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Nelson's Picks
General
AL West: Athletics
AL Central: White Sox
AL East: Red Sox
AL Wild Card: Yankees
NL West: Rockies
NL Central: Brewers
NL East: Phillies
NL Wild Card: Braves
World Series: Phillies over Red Sox
AL Cy Young: Jon Lester
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL MVP: Robinson Cano
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
AL Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
NL Rookie of the Year: Brandon Belt
Twins-Specific
Twins MVP: Joe Mauer
Twins Top Pitcher: Francisco Liriano
Twins Best Rookie: Kyle Gibson
Twins Most Improved Player: Michael Cuddyer
Bold Predictions: Front office will add multiple relievers from outside before trade deadline; Liriano's ERA will rank among top 3 in AL; Delmon Young will hit 30 home runs.
A.L. Central Prediction (Standings): White Sox, Twins, Tigers, Indians, Royals
Three Keys to Success for the Twins: Good health from core players; emergence of quality relief options in middle innings; continued success against divisional opponents.
Mosvick's Picks
General
AL West: Athletics
AL Central: Tigers
AL East: Red Sox
AL Wild Card: Rays
NL West: Giants
NL Central: Brewers
NL East: Braves
NL Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies
World Series: Braves over Red Sox
AL MVP: Carl Crawford
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
NL Cy Young: Josh Johnson
AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander
AL Rookie of the Year: Kyle Drabek
NL Rookie of the Year: Mike Minor
Twins-Specific
Twins MVP: Joe Mauer
Twins Top Pitcher: Francisco Liriano
Twins Best Rookie: Ben Revere
Twins Most Improved Player: Kevin Slowey
Bold Predictions: Kevin Slowey will lead the staff in ERA, Matt Capps will have more saves than Joe Nathan, Jason Kubel will top 30 home runs
A.L. Central Prediction (Standings): Tigers, Twins, White Sox, Indians, Royals
Three Keys to Success for the Twins: Morneau making a healthy and productive return to the lineup; rookie bullpen arms having success late in the season; getting at least marginal productivity from bench players not named Thome.
Bold Predictions:
ReplyDelete- Duensing eats up more innings than Pavano
- Kubel is the 4th outfielder and back-up DH
- Gardy won't have the heart to bench Morneau
Dave's Picks
ReplyDeleteGeneral
AL West: Athletics
AL Central: Twins
AL East: Red Sox
AL Wild Card: White Sox
NL West: Giants
NL Central: Reds
NL East: Phillies
NL Wild Card: Braves
World Series: Twins over Phillies
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay
AL MVP: Mega Hunk Joe Mauer
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
AL Rookie of the Year: Kyle Drabek
NL Rookie of the Year: Billy Bullock
Twins-Specific
Twins MVP: Joe Mauer
Twins Top Pitcher: Francisco Liriano
Twins Best Rookie: Nishi
Twins Most Improved Player: Alexi
Bold Predictions: Bullpen will be one of the best 10 in baseball, Blackburn will have 200 IP and a sub 4.10 ERA, Mauer will hit 20 HR
A.L. Central Prediction (Standings): Twins, White Sox, Tigers, Royals, Indians
Three Keys to Success for the Twins: Health, Liriano becoming an ace, Span, Cuddyer and Kubel bounce back years.
Pujols for NL MVP? You guys are really going out on a limb with that guess ;)
ReplyDeleteMy picks:
ReplyDeleteALW: Rangers
ALC: Twins
ALE: Red Sox
AL WC: Rays
NLW: Giants
NLC: Brewers
NLE: Phillies
NL WC: Rockies
WS: Red Sox over Phillies
AL Cy: Jon Lester
NL Cy: Zack Grienke
AL MVP: Joe Mauer
NL MVP: Ryan Braun
No idea on rookies this year
Twins Predictions:
Nishioka will hit over .300, steal over 30 bases, and Gardy will still pine for Punto
Bullpen will make everyone nervous all year, but the difference between this year's pen and last year's pen will be +/- 1 game at most
Valencia's BA will drop to around .280, but he'll make up for it with increased power numbers
Matt Tolbert will flirt with Mendoza line most of the season and Gardy will play him too much.
Drew Butera will be the worse hitter in MLB
Twins will win the division because their pitching depth will allow them to overcome injuries that will hurt other teams and their lineup is the most solid in the division.
I'll go out on a limb and say the Twins win the Central and get swept by the Yankees in the playoffs. You know, something new.
ReplyDeleteGeneral
ReplyDeleteAL West: Rangers
AL Central: Twins
AL East: Yankees
AL Wild Card: Red Sox
NL West: Rockies
NL Central: Reds
NL East: Phillies
NL Wild Card: Braves
World Series: Phillies over Twins
AL Cy Young: CC Sabathia
NL Cy Young: Josh Johnson
AL MVP: Justin Morneau
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
AL Rookie of the Year: Tsuyoshi Nishioka
NL Rookie of the Year: Brandon Belt
Twins-Specific
Twins MVP: Joe Mauer
Twins Top Pitcher: Francisco Liriano
Twins Best Rookie: Nishioka
Twins Most Improved Player: Kevin Slowey
Bold Predictions: No Twin will hit 30 HRs. Twins will have the top bullpen ERA in the AL.
A.L. Central Prediction (Standings): Twins, White Sox, Tigers, Royals, Indians
True, picking Pujols isn't going out on a limb. I seriously contemplated going many ways on that one, but I think I threw a fair amount of less-popular picks, like Drabek and Minor for ROTY (Hellickson and Freeman are the popular picks), along with Crawford for AL MVP and Verlander for Cy Young. Those aren't completely out of the blue, but I don't think I went with all consensus picks. Anyways, when it comes to the NL MVP, Pujols has had an argument for deserving all but one year (2002) he's been in the league. Votto, Cargo, and Tulo are all great players who may well take the MVP, but I'm not sure Pujols is as a ready as Ryan Howard to start the path of decline. For a darkhorse, I'd go with Jason Heyward (since I do have the Braves going to the playoffs)or Fielder. But, as a predictive matter, I'd say Pujols has by far the best shot.
ReplyDeleteNishimania will take over by mid-May. Everywhere the Twins go, he'll be the story. Maybe he makes the all-star game as the last guy voted in by the fans.
ReplyDeleteLiriano is traded at the deadline, maybe in a deal for Billy Bullock. Nick recovers from exploded head when Kyle Gibson comes up and is respectable.
Nathan gets beat up in April, but the ball starts coming out of his hand better in May and by July, he looks like the old Joe Nathan.
Span bounces back and scores 110 runs.
Bold Prediction: My bold prediction is that none of Nick's predictions come true.
ReplyDeleteAL WEST: Angels
Central: Twins (by 10 games)
East: Sox and Yanks tie/yanks go in as wild card with worse division record
NL West: Rockies
NL central: Cards
NL East: Phils
NL Wild Card: Brewers
MVP NL: PUJOS, no contract no problem
MVP AL: Delmon, swing at first pitch play outfield worse than Thome could, Young (but seriously, I'll go with Crawford, dude is a 5 tooler)
NL Cy Young: Jimenez
AL CY Young: Verlander (in a division losing effort)
Twins Specific: Blog readers go nuts over no big trade for an ace.
Team MVP: Casilla for hitting over .200
Team Cy Young:
ROY: Yoshi, even tho I see him struggling throughout May to adjust.
Sorry for messing with you Nick, you know I'm just kidding. I am just puffing out my big chest trying to show you that I am a rube of all things Twins.
Mr. Suter Out
Bold Prediction: Nishi hits over .300 and wins AL Rookie of the Year :-)
ReplyDeleteLots of love for Nishioka in these predictions. Hope you guys are right.
ReplyDeleteLiriano is traded at the deadline, maybe in a deal for Billy Bullock. Nick recovers from exploded head when Kyle Gibson comes up and is respectable.
Nice.
Nathan gets beat up in April, but the ball starts coming out of his hand better in May and by July, he looks like the old Joe Nathan.
I'm on board with this one.
Bold Prediction: My bold prediction is that none of Nick's predictions come true.
That's not very bold. :)
this time nishi will play well and rocks all the hits....
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MLB 2011
I fear that this year might be the beginning of the end for Kubel and Cuddyer. It would seem possible that both of them have peaked as players.
ReplyDeleteMy bold prediction is that the Twins offense is very good this year and that our middle infield holds their own. I predict our bullpen will be better than people think with Mijares, Nathan, and Capps locking a very solid back end. However, I think our starting pitching is going to really struggle this year. I don't know why and have no real logic to put behind it. I just have this bad feeling that Liriano will get hurt and black/pavano/duensing will be relatively ineffective.
ReplyDeleteOn the plus side I see a resurgence from Scott Baker on the horizon and we always have Slowey/Gibson waiting in the wings if we get in a pinch.
AL West: Rangers
ReplyDeleteAL Central: Twins
AL East: Red Sox
AL Wild Card: Yankees
NL West: Giants
NL Central: Brewers
NL East: Braves
NL Wild Card: Phillies
World Series: Red Sox over Braves
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young: Tim Lincecum
AL MVP: Joe Mauer
NL MVP: Ryan Braun
Twins-Specific
Twins MVP: Joe Mauer
Twins Top Pitcher: Carl Pavano
Twins Best Rookie: Nishi
Twins Most Improved Player: Span
Bold Predictions: Twins were 6th in runs last year... they will increase that, Span and Yoshi in front of Mauer and Morneau will be f'n amazing, Thome will jack another 20 HR's
A.L. Central Prediction (Standings): Twins, White Sox, Tigers, Royals, Indians
Three Keys to Success for the Twins: Health, health, and health.
World Series: Red Sox over Braves
ReplyDeleteAL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young: Tim Lincecum
AL MVP: Joe Mauer
NL MVP: Ryan Braun