Major League Baseball 2014

[WWWwombat]

Season starts in two days when the Dodgers and Diamondbacks face off in Sydney.

 

My preseason predictions:

 

 

AL East Champs: Boston Red Sox

AL Central: Detroit Tigers

AL West: Texas Rangers

AL Wild Cards: Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays

 

NL East Champs: Washington Nationals

NL Central Champs: St. Louis Cardinals

NL West Champs: Los Angeles Dodgers

 

NL Wild Cards: Atlanta Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates

 

 

AL Pennant: Rangers

NL Pennant: Cardinals

[Krakalakachkn]

With the Braves winning the World Series of course.

[WWWwombat]

They have a very strong team, but I think Medlen's injury is going to hurt them a lot.

[Krakalakachkn]

We're gonna have to lean on Teheran and Wood.

[WWWwombat]

Both guys I would love to have pitching for the Sox.  Also, B. J. Upton pulling his weight would help quite a bit.  Once you get into the playoffs, things get unpredictable though.  Not many people thought that the Sox would beat the Tigers in the ALCS last year.

[Krakalakachkn]

BJ and Uggla both need to start pulling their weight.  I feel like it hurt that we couldn't field a consistent lineup last year.  Gattis hurts because he sucks in outfield but where else can we put him but first?

[WWWwombat]

Catcher?  Why not just platoon him with Doumit and then give each one of them a start or two in OF for injuries or routine days off.

[Krakalakachkn]

That is what we did for a while and now with McCann gone that's where I hope to see him although he's listed in LF for now.

[WWWwombat]

Catcher/1B or C/OF players are the way of the future imo.  Everyday catching takes too much of a toll over a full season.  The Twins putting Mauer at 1B was a great decision.  They can't afford to miss his bat.

[SBoydW]

OOO predictions....

 

AL East: Red Sox

AL Central: Tigers

AL West: ..... A's

 

Wild Cards: Indians, Yankees

 

NL East: Nat's

NL Central: Cubs..... HAHAHAHAHAHA no I meant Cardinals *weeps*

NL West: Dodgers

 

Wild Cards: Giants, Braves

 

AL Champ: Red Sox

 

NL Champ: Dodgers

 

World Series Champ: .... *sigh* ..... Dodgers.

[dicetosser1]

I went and saw the Dodgers v Australia game. It was really good. Tho i now wonder how you yanks dont have a heart attack just LOOKING at the food you get there!

[Krakalakachkn]

I have to say that I disagree with the Ump's call on the ball lodged under the padding.  It was obviously playable from Justin and if he wasn't hindered in any way (and I don't think he was), then it's a screw-up from Justin and it was a deserved in-the-park home run.

[WWWwombat]

Don't know what play you're referring to as I don't really follow the Braves, but the problem with those kind of plays is that the fielder has to make a snap decision on whether or not to get it and they're usually too cautious.  I once saw an outfielder try to sell a pretty easily playable ball as stuck.  Ump didn't buy it.

[WWWwombat]

I went and saw the Dodgers v Australia game. It was really good. Tho i now wonder how you yanks dont have a heart attack just LOOKING at the food you get there!

 

Statins and surgery!