MLB 2008 Final Predictions March 30, 2008
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The sun is starting to shine again, the smell of new grass, and all the rest of that lame sounding stuff means just one thing: baseball is back.
Don’t make the mistake that the game is back and better than ever. The sport has been severely damaged by steroid issues the past number of years and once superstars have become sad, sad images of criminals and cheaters. There is nothing more in the world Bud Selig and the entire sport wants than for people to return their focus to the diamond and the games themselves. Football’s popularity is at staggering heights, but baseball is still ‘America’s past time.’ There’s still something special about the sport that no other game can match.
With 2008 comes new faces in new places. Johan Santana to the Mets, Torii Hunter to the Angels, and Miguel Cabrera/Dontrelle Willis to the Tigers. The season is a grueling number of months and lasts 162 games; anything can happen. Who’s going to fall to injury? Who’s going to be this year’s young stars? Nobody knows the answers. The only thing we know is that the Red Sox are the defending champions and that this year should shake up to be a hell of a lot of fun. Here’s the final projections, all the way up to the World Series, for the 2008 season in Major League Baseball.
NL
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AL East
1. New York Mets                         1. Boston Red Sox
2. Philadelphia Phillies* Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2. New York Yankees
3. Atlanta Braves                  3. Toronto Blue Jays
4. Washington Nationals                     4. Tampa Bay Rays
5. Florida Marlins                                 5. Baltimore Orioles
NL
Central                                        Â
AL Central
1. Chicago Cubs                                    1. Detroit Tigers
2. Milwaukee Brewers                        2. Cleveland Indians*
3. Cincinnati Reds                                3. Minnesota Twins
4. Houston Astros                                4. Chicago White Sox
5. St. Louis Cardinals                           5. Kansas City Royals
6. Pittsburgh Pirates
NL
West                                             Â
AL West
1. Arizona Diamondbacks                   1. LA Angels of Anaheim
2. San Diego Padres                            2. Seattle Mariners
3. Los Angeles Dodgers                      3. Texas Rangers
4. Colorado Rockies                            4. Oakland Athletics
5. San Francisco Giants
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ALDS
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1
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World Series
4 1
Detroit Tigers,
2008 World Series Champions
Could it happen? Check back in 6 months.
Oh, and check out our friends over at We Should Be GM’s for in-depth analysis
Mets can’t play the Phillies in the NLDS because they’re in the same division.
Touche. I was a bit out of it from watching/reading/writing on the NCAA tournament for days on end. It has been fixed.