Thursday, March 29, 2012

2012 Season Preview - Part I



As you're all baseball fans and I want to start a total baseball chain as opposed to having to watch (A) the Cubs record (B) Matt Garza trade watch or (C) developments of Javier Baez and Dan Vogelbach in Boise & Peoria all season, I'm going to throw out a rather comprehensive list of predictions and start some discussion.

Today: Team predictions

Team wins

AL East
NYY - 94
BOS - 91
TB - 90
TOR - 77
BAL - 63

AL Central
DET - 90
CLE - 86
KC - 76
CHI - 76
MIN - 73

AL West
ANA - 91
TEX - 91
SEA - 72
OAK - 65

NL East
PHI - 90
ATL - 87
WAS - 86
MIA - 84
NYM - 65

NL Central
CIN - 89
STL - 88
MIL - 86
CHC - 73
PIT - 72
HOU - 63

NL West
SF - 89
ARI - 86
COL - 84
LAD - 83
SD - 68

Playoffs
AL Wildcard - BOS over TEX
ALDS - NYY over BOS in 4; ANA over DET in 5
ALCS - NYY over ANA in 6

NL Wildcard - STL over ATL
NLDS - PHI over STL in 5; CIN over SF in 4
NLCS - PHI over CIN in 5

World Series - NYY over PHI in 6

Daily over/unders:
1. Wins for Andy Pettitte - 10
2. Wins for Carlos Zambrano - 12
3. Hits by Ichiro Suzuki - 190
4. +/- of AL/NL interleague - +6 to AL (it ties out to my standings above, I'm a nerd)
5. Home Runs for Albert Pujols - 38
6. Number of different ways national publications spell Samardzija - 3
7. Times you'll attend a baseball game this season - 8
8. RBIs for Prince Fielder - 115
9. At-Bats for Manny Ramirez - 250
10. ERA of Stephen Strasburg - 3.75

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