Predictions are stupid (I said this yesterday). How can one person expect to figure out what’s going to happen over the course of a season before it’s even begun? The answer is they can’t. Yet if they’re right in their guesses, they’ll make sure everyone remembers it. If they’re wrong, no biggie; no one remembers pre-season predictions.
There is, however, value in the community. If we band together and each make predictions, perhaps if we add them together we’ll come up with something that resembles reality. Plenty of blogs conduct community projections for their teams’ rosters. While we’ve never done that at RAB, we’ve proved that we’re not above copying good ideas. So let’s dive into some community projections.
Here’s how we’ll work it. You’ll pick the six division winners, wild cards, playoff brackets, and MVPs, Cy Youngs, and ROYs for each league. Not only that, but at the suggestion of TJSC (okay, so maybe he came up with this entire idea; shut up), let’s take this further and talk mid-season trade. If a few high-payroll teams drop out of contention we could see a robust trade market come July. For the projections, name the player you think will be traded, and where he’ll land. Don’t worry about who the team gets in return. So, for example, Magglio Ordonez to the White Sox. That’s all we need.
To get the ball rolling, here are my picks:
Yanks
Twins
Angels
WC: Red Sox
Braves
Cubs
Dodgers
WC: Phillies
AL MVP: Mark Teixeira
NL MVP: Ryan Howard
AL Cy Young: A.J. Burnett (hey, can’t go back on my bold prediction)
NL Cy Young: Derek Lowe
AL ROY: Matt Weiters
NL ROY: Colby Rasmus
Notable trades:
Magglio Ordonez to the Angels (after a Vlad injury)
Aubrey Huff to Cleveland
Jake Peavy to the Cubs
Placido Polanco to Arizona
Matt Holliday to Atlanta
Garrett Atkins to Houston
Make your picks, in more or less this format, in the comments. Then we’ll add ’em up and make a page for it. With our powers combined, we are Captain Planet maybe we can approach something resembling accurate projections.
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