Well what does everyone think the playoffs and awards will look like?
Me? I see it like this.
Al west: Angels. Even though oakland has been on a tear, I don't think they will be able to keep it up for another month.
Central: Over already, white sox.
East. Red sox. Yankees pitching is too horrid.
WC: oakland
white sox vs oakland: I can actually imagine oakland taking this in 5.
Red sox vs angels: Red sox. Too much talent.
Red sox vs oakland: Red sox, again, too much talent.
AL mvp: Manny
Al cy young: ehh, one of the chicago guys
AL roy: ??
NL:
West: Padres I guess.
Central: already over, cards
East: Might as well be over, braves
WC: this will be the best race in baseball. Florida is the most talented team on paper, the phillies and nats are playing better and houston has clemens, oswalt and pettite, and a weak offense. I still think florida will pull it out.
Cards vs. marlins: Gotta go with the cards, though with florida's pitching, an upset wouldn't surprise me.
Braves vs. padres: Padres lucky to last 4 games. Braves win.
Cards vs. braves: Very interesting match up. Atlanta has the edge starting pitching wise, and the cards have the edge offensively. This could turn into a battle of bullpens, and that has traditionally been the braves weakspot in the post season. Cards win
WS: Cards vs red sox. i think the teams switch roles this year. The cards pitching is much better than last years, and the red sox pitching isn't as good.
NL mvp: Forget derek lee. Unless he actually wins the triple crown, he shouldn't be mentioned because the cubs suck. That leaves us with albert pujols and andruw jones. Pujols has a HUGE lead in avg, but he's also had all star calibre bats around him all year. Even with rolen or walker out, he still had edmonds. Andruw literally was the braves offense for 2 months with chipper jones out, he was the only regular starter with more than 3 years exp. Andruw jones should be nl mvp.
NL cy young: even though guys like carpenter and smoltz have had outstanding years, it's basically been a 2 man race since day 1 between willis and clemens. Willis has fallen off pretty bad since july, and clemens keeps rolling. Clemens wins
NL roy: Jeff francoeur. In only a month or so of playing, is already second among rookies in hr, hitting over .400, and is a stellar defender, with 8 of assist already.