Fresh off an LCS split by the consensus, the BDD writers as a group carry a 4-2 record into the World Series. Only Brian Joseph was able to nab more than 4 predicting 5-of-6 series correctly with Bill Baer, Andrea Betts, Joe Hamrahi, Rob McQuown, Matt Sisson and Doug Thorburn all matching the consensus with [...]

Fresh off of moderate success in predicting the LDS results, the BDD crew is back with our LCS predictions. As a group, the BDD writers went 3-for-4 in the League Division Series although our unanimous decision to select the Cardinals proved disastrous. Brian Joseph, Bill Baer, Rob McQuown and Andrea Betts all successfully predicted 3-of-4 [...]

With three of the four League Division Series beginning today, today is the perfect opportunity for the BDD crew to weigh in on the first round of the MLB postseason.
Here are our picks for this year’s LDS and the rock solid logic behind our choices following the graphic:

AMERICAN LEAGUE
NEW YORK YANKEES vs. MINNESOTA TWINS
Schedule
Wed. 10/7 [...]

If you’re like me, every year before the season starts you take a look at the wagers offered by the smart guys in Vegas and pick out the most tempting. This being my virgin post to BDD, I thought I’d give you a glimpse into the way my baseball mind works by highlighting some of [...]

More than 50% of the season is over and we thought it would be fun to take a look at who the BDD crew would pick as winners of the major awards in the American and National League if the season ended today. Also, the 10 BDD writers who voted chimed in with their World [...]

Finally, the main course of our prediction meal — who we think will win the 2009 World Series. Our consensus picks — Boston Red Sox and Cubs — are both the favorites to win their respective leagues, according to the oddsmakers.
Our choice for this year’s World Series champions? The Boston Red Sox!
Actually, the Red [...]

Rounding out our predictions for today (tomorrow we will have our Postseason Predictions) is the MVP Award. To come up with our choice, we had to go to a second round of choosing to get the BDD choices.
In the American League, the first round went to Grady Sizemore and Mark Teixeira who both earned the [...]

Last year, Cliff Lee and Tim Lincecum took home the Cy Young in their respective leagues. Anyone make those predictions? Maybe someone nabbed the Lincecum prediction but written notarized proof is required for any claim calling for Lee to be the ‘08 Cy Young prior to April 6, 2008.
As for our ‘09 predictions, neither league [...]

With Rookie of the Year, there are more clear choices by the group — especially in the American League. Overall, three different rookies in the AL and seven in the NL received at least one vote of confidence from our panel.
According to us, it’s likely you won’t see the Rookie of the Year on Opening [...]

Our series of predictions moves to individual awards and, for the most part, we were pretty much able to come up with a consensus on most awards. That’s pretty surprising considering the gigantic dart board we had to pull out to make our MVP and Cy Young selections.
Manager of the Year was where the responses [...]