MLB division winners and wildcard for 2005!

[Viper2004]

Just wondering who everybody thinks will win their divisions or the wildcard. Here's what I think will happen...

AL East
WINNER: Yankees
AL Central
WINNER: White Sox
AL West
WINNER: Angels
AL WILDCARD
Red Sox

NL East
WINNER: Marlins
NL Central
WINNER: CHICAGO CUBS (of course) :bang:
NL West
WINNER: Giants
NL WILDCARD
Braves

[YankeesSuck]

Here are mine

AL EAST
Winner: Red Sox (you never know)

AL CENTRAL
Winner: Twins (just a guess because they won last year, no johan santana, dont think they are good, but white sox stink too, and the indians, who knows lol)

AL WEST
Winner: Angels

AL WILD CARD
Winner: Yankees (hahaha reversing roles this year)


NL EAST
Winner: Braves

NL CENTRAL
Winner: Astros

NL WEST
Winner: Dodgers

NL WILD CARD
Winner: Cardinals (sorry dont see cubs getting it done)

[Viper2004]

I'm sorry to see that you fell that way. One question, how do you see the Astros winning the central division? If it's gonna be anyone else it would be the Cardinals...

[YankeesSuck]

I'm sorry to see that you fell that way. One question, how do you see the Astros winning the central division? If it's gonna be anyone else it would be the Cardinals...

im kind of undecided for that division, i kind of think the astros got the better pitching, with clemens, pettitte, oswalt, lidge, backe.

[KakUMei]

If the Indians get get ANY pitching at all they will win the AL Central.

Just look how young and deep their lineup is on offense.

EDIT: Hah, the Marlins wont win the division..

[Viper2004]

Who knows. They won the World Series 2 years ago. It's not like they are a bad team...

[YankeesSuck]

I got to admit when the world series started this year, I was a little nervous the cardinals were going to kill the redsox, but after we won game two i calmed down a little, acually when it was over i wasnt too impressed by the cardinals.

[Viper2004]

And just think, they lost a lot of good players this offseason...

So did the Astros :D

[YankeesSuck]

And just think, they lost a lot of good players this offseason...

So did the Astros :D

yea thats another reason why i dont know who will win, I know the astros lost beltran, cardinals lost renteria redsox got him :) . Did the cardinals lose anyone else?

[2000 civic si]

Astro's all the way baby, i see them beating the cardinals. We will claim our division. The cards, will enter the playoffs by wildcard, by beating out the braves.

[Viper2004]

The Cardinals also lost: (that I can think of)

Mike Matheny
Woody Williams
Tony Womack
Steve Kline

[Viper2004]

Astro's all the way baby, i see them beating the cardinals. We will claim our division. The cards, will enter the playoffs by wildcard, by beating out the braves.


A team that will have to rely on their starting pitching all year will not win any division. Especially since one of their best pitchers is coming off horrible arm problems and the other is 500 years old. Also, Berkman will be out for a few months at the start of the season. That makes it even harder for the Astros offense to do anything. Oh yeah, Jeff Kent is gone too. :icon_rofl


Also, it's really gay when you get negative rep points from a person because they don't like the team that you do. :censor:

[piggyman18]

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Twins (sorry DawgPound)
AL West: Angels
Al Wild Card; A's

NL East: Mets
NL Central:Cardinals
NL West: Giants
Nl Wild Card: Cubs

[2000 civic si]

A team that will have to rely on their starting pitching all year will not win any division. Especially since one of their best pitchers is coming off horrible arm problems and the other is 500 years old. Also, Berkman will be out for a few months at the start of the season. That makes it even harder for the Astros offense to do anything. Oh yeah, Jeff Kent is gone too. :icon_rofl


Also, it's really gay when you get negative rep points from a person because they don't like the team that you do. :censor:


don't worry about what i say, if i want the astro's to win the division than thats my choice, i don't care or give a fuck about your cubs, they suck anyways, you just lost the best player you had, cuz he got tired of them losing :icon_rofl , and stop double posting, and stop complaining about reps, i get neg reps cuz i am eagles fan and the subject has nothing to do with football, so get used to it, junior.

[Viper2004]

Sammy Sosa wasn't the best player the Cubs had...dumbass

Shows how much you know

[2000 civic si]

Sammy Sosa wasn't the best player the Cubs had...I am a dumbass

Shows how much I know


OH, so now your tuff on the internet, pretty cute! But like i said b4 your cubs suck. And if you wanna keep arguing then thats fine with me, but lets keep the arguing in the PM rather than waste space here.

[piggyman18]

Jeromy Burnitz is the backbone of that outfield. :rolleyes:

[YankeesSuck]

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Twins (sorry DawgPound)
AL West: Angels
Al Wild Card; A's

NL East: Mets
NL Central:Cardinals
NL West: Giants
Nl Wild Card: Cubs

no red sox eh? we will see about that.

[Viper2004]

Jeromy Burnitz is the backbone of that outfield. :rolleyes:

The outfield is average I will admit it. But, look at the infield and pitching...

I'd say Corey Patterson is the backbone.

[_/`\o_]

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Angels
WC: Yankees

NL East: Marlins
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Giants
WC: Cardinals

[STiSchucky]

The FUCKING ATHLETICS TRADED AWAY HUDSON AND MULDER. Im still pissed :shout:
Harden should be a Cy young finalist..SHOULD BE. Dont jump on me cause of that, just he's got the stuff. I dunno about the angels staff/line up.

Losing guillen, glaus, percy...Colon and Washburn are really their noticable startesr and youd think Colons getting up there so. Along with Garret Anderson.

AL
East-Yanks
Central-Twins(Know how to grind it out, 3 time champs. Johan and Radke are a nice 1-2 duo.)
West-A's
WC-BoSox(I dont see a repeat, their pitching staff is pretty ifty after Schill, some nice signings, but really not that scary..)

NL
East-Braves, always win.
Central-Cards, still got the best hitter in baseball.
West-As weak as this division is, Giants. They surrounded 'roids with Alou who is a pretty good hitter. Dunno about their staff, but Schmidt is sick.
WC-Marlins. Solid line up and down, Delgado was a steal.

[YankeesSuck]

wow ok lol, dont ask why but i could of sworn i heard that santana signed with another team and wasnt on the twins any more, in my first post in this thread, i wasnt sure who would win that division, i said no johan santana for the twins, so since they still have him they will definitly win their division.

[STiSchucky]

lol, he just signed a 4 year extension like a few weeks ago. he's probably the best pitcher in baseball.

[Devastation]

AL East -- Red Sox.
AL Central -- Twins.
AL West -- Athletics. (Call it a whim.)

AL Wildcard -- Yankees.

NL East -- Phillies. (Another whim.)
NL Central -- Cubs. (Yes, I'm a Cubs fan.)
NL West -- Dodgers. (And yet, another whim.)

NL Wildcard -- Cardinals.

[YankeesSuck]

This is what I will think will happen in the playoffs,

ALDS
Red Sox beat Twins 3-1

Yankees beat Angels 3-2

ALCS
Red Sox beat Yankees 4-2 yea!

NLDS
Braves beat Astros 3-1

Dodgers beat Cardinals 3-2

NLCS
Braves beat Dodgers 4-1

World Series
Red Sox beat Braves 4-3

[piggyman18]

Not only do I disagree with your winner, but the runner up too. The braves have a weaker team this year than normal, and even if they do make the playoffs when was the last time they got out of the first round?

[STiSchucky]

C'mon yankees suck. You know atlanta sucks in the playoffs. They wont be Hou.

[YankeesSuck]

C'mon yankees suck. You know atlanta sucks in the playoffs. They wont be Hou.

LOL i know, i just dont see any of the other teams winning either, I see the braves having the best chance.

[killerzombie787]

American Leauge

AL EAST: Red Sox: adding Wells and Renteria doesn't hurt! ;)
AL Central: Twins: I still don't think anyone in that division can compete.
AL West: Anaheim: They' re still in great shape and ready to make the playoffs.
AL Wild Card: Yankees or Texas

National Leauge:

NL EAST: Phillies: It may sound crazy, but the have filled there holes by aquiring a solid and proven Center Fielder and 2 ground ball pitchers. Not to mention the manager replacment.
NL Central: Cardnals: They didn't lose anybody except renteria ,so, why wouldn't they win?
NL West: Giants: They have added Moises Alou, and they have BONDS!!

NL Wild Card: San Diego or Atlanta

[Falcons4Life]

Haha...ya'll are funny. Please continue to underrate the Braves. I love it! Its what makes our team so great. We dont have all the superstars like the Mets, Phils, and Marlins, but we have Tim Hudson and the best coach in the league...not to mention the best team chemistry in the league. Now, we are going to win the NL East, and Im going to say we go to the World Series but loose it to the Red Sox in 6 or 7. The Red Sox are a better team than last year and they are kind of scary right now. The Marlins are going to be the NL Wild Card and are going to get to the NLCS with the Braves but loose. The Angels are going to get to the ALCS but loose to the Sox...Yankees are going to loose in the first round to the Twins.

[piggyman18]

It's interesting seeing all the different responses for the West and West teams in the Wild card, I just gotta think that all four teams (yes, Mariners included) will be within about 5 games of each other. The only problem is that it's tough for a team from there to win the Wild Card because it's such a strong division from top to bottom that they all beat the shit out of each other, whereas in the AL East the Red Sox and Yankees just destroy the other 3 teams every time they play them.

[killerzombie787]

I don't about the braves, they lost one of their best RBI leaders it could be tough, and the marlins, well I don't think delgado is going to be able to hit as many home run is in Dolphins stadium, it's more of a pitcher friendly park.

But hey the players have the final word in what happens

The NL East, I think, will be the best race in baseball.

[piggyman18]

The NL East, I think, will be the best race in baseball.

Only because they're all equally shitty this year.

[YankeesSuck]

Haha...ya'll are funny. Please continue to underrate the Braves. I love it! Its what makes our team so great. We dont have all the superstars like the Mets, Phils, and Marlins, but we have Tim Hudson and the best coach in the league...not to mention the best team chemistry in the league. Now, we are going to win the NL East, and Im going to say we go to the World Series but loose it to the Red Sox in 6 or 7. The Red Sox are a better team than last year and they are kind of scary right now. The Marlins are going to be the NL Wild Card and are going to get to the NLCS with the Braves but loose. The Angels are going to get to the ALCS but loose to the Sox...Yankees are going to loose in the first round to the Twins.

hey i think the braves have what it takes to get to the the world series, not enough to beat the redsox in the world series though lol.

[Viper2004]

What's the Braves starting rotation gonna look like? I know Smoltz is coming back to start again since they got Kolb, but I'm not sure who else.

[killerzombie787]

Only because they're all equally shitty this year.

What makes them so shitty?

[Desolator]

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Indians (Millwood is the X-Factor)
AL West: Angels
AL Wildcard: BoSox

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
AL Wildcard: Marlins

Braves rotation will be Smoltz, Hudson, Hampton, John Thomson, and Horacio Ramirez (For whoever asked for that)

[Viper2004]

Good call for that NL Central Desolator! :D

[MalYoung]

AL East- Yanks (best all around team)
AL Central - Twins (not a good team, but they are in a horrible division)
AL West - Los Angelos(same team with Finley and Cabrera makes them better)
AL Wildcard - Red Sox (second best all around)
NL East - Braves (tough competition, but have solid pitching staff)
NL Central - Cubs (best pitching staff in baseball and only team in NL Central not to downsize)
NL West - Dodgers (improved all around)
NL Wildcard - Cardinals (wont have 2004 again, I GUARANTEE!!)

[christophizzle]

Al east:Red Sox

Al Central:Twins

Al west:Angels

Al Wild card:Yankees

Nl east:mets

Nl central:Cubs

Nl West: Dodgers

Nl Wild Card:Astros
Cardinals dont make it because they lost womack renteria and pujols misses a quarter of the games because of his foot.
Yankees make wild card because their pitching staff doesn't stay healthy especially randy johnson

[Pfef63]

AL East - *sigh* Yankees
AL Central - Indians of course
AL West - Angels
AL Wild Card - Red Sox

NL East - Braves again
NL Central - Cubs (Pitching should stay healthy this year)
NL West - Giants
NL Wild Card - Marlins

ALDS: Indians 3, Yankees 0
ALDS: Red Sox 3, Angels 1
ALCS: Indians 4, Red Sox 3

NLDS: Cubs 3, Marlins 2
NLDS: Braves 3, Giants 1
NLCS: Cubs 4, Braves 2

WS: Indians 4, Cubs 3

/homer post

[YankeesSuck]

AL East - *sigh* Yankees
AL Central - Indians of course
AL West - Angels
AL Wild Card - Red Sox

NL East - Braves again
NL Central - Cubs (Pitching should stay healthy this year)
NL West - Giants
NL Wild Card - Marlins

ALDS: Indians 3, Yankees 0
ALDS: Red Sox 3, Angels 1
ALCS: Indians 4, Red Sox 3

NLDS: Cubs 3, Marlins 2
NLDS: Braves 3, Giants 1
NLCS: Cubs 4, Braves 2

WS: Indians 4, Cubs 3

/homer post


LOL Indians, the redsox won 4 in a row to beat the yankees, so anything could happen

[/Tilt/]

This is it:
AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Angels
AL Wildcard: Red Sox

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wildcard: Astros

Is that the same as last year? I think so.

[piggyman18]

WS: Indians 4, Cubs 3


Is that only because your an Indians fan? Well of course your being a fan had some influence, and I'm a pretty big fan too, but if you weren't a fan would you honestly think they even have a shot?

[STiSchucky]

Pfefs theory is that Cleveland will beat both the Yanks and Sox...lmao

[Pfef63]

Is that only because your an Indians fan? Well of course your being a fan had some influence, and I'm a pretty big fan too, but if you weren't a fan would you honestly think they even have a shot?
Look at the thing at the very bottom of my post.

In all seriousness, the champion will be either New York (Hey, we all hate them, but they're bound to win eventually), Boston (Pitching needs to prove consistency), or Chicago (Needs to stay healthy and hit).

Of those three, I give Boston the best chance, having all the momentum from last year.