On Monday, we covered what our crystal balls showed for the upcoming MLB season. The BDD team also weighed in with their predictions on how the MLB Awards will play out.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
CONSENSUS: Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay Rays
Bill Baer: Longoria
Craig Brown: Longoria
Jeff Creps: Longoria
Bill Ferris: Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins
David Golebiewski: Longoria
Joe Hamrahi: Mark Teixeira, [...]
Posted by Brian Joseph on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 3:43 am
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Even the Padres, the longshot of the division, are only 18-to-1 to win the National League West. While the BDD crew is nearly unanimous that the Padres will land in the cellar, the rest of the division was up for discussion. Here’s how it shook out:
1. Colorado Rockies
BDD’s Colorado Rockies Preview by Jeremy Tomasulo
Odds of [...]
Posted by Brian Joseph on Monday, April 5, 2010 at 6:27 pm
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Like the AL & NL West, there are four serious contenders in the NL Central with only the Astros and Pirates not given much consideration. Our writers preferred the Cardinals but the Cubs and Brewers also earned some division win love. Here’s a full breakdown of our picks:
1. Saint Louis Cardinals
BDD’s Saint Louis Cardinals Preview [...]
Posted by Brian Joseph on Monday, April 5, 2010 at 5:36 pm
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Like the oddsmakers, our writing team sees more good things to come with the Philadelphia Phillies. As a matter of fact, only one of the 16 BDD writers who participated in this year’s predictions said the Phillies would not advance to the postseason. How many thought they’d win the division, though? Here’s a look at [...]
Posted by Brian Joseph on Monday, April 5, 2010 at 4:38 pm
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Both divisions in the West are considered the tightest, according to oddsmakers. In the AL West, the “longshot” on the board are the Oakland Athletics… at 8-to-1! Despite their decent odds, no one amongst the BDD writers were willing to slide the Athletics in the #1 column… here’s our predictions:
1. Texas Rangers
BDD’s Texas Rangers Preview [...]
Posted by Brian Joseph on Monday, April 5, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Filed under 2010 Predictions, Brian Joseph, Main Page · Tagged American League West, Bdd, Billy Beane, Bodog, Division Winner, Franchise, Longshot, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angels, Lubbers, Oakland Athletics, Odds, Oddsmakers, Projection Systems, Ranger Team, Seattle Mariners, Sisson, Texas Rangers
On to the American League Central, where, like the AL East, our predictors gave most of their attention to two — Minnesota and Chicago — of the five teams in the division.
Posted by Brian Joseph on Monday, April 5, 2010 at 2:28 pm
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Even though we’re already one game into the Major League Baseball season, we’d be remiss at BDD to not share our predictions for the upcoming year. Starting off in the American League East, as the BDD writers see it, it’s a three horse race with 4th and 5th locked in.
Posted by Brian Joseph on Monday, April 5, 2010 at 1:13 pm
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