Baseball Prospectus Authors Picks

[John Corn]

Simply put, here they are:
http://premium.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1739

Things of note:

1. Of the 13 picks, only 3 have the NL winning the World Series.

2. The Athletics are unanimous picks for the AL West.

3. The rest of the AL West is essentially a crapshoot.

4. 12 authors pick the AL Wild Card to come out of the east.

5. 4 picks for the Red Sox to win it all. Everyone who predicted the sox would make the series predicts a win.

6. Only 3 AL teams are predicted to make it to the series. Only 1 author even picks someone besides Boston, NY, and Oakland to make the ALCS. No love for the Twins or Angels it would seem.

7. 10 Picks for the AL East to remain the same for something like the 7th consecutive year.

8. Toronto unanimous pick for 3rd in the AL East. It's easy to see someone picking a team to be much better or much worse than anyone else, but to have everyone agree on who will finish third is a bit odd. That said, I can't imagine the Jays finishing anywhere else.

9. 4 Picks for Mark Prior to win the NL Cy Young. (He was my choice as well when the question came up a ways back.)

I'm sure there is other stuff of interest, but I'm an AL guy mainly.

Personally, my picks line up mainly with Gary Huckabay and Ryan Wilkins.

[George_F]

That's an interesting list. Tho it doesn't mean squat. I find it funny that two of them picked the Cubs to finish 1st, while this team has like no hitting. Nothing against Giants fans, but when you lose Jeff Kent that's a pretty big hole to fill. Seems pretty split between the White Sox and Twins in the Central, but I'd give more credit to the Royals than Indians. The two 2nd place Rangers picks are laughable. :lol:

Again, this list doesn't mean squat.

[mainedish]

Come on Red Sox. This is what I said last year.