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	<title>Comments on: Totally Senseless Pre-Winter Meetings predictions</title>
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		<title>By: Wait till they come</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wait till they come</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My, also laughable, picks:

AL East: Yankees, because we&#039;re the best

AL Central: I&#039;ll go Twinkies, not because of Mauer but because nobody&#039;s clearly beter in that horrible division.

AL West: Texas, same reason as you

Wild Card: Hmmm...Red Sox OUT, Seattle in. They could end up having a really good pitching Felix if Felix does even better than the mind-blowingly good he did this season. I think they&#039;ll improve their offense this offseason too. And the Red Sox offesne is only going to get worse, unless a big deal is made.

Nl East: Sorry, Phillies. Lee is too good, and I expect Hamels to have an above average year.

NL Central: Brewers, Carpenter will falter big and Wainwright won&#039;t be quite as good

NL West: SanFran Giants. That pitching staff has the potential to be mind-bogglingly awesome. 

Wild Card: I want to say Pittsburgh Pirates...but alas, not yet Pittsburgh fans. Colorado Rockies, the second half of last year they were better than the Dodgers. Start just a tad better and they win that division.

ALDS: Yanks over Texs, Twins over Seattle

ALCS: Yanks over Twins

NLDS: SanFran over Philly
Colorado over Brewers

NLCS: Colorado over SanFran

World Series: Yanks over Colorado

AL MVP: Josh Hamilton, carries Texas

NL MVP: Chase Utley, carries Philly

AL Cy Young: CC Sabathia (BOOOOM)

NL Cy Young: Josh Johnson</description>
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<p>My, also laughable, picks:</p>
<p>AL East: Yankees, because we&#8217;re the best</p>
<p>AL Central: I&#8217;ll go Twinkies, not because of Mauer but because nobody&#8217;s clearly beter in that horrible division.</p>
<p>AL West: Texas, same reason as you</p>
<p>Wild Card: Hmmm&#8230;Red Sox OUT, Seattle in. They could end up having a really good pitching Felix if Felix does even better than the mind-blowingly good he did this season. I think they&#8217;ll improve their offense this offseason too. And the Red Sox offesne is only going to get worse, unless a big deal is made.</p>
<p>Nl East: Sorry, Phillies. Lee is too good, and I expect Hamels to have an above average year.</p>
<p>NL Central: Brewers, Carpenter will falter big and Wainwright won&#8217;t be quite as good</p>
<p>NL West: SanFran Giants. That pitching staff has the potential to be mind-bogglingly awesome. </p>
<p>Wild Card: I want to say Pittsburgh Pirates&#8230;but alas, not yet Pittsburgh fans. Colorado Rockies, the second half of last year they were better than the Dodgers. Start just a tad better and they win that division.</p>
<p>ALDS: Yanks over Texs, Twins over Seattle</p>
<p>ALCS: Yanks over Twins</p>
<p>NLDS: SanFran over Philly<br />
Colorado over Brewers</p>
<p>NLCS: Colorado over SanFran</p>
<p>World Series: Yanks over Colorado</p>
<p>AL MVP: Josh Hamilton, carries Texas</p>
<p>NL MVP: Chase Utley, carries Philly</p>
<p>AL Cy Young: CC Sabathia (BOOOOM)</p>
<p>NL Cy Young: Josh Johnson
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		<title>By: JGS</title>
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		<dc:creator>JGS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It might be boring to keep picking him, but at this point the NL MVP has to be considered to be Pujols&#039; award to lose.</description>
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<p>It might be boring to keep picking him, but at this point the NL MVP has to be considered to be Pujols&#8217; award to lose.
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		<title>By: Rebecca G.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rebecca G.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Couple points--

1st)  The entire point here is that these predictions aren&#039;t serious.  Take &#039;em with a grain of salt.

That said, Howard is a major concern--his strike out rates keep going up and while Hamels and Lee are good, the rest of the rotation&#039;s a bit of a problem.

I&#039;m a big fan of the Rangers&#039; system and I like the pieces they have more than the Angles, injuries notwithstanding, and the Angels just lost Figgins.



At any rate, we&#039;ll know a lot more this time next month =)</description>
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<p>Couple points&#8211;</p>
<p>1st)  The entire point here is that these predictions aren&#8217;t serious.  Take &#8216;em with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>That said, Howard is a major concern&#8211;his strike out rates keep going up and while Hamels and Lee are good, the rest of the rotation&#8217;s a bit of a problem.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of the Rangers&#8217; system and I like the pieces they have more than the Angles, injuries notwithstanding, and the Angels just lost Figgins.</p>
<p>At any rate, we&#8217;ll know a lot more this time next month =)
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		<title>By: becca</title>
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		<dc:creator>becca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If the Yankees would win and it would involve no Mariano Rivera blown saves because they make my heart hurt, I would be very, very, very pleased to see another epic, 7-game war, Yankees-Red Sox ALCS.

I really like these predictions (especially the Yankees winning the WS!), but I just have a few quibbles. First, I can&#039;t see anyone but the Angels winning the AL West right now. Texas was hounded by injuries but I don&#039;t think they would have pulled it out anyway. Though, if Lackey leaves the Angels... hmm. 

Also... 
&quot;Wild Card: San Francisco Giants. Pitching’s too good.&quot;
Offense&#039;s (way) too bad. I can&#039;t see Philly missing the postseason as long as Utley, Howard, etc. are in their primes, and now they have a genuine ace in Lee. If Hamels and Lidge bounce back (HUGE ifs), they are terrifying. If not, well, they&#039;ll be close to the 2009 version of themselves, which was pret-tay darn good.</description>
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<p>If the Yankees would win and it would involve no Mariano Rivera blown saves because they make my heart hurt, I would be very, very, very pleased to see another epic, 7-game war, Yankees-Red Sox ALCS.</p>
<p>I really like these predictions (especially the Yankees winning the WS!), but I just have a few quibbles. First, I can&#8217;t see anyone but the Angels winning the AL West right now. Texas was hounded by injuries but I don&#8217;t think they would have pulled it out anyway. Though, if Lackey leaves the Angels&#8230; hmm. </p>
<p>Also&#8230;<br />
&#8220;Wild Card: San Francisco Giants. Pitching’s too good.&#8221;<br />
Offense&#8217;s (way) too bad. I can&#8217;t see Philly missing the postseason as long as Utley, Howard, etc. are in their primes, and now they have a genuine ace in Lee. If Hamels and Lidge bounce back (HUGE ifs), they are terrifying. If not, well, they&#8217;ll be close to the 2009 version of themselves, which was pret-tay darn good.
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