2011 Team Predictions: Matt

You know Spring has finally arrived once it's Opening Day.  We've been waiting, unfortunately for us Card's fans since September,  for this day to come.  Every year, the Brain Trust likes to make its predictions for the season and put a little wager on the picks.  We wanted to get this out early to avoid the "mothership's" (ESPN) picks influencing ours.  I'm going to go with some odd picks, because I think 90% of analysts had Yankees Phillies last year.  Rangers Giants wasn't on the top of the list.  So, without further ado, here are my predictions for the 2011 season:

NL EAST

1. Atlanta Braves                                 

2. Philadelphia Phillies

3. Florida Marlins

4. New York Mets

5. Washington Nationals

NL Central

1. St. Louis Cardinals               

2. Cincinatti Reds                       

3. Milwaukee Brewers               

4. Chicago Cubs

5. Houston Astros

6. Pittsburgh Pirates

NL West

1. Los Angeles Dodgers           

2. San Francisco Giants           

3. Colorado Rockies                 

4. San Diego Padres                 

5. Arizona Diamondbacks

NL Wildcard

1. Philadelphia Phillies              

AL East

1. Boston Red Sox                  

2. Tampa Bay Rays                   

3. New York Yankees

4. Toronto Blue Jays

5. Baltimore Orioles

AL Central

1. Chicago White Sox            
2. Minnesota Twins                  
3. Detroit Tigers                      
4. Kansas City Royals
5. Cleveland Indians

AL West
1. Los Angeles Angels            
2. Oakland Athletics                
3. Texas Rangers                    
4. Seattle Mariners                  

AL Wildcard
1. Tampa Bay Rays              
                                                
2011 World Series Prediction


Boston Red Sox defeat the Atlanta Braves  in 5 games


Player Predictions:


AL MVP: Robinson Cano
NL MVP: Albert Pujols (contract year, uh-oh)

AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay

AL ROY: Mike Moustakas (Royals)
NL ROY: Freddie Freeman (Atlanta)


Thanks for reading. Go Cards.