2009 Season Predictions

By Dalton Del Don

First, a recap of my division previews:

NL West

1. L.A. Dodgers
2. Arizona Diamondbacks
3. S.F. Giants
4. Colorado Rockies
5. S.D. Padres

NL Central

1. St. Louis Cardinals
2. Chicago Cubs
3. Cincinatti Reds
4. Milwaukee Brewers
5. Houston Astros
6. Pittsburgh Pirates

NL East

1. Atlanta Braves
2. New York Mets (wild card)
3. Philadelphia Phillies
4. Florida Marlins
5. Washington Nationals

AL West

1. L.A. Angels
2. Oakland A’s
3. Texas Rangers
4. Seattle Mariners

AL Central

1. Minnesota Twins
2. Chicago White Sox
3. Cleveland Indians
4. Detroit Tigers
5. Kansas City Royals

AL East

1. Boston Red Sox
2. New York Yankees (wild card)
3. Tampa Bay Rays
4. Baltimore Orioles
5. Toronto Blue Jays

NLDS: Dodgers over Mets, Braves over Cardinals
ALDS: Red Sox over Angels, Yankees over Twins

NLCS: Dodgers over Braves
ALCS: Red Sox over Yankees

World Series: Red Sox over Dodgers

NL MVP: 1) Albert Pujols 2) Manny Ramirez 3) David Wright

AL MVP: 1) Miguel Cabrera 2) Mark Teixeira 3) Grady Sizemore

NL Cy Young: 1) Tim Lincecum 2) Dan Haren 3) Ricky Nolasco

AL Cy Young: 1) Josh Beckett 2) Roy Halladay 3) Kevin Slowey

NL R.O.Y.: 1) Jason Motte 2) Cameron Maybin 3) Tommy Hanson

AL R.O.Y.: 1) Matt Wieters 2) David Price 3) Travis Snider

My favorite over/under bets:

Atlanta OVER 83.5
Dodgers OVER 82.5
Cardinals OVER 82.5

Giants UNDER 80.5
Padres UNDER 71.5
Blue Jays UNDER 80.5

Posted

April 6, 2009

RotoScoop

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Comments

Keith

April 7, 2009

Thanks for jinxing Motte…
Donald Trump

April 7, 2009

Given your predictions, how reluctant would you be to trade nolasco for webb?
RotoScoop

April 7, 2009

Keith – My bad! Wow, not a good start. On an 0-2 pitch to Jack Wilson too. Ouch. It’s especially bad timing – much better to have a blow up after he establishes himself in that role. Ugh.
RotoScoop

April 7, 2009

Donald – Well, it’s best not to overreact obviously, but the fact Webb is dealing with shoulder issues is fairly worrisome. He had this problem last year too. I had Webb lower on my rankings than just about anybody, so personally, he was a guy I was avoiding. That’s not to say he can’t bounce back, and Nolasco has some injury risk as well. It’s not a bad time to buy low on Webb, but b/c of the health issue, I’d probably just keep Nolasco.
Dreamweapon

April 8, 2009

Nolasco might not be the best pitcher on his own team. If JJ can develop an even halfway decent offspeed pitch, I think he’s a mortal lock for Top-10 status.
RotoScoop

April 8, 2009

I love Josh Johnson. Fired up he didn’t end up on more of my teams.
Walt Weiss

April 8, 2009

How can the Marlins not win their division with a middle infield consisting of Emilio Bonifacio and that other guy? You really need to update your blog with a post about Bonifacio. I’ve been talking about this guy all spring.
RotoScoop

April 8, 2009

Ha ha. My bad Walt Weiss.