Standings (Predicted):
AL East - Boston Red Sox
AL Central - Cleveland Indians
AL West - LA Angels
NL East - Florida Marlins
NL Central - Houston Astros
NL West - San Diego Padres
AL Wildcard - New York Yankees
NL Wildcard - The Philadelphia Phillies (if not now, then never)
Standings (Actual):
AL East - Red Sox
AL Central - Indians
AL West - LA Angels
NL East - Phillies
NL Central - Cubs
NL West - Diamondbacks
AL WC - Yankees
NL WC - Rockies
Even though I made a clean sweep of the American League, my NL predictions yielded only one playoff team, the Phils (who knew?). Although my gamble on a young up and coming team went to the Marlins, instead of the Arizona Diamondbacks, I can't be too disappointed in going with the Padres, who just missed, and the Astros were a total mistake.
Playoffs (Predicted):
ALCS - Indians v. Red Sox
NLCS - Padres v. Astros
WS - Red Sox v. Padres
Champions - Boston Red Sox
Playoffs (TBD):
The playoffs are yet to be determined, but obviously I have some misses even though my champ is still there. Should be a good playoffs, especially with the Phils in, but I certainly would have preferred the Padres over the Rockies. The Rockies are on too much of a roll. The Phils need to come out the gates firing or we may not make it to the NLCS.
Awards (Predicted) -
AL MVP - Grady Sizemore
NL MVP - Albert Pujols
MOST LIKELY -
AL MVP - Alex Rodriguez: slam dunk, no questions asked. The only reason to anticipate this vote is to see if A-Rod will be a unanimous MVP.NL MVP - Jimmy Rollins or Matt Holliday: Both of these players are great and well deserving of the award. Even though I have a stronger allegiance to Rollins, Matt Holliday is on my Keeper Team for fantasy baseball which endears him to me as well. However, being fair, the award does deserve to go to J-Roll. While both players carried their teams down the stretch, while Holliday had a great year, Rollins had a historic year. There is a difference, plus Rollins may get a Gold Glove this year, which is something you cannot say for Holliday. Jimmy's only concern is that incumbent MVP and teammate Ryan Howard may snag some of his votes.
(Predicted)
AL CY Young - Roy Halladay
NL CY Young - Jake Peavy
Most Likely -
AL Cy Young - C.C. Sabathia: Sabathia has had a great year with 19 wins and logging 241 IP, but in all honesty there is really no one in the AL to stand up and take this award. My predictions, Halladay, came on late, but it was not good enough. Had Erik Bedard stayed healthy, he very well could have won the Cy Young.
NL Cy Young - Jake Peavy: Got this one right. Peavy had an off year last year, but now led the league in the triple crown of pitching (19 wins, 2.54 ERA, 240 K's). There may be some other votes for Brad Penny and Brandon Webb, but in all seriousness, their numbers do not compare to Peavy's at all. Although his lack of ability to come up in big games (see: Last Night) is the biggest knock on him.(Predicted)
AL ROY - Dice-K
NL ROY - Kevin Kouzmanoff
MOST LIKELY -
AL ROY - Dustin Pedroia: The AL race is still wide open. Dice-K is the biggest name out there, but had some shaky starts letting up 5 or more runs in his last 10 starts. Delmon Young has had a great rookie year (.288 BA, 93 RBI), but his number may still be beaten, and his bad attitude won't do much to win over voters. Pedroia has been the most productive and valuable rookie in the AL playing a solid 2B and hitting .317 with 86 Runs is just what that Red Sox line-up needed.
NL ROY - Ryan Braun or Troy Tulowitzki: Both of these young player came on late. Tulowitzki helping carry the Rockies to the playoffs, and Braun emerging halfway through the year to end with a ridiculous line of AVG .324 HR 34 RBI 97 OBP .370 SLG .634 through 113 games. Tulowitzki put up his own offensive numbers going AVG .291 HR 24 RBI 99 OBP .359 SLG .479
in his rookie year. The two things Tulowitzki has going for him are that his team made the playoffs and he is a much better fielder than Braun. However, I think that Braun was just too productive to not give him this award. My pick, Kouzmnoff played very respectful and should finish in the Top 3 for ROY.
(Predicted)
AL Home Run Leader - Travis Hafner
NL Home Run Leader - Albert Pujols
ACTUAL -
AL HR Leader - Alex Rodriguez
NL HR Leader - Prince Fielder
(Predicted)
AL Batting Champ - Joe Mauer
NL Batting Champ - Miggy Cabrera
ACTUAL -
AL Batting Champ - Magglio Ordonez
NL Batting Champ - Matt Holliday
(Predicted)
AL Future MVP - Carl Crawford
NL Future MVP - Chase Utley
MOST LIKELY -
I have to admit, I have no idea what this category means. At the time I guess I was looking for more categories to predict, and I assume I was going for sort of a breakout all-around star that would emerge. It's an unclear category and I'll probably never do it again. However, I was right about Chase, who would have been MVP had he stayed healthy all year.
AL Future MVP - Hanley Ramirez: I couldn't find one in the AL, might still be Crawford, but Hanley Ramirez is the man and I wanted to give him a shout out.NL Future MVP - Chase Utley
(Predicted)
AL Future CY Young - Erik Bedard
NL Future CY Young - Cole Hamels
ACTUAL -
Ditto with this category and the next two categories. Yeesh. Still think I nailed it though.
AL Future Cy - Bedard
NL Future Cy - Hamels
(Predicted)
AL Breakout Bat - Howie Kendrick
NL Breakout Bat - Prince Fielder
ACTUAL -
AL Breakout Bat - Carlos Pena (AVG .282 HR 46 RBI 121 OBP .411 SLG .627): The man had one home run last year. ONE!
NL Breakout Bat - Prince Fielder: 50 Homers, yeah, I may not know what this category means, but I think I was right.
(Predicted)
AL Breakout Arm - Dick Harden
NL Breakout Arm - Scott Olsen
ACTUAL -
I'm just not even bothering with this one. I will say that I was way off on both accounts though.
Clemens Return - 98 percent (He has returned)
Dice-K wins - 16 (15)
Howard Homers - 47 (Exactly right)
Dunn Strikeouts - 180 (Nowhere near Ryan Howard's record breaking total)
Worst Phillie - Some reliever (Adam Eaton)
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