Alright, so, I love baseball, you love baseball (well, you should), we all love baseball. The 2009 MLB season begins tomorrow night, so it's time for my predictions. I will take you through who will win each division and wild card, the major individual awards, and then I will give you 10 random/semi-haughty predictions for 2009. Here we go:
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Minnesota Twins
AL West: Los Angeles Angels
AL Wild Card: Tampa Bay Rays (This was a ridiculously hard decision, I apologize, Yankee fans, see prediction #10)
AL Champion: Boston Red Sox
AL MVP: Mark Teixeira
AL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL ROY: David Price
NL East: New York Mets
NL Central: Chicago Cubs
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies
NL Champion: New York Mets
NL MVP: Carlos Beltran
NL Cy Young: Johan Santana
NL ROY: Cameron Maybin
World Series: Mets over Red Sox in 7 games*
* While my predictions may seem biased, I want to note that 2006 was the last year I actually felt the Mets would go all the way (they lost in 7 to the Cardinals in the NLCS). I felt they would win their division the past 2 seasons, and they were on pace to do so before choking it away. With their remade bullpen and despite the support of Sports Illustrated, I truly feel this is the year. Sue me.
10 Random/Semi-Haughty Predictions:
1. Daniel Murphy will hit .315 with 22HR 105 RBI along with 45 doubles and 15 SB... and would have ran away with the NL ROY had he had 2 less at bats last season.
2. The first no hitter in Mets history will be thrown by either Johan Santana or Mike Pelfrey now that Shea Stadium no longer stands.
3. Alex Rodriguez will come back in May and still manage to hit 40 HR on the season.
4. David Price, once called up and given the ball will post an ERA under 2.75 and strike out 11 per 9 IP en route to winning the ROY.
5. C.C. Sabathia will be a work horse, and while still managing to post 18 wins will see his ERA raise a point back up to 3.70... A.J. Burnett will not surpass 25 starts.
6. Miguel Cabrera will see an AL sophomore season that looks like .325 46HR 128RBI and would have easily won the MVP had the Tigers played better baseball.
7. The San Francisco Giants will be in the running to win the NL West up until the last week of the season.
8. The Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves will battle for the NL Wild Card up until the final weekend of the regular season.
9. Pedro Martinez will sign with a team by May 15th after an injury to a significant SP.
10. The Red Sox, Rays, and Yankees will all post over 92 wins and see the race of 3 teams for 2 playoff spots come down to at least one playoff game.
Bonus: There will be no teams with 100+ wins.
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