2008 Major League Baseball Predictions

My predictions for the 2008 Major League Baseball season. Hey, I could get these right you know... it could happen.

AL East

Red Sox (1)
Yankees (4)
Blue Jays
Rays
Orioles

AL Central

Indians (2)
Tigers
White Sox
Twins
Royals

AL West

Mariners (3)
Angels
Rangers
A's


NL East

Braves (3)
Phillies
Mets
Nationals
Marlins

NL Central

Cubs (2)
Reds
Brewers
Cards
Astros
Pirates

NL West

Diamondbacks (1)
Dodgers (4)
Padres
Rockies
Giants

AL Playoffs

Indians over Yankees
Mariners over Red Sox

Indians over Mariners


NL Playoffs

Cubs over Dodgers
Diamondbacks over Braves

Cubs over Diamondbacks

World Series

Cleveland Indians over Chicago Cubs in 6!
Cubs continue the curse.

AL MVP: Travis Hafner (Indians)

AL Cy Young: C.C Sabathia (Indians)

AL Rookie of the Year: Alexei Ramirez (White Sox)

NL MVP: Mark Texiera (Braves--Yes, I picked him two years in a row!)

NL Cy Young: Carlos Zambrano (Cubs)

NL Rookie of the Year: Johnny Cueto (Reds)

Major League Baseball 2007 Predictions

Ok, I am a little late in posting my thoughts on what teams will end up where this year but it is early in the season so it should not matter. I am so glad baseball is back in full swing. I feel a bit lost when football ends because I do not follow the NBA or basketball in general (I do like the March Madness hoopla though).

The numbers in parenthesis are the playoff seeding order.

Baseball Rocks!

NL East

NY Mets (2)
Atlanta (4)
Philadelphia
Florida
Washington

NL Central

St. Louis (3)
Milwaukee
Houston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh

NL West

Los Angeles (1)
San Diego
Arizona
San Francisco
Colorado


AL East

Boston (3)
New York
Toronto
Baltimore
Tampa Bay

AL Central

Minnesota (1)
Detroit (4)
Chicago
Cleveland
Kansas City

AL West

Los Angeles (2)
Texas
Oakland
Seattle

NL Playoffs

Los Angeles over Atlanta (Wild card)
NY over St. Louis
NY over Los Angeles

AL Playoffs

Minnesota over Detroit (Wild card)
Los Angeles over Boston
Minnesota over Los Angeles

World Series

NY Mets over Minnesota Twins 5-1


NL MVP:
Carlos Beltran (NYM) 44 HR 129 RBI

NL Cy Young:
Derek Lowe (LAD) 21-5 2.89 ERA

NL Rookie of the Year:
Chris Young (AZ) .280 19 HR 74 RBI

AL MVP:
Mark Teixeira (Tex) .297 51 HR 136 RBI

AL Cy Young:
Justin Verlander (Det) 19-6 3.16 ERA

AL Rookie of the Year:
Alex Gordon (KC) .298 27 HR 88 RBI