**The MLB Thread**

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

media is just throwing their weight around because it can...controversy sells remember!

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

what are your pics for the playoffs next year?

mine are:

AL division winners

boston

detroit

anaheim

wild card

cleveland

NL Division winners

new york

los angeles

chicago

wild card

san diego

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

new york yankees will be in the playoffs i hate them but there is noway they wont make the playoffs (i would love to be wrong but ..)

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

new york yankees will be in the playoffs i hate them but there is noway they wont make the playoffs (i would love to be wrong but ..)

i think they can miss the playoffs. boston is better and new york didn't make any moves to improve. pettitie is a good replacement for johnson, but their puitching staff still isn't great and they lost sheffield. i doubt humberto sanchez will ever pitch for new york. he was just a piece they acquired so they can spin for another veteran. with the central being a much better division, i see the wild card coming out of the central

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

red sox dont have that great of a pen though papalbon is a starter now and faulke left....

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

red sox dont have that great of a pen though papalbon is a starter now and faulke left....

new york's isn't any better. they got rivera but no one to get the ball to him. boston has solid middle relief, and their rotation is better then new york's and they a more balanced offense then new york.

detroit's bullpen is looking good this year. all they need is 5 innings from their starters, then they can go mesa, rodney, zumya, jones

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

what are your pics for the playoffs next year?
mine are:

AL division winners

boston

detroit

anaheim

wild card

cleveland

NL Division winners

new york

los angeles

chicago

wild card

san diego

AL divison winners

Yankees

Tigers

A's

Wild Card

Indians/Red Sox, not really sure. Kinda a toss up. Hell might want to add Angels in there as well, but hope its the Indians.

NL divison winners

Mets

Cubs

Dodgers

Wild Card

Giants or Phillies.

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

AL divison winnersYankees

Tigers

A's

Wild Card

Indians/Red Sox, not really sure. Kinda a toss up. Hell might want to add Angels in there as well, but hope its the Indians.

NL divison winners

Mets

Cubs

Dodgers

Wild Card

Giants or Phillies.

AL division winners

Tigers

Yankees

Anaheim

Wildcard

redsox/indians

NL division winners

braves

mets

dodgers

NL wildcard

padres

cubs

 

[adam71 5,000+ posts]

AL division winners
Tigers

Yankees

Anaheim

Wildcard

redsox/indians

NL division winners

braves

mets

dodgers

NL wildcard

padres

cubs

Mets and the Braves are in the same division. And to whomever is picking the Cubs to win their division I laugh at that. I know anything can happen but I just don't see them ever staying healthy all year and take the division. Houston and St. Louis are too tough.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

Mets and the Braves are in the same division. And to whomever is picking the Cubs to win their division I laugh at that. I know anything can happen but I just don't see them ever staying healthy all year and take the division. Houston and St. Louis are too tough.

nl central sucks. st. louis lost their starting rotation. all they have is carpenter. houston lost pettetite and clemens, so by default chicago wins i guess.

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

Good lord your predictions are terrible Tee.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

Good lord your predictions are terrible Tee.

i called the tigers in 06 so listen to me youngin //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

btw that randy johnson deal is awful. 2 years 26 million for a 43 year old pitcher?

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

We will not mention that trade //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

At least it's not as bad as the Ortiz deal.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

this has been a bad offseason for everybody except the tigers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Rochambeau 10+ year member]

red sox dont have that great of a pen though papalbon is a starter now and faulke left....

Yeah, when picking up Donnelly is their big bully move... They are gonna lose a lot of late inning leads, including some to the Yankees probably which is going to be that much more bitter.