Stark likes the Yanks. So do several of your hosts on this site, but not, to be sure, SF. For convenience, and for the record, here again are the proprietors picks for postseason placement:
SF’s Picks
AL East: Boston, NY, Tor, TB, Bal
AL Central: Min, Cle, Chi, Det, KC
AL West: LAAoA, Oak, Sea, Tex
AL WC: NY
NL East: Atl, Phi, NY, DC, Fla
NL Central: StL, Hou, Chi, Mil, Cin, Pitt
NL West: LA, AZ, SD, SF, Col
NL WC: Phi
AL Champ: Bos
NL Champ: StL
WS Champ: Bos
AL Cy: Santana
AL MVP: A-Rod
AL Man: Gardenhire
AL ROY: Johjima
NL Cy: Peavy
NL MVP: Howard
NL Man: Manuel
NL ROY: Zimmerman
YF’s Picks
AL East: NYY, Bos, Tor, TB, Bal
AL Central: Chi, Cle, Min, Det, KC
AL West: Oak, LA, Tex, Sea
AL WC: Bos
NL East: NYM, Atl, Phi, DC, Fla
NL Central: StL, Mil, Chi, Hou, Pit, Cin
NL West: SD, LA, SF, Col, Az
NL WC: Atl
AL Champ: NYY
NL Champ: NYM
WS Champ: NYY
AL MVP: A-Rod
AL Cy: Halladay
AL Man: Torre
AL Rookie: Liriano
NL MVP: Pujols
NL Cy: Sheets
NL Man: LaRussa
NL Rookie: Fielder
Nick-YF’s Picks
AL East: NY, Bos, Tor, TB, Bal
AL Central: Cle, Min, Chi, Det, KC
AL West: Oak, LA, Tex, Sea
AL WC: LA
NL East: Phi, NY, Atl, Fla, DC
NL Central: StL, Mil, Chi, Hou, Cin, Pitt
NL West: LA, SD, Az, SF, Col
NL WC: NY
AL Champ: NY
NL Champ: Phi (upsets StL in the NLCS)
WS Champ: NY
AL Cy: Harden
AL MVP: Vlad
AL Man: Macha
AL ROY: Verlander
NL Cy: Peavy
NL MVP: Wright
NL Man: Yost
NL ROY: Hermida
as been the trend over the last few years, some of these divisions and the wildcard races will come down to a mear game. preseason “you pick em” polls offer little insight. in my estimation the tigers might even be better than say, a Burle-less white sox team. win totals and projected numbers would make it easier to look back and laugh in six months.
Interesting to look back at this now.