Sunday, April 5, 2009

2009 MLB Preview Extravaganza, Part I (Walnick's picks)... and our first Weekly Links


B-Dubs readily admits he's not a big baseball guy, so...he'll probably be more accurate than me anyway.

B-DUBS PICKS

You Play to Win The Game! Divisional and Playoff picks

AL East: Yankees....................................................NL East: Phillies
AL Central: White Sox............................................NL Central: Cubs
AL West: Angels......................................................NL West: Dodgers
AL Wild Card: Rays................................................NL Wild Card: Brewers
(AJ note: wow, now that is original analysis from Mr. Benjamin Walnick. I feel like I'm looking at the 2008 division winners and wild card, only somebody accidentally typed the Yankees in for winning the AL East instead of the Red Sox. Talk about chalk.)

AL Penthouse (best record): Yankees.................NL Penthouse: Dodgers
AL Outhouse (worst record): Orioles..................NL Outhouse: Padres

ALCS: Yankees beat Angels
NLCS: Cubs beat Phillies

World Series: Yankees beat Cubs in 6

Hardware heroes

AL MVP (ranked 1 through 5):
1)
Evan Longoria, Rays: Leads team to playoffs again.
2) Grady Sizemore, Indians
3) Joe Mauer, Twins
4) Kevin Youkilis, Red Sox
5) Carlos Quentin, White Sox

NL MVP:
1)
Albert Pujols, Cardinals: Best power and finesse hitter in last 15 years.
2) David Wright, Mets
3) Hanley Ramirez, Marlins
4) Jimmy Rollins, Phillies
5) Ryan Braun, Brewers

AL Cy Young:
1)
CC Sabathia, Yankees: The horse brings a championship to New York.
2) Roy Halladay, Blue Jays
3) Cliff Lee, Indians

NL Cy Young:
1) Carlos Zambrano, Cubs: Finally puts together a complete season and leads Cubs to World Series.
2) Tim Lincecum, Giants
3) Cole Hamels, Phillies

AL Rookie of the Year: David Price, Rays
NL Rookie of the Year: Cameron Maybin, Marlins

Best shot to win a Triple Crown, AL: Alex Rodriguez, Yankees
Best shot to win a Triple Crown, NL: Albert Pujols, Cardinals

Other random crap we’ll try to predict

Most underrated team:
Rangers WILL make a run at the Angels (I'm a homer)
Most overrated team: Atlanta Braves

Surprise player (most likely to overachieve): Chris Davis, Rangers
Disappointing player (most likely to underachieve): Mark Teixeira, Yankees

What a ripoff! (top-10 salary team to stumble): Detroit Tigers
Livin’ on a budget (bottom-10 salary team to thrive): Tampa Bay Rays

Biggest name to surface in 2009 season involving steroids (active players only): Ryan Howard, Phillies

WEEKLY LINKS

Story of the week: Big Ten commish stands up for his league...and the Big XII, and the Pac-10

Video of the week: Not gonna YouTube this week...this airgliding video is sweeeeeeeeeet, I HUGELY recommend you watch it, you will not regret it

Audio of the week: If you haven't heard the "Pucker Pucker Pucker" man, your life is not yet complete. End of story. I might devote more space to this later this week.

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