Monday, April 5, 2010

2010 MLB Preview, Part II (AJ's picks)

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You Play to Win The Game! Divisional and Playoff picks

AL East: Yankees.......................................................NL East: Phillies
AL Central: Twins.....................................................NL Central: Cardinals
AL West: Athletics.....................................................NL West: Rockies
AL Wild Card: Red Sox..............................................NL Wild Card: Braves

AL Penthouse (best record): Yankees....................NL Penthouse: Phillies
AL Outhouse (worst record): Jays.........................NL Outhouse: Nationals

ALCS: Twins def. Yankees
NLCS: Cardinals def. Rockies


World Series: Cardinals def. Twins



Hardware heroes

AL MVP (ranked 1 through 5):
1) Mark Teixeira, Yankees. Impressive first year in the Bronx, and might only get better.
2) Carl Crawford, Rays
3) Jacoby Ellsbury, Red Sox
4) Joe Mauer, Twins
5) Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners

NL MVP:
1) Albert Pujols, Cardinals. Until he shows us otherwise.
2) Ryan Braun, Brewers
3) Ryan Howard, Phillies
4) Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies
5) Matt Holliday, Cardinals

AL Cy Young:
1) Justin Verlander, Tigers. The guy’s so good, he’s gotta win one sometime.
2) Jon Lester, Red Sox
3) CC Sabathia, Yankees

NL Cy Young:
1) Ubaldo Jimenez, Rockies. You heard me. Call me a homer. I’ll be the one laughing in October.
2) Roy Halladay, Phillies
3) Ricky Nolasco, Marlins

AL Rookie of the Year: Neftali Feliz, Rangers
NL Rookie of the Year: Alcides Escobar, Brewers

Best shot to win a Triple Crown, AL: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers
Best shot to win a Triple Crown, NL: Albert Pujols, Cardinals. Duh.

Other random crap we’ll try to predict

Most underrated team: White Sox. Nice overall hitting and pitching balance.
Most overrated team: Brewers. I dig that lineup. What Milwaukee calls a rotation or bullpen? Not so much.

Bring out the boobirds (top-10 salary team to stumble): Angels
Livin’ on a budget (bottom-10 salary team to thrive): Athletics

2010 Fantasy Baseball MVP: Albert Pujols, Cardinals. Until he shows us otherwise.
2010 Fantasy Baseball LVP: Alex Rodriguez, Yankees. Another year removed from, well, the ‘roids, and a lot of guys get fat and happy after winning the big prize for the first time. Is it out of the question to see a big step back for A-Rod?

Household name by September (currently unknown player ready for breakout year): Alexei Ramirez, White Sox (and, of course, CarGo)
60-day Disabled List by July (currently high-expectations player likely to miss 100 games): Josh Beckett, Red Sox. Dude has logged a ton of innings.

Biggest name to surface in 2010 season involving steroids (active players only): Miguel Cabrera, Tigers
Biggest name to retire during or at end of 2010 season: Ken Griffey, Jr., Mariners. Could also see Pudge, Damon and Hoffman here too.
Is this the year the National League wins the All-Star Game? Yes. They’re due.
Is this the year Aaron clears the runner-up hump and wins his first fantasy hardball league? I friggin hope so. I killed the Roided Up! Auction.

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