Pete Picks 'Em

The 2008 Baseball season begin in less than a week when those lovable local losers, the Oakland Athletics, take on the World Champion Boston Red Sox in Tokyo, Japan. Without delay, Fearless Pete is gonna tell you what you'll be seeing when all is said and done in October. You can check the recap of my 2007 predictions at this blog. I also want to reiterate that I successfully picked the Cardinals to win it all in '06.

Let start with the big one: The New York Mets will win the World Series with Johan Santana being the series MVP. Now let's get to the nitty-gritty.

American League East:

1. Red Sox (best team in baseball in 08)
2. Yankees (winning the wild card just over the Mariners)
3. Blue Jays
4. the Rays (the team formerly known as the "Devil Rays")
5. Orioles (worst team in the AL)

AL Central:

1. Tigers (both D-Train and Cabrera rock)
2. Indians (Sabathia wins on 14 games)
3. Twins (3-4-5 teams are all close)
   
4. White Sox
5. Royals (win 73 games!)

AL West:

1. Angels
2. Mariners (1-2 teams close, both rule)
3. Oakland A's
4. Rangers (3-4 teams close, both suck)

For MVP I'm going with Vlad, then A-Rod and Ortiz.
For Cy Young, it's Bedard (on Seattle), Beckett, and Dontrelle Willis (on Detroit)
R.O.Y.: Boston's Jacoby Ellsbury

ALDS: Angels over Yanks, Red Sox over Tigers
ALCS: Angels over Red Sox in seven

National League East:

1. Mets
2. Phillies (wild card winners)
3. Braves (no good)
   
4. Nationals (even worse)
   
5. Marlins (worst in NL)

NL Central:

1. Cubs
2. Brewers (winning but fade in September)
3. Astros
4. Reds
5. Cardinals
6. Pirates (3-4-5-6 teams all below .500)

NL West:

1. Diamondbacks (best in NL)
2. Padres
3. Dodgers (2-3 teams close and good)
4. Rockies (tank in '08)
5. Giants (lose 95 games)

For NL MVP I say D. Wright, then Pujols, then Chase Utley
Cy Young goes to Jake Peavy, with Dan Haren (on Arizona) and Santana (New York) close
R.O.Y.: I don't know... Jay Bruce on the Reds

NLDS: Mets sweep the Cubs, Diamondbacks beat the Phils
NLCS: Mets over Diamondbacks in 5

World Series: You heard it here first, Mets over Angels in 6 games.

I also predict neither Bonds nor Clemens play this year. Also, pitchers Pryor, Wood, Harden, Burnett, Webb, Zambrano, and Hamels spend lots of time on the DL. Oh yeah, Zito is back to form with a low ERA despite the worst run support in baseball.

Play Ball.