Discoball’s 2007 MLB Predictions
AL East
1. New York Yankees(104-58)
2. Toronto Blue Jays(92-70)
3. Boston Red Sox(91-71)
4. Baltimore Orioles(76-86)
5. Tampa Bay Devil Rays(65-97)
AL Central
1. Chicago White Sox(96-66)
2. Detroit Tigers(95-68)[*]
3. Cleveland Indians(90-72)
4. Minnesota Twins(86-76)
5. Kansas City Royals(68-94)
AL West
1. Los Angeles Angels(95-67)
2. Oakland Athletics(94-68)
3. Texas Rangers(85-77)
4. Seattle Mariners(75-87)
PLAYOFF PICTURE
1-GAME Playoff
Detroit Tigers over Oakland Athletics
ALDS
New York Yankees over Detroit Tigers(3-2)
Los Angeles Angels over Chicago White Sox(3-2)
ALCS
New York Yankees over Los Angeles Angels(4-2)
American League Pennant Champions
New York Yankees(7-4)
AMERICAN LEAGUE AWARD WINNERS
MVP-Alex Rodriguez
Cy Young-Johan Santana
Rookie of Year-Diasuke Matsuzaka
Rolaids Relief Man-Mariano Rivera
Comeback Player of Year-Jonny Gomes
Hank Aaron-Travis Hafner
Manager of Year-Joe Torre
Gold Glove- Silver Slugger-
C-Joe Mauer C-Joe Mauer
1b-Doug Mientkiewicz 1b-Mark Teixeira
2b-Josh Barfield 2b-Robinson Cano
3b-Eric Chavez 3b-Alex Rodriguez
SS-Derek Jeter SS-Miguel Tejada
OF-Ichiro Suzuki OF-Vladimir Guerrero
OF-Vernon Wells OF-Carl Crawford
OF-Grady Sizemore OF-Grady Sizemore
P-Mike Mussina DH-Travis Hafner
NL East
1. New York Mets(94-78)
2. Philadelphia Phillies(93-70)[2]
3. Atlanta Braves(85-77)
4. Florida Marlins(80-82)
5. Washington Nationals(60-102)
NL Central
1. Milwaukee Brewers(88-74)
2. Chicago Cubs(86-76)
3. St. Louis Cardinals(83-79)
4. Houston Astros(81-81)
5. Cincinnati Reds(78-84)
6. Pittsburgh Pirates(74-88)
NL West
1. Los Angeles Dodgers(94-68)
2. San Diego Padres(92-70)
3. Arizona Diamondbacks(87-75)
4. Colorado Rockies(76-86)
5. San Francisco Giants(75-85)
PLAYOFF PICTURE
1-Game Playoff
Philadelphia Phillies over San Diego Padres
ALDS
Los Angeles Dodgers over Philadelphia Phillies(3-2)
New York Mets over Milwaukee Brewers(3-1)
ALCS
Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Mets(4-2)
National League Pennant Champions
Los Angeles Dodgers(7-4)
NATIONAL LEAGUE AWARD WINNERS
MVP-Albert Pujols
Cy Young-Carlos Zambrano
Rookie of Year-Chris B. Young
Rolaids Relief Man-Trevor Hoffman
Comeback Player of Year-Randy Wolf
Hank Aaron-Jose Reyes
Manager of Year-Ned Yost
Gold Glove- Silver Slugger-
C-Johnny Estrada C-Brian McCann
1b-Derek Lee 1b-Albert Pujols
2b-Orlando Hudson 2b-Chase Utley
3b-Scott Rolen 3b-Miguel Cabrera
SS-Jimmy Rollins SS-Jose Reyes
OF-Andrew Jones OF-Carlos Beltran
OF-Aaron Rowand OF-Alfonso Soriano
OF-Eric Byrnes OF-Matt Holliday
P-Greg Maddux P-Carlos Zambrano
MID-SUMMER AND FALL CLASSIC RESULTS
All-Star Game
National League over American League(40-35-2)
World Series
New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers(4-0)
World Series Champions
New York Yankees(11-4)
2007 MLB REGULAR SEASON POWER RANKINGS
1. New York Yankees 27. Pittsburgh Pirates
2. Chicago White Sox 28. Kansas City Royals
3. Los Angeles Angels 29. Tampa Bay Devil Rays
4. Detroit Tigers 30. Washington Nationals
5. Los Angeles Dodgers
6. New York Mets
7. Oakland Athletics
8. Philadelphia Phillies
9. San Diego Padres
10. Toronto Blue Jays
11. Boston Red Sox
12. Cleveland Indians
13. Milwaukee Brewers
14. Arizona Diamondbacks
15. Chicago Cubs
16. Minnesota Twins
17. Atlanta Braves
18. Texas Rangers
19. St. Louis Cardinals
20. Houston Astros
21. Florida Marlins
22. Cincinnati Reds
23. Baltimore Orioles
24. Colorado Rockies
25. Seattle Mariners
26. San Francisco Giants
[*] Wild Card Team
[2] Wild Card Team
Sunday, March 25, 2007
DISCO IS BACK!!!
The Disco Demolition is over and the discoball is back (that was corny)! To all my readers, sorry I haven't posted anything for three weeks as I have been REAL busy this month. Don't worry though, as I will be posting often from here on out. Hopefully you won't hold my long absense against me and you will continue to read my rankings and what is in my discoball. Don't forget to email me questions on your team or suggestions on my rankings at...
coolcatdadio1@verizon.net
coolcatdadio1@verizon.net
Monday, March 5, 2007
What's in Disco's Ball(s)?
Hey, "what's happenin',"? It's March 5th and baseball is back! Each team is still alive and has the goal of winning the World Series. Questions are still out on who will be this years Tigers or, flop, Indians. There is almost nothing better than beginning a new season and getting ready to ride your team wagon through high times and low times. Stars are trying to shake off the rust and no-names are trying to EARN a name. Who knows who will make the web gem of the year? Who knows who will make history this year? Who knows how much more A-Rod can be unfairly harassed by idiotic fans and writers? Who knows how many more cookies David Ortiz can handle? All I can say is let's get this season underway!
But not until my Yankees take home the Grape Fruit League crown. We are currently 5-0 with 3 comeback victories and we are riding high on great pitching from stars trying get back in the feel for things and minor leagues trying to impress. Damn, it was great to shut up the Iron Sheff today, with him going 0-2. Melky is looking great and so is Bret Gardner on the bases. Hughes had a bad couple of innings in the first game, but I am not concerned. Let's hope we keep on rolling through Spring Training, into the season, and take home the World Series crown as well!
Do you have something in your Disco Ball(s)? Do you have a question for me regaurding your fantasy team or advice for my team in the FBE Writer's League? Do you want to comment on my rankings? Do you hate my work and want to trash me? Well if so then please e-mail me at....
coolcatdadio1@verizon.net
I know you like that e-mail.
But not until my Yankees take home the Grape Fruit League crown. We are currently 5-0 with 3 comeback victories and we are riding high on great pitching from stars trying get back in the feel for things and minor leagues trying to impress. Damn, it was great to shut up the Iron Sheff today, with him going 0-2. Melky is looking great and so is Bret Gardner on the bases. Hughes had a bad couple of innings in the first game, but I am not concerned. Let's hope we keep on rolling through Spring Training, into the season, and take home the World Series crown as well!
Do you have something in your Disco Ball(s)? Do you have a question for me regaurding your fantasy team or advice for my team in the FBE Writer's League? Do you want to comment on my rankings? Do you hate my work and want to trash me? Well if so then please e-mail me at....
coolcatdadio1@verizon.net
I know you like that e-mail.
Pre-season Closer Rankings
1.Francisco Rodriguez-His K's put him ahead of Mo-1.73/98/47/1.10
2.Joe Nathan-Are you serious with WHIP?-1.58/95/36/0.79
3.Mariano Rivera-"Enter Sandman"-1.80/55/34/0.96
4.B.J. Ryan-1.37/86/38/0.86
5.Billy Wagner-2.24/94/40/1.11
6.Trevor Hoffman-Consistent, but low K's-2.14/50/46/0.97
7.Huston Street-I see a big year coming-3.31/67/37/1.09
8.Chad Cordero-Saves will drop with bad Nat's team-3.19/69/29/1.10
9.Chris Ray-I foresee a solid, yet quiet year-2.73/51/33/1.09
10.Bobby Jenks-4.00/80/41/1.39
11.J.J. Putz-In '05 he had 15 less K's than IP. In '06 he had 26 more K's than IP. I see more of an '05 form-2.30/104/36/0.92
12.Tom Gordon-Watch for September fatigue-3.34/68/34/1.26
13.Francisco Cordero-High WHIP-3.70/84/22/1.35
14.Brad Lidge-He is a mystery this year-5.28/104/32/1.40
15.Eric Gagne-Still has it if healthy-0.00/3/1/0.50
16.Brian Fuentes-3.44/73/30/1.16
17.Takashi Saito-2.07/107/24/0.91
18.Taylor Tankerlsey-I see a strong year from him, where he keeps job all season-2.85/46/3/1.44
19.Jason Isringhausen-3.55/52/33/1.46
20.Todd Jones-As long as they win, his job is safe-3.94/28/37/1.27
21.Salomon Torres-3.28/72/12/1.46
22.Joe Borowski-Who would replace him?-3.75/64/36/1.38
23.Octavio Dotel-Job is safe if he gets back to pre-Tommy John self-10.80/7/0/2.90
24.Armando Benetiz-3.52/31/17/1.57
25.Bob Wickman-Will be dealt with Gonzalez and Soriano in Braves pen-2.67/42/33/1.23
26.Jose Valverde-Will lose job or platoon-5.84/69/18/1.46
27.Ryan Dempster-He will be praying for Wood's annual DL vacation-4.80/67/24/1.51
28.Boston Closer Situation-Every option is not equipped for role except Papelbon-Candidates:Piniero, Hansen, Timlin, Delcarmen
29.Mike Stanton-3.99/48/8/1.39
30.Seth McClung-Why ever draft a Tampa closer?-6.29/59/6/1.83
2.Joe Nathan-Are you serious with WHIP?-1.58/95/36/0.79
3.Mariano Rivera-"Enter Sandman"-1.80/55/34/0.96
4.B.J. Ryan-1.37/86/38/0.86
5.Billy Wagner-2.24/94/40/1.11
6.Trevor Hoffman-Consistent, but low K's-2.14/50/46/0.97
7.Huston Street-I see a big year coming-3.31/67/37/1.09
8.Chad Cordero-Saves will drop with bad Nat's team-3.19/69/29/1.10
9.Chris Ray-I foresee a solid, yet quiet year-2.73/51/33/1.09
10.Bobby Jenks-4.00/80/41/1.39
11.J.J. Putz-In '05 he had 15 less K's than IP. In '06 he had 26 more K's than IP. I see more of an '05 form-2.30/104/36/0.92
12.Tom Gordon-Watch for September fatigue-3.34/68/34/1.26
13.Francisco Cordero-High WHIP-3.70/84/22/1.35
14.Brad Lidge-He is a mystery this year-5.28/104/32/1.40
15.Eric Gagne-Still has it if healthy-0.00/3/1/0.50
16.Brian Fuentes-3.44/73/30/1.16
17.Takashi Saito-2.07/107/24/0.91
18.Taylor Tankerlsey-I see a strong year from him, where he keeps job all season-2.85/46/3/1.44
19.Jason Isringhausen-3.55/52/33/1.46
20.Todd Jones-As long as they win, his job is safe-3.94/28/37/1.27
21.Salomon Torres-3.28/72/12/1.46
22.Joe Borowski-Who would replace him?-3.75/64/36/1.38
23.Octavio Dotel-Job is safe if he gets back to pre-Tommy John self-10.80/7/0/2.90
24.Armando Benetiz-3.52/31/17/1.57
25.Bob Wickman-Will be dealt with Gonzalez and Soriano in Braves pen-2.67/42/33/1.23
26.Jose Valverde-Will lose job or platoon-5.84/69/18/1.46
27.Ryan Dempster-He will be praying for Wood's annual DL vacation-4.80/67/24/1.51
28.Boston Closer Situation-Every option is not equipped for role except Papelbon-Candidates:Piniero, Hansen, Timlin, Delcarmen
29.Mike Stanton-3.99/48/8/1.39
30.Seth McClung-Why ever draft a Tampa closer?-6.29/59/6/1.83
Closer Rankings here at last!!!
I have finished my closer rankings and the reason I choose to do closer and setup man/relief pitcher rankings is because combined, there are so many RP and the list would be way to long. The 4 stats I will be showing for CL and SU/RP will be ERA, K, S, and WHIP. Enjoy the rankings and hopefully they will sway a pick you may make in an upcoming draft!
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Pre-season Starting Pitcher Rankings
1.Johan Santana-No brainer here-19/2.77/245/1.00
2.Chris Carpenter-15/3.09/184/1.07
3.Carlos Zambrano-High K's, High WHIP-16/3.41/210/1.29
4.Roy Oswalt-15/2.98/166/1.17
5.Brandon Webb-16/3.10/178/1.13
6.Jake Jeavy-He will bounce back in W and ERA column-11/4.09/215/1.23
7.Roy Halladay-Low K's drop him a few spots-16/3.19/132/1.10
8.Ben Sheets-Injuries restrict him to this spot-6/3.82/116/1.09
9.John Smoltz-16/3.49/211/1.19
10.Brett Myers-Self Proclaimed "wife-beater"-12/3.91/189/1.30
11.C.C. Sabathia-I see a strong, healthy year-12/3.22/172/1.17
12.Scott Kazmir-Watch out for the shoulder-10/3.24/163/1.27
13.Rich Harden-4/4.24/49/1.22
14.Chris Young-11/3.46/164/1.13
15.Dontrelle Willis-Which Willis shows:'05 or '06-12/3.87/160/1.42
16.Justin Verlander-Minor sophmore slump-17/3.63/124/1.33
17.Jeremy Bonderman-14/4.08/202/1.30
18.John Lackey-13/3.56/190/1.26
19.Aaron Harang-16/3.76/216/1.27
20.Matt Cain-13/4.15/187/1.28
21.Daisuke Matsuzaka-We will see how good he is depending on adjustments made on his second go-around with teams-No playing Experience
22.Curt Schilling-AVOID:Out of shape-15/3.97/183/1.22
23.Bronson Arroyo-Only concern is small home park-14/3.29/184/1.19
24.Cole Hamels-9/4.08/145/1.25
25.Felix Hernandez-12/4.52/176/1.34
26.Jered Wever-I expect drop-off-11/2.56/105/1.03
27.Jason Schmidt-11/3.59/180/1.26
28.Barry Zito-Should not be highest paid SP...-16/3.83/151/1.40
29.Rich Hill-Hype gets him this spot-6/4.17/90/1.23
30.Andy Pettitte-Returns to old NY self-14/4.20/178/1.44
31.Erik Bedard-15/3.76/171/1.35
32.Dan Haren-14/4.12/176/1.21
33.*Chris Capuano*-11/4.03/174/1.25
34.Derek Lowe-16/3.63/123/1.27
35.A.J. Burnett-10/3.98/118/1.30
36.Josh Johnson-Watch out for injuries-12/3.10/133/1.30
37.*Ervin Santana*-Will be in July trade talk-16/4.28/141/1.23
38.Mike Mussina-Good stats for in '06 for an old moose-15/3.51/172/1.11 39.Brad Penny-16/4.33/148/1.38
40.*John Patterson*Pitches in spacious RFK-1/4.43/42/1.11
41.Josh Beckett-Got owned by AL East-16/5.01/158/1.29
42.Dave Bush-12/4.41/166/1.14
43.Chien-Ming Wang-Best sinkerballer, worst at K's-19/3.63/76/1.31
44.Randy Johnson-Watch out for back-17/5.00/172/1.24
45.Jonathon Papelbon-4/0.92/75/0.78
46.Anibal Sanchez-May regress some-10/2.83/72/1.19
47.*Chuck James*-11/3.78/91/1.24
48.*Mark Buehrle*-He is playing for a contract and will return to '05 form. I put him here since he will fall this late somehow-12/4.99/98/1.45 49.Adam Wainwright-How will he fare as a SP?-2/3.12/72/1.15
50.Scott Olsen-12/4.04/166/1.30
Others to Watch For:*John Maine*, Freddy Garcia, Zach Duke, Jason Jennings, Randy Wolf, Jon Garland, *Cliff Lee*, *Daniel Cabrera*, and *Oliver Perez*.
**sleeper...*rookie
2.Chris Carpenter-15/3.09/184/1.07
3.Carlos Zambrano-High K's, High WHIP-16/3.41/210/1.29
4.Roy Oswalt-15/2.98/166/1.17
5.Brandon Webb-16/3.10/178/1.13
6.Jake Jeavy-He will bounce back in W and ERA column-11/4.09/215/1.23
7.Roy Halladay-Low K's drop him a few spots-16/3.19/132/1.10
8.Ben Sheets-Injuries restrict him to this spot-6/3.82/116/1.09
9.John Smoltz-16/3.49/211/1.19
10.Brett Myers-Self Proclaimed "wife-beater"-12/3.91/189/1.30
11.C.C. Sabathia-I see a strong, healthy year-12/3.22/172/1.17
12.Scott Kazmir-Watch out for the shoulder-10/3.24/163/1.27
13.Rich Harden-4/4.24/49/1.22
14.Chris Young-11/3.46/164/1.13
15.Dontrelle Willis-Which Willis shows:'05 or '06-12/3.87/160/1.42
16.Justin Verlander-Minor sophmore slump-17/3.63/124/1.33
17.Jeremy Bonderman-14/4.08/202/1.30
18.John Lackey-13/3.56/190/1.26
19.Aaron Harang-16/3.76/216/1.27
20.Matt Cain-13/4.15/187/1.28
21.Daisuke Matsuzaka-We will see how good he is depending on adjustments made on his second go-around with teams-No playing Experience
22.Curt Schilling-AVOID:Out of shape-15/3.97/183/1.22
23.Bronson Arroyo-Only concern is small home park-14/3.29/184/1.19
24.Cole Hamels-9/4.08/145/1.25
25.Felix Hernandez-12/4.52/176/1.34
26.Jered Wever-I expect drop-off-11/2.56/105/1.03
27.Jason Schmidt-11/3.59/180/1.26
28.Barry Zito-Should not be highest paid SP...-16/3.83/151/1.40
29.Rich Hill-Hype gets him this spot-6/4.17/90/1.23
30.Andy Pettitte-Returns to old NY self-14/4.20/178/1.44
31.Erik Bedard-15/3.76/171/1.35
32.Dan Haren-14/4.12/176/1.21
33.*Chris Capuano*-11/4.03/174/1.25
34.Derek Lowe-16/3.63/123/1.27
35.A.J. Burnett-10/3.98/118/1.30
36.Josh Johnson-Watch out for injuries-12/3.10/133/1.30
37.*Ervin Santana*-Will be in July trade talk-16/4.28/141/1.23
38.Mike Mussina-Good stats for in '06 for an old moose-15/3.51/172/1.11 39.Brad Penny-16/4.33/148/1.38
40.*John Patterson*Pitches in spacious RFK-1/4.43/42/1.11
41.Josh Beckett-Got owned by AL East-16/5.01/158/1.29
42.Dave Bush-12/4.41/166/1.14
43.Chien-Ming Wang-Best sinkerballer, worst at K's-19/3.63/76/1.31
44.Randy Johnson-Watch out for back-17/5.00/172/1.24
45.Jonathon Papelbon-4/0.92/75/0.78
46.Anibal Sanchez-May regress some-10/2.83/72/1.19
47.*Chuck James*-11/3.78/91/1.24
48.*Mark Buehrle*-He is playing for a contract and will return to '05 form. I put him here since he will fall this late somehow-12/4.99/98/1.45 49.Adam Wainwright-How will he fare as a SP?-2/3.12/72/1.15
50.Scott Olsen-12/4.04/166/1.30
Others to Watch For:*John Maine*, Freddy Garcia, Zach Duke, Jason Jennings, Randy Wolf, Jon Garland, *Cliff Lee*, *Daniel Cabrera*, and *Oliver Perez*.
**sleeper...*rookie
SP Rankings!!!
I finally have gotten my SP rankings complete and I am ready to post 'em here. Since there are so many SP, I did the top 50 since in an average 5x5 12 team league, there are 2 SP spots, 2 P spots, and at least 1 bench spot for a SP. So since you will probably have 4 SP on your team, 4x12=48. The stats I will post next to each SP will be the 4 stats they get you in a standard 5x5 league: W, ERA, K, WHIP. And finally, I am watching Godfather 2 as I post this, so I leave you some fantasy baseball advice: "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
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