Happy Opening Day!!!!!!!!
I will be at the Cubs game today at the Juice Box in Houston to watch Carlos Zambrano and Roy Oswalt going head to head. Talk about a great matchup. It should be a great game.
Here are the earlier prediction posts
AL WEST
AL CENTRAL
AL EAST
NL WEST
NL EAST
And now the NL CENTRAL
The Cubs have won the division each of the last two seasons, and this Cubs team is again favored by most everyone to do so again. The Cubs rotation is not only clearly the best in the Central but is arguably the best in the entire major leagues to go along with a great offense that is now even more balanced. The Brewers provided the most competition each of the last two seasons, but they no longer have CC Sabathia or Ben Sheets and their pitching is now a huge question mark. They still have a potent offense, but the pitching, both starting and relief will make them take a huge step back. St. Louis has somehow with spit and tape stayed competitive the last few seasons, but has been able to really compete at the end of the season. I don't expect much to change for them this year either. Houston seems to be two different teams each year. Among the leagues worst in the first half and a very competitive club in the second. If they hope to have any chance at anything this year, they need to come out of the gate much faster then they have in the last couple of years. Cincinnati looks to be a young and exciting team. They have great young pitching and very talented young position players. They could be this year's surprise contender. The Pirates are, as always, the Pirates.
FINAL PREDICTED STANDINGS
Chicago 94-68
Cincinnati 84-78
Houston 83-79
St. Louis 82-80
Milwaukee 70-92
Pittsburgh 60-102
PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS
ALDS
Tampa Bay Rays over Los Angeles Angels
Cleveland Indians over Boston Red Sox
ALCS
Cleveland over Tampa Bay
NLDS
Chicago Cubs over Atlanta Braves
New York Mets over Arizona Diamondbacks
NLCS
Chicago over New York
WORLD SERIES
Chicago over Cleveland
AWARD PREDICTIONS
AL
MVP-Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers
CY YOUNG-Josh Beckett, Boston Red Sox
MANAGER-Eric Wedge, Cleveland Indians
ROY-Elvis Andrus, Texas Rangers
NL
MVP-Milton Bradley, Chicago Cubs
CY YOUNG-Johann Santana, New York Mets
MANAGER-Bobby Cox, Atlanta Braves
ROY-Cameron Maybin, Florida Marlins
HAPPY OPENING DAY AND LET'S GO CUBBIES!!!!
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i love how so much of what you say is unbiased until you get to the post season and perhaps the nl central, but what would i expect.
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