What are everyone's predictions for the upcoming baseball season? Give us your take, plus discuss anything and everything related to the 2005 baseball season here!

Here are mine: (* = Wild Card Team)

AL East

1. NY Yankees
2. Boston Red Sox*
3. Baltimore Orioles
4. Toronto Blue Jays
5. Tampa Bay Devil Rays

AL Central

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

AL West

1. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
2. Texas Rangers
3. Oakland A's
4. Seattle Mariners

NL East

1. Atlanta Braves
2. Florida Marlins*
3. Philadelphia Phillies
4. NY Mets
5. Washington Nationals

NL Central

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

NL West

1. Los Angeles Dodgers
2. San Francisco Giants
3. San Diego Padres
4. Arizona Diamondbacks
5. Colorado Rockies

ALDS -- NY Yankees over Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
ALCS -- NY Yankees over Boston Red Sox

NLDS -- St. Louis Cardinals over Florida Marlins, Atlanta Braves over Los Angeles Dodgers
NLCS -- St. Louis Cardinals over Atlanta Braves

World Series -- St. Louis Cardinals over NY Yankees

AL East

1. NY Yankees
2. Boston Red Sox*
3. Baltimore Orioles
4. Toronto Blue Jays
5. Tampa Bay Devil Rays

AL Central

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

AL West

1. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
2. Oakland A's
3. Seattle Mariners
4. Texas Rangers

NL East

1. Atlanta Braves
2. Florida Marlins
3. Philadelphia Phillies
4. NY Mets
5. Washington Nationals

NL Central

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

NL West

1. San Diego Padres
2. Los Angeles Dodgers
3. San Francisco Giants
4. Arizona Diamondbacks
5. Colorado Rockies

ALDS -- NY Yankees over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Boston Red Sox over Minnesota Twins
ALCS -- Boston Red Sox over NY Yankees

NLDS -- St. Louis Cardinals over San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves over Chicago Cubs
NLCS -- Atlanta Braves over St. Louis Cardinals

World Series -- Atlanta Braves over Boston Red Sox

AL MVP: Hideki Matsui
NL MVP: Albert Pujols

AL Cy Young: Randy Johnson, 23-7, 3.01 ERA
NL Cy Young: Tim Hudson, 21-8, 2.88 ERA

AL Batting Title: Ichiro Suzuki, .383
NL Batting Title: Todd Helton, .340

AL Home Run Leader: Vladimir Guerrero, 45
NL Home Run Leader: Albert Pujols, 43

AL RBI Leader: Hideki Matsui, 138
NL RBI Leader: Albert Pujols, 125

The Indians will kick major ass next year.

We've got Hafner, Martinez, Westbrook, Lee, Sabathia, Crisp, Broussard, Belliard, and Boone. The Indians are clearly the BEST developing team and this year (After the suprise last year with a late playoff push in August, only to go two games under .500) it'll be the start of the second-coming after the 95-01 years. It depends on the bullpen, but, seeing how they got better after the disasters in the beginning of the season, I expect a season over .500 and a suprise victory in the Central League.

AL East:
1. NY Yankees
2. Boston
3. Toronto
4. Baltimore
5. Tampa Bay

AL Central:
1. Cleveland
2. Minnesota
3. Chicago
4. Detroit
5. Kansas City

AL West:
1. Anaheim
2. Oakland
3. Texas
4. Seattle

NL East:
1. Atlanta
2. Florida
3. NY Mets
4. Phillies
5. Washington

NL Central:
1. St. Louis
2. Chicago
3. Houston
4. Cincinatti
5. Pittsburgh
6. Milwaukee

NL West:
1. Los Angeles
2. San Francisco
3. San Diego
4. Arizona
5. Colorado

ALDS - Cleveland over NY Yankees, Anaheim over Boston
ALCS - Anaheim over Cleveland

NLDS - St Louis over Florida, Atlanta over LA
NLCS - St Louis over Atlanta

World Series - St Louis over Anaheim

i agree. Cleveland is seriously flying under the radar. Nobody is even thinking about them. I think they'll surprise LOTS of people this year and win 90+ games and take the AL Central. Don't be surprised if they make a nice run in the playoffs as well.
This team is loaded with young talent, but it all depends on if their vets (Millwood, Wickman, Boone) can stay healthy. If Juan Gone can come back from his hamstring injury and then keep his ass off the DL, he forms a lethal middle of the batting order with Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez. Coco Crisp is a budding superstar, who came out of nowhere to hit .297 with 15HR and 71 RBI last year. And most of that came in the second half. I fully expect him to hit .300+ and close to 20HR with 30 steals. This is gonna be a fun year to watch my beloved Indians, and i cannot wait for the season to start.

One last thing...

GO NATIONALS

:laugh:

Whenever going into a red state, I always bring in the red "Dubya" hat. I become one of them...

Erg. shut up. Even if they're 500, they'll still be on the bottom of their division. lol

i'm so wearing my finest cleveland indians attire to school tomorrow.....GO TRIBE

What are wild card teams?

Baseball season is 162 games long, and there will be 4 teams from each league that advances to the playoff after regular season. The 3 divisional winners, no matter how bad their records are, are in, and then the best team from the rest in each league is crowned the wild card team.

AL East

1. NY Yankees
2. Boston Red Sox*
3. Baltimore Orioles
4. Toronto Blue Jays
5. Tampa Bay Devil Rays

AL Central

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

AL West

1. Texas Rangers
2. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
3. Seattle Mariners
4. Oakland A's

NL East

1. NY Mets
2. Atlanta Braves
3. Florida Marlins
4. Philadelphia Phillies
5. Washington Nationals

NL Central

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

NL West

1. Los Angeles Dodgers
2. San Diego Padres
3. San Francisco Giants
3. Colorado Rockies
5. Arizona Diamondbacks

ALDS -- NY Yankees over Minnesota Twins, Teyas Tangers over Boston Red Sox
ALCS -- NY Yankees over Texas Rangers

NLDS -- St. Louis Cardinals over Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros over New York Mets
NLCS -- Houston Astros over St. Louis Cardinals

World Series -- NY Yankees over Houston Astros

Tigers shall win it all... trust me

You people are crazy.

Phillies will win the NL East.

AL MVP: Hideki Matsui
AL Cy Young: Randy Johnson

NL MVP: Albert Pujols
NL Cy Young: Roger Clemens

Nope

AL MVP = Ichiro
AL CY Young = Randy Johnson

NL MVP = Beltran
NL CY Young = Peavy

Oh and the Yanks will win it all ... duh.

Yeah, Peavy is a good pick as well.

BTW: Rivera just blew ANOTHER save against the Red Sox. Maybe Torre shouldn't use him against Boston. He's cursed :wink:

=D> \:D/ \:D/ =D> \:D/ JETER BABY!!!

Sox getting smashed. There is honestly a good chance they don't make the playoffs, their pitching staff is awful.

yeah, i agree. although matt clement is an upgrade from derek lowe, david wells is a serious downgrade from pedro martinez. who knows if he or schilling can stay healthy because they are both pretty far up there in age. i can see the sox making the playoffs but i can't see them winning the series again with so many pitching question marks.

Millwood looks great (oh, and I'm watching it. Thanks, WGN. ) so far. Millwood could go deep like Westbrook, too. It'd be amazing if the first two games in the season were complete games. Heh. He's only at 63 pitches in 5 innings. Not too bad...

Once Sabathia gets back, the Indians will have a good rotation. Let's see how the bullpen does this year...

Is Rivera trying to blow another one?

I hope. I hate both of the teams now (Boston was only admirable when the curse was still in tact), but I'd still prefer seeing Boston win.

I never thought I'd say this, but...

Bring back Riske.

Pathetic.

Yeah. With lots of help from A-Rod...