Thread: Pre-Season MLB Awards

Make your predictions for the 2008 MLB season

AL MVP
AL Cy Young
AL ROY
AL Champ

NL MVP
NL Cy Young
NL ROY
NL Champ

WS Winner

AL MVP - Grady Sizemore
AL Cy Young - Justin Verlander
AL ROY - Jacoby Elsbury
AL Champ - Detroit Tigers

NL MVP - Jose Reyes
NL Cy Young - Johan Santana
NL ROY - Geovany Soto
NL Champ - New York Mets

World Series Winner - Detroit Tigers

Division Winners:
AL
East - Boston Red Sox
Central - Detroit Tigers
West - Anaheim Angels
Wild Card - New York Yankees

NL
East - New York Mets
Central - Chicago Cubs
West - Colorado Rockies
Wild Card - Arizona Diamondbacks

Ellsbury BARELY qualifies for ROY.

I guess he played in a few more games than I thought, 33...he had 116 ABs, what's the cutoff?

AL MVP - Barry Bonds
AL Cy Young - Roger Clemons
AL ROY - ???
AL Champ - Toronto Blue Jays

NL MVP - Prince Fielder
NL Ben Sheets
NL ROY - Ryan Braun (again)
NL Champ - Milwaukee Brewers

WS Winner - Brewers

AL MVP - Alex Rodriguez
AL Cy Young - Erik Bedard
AL ROY - Evan Longoria
AL Champ - Detroit

NL MVP - Prince Fielder
NL Cy Young - Johan Santana
NL ROY - Jay Bruce
NL Champ - NY Mets

World Series winner - Detroit

Originally Posted by MissouriBronc

I guess he played in a few more games than I thought, 33...he had 116 ABs, what's the cutoff?

Less than 130 AB

AL East- Boston Red Sox (95-67)
AL Central- Detroit Tigers (94-68)
AL West- Los Angeles Angels of Anahiem (94-68)
AL Wild Card- New York Yankees (93- 69)
AL MVP- Manny Ramirez (sorry A-rod and Cabrera it's a contract year)
AL ROY- Clay Buchholz/Jacoby Ellsbury (I can't choose)
AL Cy Young- Josh Beckett

NL East- New York Mets (90- 72)
NL Central- St. Louis Cardinals (83- 79)
NL West- Colorado Rockies (87- 75)
NL Wild Card- Chicago Cubs (82- 80)
NL MVP- Ryan Braun
NL ROY- Justin Towles
NL Cy Young- Carlos Zambrano

AL
Red Sox over Yankees in 5
Tigers over Angels in 3
Red Sox over Tigers in 6

NL
Cubs over Mets in 6
Rockies over Cardinals in 4
Cubs over Rockies in 7 (by 1 run in the bottom of the ninth)

World Series
Red Sox over Cubs in 6

Go Royals!

AL MVP - Alex Rodriguez
AL Cy Young - C.C. Sabathia
AL ROY - Ian Kennedy
AL Champ - Detroit Tigers

NL MVP - Chase Utley
NL Cy Young - Brett Myers
NL ROY - Colby Rasmus
NL Champ - Philadelphia Phillies

World Series Winner - Detroit Tigers

Bill you are going with Kennedy over Joba and Hughes? Bold pick.

Yep, I think Joba will end up shut down once or twice this year and with him starting off in the pen I don't think that bodes well for winning a ROY award.

I'm not a huge Hughes guy, but he may prove me wrong.

I think Kennedy has the least "stuff" of the three, but he knows how to pitch.

My prediction... 13-9 176 IP 3.79 ERA 109 K

Originally Posted by MHCBill

Yep, I think Joba will end up shut down once or twice this year and with him starting off in the pen I don't think that bodes well for winning a ROY award.

I'm not a huge Hughes guy, but he may prove me wrong.

I think Kennedy has the least "stuff" of the three, but he knows how to pitch.

My prediction... 13-9 176 IP 3.79 ERA 109 K

I'm not sure if 13-9 and 109K's will be good enough for ROY
K-Dice went 15-12 with 201K's and he didn't win ROY last year.

Chamberlain is going to be tough to beat out in that category. If I went with a pitcher for ROY, my list in order would be...

1. Joba Chamberlain
2. Clay Buchholz
3. Homer Bailey
4. David Price
5. Gio Gonzalez
6. Adam Miller
7. Johnny Cueto
8. Jair Jurrjens
9. Nick Blackburn
10. Luke Hochevar

I'm surprised no on has Shelly Duncan for ROY... Doesn't he qualify?