MLB Predictions 2015

[Papelbon's Poutine]

Let's see who's least wrong. Do this every year with a friend.

AL East: Blue Jays
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Mariners
AL WC1: Red Sox
AL WC2: White Sox
ALDS: Red Sox over Blue Jays; Mariners over Indians
ALCS: Mariners over Red Sox

NL East: Nationals
NL Central: Pirates
NL West: Padres
NL WC1: Dodgers
NLWC2: Marlins
NLDS: Marlins over Padres; Nationals over Pirates
NLCS: Nationals over Marlins

WS Champions: Nationals over Mariners in a battle of virgin WS contenders

AL ROY: Daniel Norris
AL MVP: Robinson Cano
AL CY: Felix Hernandez
AL MOY: Terry Francona
AL Comeback POY: Prince Fielder
NL ROY: Kris Bryant
NL MVP: Giancarlo Stanton
NL CY: Jordan Zimmermann
NL MOY: Mike Redmond
NL Comeback POY: Joey Votto

AL Most Team Wins: Mariners
AL Least Team Wins: Twins
NL Most Team Wins: Nationals
NL Least Team Wins: Braves
AL Batting Champ: Robinson Cano
NL Batting Champ: Anthony Rendon
AL HR Champ: Jose Abreu
NL HR Champ: Bryce Harper
AL RBI Champ: Hanley Ramirez
NL RBI Champ: Bryce Harper
AL Most Pitcher Wins: Rick Porcello
NL Most Pitcher Wins: Jordan Zimmermann
AL ERA Champ: Chris Sale
NL ERA Champ: Max Scherzer
Biggest Trade Deadline Move: Johnny Cueto to Red Sox
Most Devastating Injury: Jon Lester elbow injury
First Manager Fired: Don Mattingly
Biggest Offseason FA Disappointment: Jon Lester
Biggest Offseason FA Success: Max Scherzer
Biggest Offseason Trade Disappointment: Josh Donaldson
Biggest Offseason Trade Success: Jeff Smardzalksjfsjdfjdlfkjsdkj
Biggest Rise To Glory Team: Padres
Biggest Fall From Grace Team: Tigers
Biggest Rise To Glory Player: Mookie Betts
Biggest Fall From Grace Player: Justin Verlander

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Finding myself agreeing with you on too many of these, which makes my post lame. But whatever.
 
AL East:
Red Sox
Blue Jays
Orioles
Yankees
Rays
 
AL Central:
Indians
White Sox
Tigers
Royals
Twins
 
AL West:
Mariners
Angels
Astros
Rangers
Athletics
 
NL East:
Nationals
Mets
Marlins
Phillies
Braves
 
NL Central:
Cardinals
Pirates
Cubs
Reds
Brewers
 
NL West:
Padres
Dodgers
Giants
Rockies
Diamondbacks
 
AL WC teams: Angels & White Sox - White Sox over Angels
NL WC teams: Dodgers & Pirates - Dodgers over Pirates 
 
ALDS: Mariners over White Sox, Red Sox over Indians
NLDS: Nationals over Dodgers, Cardinals over Padres
 
ALCS: Mariners over Red Sox
NLCS: Nationals over Cardinals
 
WS: Nationals over Mariners
 
 
AL ROY: Rusney Castillo
AL MVP: Mike Trout
AL CY: Felix Hernandez
AL MOY: Terry Francona 
AL Comeback POY: Justin Masterson
NL ROY: Kris Bryant
NL MVP: Giancarlo Stanton 
NL CY: Max Scherzer 
NL MOY: Joe Maddon  :smithicide: 
NL Comeback POY: Melvin Upton Jr. 

AL Most Team Wins: Mariners at 97
AL Least Team Wins: Twins at 63
NL Most Team Wins: Nationals at 99
NL Least Team Wins: Braves at 57
AL Batting Champ: Mookie Betts at .324
NL Batting Champ: Andrew McCutchen at .318 
AL HR Champ: Mike Napoli at 38
NL HR Champ: Giancarlo Stanton at 39
AL RBI Champ: Hanley Ramirez with 121
NL RBI Champ: Matt Kemp with 113
AL Most Pitcher Wins: Felix Hernandez with 19
NL Most Pitcher Wins: Max Scherzer with 21 
AL ERA Champ: Sonny Gray at 2.32
NL ERA Champ: Adam Wainwright at 2.47
Biggest Trade Deadline Move: Jonny Cueto to Blue Jays
Most Devastating Injury: Clayton Kershaw Tommy John surgery, Cole Hamels season-ending injury about a week before the trading deadline
First Manager Fired: Joe Giradi
Biggest Offseason FA Disappointment: Pablo Sandoval, good enough, but fans expect more
Biggest Offseason FA Success: Hanley Ramirez, MVP candidate
Biggest Offseason Trade Disappointment: Yoenis Cespedes 
Biggest Offseason Trade Success: Jason Heyward
Biggest Rise To Glory Team: Padres (93 wins)
Biggest Fall From Grace Team: Yankees, not just a losing season, but the few prospects they have fail to progress, or flat out bust 
Biggest Rise To Glory Player: Mookie Betts 
Biggest Fall From Grace Player: Jacoby Ellsbury

 

[rotundlio]

AL East: New York Yankees
AL Central: Cleveland Indians
AL West: Seattle Mariners
AL WCs: Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox
ALDS: Cleveland defeats Boston; Seattle defeats New York
ALCS: Cleveland

NL East: Washington Nationals
NL Central: St. Louis Cardinals
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers
NL WCs: Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres
NLDS: Washington defeats Milwaukee; Los Angeles defeats St. Louis
NLCS: Washington

WS Champs: Cleveland Indians — the city's second title in five months

Rookies of Year: Marcus Semien, Kris Bryant
Most Valuable: Mike Trout, Jonathan Lucroy
Cy Young: Félix Hernández, Stephen Strasburg
Managers of Year: Joe Girardi, Ron Roenicke
Comeback Players: Mark Teixeira, Joey Votto

Most Wins: Cleveland Indians, Washington Nationals
Fewest Wins: Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies
Batting Champs: Adam Eaton, Joe Panik
HR Champs: Miguel Cabrera, Paul Goldschmidt
ERA Champs: Félix Hernández, Stephen Strasburg
Trade Deadline: Aroldis Chapman to the Nationals
Devastating Injury: Gerrit Cole UCL surgery
FA Success, Disappointment: Hanley Ramírez, Russell Martin
Trade Success, Disappointment: Brandon Moss, Yoenis Céspedes (honorable mention to D'Backs for relinquishing Miley)
Manager Fired: Fredi González
Rise To Glory Team: Cleveland / Milwaukee
Fall From Grace Team: San Francisco
Rise To Glory Player: Christian Yelich
Fall From Grace Player: Yasiel Puig, Johnny Cueto
Emergent Prospect: Bobby Bradley
Dynamite SP-turned-RP: Zach McAllister

 

[glennhoffmania]

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Mariners
AL WC1: Orioles
AL WC2: Tigers
ALDS: Red Sox over Orioles; Indians over Mariners
ALCS: Red Sox over Indians

NL East: Nationals
NL Central: Pirates
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC1: Cardinals
NLWC2: Cubs
NLDS: Dodgers over Cardinals; Nationals over Pirates
NLCS: Dodgers over Nationals

WS Champions: Red Sox over Dodgers

AL ROY: Dalton Pompey
AL MVP: Jose Bautista
AL CY: David Price
AL MOY: Terry Francona
AL Comeback POY: Alex Rodriguez
NL ROY: Jorge Soler
NL MVP: Yasiel Puig
NL CY: Clayton Kershaw
NL MOY: Joe Maddon
NL Comeback POY: Carlos Gonzalez

AL Most Team Wins: Red Sox
AL Least Team Wins: Rays
NL Most Team Wins: Dodgers
NL Least Team Wins: Phillies
AL Batting Champ: Dustin Pedroia
NL Batting Champ: Carlos Gomez
AL HR Champ: Jose Bautista
NL HR Champ: Anthony Rizzo
AL RBI Champ: Josh Donaldson
NL RBI Champ: Adrian Gonzalez
AL Most Pitcher Wins: Felix Hernandez
NL Most Pitcher Wins: Zack Greinke
AL ERA Champ: David Price
NL ERA Champ: Clayton Kershaw
Biggest Trade Deadline Move: Papelbon and Hamels to Red Sox
Most Devastating Injury: Matt Kemp knee injury
First Manager Fired: Walt Weiss
Biggest Offseason FA Disappointment: Ervin Santana
Biggest Offseason FA Success: Jon Lester
Biggest Offseason Trade Disappointment: Didi Gregorius
Biggest Offseason Trade Success: Wade Miley
Biggest Rise To Glory Team: Cubs
Biggest Fall From Grace Team: Giants
Biggest Rise To Glory Player: Collin McHugh
Biggest Fall From Grace Player: Jacoby Ellsbury
 
For what it's worth, here are Heyman's AL East odds:
 
Baltimore: 9-5
Boston: 2-1
Toronto: 6-1
NY: 7-1
Tampa: 50-1

 

[B H Kim]

NL MVP: Giancarlo Stanton

 

 
I don't disagree with the Stanton prediction, but if, as you predict, the Nationals win the NL East and Harper leads the league in HRs and RBI, I don't see how Stanton would beat him out for MVP.

 

[RIrooter09]

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Mariners
AL WC1: Angels
AL WC2: Tigers
ALDS: Mariners over Angels; Red Sox over Indians
ALCS: Mariners over Red Sox

NL East: Nationals
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC1: Pirates
NLWC2: Padres
NLDS: Nationals over Pirates; Dodgers over Cardinals
NLCS: Nationals over Dodgers

WS Champions: Nationals over Mariners

AL ROY: Taijuan Walker
AL MVP: Mike Trout
AL CY: Chris Sale
AL MOY: Lloyd McClendon
AL Comeback POY: Prince Fielder
NL ROY: Kris Bryant
NL MVP:  Andrew McCutchen
NL CY: Clayton Kershaw
NL MOY: Matt Williams
NL Comeback POY: Matt Harvey

AL Most Team Wins: Mariners
AL Least Team Wins: Rangers
NL Most Team Wins: Nationals
NL Least Team Wins: Phillies
AL Batting Champ: Miguel Cabrera
NL Batting Champ: Troy Tulowitzki
AL HR Champ: Jose Abreu
NL HR Champ: Giancarlo Stanton
AL RBI Champ: Jose Abreu
NL RBI Champ: Giancarlo Stanton
AL Most Pitcher Wins: Clayton Kershaw
NL Most Pitcher Wins: Felix Hernandez
AL ERA Champ: Felix Hernandez
NL ERA Champ: Clayton Kershaw
Biggest Trade Deadline Move: David Price to Yankees
Most Devastating Injury: Tanaka UCL
First Manager Fired: Ryne Sandberg
Biggest Offseason FA Disappointment: Nelson Cruz
Biggest Offseason FA Success: Max Scherzer
Biggest Offseason Trade Disappointment: Josh Donaldson
Biggest Offseason Trade Success: Will Myers
Biggest Rise To Glory Team: Padres
Biggest Fall From Grace Team: A's
Biggest Rise To Glory Player: Mookie Betts
Biggest Fall From Grace Player: Justin Verlander

 

[grimshaw]

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Angels
AL WC1: Mariners
AL WC2: White Sox
ALDS: Mariners over Red Sox; Angels over Indians
ALCS: Angels over Mariners

NL East: Nationals
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Padres
NL WC1: Dodgers
NLWC2: Mets
NLDS: Nats over Dodgers; Padres over Cardinals
NLCS: Nats over Padres

WS Champions: Nationals over Angels

AL ROY: Carlos Rodon
AL MVP: Mike Trout
AL CY: Chris Sale
AL MOY: Terry Francona
AL Comeback POY: Joe Mauer
NL ROY: Kris Bryant
NL MVP: Bryce Harper
NL CY: Matt Harvey
NL MOY: Bud Black
NL Comeback POY: Carlos Gonzalez

AL Most Team Wins: Angels
AL Least Team Wins: Rays
NL Most Team Wins: Nationals
NL Least Team Wins: Phillies
AL Batting Champ: Mike Trout
NL Batting Champ: Corey Dickerson
AL HR Champ: Jose Abreu
NL HR Champ: Giancarlo Stanton
AL RBI Champ: Jose Abreu
NL RBI Champ: Corey Dickerson
AL Most Pitcher Wins: Chris Sale
NL Most Pitcher Wins: Max Scherzer
AL ERA Champ: Chris Sale
NL ERA Champ: Matt Harvey
Biggest Trade Deadline Move: Cueto to the Angels
Most Devastating Injury: Jon Lester elbow injury
First Manager Fired: John Gibbons
Biggest Offseason FA Disappointment: Jon Lester
Biggest Offseason FA Success: Max Scherzer
Biggest Offseason Trade Disappointment: Matt Kemp
Biggest Offseason Trade Success: Justin Upton
Biggest Rise To Glory Team: Padres
Biggest Fall From Grace Team: Tigers
Biggest Rise To Glory Player: Mookie Betts
Biggest Fall From Grace Player: Miguel Cabrera         

 

[Hendu for Kutch]

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Angels
AL WC1: Mariners
AL WC2: White Sox
ALDS: Indians over Mariners; Angels over Red Sox
ALCS: Indians over Angels

NL East: Nationals
NL Central: Pirates
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC1: Padres
NLWC2: Cardinals
NLDS: Dodgers over Pirates; Nationals over Padres
NLCS: Nationals over Dodgers

WS Champions: Nationals over Indians

AL ROY: Rusney Castillo
AL MVP: Mike Trout
AL CY: Felix Hernandez
AL MOY: Robin Ventura
AL Comeback POY: Shin-Soo Choo
NL ROY: Kris Bryant
NL MVP: Clayton Kershaw
NL CY: Clayton Kershaw
NL MOY: Bud Black
NL Comeback POY: Matt Harvey

AL Most Team Wins: Angels
AL Least Team Wins: Rangers
NL Most Team Wins: Nationals
NL Least Team Wins: Phillies
AL Batting Champ: Mookie Betts
NL Batting Champ: Jose Altuve
AL HR Champ: Josh Donaldson
NL HR Champ: Anthony Rizzo
AL RBI Champ: Josh Donaldson
NL RBI Champ: Matt Holliday
AL Most Pitcher Wins: RA Dickey
NL Most Pitcher Wins: Max Scherzer
AL ERA Champ: Chris Sale
NL ERA Champ: Clayton Kershaw
Biggest Trade Deadline Move: Johnny Cueto to Red Sox
Most Devastating Injury:  Drew Hutchison - Tommy John
First Manager Fired: Ron Roenicke
Biggest Offseason FA Disappointment: Nelson Cruz
Biggest Offseason FA Success: Max Scherzer
Biggest Offseason Trade Disappointment: Will Myers
Biggest Offseason Trade Success: Jason Heyward
Biggest Rise To Glory Team: White Sox
Biggest Fall From Grace Team: Orioles
Biggest Rise To Glory Player: Mookie Betts
Biggest Fall From Grace Player: CC Sabathia

 

[cwright]

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Angels
AL WC1: Mariners
AL WC2: Indians
ALDS: Red Sox over Tigers; Mariners over Angels
ALCS: Mariners over Red Sox

NL East: Nationals
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC1: Pirates
NLWC2: Padres
NLDS: Dodgers over Cardinals; Nationals over Pirates
NLCS: Dodgers over Nationals

WS Champions: Dodgers over Mariners
AL ROY: Dalton Pompey
AL MVP: Mike Trout
AL CY: Felix Hernandez
AL MOY: John Farrell
AL Comeback POY: Shin-Soo Choo
NL ROY: Joc Pederson
NL MVP: Giancarlo Stanton
NL CY: Clayton Kershaw
NL MOY: Bud Black
NL Comeback POY: Matt Harvey

AL Most Team Wins: Mariners
AL Least Team Wins: Twins
NL Most Team Wins: Dodgers
NL Least Team Wins: Phillies
AL Batting Champ: Robinson Cano
NL Batting Champ: Andrew McCutchen
AL HR Champ: Chris Carter
NL HR Champ: Stanton
AL RBI Champ: Miguel Cabrera
NL RBI Champ: Adrian Gonzalez
AL Most Pitcher Wins: Chris Sale
NL Most Pitcher Wins: Max Scherzer
AL ERA Champ: Felix Hernandez
NL ERA Champ: Clayton Kershaw
Biggest Trade Deadline Move: Cole Hamels to Dodgers for Urias and other prospects
Most Devastating Injury: Chris Sale - Tommy John
First Manager Fired: Terry Collins
Biggest Offseason FA Disappointment: Ervin Santana (already); 2nd biggest: Nick Markakis
Biggest Offseason FA Success: Nelson Cruz
Biggest Offseason Trade Disappointment: Matt Kemp
Biggest Offseason Trade Success: Josh Donaldson
Biggest Rise To Glory Team: Mariners
Biggest Fall From Grace Team: Orioles (please oh please…)
Biggest Rise To Glory Player: Mookie Betts
Biggest Fall From Grace Player: Masahiro Tanaka

 

[dynomite]

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Mariners
AL WC1: Orioles
AL WC2: Angels
ALDS: Indians over Red Sox; Mariners over Orioles
ALCS: Mariners over Indians

NL East: Nationals
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC1: Pirates
NL WC2: Padres
NLDS: Dodgers over Cardinals; Nationals over Pirates
NLCS: Nationals over Dodgers

WS Champions: Nationals

AL ROY: Mookie Betts
AL MVP: Mike Trout
AL CY: Felix Hernandez

NL ROY: Kris Bryant
NL MVP: Giancarlo Stanton
NL CY: Clayton Kershaw

 

[grimshaw]

Bumping out of morbid curiosity.

 

[Hendu for Kutch]

Call me crazy, but I think Bud Black is about to make his move for NL Manager of the Year.

 

[grimshaw]

Bumping since most everything has been decided.
For posterity sake - 8 posters picked the Red Sox to win the East, and 1 each for the MFY and Toronto.  The Red Sox and Baltimore also got 2 wild card votes.
 
8 posters picked Cleveland for the Central, and 2 for the Tigers.  Zero for KC who ran away with it.  The Royals didn't get a single WC vote either.
 
Seattle got 6 votes for the West, and the Angels got the other 4 - though they haven't been eliminated yet.  Seattle got 3 votes for the WC, 3 for the Angels.  No votes for Texas or Houston who are both likely in.
 
In the NL - the Nats were picked 9 times and Miami once.  The Mets got a wild card pick.
 
The NL Central went nearly as planned as the two best teams got the votes with the Cards getting 7, and the Pirates 3.  The Pirates got 5 picks for the WC, the Cards got 2, and 1 each for the Cubs and Brewers.
 
The West had 7 picking the LAD, and 3 picking the Pads, while the Pads also got 6 WC votes and the Dodgers 2.