2012 MLB Predictions

[JP_Frost]

As the baseball season is about to start, let's see what you think will happen over the next 6-7 months.

AL East:

y New York Yankees
w Boston Red Sox
Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles

AL Central:

y Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians (85-77)
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins
Chicago White Sox

AL West:

y Texas Rangers
w Los Angeles Angels
Seattle Mariners
Oakland A's

NL East:

y Atlanta Braves
w Washington Nationals
Miami Marlins
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Mets

NL Central:

y St. Louis Cardinals
w Milwaukee Brewers
Cincinatti Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Houston Astros

NL West

y Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Rockies
San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres

Playoffs:

AL Wild Card: Angels over Red Sox
ALDS: Yankees over Angels (3-2)
ALDS: Rangers over Tigers (3-1)
ALCS: Yankees over Rangers (4-3)

NL Wild Card: Nationals over Brewers
NLDS: Nationals over Cardinals (3-2)
NLDS: Braves over Diamondbacks (3-2)
NLCS: Braves over Nationals (4-2)

World Series: Yankees over Braves (4-2)

Awards

AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera
AL Cy Young: CC Sabathia
AL ROTY: Yu Darvish
AL Comback: Shin-Soo Choo
AL MOTY: Jim Leyland

AL Breakout player: Justin Smoak

NL MVP: Matt Holliday
NL Cy Young: Gio Gonzalez
NL ROTY: Shelby Miller
NL Comeback: Jason Heyward
NL MOTY: Fredi Gonzalez

NL Breakout player: Jhoulys Chacin

And Justin Masterson throws a no hitter!

[Magneticnorth451]

AL East:

y New York Yankees
w Tampa Bay Rays
Boston Red Sox
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles

AL Central:

y Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians (strangely enough I have them going 85-77 as well. Thought they'd end up 78-84 last year.)
Kansas City Royals
Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins

AL West:

y Texas Rangers
w Los Angeles Angels
Oakland A's
Seattle Mariners

NL East:

y Atlanta Braves
w Philadelphia Phillies
Washington Nationals
Miami Marlins
New York Mets

NL Central:

y Cincinatti Reds
w Milwaukee Brewers
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Houston Astros

NL West

y San Franscisco Giants
Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Rockies
San Diego Padres
Los Angeles Dodgers

Playoffs:

AL Wild Card: Rays over Angels
ALDS: Rangers over Rays (3-2)
ALDS: Yankees over Tigers (3-2)
ALCS: Rangers over Yankees (4-2)

NL Wild Card: Brewers over Phillies
NLDS: Brewers over Braves (3-1)
NLDS: Giants over Reds (3-2)
NLCS: Brewers over Giants (4-3)

World Series: Rangers over Brewers (4-1)

Awards

AL MVP: Evan Longoria
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
AL ROTY: Matt Moore
AL Comback: Shin-Soo Choo (it has to be Choo!)
AL MOTY: Joe Maddon

AL Breakout player: Desmond Jennings

NL MVP: Joey Votto
NL Cy Young: Zack Grienke
NL ROTY: Trevor Bauer
NL Comeback: Jason Heyward (can't change this from yours)
NL MOTY: Dusty Baker

NL Breakout player: Paul Goldschmidt

I think the Indians stay in it a bit longer than last year, but the pitching can't carry the offense enough to take the Central/2nd WC.

[JP_Frost]

What's even weirder is that I had them going 78-84 as well last season.

great minds ...

[daingean]

AL East:

y Boston Red Sox
w Tampa Bay Rays
New York Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles

AL Central:

y Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians (83-79)
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins
Chicago White Sox


AL West:

y Texas Rangers
w Los Angeles Angels
Oakland A's
Seattle Mariners

NL East:

y Philadelphia Phillies
w Atlanta Braves
Washington Nationals
Miami Marlins
New York Mets

NL Central:

y Cincinatti Reds
w Milwaukee Brewers
St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Houston Astros

NL West

y Arizona Diamondbacks
San Franscisco Giants
San Diego Padres
Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles Dodgers

Playoffs:

AL Wild Card: Angels over Rays
ALDS: Rangers over Red Sox (3-1)
ALDS: Rays over Tiggers (3-2)
ALCS: Rangers over Rays (4-1)

NL Wild Card: Braves over Brewers
NLDS:Braves over Reds (3-1)
NLDS: Phillies over Diamondbacks (3-2)
NLCS: Braves over Phillies (4-3)

World Series: Rangers over Braves(4-2)

Awards

AL MVP: Evan Longoria
AL Cy Young: CC Sabathia
AL ROTY: Matt Moore
AL Comback: Carlos Crawford (because he's Boston and ESPN is all about Yankees/Red Sox and 2 Indians Choo and Santana will rob each other of votes)
AL MOTY: Ron Washington
AL Breakout Player: Travis d’Arnaud

NL MVP: Brian McCann
NL Cy Young: Matt Latos
NL ROTY: Bryce Harper
NL Comeback: Adam Wainwright
NL MOTY: Kirk Gibson

NL Breakout player: Corey Luebke

I see the Tribe getting out to a slow start but finishing strong (basically the opposite of last year) as Sizemore and Chiz are midseason call-ups and trades of C.Perez, Hannahan, and Kotchman at the deadline.

Tribe MVP: Santana
Tribe Cy-Young: Justin Masterson
Tribe ROY: Nick Hagadone
Feller Award: Felix Sterling
Boudreaux Award: Lowery
Minor League Comeback: Nick Weglarz

[Hermie13]

AL East:

y New York Yankees
w Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue Jays
Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles

AL Central:

y Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians (89-73)
Kansas City Royals
Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins

AL West:

y Texas Rangers
w Los Angeles Angels
Oakland A's
Seattle Mariners

NL East:

y Philadelphia Phillies
w Miami Marlins
Atlanta Braves
Washington Nationals
New York Mets

NL Central:

y Cincinatti Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Milwaukee Brewers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Houston Astros

NL West

y Arizona Diamondbacks
w San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
Colorado Rockies
San Diego Padres

Playoffs:

AL Champs: Yankees

NL Champs: Diamondbacks

World Series: Yankees over Braves (4-2)

Awards

AL MVP: Albert Pujols
AL Cy Young: James Shields
AL ROTY: Yu Darvish
AL Comback: Carl Crawford
AL MOTY: Ron Washington

NL MVP: Justin Upton
NL Cy Young: Tim Lincecum
NL ROTY: Devin Mesoraco
NL Comeback: Adam Wainwright
NL MOTY: Dusty Baker

[criznit2009]

AL East:

y New York Yankees
w Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Toronto Blue Jays
Boston Red Sox - a couple of injuries and a shaky SP rotation doom them by mid-June
Baltimore Orioles

AL Central:

y Detroit Tigers - poised to have the best W/L record in all of the ML this year. Could be derailed by some key injuries but they easily look like an awesome offensive machine.
Cleveland Indians (77-85) at the low end and (89-73) at the high end - so lets say 84-78. Tough one for me, the indians could easily have a bad year this year, if things fail to come together. However if things go their way and get off to a hot start could make a run for the WC but still tail-off and are out of it by the end. Miss WC by 2-10 games.
Kansas City Royals
Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins

AL West:

y LA Angels
w Texas Rangers
Seattle Mariners
Oakland A's

NL East: This will be the most contested division this year. Around 5 games will seperate the top 4 teams, with the nationals fading late.

y Philadelphia Phillies
w Atlanta Braves
Washington Nationals
Miami Marlins
New York Mets

NL Central:

y Cincinatti Reds
w Milwaukee Brewers
St. Louis Cardinal
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Houston Astros

NL West

y Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Rockies
San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres

Playoffs:

AL Wild Card: Rays over Rangers
ALDS: Tigers over Rays (3-1)
ALDS: Angels over Yankees (3-2)
ALCS: Tigers over Angels (4-2)

NL Wild Card: Braves over Brewers
NLDS: Braves over Cincinatti (3-1)
NLDS: Philly over Diamondbacks (3-2)
NLCS: Braves over Phillies (4-2)

World Series: Tigers over Braves (4-3)

Awards

AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera
AL Cy Young: JUSTIN VERLANDER
AL ROTY: Yu Darvish
AL Comback: tough one - Adam Dunn, maybe Crawford.
AL MOTY: Jim Leyland

AL Breakout player: Jason Kipnis!

NL MVP: Joey Votto
NL Cy Young: Kershaw or Kennedy
NL ROTY: Drew Pomeranz
NL Comeback: Jason Heyward
NL MOTY: Fredi Gonzalez

NL Breakout player: Freddie Freeman

Alll guesses here - with a bit of bias...... GO TRIBE in 2012!!!!

[artgold]

I think the Yankees, Rays, Tigers, Angels and Rangers make the playoff in the AL, and the Phillies, Marlins, Reds, Diamondbacks and Giants make it for the NL.

I think that the Angels will beat the Phillies in the World Series. The AL MVP will be Pujols and the Cy Young winner will be Verlander, while in the NL the MVP will be Votto and the Cy Young winner will be Matt Cain.

As far as the Tribe, I'll go with a record of 78-84, with a third place finish behind the Tigers and Royals, but ahead of the Twins and White Sox.