Who's going to the MLB Playoffs?
 

The season is winding down to a close in a few weeks. Who do you have penciled in the playoffs?

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: White Sox or Royals
AL West: Mariners
AL Wild Card: Athletics

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Up for Grabs...

I personally don't care who wins, as long as it's not the Yankees. :D.

Re: Who's going to the MLB Playoffs?
 

i TOTALLY agree with you...im sick of the Yankees

This is just me, but I think that most Yankee fans are fairweather fans, I really don't see them staying by the Yanks, if they started sucking for a couple of years, and also lost a few of their big name players.

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Royals
AL West : A's
AL Wildcard: Mariners

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cardinals
NL west: Giants
NL Wildcard: Cubs (I am a cautiously hopeful Cubs fan)

The A's or Yanks (unfortunately) will win it all.

I think it'd be cool to have a Red Sox vs Cubs World Series, because that way, one of the streaks would finally end and the other...would keep going. :D.

is it futile for me to be hoping the dodgers snag the NL wildcard?

Yes, unless the whole teams starts eating, breathing and drinking steroids, and even then, no success is guaranteed. :D.

They got Burnitz who was doing pretty well in New York, but he's stone cold right now.

Perhaps if they had grabbed another bat before the deadline, things would be different.

I'd love to see the Cubbies make it .... Red Sox too, but I'm torn between them and the A's, I like them both

AL: Yankees, Red Sox, Mariners, Royals

NL: Braves, Phillies, Cardinals, Giants

Praying that the D'Backs can pull it together and snag the NL Wildcard. I think the Braves might be able to win it all this year.

Yeah, the Braves actually have better batting than pitching this year, although it's not abysmal it's a few notches down from where it's been before.

If the starting rotation can start getting things together, they'll be ready for the playoffs.

AL:
E: Boston (late run with the Yankees losing repeatedly to Baltimore in the last three weeks)
C: Kansas City, since no one else seems to really want it
W: Seattle
WC: Oakland

NL:
E: Atlanta (duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...)
C: Cardinals (of course)
W: Giants
WC:Cubs

ALDS: Boston over Oakland, Seattle over Kansas City
NLDS: Atlanta over Cubs, Cardinals over Giants

ALCS: Seattle over Boston
NLCS: Atlanta over Cardinals

WS: Seattle over Atlanta in 7

Atlanta will win it all. Or at least that's what I'm hoping ;)

As said before... Just not the Yankees!

I totally agree with you Averett. I think Atlanta will win, but it really does not matter to me who wins as long as it is not the Yankees.

Atlanta just always sucks in the postseason for the most part.

I mean they basically still have the same offense like they've had for a long time, but those players are having career years, so that's probably going to be very beneficial in the playoffs.

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Mariners
AL Wild Card: Red Sox

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Phillies

World Series: Red Sox vs Braves
Braves in 6

Red Sox vs Braves would be interesting, they both have powerful offenses but they're pitching is down from a year ago.

AL East: Yankees
AL West: Oakland
AL Central: Kansas City
AL Wildcard: Red Sox

NL East: Atlanta
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Giants
NL Wildcard: Phillies

Jeez I cant beleive how many people think the Cardinals have the pitching to actually win the Central. Its the 'stros this year but they are going to lose in the first round to the Braves, unless Oswalt doesnt have any more problems with his groin then they may have a chance. But the great thing about baseball is it is so hard to predict whats going to happen. Who would have thought the Astros would have scored 18 runs against the best pitching staff in the majors.

Losing Oswalt hurts a lot though. Plus the rest of their rotation isn't that good...

Although having Wagner to close out games is nice.

Um.. Sorry guys, but I don't think the Red SOx have a prayer of making the post-season, unlesss Seattle totally bites it.
Sox still play the Jays, Yanks--some real teams.
The only quality team the A's and Mariners play the rest of the season are each other.
Sox should start offing their payroll right now.
Cheese

If the Red Sox played the Cubs in the Series, I think an asteroid would hit the stadium sometime in the ninth inning of game 7.

ALE: Yanks
ALC: Twins
ALW: Mariners
ALWC: A's

NLE: Braves
NLC: Astros
NLW: Giants
NLWC: Cardinals

Yankees over Astros.

To paraphrase the Marines' favorite saying: adapt, improvise, and overcome... or continue to lose to the Yankees.

-Mikey

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: White Sox or Royals
AL West: A's
AL Wild Card: Red Sox

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Marlins

Sox and Giants in the Series with the Sox winning in 5. Everybody will piss and moan about what a shame it was that Barry couldn't win it as a tribute to his father. Blah blah blah.

Lets see the Bosox schedule for sept.

1 @PHI
1:05pm 2 @CHW
8:05pm 3 @CHW
7:05pm 4 5 @NYY
7:05pm 6 @NYY
1:05pm
7 @NYY
1:05pm 8 @BAL
7:05pm 9 @BAL
7:05pm 10 @BAL
3:05pm 11 12 CHW
7:05pm 13 CHW
7:05pm
14 CHW
2:05pm 15 TB
7:05pm 16 TB
7:05pm 17 TB
7:05pm 18 TB
7:05pm 19 @CLE
7:05pm 20 @CLE
7:05pm
21 @CLE
1:05pm 22 BAL
7:05pm 23 BAL
7:05pm 24 BAL
7:05pm 25 BAL
7:05pm 26 @TB
7:15pm 27 @TB
6:15pm
28 @TB
1:15pm 29 30


Seattle,s (Oaklands is them same)

2 @TB
7:15pm 3 @TB
7:15pm 4 @TB
7:15pm 5 @BAL
7:05pm 6 @BAL
7:05pm
7 @BAL
1:35pm 8 9 TEX
10:05pm 10 TEX
10:05pm 11 TEX
10:05pm 12 ANA
10:05pm 13 ANA
10:05pm
14 ANA
4:05pm 15 @TEX
8:05pm 16 @TEX
8:05pm 17 @TEX
8:05pm 18 @TEX
2:05pm 19 @OAK
10:05pm 20 @OAK
4:05pm
21 @OAK
4:05pm 22 @ANA
10:05pm 23 @ANA
10:05pm 24 @ANA
4:05pm 25 26 OAK
10:05pm 27 OAK
10:05pm
28 OAK
4:05pm 29 30

14 games against the O's and Rays, teams that have played the Sox hard this year. Watch out.

Interesting things will be Oakland & Seattle beating the crap out of each other, while Boston (and NY, for that matter) get the crap beat from them by the rest of the division.

I don't know much about the AL so I won't even venture a guess, but in the NL....

The Giants in the West (They're just too good, even without Bonds)

The Braves in the East (The Phillies might give'em a run for their money, but they're in the middle of a 27 day road trip and that's got to be tough :) )

The Cards in the Central (With additions of DeJean, Hitchcock and Matty Mo coming off the DL and J.D. Drew and Vina coming back soon, as long as they stay healthy, they're good to go)

It's a toss up for the Wild Card, but I'd go with the Cubbies. Normally, I'd say wait till September and watch them crumble, but this year they've acquired some intangible spark.....)

Dodgers will get the playoffs as a wildcard team.

They have the BEST pitching in MLB and September is the BEST month for Burnitz.

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Royals
AL West: Mariners
AL Wild Card: Athletics

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Expos

here's hoping the Giants will win it this year......Go Barry!

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Royals
AL West: Athletics
AL Wild Card: Mariners

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Marlins