Early Baseball Predictions
Posted by Shannon on February 9, 2008
Spring training is about to being soon, which means that most of my time outside of class will be spent checking the scores for the St. Louis Cardinals.
With baseball starting soon, and because I need some lackluster fluff for the weekend, here are my thoughts for the upcoming baseball season:
- We have seen the last of Roger Clemens in a baseball uniform. No team will be willing to spend $20 million on the controversial pitcher now that he is under allegations of using steroids to help produce the amazing turnaround in the later half of his career. Look for the Clemens’ controversy to surround the early portion of the baseball season and perhaps coming to some conclusion by the end of the year.
- Barry Bonds, as well, may not play in 2008 because of the BALCO investigation and his federal perjury charges that he faces. We have seen the last of the home run king most likely.
- The New York Yankees will get a little older.
- The New York Mets will win the NL East. The Chicago Cubs will win the NL Central. The San Diego Padres will win the NL West. The St. Louis Cardinals will win the NL Wild Card, but barely.
- The Boston Red Sox will win the AL East. The Detroit Tigers will win the AL Central. The Oakland A’s will win the AL West. The Angels will contend for the AL Wild Card, but will lose to the Yankees.
- The Tigers will play the Mets in the World Series, with the Mets winning it all in seven.
February 14, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Well judging by off-season acquisitions, Detroit and NY Mets have to be considered 2 of the favs for the Series. Detroit’s line-up is STACKED. We’re not talking STACKED, we’re talking more stacked than Yankees STACKED. With the Mets getting Santana, they are the clear favorites in the NL East and probable in the NL overall. The NL East will be the best division in the NL with the Mets, Braves getting better, and the Phillies building on their late season surge last year.
Detroit-NYM is a good pick. But the AL is so good that I could see NY, Boston, Anaheim, or Cleveland getting there as well. One thing’s for sure….Tampa Bay or Pittsburgh ain’t getting there any time soon.