My 2009 MLB Predictions!!

Casperwaits · 01-25-09, 01:21 PM

Interesting 5 Star. Very interesting.

. As a Sox fan, I would love to see another Yankee/Red Sox playoff battle.

5 star bomb · 01-25-09, 01:23 PM

Originally posted by Casperwaits

Interesting 5 Star. Very interesting.

. As a Sox fan, I would love to see another Yankee/Red Sox playoff battle.

Yeah Red Sox/Yanks in playoffs is MUST SEE tv. I really think this is the year for the Yanks to get back into W.S.

SlickFazzer · 01-25-09, 01:23 PM

Spring training less than a month away.

5 star bomb · 01-25-09, 01:24 PM

Originally posted by SlickFazzer

Spring training less than a month away.

ryanXL977 · 01-25-09, 01:26 PM

astros wont sniff 89, i dont think pads will even win 60 with that team
and rays will make loffs again. 3 picks by me.

smitch124 · 01-25-09, 01:26 PM

Giants over .500!!!!!!!!!!

Bostongambler · 01-25-09, 01:45 PM

I hope you are right with the Sox being there at the end.

Casperwaits · 01-25-09, 01:47 PM

Watch the Mariners become the Rays of 09'

ryanXL977 · 01-25-09, 01:49 PM

casper, do the mariners have any upcoming talent? did anyone underperform last yr that leads you to think they can win? bc prior to last season, everyone knew rays would win 88+. did anyone know they would go to the ws? nope, but everyone knew that longoria, shields, upton, etc would be big contributors. the mariners just dont have anything at all, anywhere, to win games. i love seattle and safeco but that team is crapola. i think the rangers are in a much better position, or oakland, to win that division than seattle.
but gl

Casperwaits · 01-25-09, 01:51 PM

Originally posted by ryanXL977

casper, do the mariners have any upcoming talent? did anyone underperform last yr that leads you to think they can win? bc prior to last season, everyone knew rays would win 88+. did anyone know they would go to the ws? nope, but everyone knew that longoria, shields, upton, etc would be big contributors. the mariners just dont have anything at all, anywhere, to win games. i love seattle and safeco but that team is crapola. i think the rangers are in a much better position, or oakland, to win that division than seattle.
but gl

You are absolutely right on all accounts. I just have some stupid feeling that their new manager is going to take this ragtag team and put together a suprise season. My thinking is based on gut, not on fact.

ryanXL977 · 01-25-09, 01:53 PM

oh, well i guess you never know. i just dont know where wins will come from, they lost their best production guy, their best bullpen guy, and the team hates ichiro,b ut ya never know

good luck to the new mgr

Chi_archie · 01-25-09, 01:54 PM

Originally posted by ryanXL977

casper, do the mariners have any upcoming talent? did anyone underperform last yr that leads you to think they can win? bc prior to last season, everyone knew rays would win 88+. did anyone know they would go to the ws? nope, but everyone knew that longoria, shields, upton, etc would be big contributors. the mariners just dont have anything at all, anywhere, to win games. i love seattle and safeco but that team is crapola. i think the rangers are in a much better position, or oakland, to win that division than seattle.
but gl

name a few baseball experts the "knew" the rays would win over 88 in 2008.

just because they have a lot of young talent doesn't mean you win... in fact it usually means you go through growing pains and losing until everyone gets it together.....what the rays did was very rare

Chi_archie · 01-25-09, 01:55 PM

Stark
76-86
4th in
AL East
Kurkjian
75-87
4th in
AL East
Olney
75-87
4th in
AL East
Law
81-81
4th in
AL East
Phillips
76-86
4th in
AL East

ryanXL977 · 01-25-09, 01:55 PM

SI predicted they would win 88 games actually, chi. go look
and their over under was like 83, not too bad.
everyone i know who knows baseball knew they would be good. and i may suck at nfl and nba, but i do not suck at mlb.
everyone who knew mlb, i mean everyone, knew the rays were going to contend last yr. everyone

none of those guys are bright baseball guys if you ask me. not one of them, especially steve phillips. those guys dont even watch games, they mostly suck players cocks

pavyracer · 01-25-09, 01:56 PM

Cubs and Yankees in the WS.

5 star bomb · 01-25-09, 01:56 PM

Originally posted by Casperwaits

You are absolutely right on all accounts. I just have some stupid feeling that their new manager is going to take this ragtag team and put together a suprise season. My thinking is based on gut, not on fact.

Casper there is absolutely no way the Mariners even stay competitive in the weak AL West. A's got a lot better this off-season, Angels are always good, and Rangers can hit

Chi_archie · 01-25-09, 01:57 PM

I think pecota was the only thing close

ryanXL977 · 01-25-09, 01:58 PM

im telling you a lot of people said, obviously nobody knows what will happen, that the rays would be over 88. just go find the SI article dude. its the whole reason i did rays over 83. and the rays will win that division again

yanks aint going anywhere with the arod cancer

ryanXL977 · 01-25-09, 01:59 PM

yes chi, you are right, pecota
but i will take pecota over ****ing tim kurkjian and buster olney, whose sole jobs are to report rumors and bullshit

espn has a job to do, get ratings, there isnt a person on espn who knows mlb.not one

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/02/26/leap.year0303/

5 star bomb · 01-25-09, 02:02 PM

Originally posted by ryanXL977

yes chi, you are right, pecota
but i will take pecota over ****ing tim kurkjian and buster olney, whose sole jobs are to report rumors and bullshit

espn has a job to do, get ratings, there isnt a person on espn who knows mlb.not one

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...leap.year0303/

while i agree to a certain extent you can not say that there isnt a person on ESPN who knows MLB is ridiculous... Former, Players, Managers, GM's dont know anything about MLB? Or HOF Peter Gammons doesnt know anything about MLB? Come on dude get real

curious · 01-25-09, 02:03 PM

Originally posted by Chi_archie

name a few baseball experts the "knew" the rays would win over 88 in 2008.

just because they have a lot of young talent doesn't mean you win... in fact it usually means you go through growing pains and losing until everyone gets it together.....what the rays did was very rare

The rays players predicted it. All during off season and spring training the players were talking about how psyched they were about the upcoming season. On any radio show they could get on, on the local TV talk shows, to any reporter who would quote them. In bars and restaurants.

Now, if the Mariners players are doing the same thing, then we may have something.

Anyone live in Seattle?

Chi_archie · 01-25-09, 02:03 PM

ok Ryan, I'm sure everyone knew.... I think SI had em at 80-82

but everyone on here prob had them at over 88.... fuk those vegas guys sure were stupid on that line...

And I realize that you know more about baseball then these guys that spend their lives following teams, interviewing players, scouts, gm's, coaches, managers during mini-camps, spring trainings, ect...

that's why i'm gonna follow all your picks this mlb season and be RICH...

gosh june seems so far away..

ryanXL977 · 01-25-09, 02:04 PM

im exagerating obviously. they know plenty about baseball. but they dont use moneyball or pecota and ill take those two over anything those dudes say. all those jackasses predicted redsox to beat rays. and all of them said cubs would beat dodgers and that phils wouldnt go to the series. if you watched baseball all year, you saw philly and lad come together and it was plain as day those two were gonna meet in the nlcs, same as rays.
obviously those guys know baseball, but their predictions were awful.

and thats funny chi, it really is. well done dude. i dont care if you follow me or not, couldnt care less dude. almost every mlb poster on here bets their team, yanks fans, cubs fan, etc. do what you want, i dont care. that post wasnt even funny

Chi_archie · 01-25-09, 02:10 PM

Originally posted by curious

The rays players predicted it. All during off season and spring training the players were talking about how psyched they were about the upcoming season. On any radio show they could get on, on the local TV talk shows, to any reporter who would quote them. In bars and restaurants.

Now, if the Mariners players are doing the same thing, then we may have something.

Anyone live in Seattle?

I agree to an extent Curious...

but how do you cut through the BS..... I mean i've been a pirate fan since I was old enough to understand baseball...and for the last 17 years i've been hearing BS all winter about how THIS was the year...or they were turning a corner... i've been through about 3 3-5 year plan and rebuilds.... EVERY player is excited about next year and every team is hopeful

hope springs eternal..

now some of the beat writers for the pirates last year, had a poll amongst the players in mini camp and asked who will have a break out year.

so they predicted McClouth for a position player and Maholm for a pitcher almost unanimously... they were spot on.

no experts predicted that.... you are right the players are the best experts.... but how do you sort through the Bull.

and this is why, I think Beat writers ect... that are in the locker room and hear/see the off the record stuff...should have the best chance at making a profit betting..

they hear who was out at a strip club till 4 am, or he's wife is cheating or having a divorce filed ect...

and they see who is tired, taking extra bp ect...

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rookie · 01-25-09, 02:16 PM

Originally posted by Chi_archie

ok Ryan, I'm sure everyone knew.... I think SI had em at 80-82

but everyone on here prob had them at over 88.... fuk those vegas guys sure were stupid on that line...

And I realize that you know more about baseball then these guys that spend their lives following teams, interviewing players, scouts, gm's, coaches, managers during mini-camps, spring trainings, ect...

that's why i'm gonna follow all your picks this mlb season and be RICH...

gosh june seems so far away..

Ditching Erin Andrews for Ryan ? I will stick with Nate Silver.

ryanXL977 · 01-25-09, 02:23 PM

all im saying is a ton of baseball people knew theyd win 88+
guys who know mlb are billy beaner, epstein, those guys

steve phillips isnt one of them. most of these guys watch highlight reels and thats it, i worked for wfaa abc in dallas and i know exactly what the anchors do

Kaps · 01-25-09, 03:23 PM

yankees/cubs series is what dreams are made of.....at least that would be my dream tsoprano
and with the cubs winning in 7 ....

Willie Bee · 01-25-09, 03:54 PM

Yankees/Cubs is what FOX dreams are made of

I've started a look back at how my sim program did in 2008, with a quick look ahead to this season. Opened with the AL East today down in the MLB Forum. Some projections were way, way off, others on the money. Currently loading data and tweaking a little bit of the program.

Chi_archie · 01-25-09, 04:38 PM

cubs just aren't built for a playoff run yet...

Harden's arm is STILL bothering him

and maybe zambrano can keep increasing in consistency like he has but as of now I couldn't predict they can win in the playoffs... plus I think their bench will be weaker this year...

Chi_archie · 01-26-09, 01:41 PM

so far for teams that I like to make big improvements and to possibly play their over/under for season wins are

Indians, Giants, Rangers, Pirates, marlins

I like the Marlins the best though, and will have futures on them to win NL.... thanks to shortstop and some quick research

Sinister Cat · 01-26-09, 01:56 PM

I like the Mariners too. Not sure if they have a chance to win the division this year, but should be far better than 63 wins. They have probably the best defensive outfield in baseball now with Franklin Gutierrez and Endy Chavez.

ryanXL977 · 01-26-09, 02:45 PM

id be suprised if pirates win over 70, or if mariners win 70.
indians are gonna be very good though. sf still has no big bat or pen

element1286 · 01-26-09, 03:02 PM

Originally posted by ryanXL977

id be suprised if pirates win over 70, or if mariners win 70.
indians are gonna be very good though. sf still has no big bat or pen

The Pirates actually have some guys with some upside, I wouldn't be surprised if they flirted with 80.

ryanXL977 · 01-26-09, 03:04 PM

what pitching do they have? from what i can tell, not much. hey, im always upfor a new underdog but they have a zero in left and right field. a zero at SS, and i guess maholm is ok , but duke and gorzy are pretty bad. who is supposed to turn the corner?