2007 Baseball Thread

[LIPH]

In my best Steven Tyler voice -

Dream on, dream on
Dream yourself a dream come true

[Papa T]

Lets go Reds!

Ditto!

[moeron]

I still like the White Sox. The wife likes the Cubs. What do we know? Nothing,

[Elrod]

...well let's don't discuss last year

What happened last year?

[lati2d]

And some things never change...

Pavano Skips Start For "Personal Reasons"

Carl Pavano's troubled time with the Yankees continued on two fronts Friday. Because of a personal problem, the righthander was scratched from his start and left Legends Field 45 minutes before game time, and word got out that he is being sued for a car accident last August that the police report said was his fault.

Pavano was to make his second start of spring training at 7:15 Friday night against the Devil Rays. At about 6:30 p.m., he approached manager Joe Torre and pitching coach Ron Guidry to tell them of a personal situation of concern to him. Moments later, director of media relations Jason Zillo announced that Pavano had left the building and would not pitch because of personal reasons.

http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/ ... -headlines

And to think: Red Sox fans were disappointed when he signed with the dreaded Yankees instead of the Red Sox. I think we lucked out on this one! He has been a total waste of $$ for the Yankees.

[AdamBomb8]

In my best Steven Tyler voice -

Dream on, dream on
Dream yourself a dream come true

Got that right, adding LaRoche won't be nearly enough. Will be 15 losing seasons and counting

[drunkpirate66]

AL MVP: A-Rod. He'll have a bounce-back year and shut up the damn critics.

NL MVP: Albert Pujols. He should have won it 4 of the last 5 years anyway.

AL Cy Young: Johan Santana. Duh.

NL Cy Young: Ben Sheets. Finally stays healthy, proves what he can do.

AL ROY: Matt Garza. Breakout pitcher for Twins

NL ROY: (I'll get back to this one...don't know enough about who's coming up)

AL ROY will be Alex Gordon.

[drunkpirate66]

Red Sox concerns:

1. No closer . . . no World Series. Perhaps Jon Lester could pony up; what a story that would be huh?

2. Dustin Pedroia is making way to many errors this spring.

3. No power in the middle of the lineup.

4. Not enough Dice hype. I went 18 minutes today without someone bringing him up. COME ON PEOPLE!

[BottleofRum]

My predictions. Last season I did pretty good, amoung others I picked Leyland as manager of the year, Florida as the surprise NL team and the White Sox to flop.

AL MVP: V. Wells (Blue Jays)
NL MVP: Pujols (Cardinals)

AL CY: J. Sananta (Twins)
NL CY: C. Zambrano (Cubs)

AL Manager: John Gibbons (Toronto)
NL: Manager: Lou Pinella (Cubs)

AL ROY: D. Matsuzaka (Red Sox - although I don't think he should be eligible)
NL ROY: Scott Thorman (Braves)

AL Surprise Team: Tampa Bay
NL Surprise Team: Cincinnati

AL Most Disappointed Team: NY Yankees
NL Most Disappointed Team: St. Louis Cardinals

AL Most Disappointed Player: Gary Matthews Jr. (Angels)
NL Most Disappointed Player: Jeff Suppan (Brewers)

NL East: Mets
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wildcard: Padres

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Angels
AL Wildcard: Blue Jays

AL Champ: Red Sox
NL Champ: Mets
WS Champ: Red Sox -of course

[drunkpirate66]

My predictions. Last season I did pretty good, amoung others I picked Leyland as manager of the year, Florida as the surprise NL team and the White Sox to flop.

AL MVP: V. Wells (Blue Jays)
NL MVP: Pujols (Cardinals)

AL CY: J. Sananta (Twins)
NL CY: C. Zambrano (Cubs)

AL Manager: John Gibbons (Toronto)
NL: Manager: Lou Pinella (Cubs)

AL ROY: D. Matsuzaka (Red Sox - although I don't think he should be eligible)
NL ROY: Scott Thorman (Braves)

AL Surprise Team: Tampa Bay
NL Surprise Team: Cincinnati

AL Most Disappointed Team: NY Yankees
NL Most Disappointed Team: St. Louis Cardinals

AL Most Disappointed Player: Gary Matthews Jr. (Angels)
NL Most Disappointed Player: Jeff Suppan (Brewers)

NL East: Mets
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wildcard: Padres

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: Angels
AL Wildcard: Blue Jays

AL Champ: Red Sox
NL Champ: Mets
WS Champ: Red Sox -of course

Well, not sure what makes a surprise team - but I don't think Cincy would qualify. Alot of the experts are picking them for the wild card so not much a surprise there - I have been picking them for years . . . and I have been wrong for years.

Peavy for my NL Cy Young.

[CaptainP]

Those predictions were my early ones. Off the top of my head. Now that we're further along in the spring, I'll make my official predicitons:

AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
AL Cy Young: Johan Santana
NL Cy Young: Ben Sheets
AL ROY: Alex Gordon
NL ROY: Chris Young


AL EAST
Yankees
Red Sox
Devil Rays
Blue Jays
Orioles

AL CENTRAL
Tigers
White Sox
Twins
Indians
Royals

AL WEST
Angels
Rangers
Athletics
Mariners

NL EAST
Mets
Phillies
Marlins
Braves
Nationals

NL CENTRAL
Brewers
Cardinals
Cubs
Astros
Reds
Pirates

NL WEST
Padres
Dodgers
Diamondbacks
Rockies
Giants

AL WILDCARD: Red Sox
NL WILDCARD: Phillies


World Series: Mets over Red Sox. It's 1986 all over again!

[drunkpirate66]

Those predictions were my early ones. Off the top of my head. Now that we're further along in the spring, I'll make my official predicitons:

AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
AL Cy Young: Johan Santana
NL Cy Young: Ben Sheets
AL ROY: Alex Gordon
NL ROY: Chris Young


AL EAST
Yankees
Red Sox
Devil Rays
Blue Jays
Orioles

AL CENTRAL
Tigers
White Sox
Twins
Indians
Royals

AL WEST
Angels
Rangers
Athletics
Mariners

NL EAST
Mets
Phillies
Marlins
Braves
Nationals

NL CENTRAL
Brewers
Cardinals
Cubs
Astros
Reds
Pirates

NL WEST
Padres
Dodgers
Diamondbacks
Rockies
Giants

AL WILDCARD: Red Sox
NL WILDCARD: Phillies


World Series: Mets over Red Sox. It's 1986 all over again!

Couple risky plays there, huh? Devil Rays in third and Ben Sheets? Wow. Like them both, just risky. If Tampa Bay could ever get a pitching staff beyond Kazmir they would be legit. They have a top 3 outfield in all MLB. Sheets is an enigma.

[CaptainP]

Couple risky plays there, huh? Devil Rays in third and Ben Sheets? Wow. Like them both, just risky. If Tampa Bay could ever get a pitching staff beyond Kazmir they would be legit. They have a top 3 outfield in all MLB. Sheets is an enigma.

Those D-Ray prospects should finally come through. Their staff is, well, questionable, but I still think the offense will be good enough to pull them past Toronto and Baltimore.

Sheets is AMAZING when healthy. I'm betting on healthy. There's no doubting his talent. His last three years he has walked 68 in 500 innings, with 521 Ks.

[drunkpirate66]

Couple risky plays there, huh? Devil Rays in third and Ben Sheets? Wow. Like them both, just risky. If Tampa Bay could ever get a pitching staff beyond Kazmir they would be legit. They have a top 3 outfield in all MLB. Sheets is an enigma.

Those D-Ray prospects should finally come through. Their staff is, well, questionable, but I still think the offense will be good enough to pull them past Toronto and Baltimore.

Sheets is AMAZING when healthy. I'm betting on healthy. There's no doubting his talent. His last three years he has walked 68 in 500 innings, with 521 Ks.

I know Sheets' numbers . . . I am sort of a fantasy baseball geek; not that that makes me anything but I do get into the numbers and trends. I like Sheets alot its just hard to back him after a couple of sub par seasons. I did, however, do the same thing with Peavy. Who knows, Randy Johnson in the NL West could mean big numbers, right?

As for the Rays, yeah you would think having top draft picks for the past decade would eventually pan out - if they could only trade for a legit veteran or two.

[LIPH]

AL EAST
Yankees

AL CENTRAL
Tigers

AL WEST
Angels


NL EAST
Phillies

NL CENTRAL
Brewers

NL WEST
Padres


AL WILDCARD: Red Sox
NL WILDCARD: Mets


World Series: Phillies over Tigers

As much as I'd like to see them go all the way, the Mets' pitching scares me.

[Wino you know]

Aw, hell-I was trying to avoid making early predictions, but here are mine:

A.L. East
---------------
1)Yankees
2)Red Sox
3)Blue Jays
4)Devil Rays
5)Orioles

A.L. Central
---------------
1)Twins
2)Tigers
3)Indians
4)White Sox
5)Royals

A.L. West
---------------
1)Athletics
2)Angels
3)Rangers
4)Mariners

Wild Card-Angels

A.L. Champion-Twins


N.L. East
---------------
1)Mets
2)Braves
3)Phillies
4)Marlins
5)Nationals

N.L. Central
---------------
1)Astros
2)Brewers
3)Cardinals
4)Cubs
5)Reds
6)Pirates

N.L. West
---------------
1)Padres
2)Dodgers
3)Diamondbacks
4)Giants
5)Rockies

Wild Card-Braves

World Series Champion-Mets


P.S.-Last year I guessed most of the American League teams correctly, and ALL of the National League teams correctly, except for who would win in the playoffs.
Just thought I'd mention that.

[Clintster7]

Don't forget there is a fantasy baseball thread and a buffettnews league that still has open slots

[CaptainP]

Javy Lopez has been cut by the Rockies. He's done.

[BottleofRum]

Couple risky plays there, huh? Devil Rays in third and Ben Sheets? Wow. Like them both, just risky. If Tampa Bay could ever get a pitching staff beyond Kazmir they would be legit. They have a top 3 outfield in all MLB. Sheets is an enigma.

Those D-Ray prospects should finally come through. Their staff is, well, questionable, but I still think the offense will be good enough to pull them past Toronto and Baltimore.

Sheets is AMAZING when healthy. I'm betting on healthy. There's no doubting his talent. His last three years he has walked 68 in 500 innings, with 521 Ks.

I know Sheets' numbers . . . I am sort of a fantasy baseball geek; not that that makes me anything but I do get into the numbers and trends. I like Sheets alot its just hard to back him after a couple of sub par seasons. I did, however, do the same thing with Peavy. Who knows, Randy Johnson in the NL West could mean big numbers, right?

As for the Rays, yeah you would think having top draft picks for the past decade would eventually pan out - if they could only trade for a legit veteran or two.

OK know it all post your fearless 2007 predictions so we can critique them

[Tequila Revenge]

Watching some pre season action tonight between the SF Giants and the A's. They did an interview with Giants 3rd base coach Tim Flannery who's a guitar player. Tim has performend with Willie Nelson, someone I can't remember and JIMMY BUFFETT! AND they spelled Buffett correct on the TV too