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2008 Fearless Predictions

Christopher Solberg, Editor
3/28/2008

Every year the major media outlets make their "bold" predictions as to who will win it all. I go a step further and predict the final standings and some other predictions along the way.

Fearless Predictions


AL East
Boston Red Sox	Angels v. Red Sox
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles

AL Central
Detroit Tigers	Red Sox v. Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins
Kansas City Royals

AL West	Tigers v. Indians (wc)
LA Angels
Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers
Oakland A's

NL East
New York Mets	Mets v. Brewers
Atlanta Braves
Philadelphia Phillies
Washington Nationals
Florida Marlins

NL Central	Dodgers v. Brewers
Milwaukee Brewers
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
St Louis Cardinals
Pittsburg Pirates
Houston Astros

NL West
Los Angeles Dodgers	Dodgers v. Braves (wc)
San Diego Padres
Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Rockies
San Francisco Giants

In the end, the Red Sox loose to the Brewers in a six game series.




NL MVP:

1. Prince Fielder
2. Mark Teixeira
3. Alfonso Soriano
4. Ryan Howard
5. Ryan Braun

AL MVP:

1. Alex Rodriguez
2. Miguel Cabrera
3. David Ortiz
4. Travis Hafner
5. Manny Ramirez

NL Cy Young

1. Jake Peavy
2. Johan Santana
3. Brandon Webb
4. Cole Hamels
5. Dan Haren

AL Cy Young

1. Justin Verlander
2. C.C. Sabathia
3. Erik Bedard
4. Daisuke Matsuzaka
5. John Lackey

NL Rookie of the Year

1. Kosuke Fukudome
2. Johnny Cueto
3. Hiroki Kuroda
4. Andy LaRoche
5. Clayton Kershaw

AL Rookie of the Year

1. Evan Longoria
2. Clay Buchholz
3. Joba Chamberlain
4. Jacoby Ellsbury
5. Daric Barton

Comebacks as ranked by impact

1. Rich Harden
2. Pudge Rodriguez
3. Pedro Martinez
4. Travis Hafner
5. Mike Hampton
6. J.D. Drew
7. Mark Prior
8. Jason Schmidt
9. Francisco Liriano
10. Randy Johnson

Breakouts

1. Hunter Pence
2. Yovanni Gallardo
3. Delmon Young
4. Kevin Kouzmanoff
5. Josh Hamilton
6. Luke Scott
7. Adam Jones
8. Phil Hughes
9. Billy Butler
10. Rich Harden
11. Lastings Milledge
12. Joakim Soria

Stars to Superstars

1. Ryan Braun
2. Jeff Francoeur
3. Cole Hamels
4. Nick Swisher

Fading Stars

1. Curt Schilling
2. Andy Pettite
3. Miguel Tejada
4. Carlos Delgado
5. Richie Sexson
6. Barry Zito
7. Moises Alou
8. Kelvim Escobar
9. Kenny Rogers

Who will Roger Clemens pitch for?: No-one, he'll hide.

Number of losses by the Tampa Bay D....er....Rays: 79 (They're turning it around for a 2009 breakout)

Number of legitimate prospects in the New York Mets farm system after mid-season trades: 0

Number of good prospects in the Chicago White Sox system now: 0

Starter ERA for the Houston Astros: 4.95 (and that's with Oswalt's computed in).

If you want to make your predictions like I did above, send it to csolberg@thebaseballopinion.com and it could be posted.

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