2014 Predictions

[Gore1FL]

Please share your own! That way we can ridicule each other in October!

Here are mine (Italics indicate Wild Card team.):

American League

East
Yankees
Rays
Red Sox
Orioles
Toronto

Central
Royals
Tigers
White Sox
Indians
Twins

West
Angels
A's
Rangers
Mariners
Astros

National League

East
Nationals
Phillies
Braves
Mets
Marlins

Central
Cardinals
Pirates
Brewers
Reds
Cubs

West
Padres
Dodgers
Giants
Diamondbacks
Rockies

[bluedigger]

1. Let the ridicule go on the record.

American League

East
Red Sox
Rays
Yankees
Orioles
Toronto

Central
Tigers
White Sox
Indians
Royals
Twins

West
A's
Rangers
Angels
Mariners
Astros

National League

East
Nationals
Braves
Mets
Phillies
Marlins

Central
Cardinals
Pirates
Reds
Brewers
Cubs

West
Dodgers
Diamondbacks
Rockies
Giants
Padres

[Laura PourMeADrink]

2. hey you swapped yankees with redsox.

[Gore1FL]

3. I was just looking at my predictions vs all-star break standings

AL East, If you take my bottom two teams and simply put them on the top (in the same order), I'd be right. Wow--terribly wrong, and sort of right all at once.

AL Central, 1 and 2 as well as 3 and 4 are flipped. Not bad, though.

AL West, flip the top two teams and shove TX at the bottom, to fix my results as of now. I'm liking Oakland more than I did before Spring training, but Other than TX, I may look like a genius come October.

NL East, I had the Phillies 2nd. they are 5th. Everything else is perfect.

NL Central. I should have had this most right. I do not...

NL West. I expected slightly more from AZ and SD.

Here's to the second "half!"

[theHandpuppet]

4. The Reds in 4th in the NL Central?

Well that ain't happenin'.

[Gore1FL]

5. I had them in 3rd. in my pre-spring prediction

I suspect the Brewers may push them to 2nd if they continue their rapid (somewhat expected) decline.

[theHandpuppet]

6. Reds have some critical injuries

A lot will depend on how many healthy players are left in the second half of the season.

[Gore1FL]

8. I watched Abraham Nunez replace Scott Rolen in 2005 and the Cardinals won 105 games.

The NL Central is pretty wide open. (When I made my initial list in the OP, I really thought the Cardinals were going to dominate.)

If Votto comes back and plays like he can, I think the Reds are in it. He should be back right while the Cardinals are really noticing the lack of Molina at and behind the plate.

Milwaukee (until recently) has been playing way above their skill levels. I expect them to crash.

Pittsburgh could turn it around with the right trade, but I don't know what that would be. Their bullpen is not what I predicted in February.

The Cubs are Cubs--Though one day Epstein will field a team that can win at Fenway... Oh wait...

[Kingofalldems]

7. I like it so far.

Rumors have it the Phillies about to unload and restock their farm system.

[yuiyoshida]

9. Right now, the Padres are 11 GAMES behind the Giants and Dodgers...

Do you really believe the Padres will come storming back? I don't think so, it will be a fight down the line between the Giants and the Dodgers!

[Gore1FL]

10. No, but it was a February prediction.

They were tied for first with the rest of the NL west at that time.

[yuiyoshida]

11. ooh!!

Heh, okay. Well, how are your predictions holding up on the other teams? I have only been watching the Giants, (of course).

[Gore1FL]

12. I did a little self-analysis during the all star break.

Depending on how you do the comparison, I did very well...or atrociously!

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