Baseball Mastermind

Now that both league’s power rankings are up (AL/NL), I will begin my preview series, covering (or attempting to cover) all 30 teams before the season starts. Tuesday, I will begin with a piece on NL sleepers featuring in the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds, who both rate very low according to futures bet activity.

Now, I will post my 2008 predictions. Predicting a World Series winner, MVP candidates, etc. is a fairly meaningless exercise because the season is so long and unpredictable, but hey, it’s fun to do:

National League

NL West: 1) Arizona Diamondbacks - 92 wins; 2) Los Angeles Dodgers - 90 wins*; 3) Colorado Rockies - 85 wins; 4) San Diego Padres; 5) San Francisco Giants

NL Central: 1) Chicago Cubs - 86 wins; 2) Milwaukee Brewers - 85 wins; 3) Cincinnati Reds; 4) Houston Astros; 5) St. Louis Cardinals; 6) Pittsburgh Pirates

NL East: 1) New York Mets - 94 wins; 2) Atlanta Braves - 84 wins; 3) Philadelphia Phillies - 82 wins; 4) Florida Marlins; 5) Washingon Nationals

*NL Wild Card

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America League

AL West: 1) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - 91 wins; 2) Seattle Mariners - 84 wins; 3) Texas Rangers; 4) Oakland Athletics

AL Central: 1) Cleveland Indians - 92 wins; 2) Detroit Tigers - 90 wins; 3) Chicago White Sox; 4) Minnesota Twins, 5) Kansas City Royals

AL East: 1) Boston Red Sox - 95 wins; 2) New York Yankees - 92 wins*; 3) Toronto Blue Jays; 4) Tampa Bay Rays - 81 wins; 5) Baltimore Orioles

*AL Wild Card

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Individual Awards

NL Manager of the Year: Joe Torre, LAD

AL Manager of the Year: Joe Maddon, TBR

NL Rookie of the Year: Jay Bruce, CIN

AL Rookie of the Year: Evan Longoria, TBR

NL Cy Young Award: Johan Santana, NYM

AL Cy Young Award: Jeremy Bonderman, DET (had to get a controversial pick in here)

NL MVP: David Wright, NYM

AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez, NYA

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World Series: New York Mets over Boston Red Sox.

[Update: Here’s my NL Preview on why the New York Mets are going to win it all.]

Bring it on people, let’s see some predictions, projections. Who’s going to win it all in 2008?

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