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Scott's 2006 Predictions

Final Standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.		NL East	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	92	70	0.568		Atlanta Braves	90	72	0.556
Toronto Blue Jays	88	74	0.543		New York Mets	89	73	0.549
Boston Red Sox	83	79	0.512		Philadelphia Phillies	85	77	0.525
Baltimore Orioles	74	88	0.457		Washington Nationals	73	89	0.451
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	68	94	0.420		Florida Marlins	69	93	0.426
AL Central	W	L	Pct.		NL Central	W	L	Pct.
Chicago White Sox	92	70	0.568		St. Louis Cardinals	95	67	0.586
Detroit Tigers	88	74	0.543		Milwaukee Brewers	85	77	0.525
Cleveland Indians	83	79	0.512		Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	0.488
Minnesota Twins	77	85	0.475		Chicago Cubs	78	84	0.581
Kansas City Royals	65	97	0.401		Houston Astros	77	85	0.475
					Cincinnati Reds	71	91	0.438
AL West	W	L	Pct.		NL West	W	L	Pct.
Oakland Athletics	100	62	0.617		Los Angeles Dodgers	96	66	0.593
Los Angeles Angels	88	74	0.543		San Diego Padres	78	84	0.481
Texas Rangers	74	88	0.457		Arizona Diamondbacks	76	86	0.469
Seattle Mariners	72	90	0.444		San Francisco Giants	75	87	0.463
					Colorado Rockies	70	92	0.432

Playoffs

	American League	National League
Division Series	Athletics over Tigers, 3-0	Cardinals over Braves, 3-2
	White Sox over Yankees, 3-2	Dodgers over Mets, 3-1
League Championship	Athletics over White Sox, 4-2	Cardinals over Dodgers, 4-2
World Series	Cardinals over Athletics, 4-2

League Leaders

Hitters	American League	Stat	National League	Stat
AVG	Vladimir Guererro	.350	Lance Berkman	.337
OBP	Travis Hafner	.422	Lance Berkman	.446
SLG	Mark Teixeira	.599	Albert Pujols	.636
OPS	Mark Teixeira	.999	Albert Pujols	1.059
R	Derek Jeter	125	Albert Pujols	118
H	Vladimir Guererro	206	Brady Clark	193
2B	Eric Chavez	48	Jason Bay	47
3B	Ichiro Suzuki	20	Rafael Furcal	16
HR	Mark Teixeira	49	Albert Pujols	46
RBI	Vladimir Guererro	146	Aramis Ramirez	130
BB	Travis Hafner	92	Adam Dunn	122
SO	Richie Sexson	147	Preston Wilson	164
SB	Chone Figgins	59	Rickie Weeks	48
CS	Chone Figgins	19	Juan Pierre	22
Pitchers
IP	Mark Buehrle	235.0	Livan Hernandez	252.2
W	Rich Harden, Roy Halladay	21	Odalis Perez	21
L	Casey Fossum	15	Jason Jennings	17
ERA	Rich Harden	2.49	Pedro Martinez	2.72
H	Carlos Silva	247	Livan Hernandez	255
K	Johan Santana	249	Oliver Perez	221
HR	Scott Elarton	37	Eric Milton	47
BB	Gil Meche	86	Chris Capuano	98
Sv	Huston Street	45	Eric Gagne	50

Award Winners

Awards	American League	National League
Most Valuable Player	Vladimir Guererro (.350-40-146)	Albert Pujols (.318-46-129)
Cy Young	Rich Harden (21-8 2.49 198)	Pedro Martinez (19-7 2.72 208)
Rookie of the Year	Ian Kinsler	Josh Barfield
Comeback Player	Jim Thome	Oliver Perez
Surprise Player	Curtis Granderson	Jose Cruz Jr.
Disappointing Player	Ron Belliard	Juan Pierre
Dave Kingman	Ramon Hernandez	Alfonso Soriano
Alex Gonzalez of the Marlins	Emil Brown	Luis Gonzalez of the Diamondbacks

Scott's Comments on the Upcoming Season

There will be a rebalancing of power in the AL Central, but not in the way that most suspect. Cleveland and the White Sox will come down a bit, and a hungry Detroit team with a balance of youth and veterans similar to the '05 White Sox will nab 2nd place and a suprise wild-card berth. In my fantasy, they beat out the Blue Jays and Angels in one-game playoffs. AL MVP Vlad Guererro goes 0-5, 3K, 1 GIDP in his game.

I chose the Phillies to win the NL East in '04 and '05. Now that I have them finishing 3rd, expect them to run away with it.

Despite a big season from Berkman, the Astros will fall considerably. And even with Sheets out for a while, the Brewers will continue to improve, and the Pirates should scrap together quite nicely.

Though a less impressive team than its recent incarnations, I see no reason why the Cards can't have playoff success this year.



Keith's Take

Free Agent acquisitions Kenny Rogers and Todd Jones are going to be a combined 80 years old by April. Only one player on the team drew more than 40 walks last year. But the most funny part about Scott's 88-win playoff prediction for the Tigers is the fact thet they lost Jason Johnson, a guy Scott nearly proposed to in 2004, this offseason.

See Keith's 2006 Predictions.



Asher's Take



See Asher's 2006 Predictions.





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