays 95-67 (Wild Card)
Yankees 94-68
Blue Jays 75-87
Orioles 73-89

AL Central
Indians 88-74
Twins 81-81
Tigers 81-81
White Sox 76-86
Royals 71-91

AL West
Athletics 84-78
Angels 83-79
Rangers 76-86
Mariners 73-89

NL East
Phillies 88-74
Mets 87-75 (Wild Card)
Braves 85-77
Marlins 78-84
Nationals 73-89

NL Central
Cubs 90-72
Brewers 83-79
Cardinals 81-81
Reds 76-86
Astros 75-77
Pirates 68-94

NL West
Dodgers 86-76
Diamondbacks 83-79
Rockies 80-82
Giants 79-83
Padres 70-92

Divisional Playoffs
Boston over Oakland in 3
Tampa Bay over Cleveland in 4
Chicago over New York in 5
Philadelphia over Los Angeles in 5

Championship Game
Tampa Bay over Boston in 7
Chicago over Philadelphia in 6

World Series
Tampa Bay over Chicago in 6

And That Happened: Sports with a Hint of Sarcasm

by philkid3 on Apr 4, 2009 11:14 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Picking awards is almost as crazy as picking the post season. So I'll do that, too.

(Who will win, not who should win.)

AL MVP: B.J. Upton
NL MVP: David Wright
AL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
NL Cy Young: Johan Santana
AL RotY: Matt Wieters
NL RotY: Cameron Maybin

And That Happened: Sports with a Hint of Sarcasm

by philkid3 on Apr 4, 2009 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

These don't work out.

Add one win each to the Orioles and Blue Jays.

And That Happened: Sports with a Hint of Sarcasm

by philkid3 on Apr 4, 2009 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow only one person has predicted the Rangers to win the west

and yall think i am negative?

by Stevoo on Apr 4, 2009 12:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes

Everyone else is just realistic.

She was a grand old lady...

by lonestarJon on Apr 4, 2009 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I doubt the rangers win the west

but as a fan, at least before the season starts, I had to pick them. I raise my glass to hope….I have no yet chosen despair or reality for that matter :)

Bring on April 6th!

by NothinG on Apr 4, 2009 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What's funny is that if everyone was sitting here picking the Rangers to win the west, stevoo would no doubt be calling us all a bunch of stupid homers.

She was a grand old lady...

by lonestarJon on Apr 4, 2009 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let's see...

AL East: Yanks
AL Central: Look out for CLE
AL West: California Angels of Los Anaheim
Wild Card: Boston or Drays.

NL East: Mets
NL Central: Milwaukee’s best
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles.
Wild Card: Phillies

AL Champions: Yankees
NL Champions: Milwaukee

World Series Winners: NYY

I’m not going to do the awards thing.

613photo

by Black Francis on Apr 4, 2009 4:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Instead of predictig the winners...

Lets try to come up with what everyone thinks will be what will be required to win that division.

AL East – 97
AL Central-94
AL West-86
NL East-92
NL Central-96
NL West-89

I am curious what everyone else thinks…

by laxtonto on Apr 4, 2009 4:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm going to come up with a range of 5 games.

AL East: 94-99
AL Central: 86-91
AL West: 83-88
NL East: 86-91
NL Central: 89-94
NL West: 85-90

And That Happened: Sports with a Hint of Sarcasm

by philkid3 on Apr 4, 2009 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here goes...

AL
West: Angels
Central: Twins
East: Red Sox
WC: Rays

MVP: Sizemore
Cy: Garza
ROY: Snider

NL
West: Dodgers
Central: Cubs
East: Mets
WC: Marlins

MVP: Pujols
CY: Lincecum
ROY: Maybin

Red Sox over Marlins in World Series

Rangers 82-80 third place.

"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.

by Kinslerhomer on Apr 4, 2009 6:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs