Sunday, March 30, 2008

The Nicks' Picks 2008

These are pretty pointless and I doubt many people really care, so I'm posting our predictions for the 2008 season here on a Sunday evening. Guess I just wanted to have them documented somewhere so I can look back after the season and laugh about how horribly wrong I was.

Feel free to tear them apart.

THE NELSON PICKS

AL East
Boston
New York
Tampa Bay
Toronto
Baltimore

AL Central
Cleveland
Detroit (Wild Card)
Minnesota
Chicago
Kansas City

AL West
Los Angeles
Seattle
Oakland
Texas

NL East
New York
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Washington
Florida

NL Central
Milwaukee
Chicago
Houston
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh

NL West
Arizona
Colorado (Wild Card)
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco

World Series: Boston over NY Mets

AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young: Johan Santana

AL MVP: Grady Sizemore
NL MVP: David Wright

AL Rookie of the Year: Evan Longoria
NL Rookie of the Year: Franklin Morales

THE MOSVICK PICKS

AL East
Boston
New York
Toronto
Tampa Bay
Baltimore

AL Central
Detroit
Cleveland (Wild Card)
Minnesota
Kansas City
Chicago

AL West
Seattle
Los Angeles
Oakland
Texas

NL East
New York
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Washington
Florida

NL Central
Milwaukee
Chicago
Cincinnati
Houston
St. Louis
Pittsburgh

NL West
Arizona
Colorado (Wild Card)
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco

World Series: Detroit over Arizona

AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander
NL Cy Young: Johan Santana

AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez
NL MVP: Chase Utley

AL Rookie of the Year: Clay Buchholz
NL Rookie of the Year: Jay Bruce

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wish Go-Go was a rookie. If he was, I think he'd win the ROY award with his speed.

Nick M. said...

You'd be right to think that Gomez will steal plenty of bases. The problem is, even if he was eligible, I don't think he would do enough of anything else to beat out the competition. In fact, Gomez probably can use some more time in the minors. Regardless, he isn't the kind of player like a Longoria, who's tools are all ready to go and will come up hitting away. Instead, it will likely be some time before fans start seeing all of Gomez's skills.

Anonymous said...

Interesting that both of you have RoY picks that will be starting the season in the minors (Longoria and Bruce), while Gomez, who is perhaps less prepared than both, will be starting in the big leagues.

It really speaks to the lack of alternatives for the Twins...or perhaps their desire to show fans they got something in return for Santana.

Nick M. said...

It also speaks to two other factors for those decisions - for one, Tampa Bay wants to wait until May, a la the Brewers with Braun last year, so that they get another year of service out of Longoria. As for Bruce, you can look at who his manager is. Need those great vets like Patterson.