Better late than never 2012 MLB prediction thread

[Lintyfresh85]

AL

AL East winner: Rays
AL Central winner: Tigers
AL West winner: Rangers
Wild Card #1: Angels
Wild Card #2: Yankees
AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera, DET
AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander, DET
AL ROY: Yoenis Cespedes, OAK
AL Break-out player: Eric Hosmer, KC

NL

NL East winner: Nationals
NL Central winner: Reds
NL West winner: Arizona
Wild Card #1: Giants
Wild Card #2: Phillies
NL MVP: Joey Votto
NL Cy Young: Zack Greinke, MIL
NL ROY: Zack Cozart, CIN
NL Break-out player: David Freese, STL

Playoffs

Angels over Yankees
Tigers over Angles
Rangers over Rays
Tigers over Rangers

Phillies over Giants
Reds over Phillies
Diamondbacks over Nationals
Diamondbacks over Reds

World Series

Tigers over Diamondbacks

[Obed_Marsh]

I predict we will win opening day and take two of three from the Cubs. Bold, I know.

[MarquisDeSade]

AL

AL East winner: Rays
AL Central winner: Tigers
AL West winner: Rangers
Wild Card #1: Angels
Wild Card #2: Yankees
AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera, DET
AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander, DET
AL ROY: Yoenis Cespedes, OAK
AL Break-out player: Eric Hosmer, KC

NL

NL East winner: Phillies
NL Central winner: Reds
NL West winner: Arizona
Wild Card #1: Giants
Wild Card #2: Brewers
NL MVP: Joey Votto
NL Cy Young: Zack Greinke, MIL
NL ROY: Yonder Alonso, SD
NL Break-out player: David Wright, NYM

Playoffs

Angels over Yankees
Tigers over Angels
Rays over Rangers
Tigers over Rays

Brewers over Giants
Reds over Brewers
Diamondbacks over Phillies
Reds over Diamondbacks

World Series

Tigers over Reds

[ronnynat]

NL MVP - Chris Young

His new swing looks nice.

[MarquisDeSade]

So, I picked Yonder Alonso just for the hell of it for NL ROY before I looked up his playing time.  Can someone explain how he's eligible for ROY? 

[Lintyfresh85]

So, I picked Yonder Alonso just for the hell of it for NL ROY before I looked up his playing time.  Can someone explain how he's eligible for ROY? 

A player shall be considered a rookie unless, during a previous season or seasons, he has (a) exceeded 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the Major Leagues; or (b) accumulated more than 45 days on the active roster of a Major League club or clubs during the period of 25-player limit (excluding time in the military service and time on the disabled list).

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/about_mlb/rules_regulations.jsp

Alonso had 117 AB's coming into this year and he hadn't spent 45 days on the active roster outside of September (only 24 career games outside of September)

[Kevrock]

NL East winner: Nationals

Am I dreaming?

[Minty Fresh]

AL

AL East winner: Red Sox
AL Central winner: Tigers
AL West winner: Angels
Wild Card #1: Yankees
Wild Card #2: Rangers
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez, BOS
AL Cy Young: Jared Weaver, ANA
AL ROY: Yoenis Cespedes, OAK

NL

NL East winner: Phillies
NL Central winner: Cardinals
NL West winner: Arizona
Wild Card #1: Dodgers
Wild Card #2: Reds
NL MVP: Ryan Zimmerman, WSH
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay, PHI
NL ROY: Zack Cozart, CIN


Playoffs

Rangers over Yankees
Tigers over Rangers
Angels over Red Sox
Angels over Tigers

Dodgers over Reds
Reds over Diamondbacks
Phillies over Cardinals
Phillies over Reds


World Series

Angels over Phillies



I'll throw out Adam Dunn for AL comeback PoY.

[DPMOmaha]

AL

AL East: New York
AL Central: Detroit
AL West: Anaheim
AL WC #1: Tampa Bay
AL WC #1 Texas
AL MVP: Robinson Cano, NYY
AL Cy Young: Dan Haren, LAA
AL ROY: Yeonis Cespedes, OAK
AL Break-out player: Alex Gordon, KC
AL Comeback player of the year: Kendrys Morales

NL
NL East: Atlanta
NL Central: Milwaukee
NL West: Los Angeles
NL WC #1: St. Louis
NL WC #2: Arizona
NL CY Young: Tommy Hanson
NL ROY: Bryce Harper
NL Breakout: Madison Bumgardner
NL Comeback: Buster Posey

Playoffs
AL WC: Tampa over Texas
AL Division Series: Anaheim over Tampa, Detroit over New York
NL Champ Series: Detroit over Anaheim

NL WC: St. Louis over Arizona
NL Division Series: St. Louis over Los Angeles, Atlanta over Milwaukee
NL Champ Series: Atlanta over St. Louis

World Series
Detroit over Atlanta in 5

[soxfan59]

The only prediction I am willing to go out on a limb and make here is two fold: 

1) I believe the Nats will finish with a better than .500 record. 

2) Both Chicago teams will finish dead last in their respective divisions. 

[houston-nat]

2) Both Chicago teams will finish dead last in their respective divisions. 

...Astros?

[MarquisDeSade]

...Astros?

The Cubs have the potential to be werse than the 2003 Tigers.  If they stick with Marmol and Wood as their backend bullpen they'll drop 110 no problem.