I'm going to throw you guys a curve ball on this one. For some questions, getting it wrong will result in deductions. 1. Pick the division winners and wild cards. This year, also pick any team that will get 90 wins but not make the playoffs. Correct answers get you 1 point per team. Any team you list here that has a losing record will result in a 1 point deduction. 2. Pick the winners of each playoff series. In any round in which you predict a team to win that didn't make the playoffs, you will lose one point. 3. Predict the league leaders in OPS, slugging, OBP, homers, ERA, and walks (fewest for a qualifying pitcher). 4. Pick the awards. RoY will get you 2 points this year. 5. Uber-question 2k9: list the teams that will lead in the following categories: OPS, ERA, wins... and most improved team as well as All-Star game starters (somewhat easier than the last uber question). If you pick a team that finishes out of the top 5 in that category, a team that loses more than it did last year, or a pitcher that doesn't make the all-star game, you'll lose 1 point. 6. Make your own question. A completely correct answer will mean a free rookie.
Oh, one new addition to the prediction challenge 2k9: You get .1 added to your score according for every person that posts *after* you as long as you don't revise your post. So if 12 people took the challenge, the first person would get (for an unedited post) an addition 1.2 points. The second would get 1.1.
1. AL East - Richmond AL Central - Cleveland AL West - Portland Wildcard - Baltimore 90 wins - New Orleans, Tampa Bay, Chicago (A), Texas NL East - New York (N) NL Central - Houston NL West - Arizona Wildcard - Chicago (N) 90 wins - Colorado, Atlanta, Memphis, Toronto 2. AL First round winners - Cleveland.. NL First round winners - New York (N).. No more picks here, don't want to lose any points 3. OPS - Lance Berkman Slugging - Fred Beadles OBP - Ichiro Suzuki Homers - Fred Beadles ERA - Roy Oswalt Walks - Roy Oswalt 4. AL ROY - CRAZY STOVER NL ROY - Ossie Davidson AL Cy Young - Mark Mulder NL Cy Young - Josh Beckett AL MVP - Fred Beadles NL MVP - Lance Berkman 5. OPS - Cleveland ERA - New York Mets Wins - New York Mets Most Improved - New York Mets All-Star game starters: AL- C: Joe Mauer 1B: Dallas MacPherson 2B: Daryl Stover! SS: Miguel Tejada 3B: Hollywood Monroe LF: Adam Dunn CF: Preston Wilson RF: Fred Beadles SP: Josh Beckett NL- C: Lou Rodriguez 1B: Hee Seop Choi 2B: Roberto Martinez SS: Alex Rodriguez 3B: Fernando Tatis LF: Lance Berkman CF: Vladimir Guerrero RF: Sammy Sosa SP: Roy Oswalt 6. Which team will finish with the worst record? Seattle Mariners
AL East-- Richmond AL Central-- Cleveland AL West-- Texas AL Wildcard-- Baltimore 90 wins: Chicago, New Orleans NL East-- Atlanta NL Central-- Houston NL West-- Arizona NL Wildcard-- New York Mets 90 wins: Chicago, Memphis AL Richmond over Texas Cleveland over Baltimore Cleveland over Richmond NL Atlanta over Arizona Houston over New York Atlanta over Houston WS: Atlanta over Cleveland OPS: Lance Berkman Slugging: Fred Beadles OBP: Ichiro Suzuki Homeruns: Fred Beadles ERA: Roy Oswalt Walks: Jon Rauch AL ROY: Duke Banks NL ROY: Lew Penley AL Cy Young: Octavio Dotel NL Cy Young: Roy Oswalt AL MVP: Fred Beadles NL MVP: Alex Rodriguez Team OPS: Houston Team ERA: Houston Team Wins: Houston Most Improved: San Francisco All Star game Starting pitches: Roy Oswalt, Ryan Anderson 6. Tim Redding will lead the NL in strikeouts for the first time.
AL East: Richmond AL Central: Cleveland AL West: Texas AL WC: Baltimore NL East: New York NL Central: Houston NL West: Arizona NL WC: Chicago (BARELY behind the Astros, and barely ahead of the Braves) 90 wins, NL - Atlanta, Memphis 90 wins, AL - New Orleans, Colorado Round 1 winners, AL: Cleveland and Richmond Round 2 winner, AL: Richmond Round 1 winners, NL: Chicago and New York Round 2 winner, NL: New York World Series: New York 3. Predict the league leaders in OPS, slugging, OBP, homers, ERA, and walks (fewest for a qualifying pitcher). AL: Beadles, Beadles, Foster Gonzalez, Beadles, Pedro Martinez, Pedro Martinez NL: Berkman, Guerrero, Berkman, Buck, Oswalt, Oswalt AL MVP: Beadles AL Cy: Pedro AL ROY: Duke Banks NL MVP: Guerrero NL Cy: Roy-O NL ROY: Jennings Johnson Team OPS, AL: Cleveland Team OPS, NL: Houston Team ERA, AL: Richmond Team ERA, NL: New York Wins, AL: Cleveland Wins, NL: New York Most improved: New York Mets AS starters: AL C Ivan Rodriguez 1B Casey Kotchman 2B Mike Fontenot SS Nomar Garciaparra 3B Ray Johnson LF Adam Dunn CF Foster Gonzalez RF Fred Beadles Starter: Pedro NL C Lou Rodriguez 1B Jason Giambi 2B Edgardo Alfonzo SS Alex Rodriguez 3B Drew Henson LF Lance Berkman CF Darin Erstad RF Vlad Guerrero Starter: Oswalt My question is: What rookie closer will finish in the top 5 in saves in the NL? Raven's Doug Bolger.
Ah, once again, the majority overlooks the defending champ, Baltimore Orioles. I may be going through some cosmetic changes, but the O's will be back, and the O's will win the AL East. Like George Zimmerman, I guarantee it.
AL East: Richmond AL Central: Cleveland AL West: Texas AL WC: Baltimore NL East: New York NL Central: Houston NL West: Arizona NL WC: Chicago 90 wins, NL - Atlanta 90 wins, AL - Colorado Round 1 winners, AL: Cleveland and Richmond Round 2 winner, AL: Richmond Round 1 winners, NL: Houston and New York Round 2 winner, NL: New York World Series: New York 3. Predict the league leaders in OPS, slugging, OBP, homers, ERA, and walks (fewest for a qualifying pitcher). AL: Beadles, Beadles, Foster Gonzalez, Beadles, Pedro Martinez, Pedro Martinez NL: Berkman, Guerrero, Berkman, Vlad, Oswalt, Oswalt AL MVP: Beadles AL Cy: Pedro AL ROY: Allan Joy NL MVP: Guerrero NL Cy: Roy-O NL ROY: Jennings Johnson Team OPS, AL: Cleveland Team OPS, NL: Houston Team ERA, AL: Richmond Team ERA, NL: New York Wins, AL: Cleveland Wins, NL: New York Most improved: Toronto AS starters: AL C Ivan Rodriguez 1B Casey Kotchman 2B Mike Fontenot SS Nomar Garciaparra 3B Ray Johnson LF Adam Dunn CF Foster Gonzalez RF Fred Beadles Starter: Pedro NL C Lou Rodriguez 1B Jason Giambi 2B Edgardo Alfonzo SS Alex Rodriguez 3B Drew Henson LF Lance Berkman CF Darin Erstad RF Vlad Guerrero Starter: Oswalt 6. Make your own question. Will Roy Hobbs FINALLY get his first ERA rating this year? Hell yeah!
1) AL East: Richmond AL West: Texas AL Central: Cleveland WC: Baltimore 90 Wins: New Orleans, New York, Portland NL East: Atlanta NL West: Arizona NL Central: Houston WC: Chicago C. 90 Wins: Memphis, New York 2) AL Winners 1st rd: Cleveland, Richmond NL Winners 1st rd: Houston, Arizona ALCS Winner: Richmond NLCS Winner: Houston WS Winner: Richmond 3) NL: OPS- Berkman Slugging- Guerrero OBP- Ichiro Homers- A.Rodriguez ERA- Oswalt BBs- Oswalt AL: OPS- Beadles Slugging- Beadles OBP- Ichiro Homers- Beadles ERA- Dotel BBs- P.Martinez 4) NL ROY: Sp J.Nance AL ROY: ?????????? NL Cy Young: Oswalt AL Cy Young: Dotel NL MVP: A.Rodriguez AL MVP: Beadles 5) OPS- Cleveland ERA- Houston Wins- Richmond Most Improved- San Francisco NL All-Star Starters: C- J.Buck 1B- J.Giambi 2B- P.Gutierrez 3B- M.Texiera SS- A.Rodriguez LF- Berkman CF- Erstad RF- Guerrero SP- Oswalt AL All-Star Starters: C- J.Mauer 1B- D.Macpherson 2B- C.Kuebler 3B- H.Monroe SS- M.Tejada LF- A.Dunn CF- P.Wilson RF- Beadles SP- O.Dotel 6) Which team will have the lowest bullpen ERA? San Francisco (They better after all the money I spent on them ).
al east baltimore al central cleveland al west texas al wildcard richmond alds baltimore vs. richmond baltimore in 5 cleveland vs. texas cleveland in 5 alcs baltimore vs. cleveland baltimore in 6 nl east atlanta nl central houston nl west arizona nl wildcard toronto nlds houston vs. toronto houston in 4 arizona vs. atlanta atlanta in 5 nlcs houston vs. atlanta houston in 6 ws houston vs. baltimore baltimore in 7 Non playoff 90+ win teams memphis cubs colorado mets al mvp fred beadles al roy duke banks al cy young chris bootcheck al ops fred beadles al slugging fred beadles al obp ichiro suzuki al walks pedro martinez al k’s pedro martinez al era chris bootcheck al hr’s fred beadles nl mvp john buck nl roy jennings johnson nl cy young roy oswalt nl ops lance berkman nl slugging john buck nl walks roy oswalt nl k’s roy oswalt nl era roy oswalt nl hr’s lance berkman team ops cleveland team era houston most improved toronto team wins richmond nl all stars c buck 1b giambi 2b roberto 3b teixeira ss arod lf berkman cf erstad rf wetzel dh ward sp owsalt p sowers p beckett al all stars c irod 1b kotchman 2b place 3b johnson ss nomar lf higginson cf griffey rf beadles dh mellon sp bootcheck p mulder p rauch My own 10 or less games will seperate from 1st to 4th in the al west
AL East: Richmond AL Central: New Orleans AL West: Colorado AL WC: Cleveland NL East: New York NL Central: Houston NL West: Arizona NL WC: Atlanta 90 wins, NL - Chicago, Memphis 90 wins, AL - Texas Round 1 winners, AL: Richmond, Cleveland Round 2 winner, AL: Richmond Round 1 winners, NL: Houston and New York Round 2 winner, NL: New York World Series: New York 3. Predict the league leaders in OPS, slugging, OBP, homers, ERA, and walks (fewest for a qualifying pitcher). AL: Beadles, Beadles, JD Drew, Beadles, Ryan Anderson, Pedro Martinez NL: Berkman, Berkman, Buck, Berkman, Oswalt, Oswalt AL MVP: Beadles AL Cy: Ryan Anderson AL ROY: Banks NL MVP: Berkman NL Cy: Roy-O NL ROY: Ced Harrison Team OPS, AL: Texas Team OPS, NL: New York Team ERA, AL: Cleveland Team ERA, NL: New York Wins, AL: Richmond Wins, NL: New York Most improved: New York Mets He he... I meant all-star game PITCHING starters only: Oswalt, Anderson are my picks. I said the question was easier . My question: Will any records be broken this year? Answer: No, for the first time in sim league history, all current single season records will be retained by their current owners.
This is just sort of a running list of who got their questions right/league leaders/all-star starters, etc. It'll make the final tally easier. Questions right: Zac, (not sure about DHR), Cat Division winners/wild cards: Richmond (haven, DHR, Nomar, Zac, Cat, SF3) Cleveland (dbc, DHR, Nomar, Zac, Cat, SF3) Colorado (haven) WC: New Orleans (no one guessed this) New York (haven, Nomar, Zac, SF3) Houston (haven, dbc, DHR, Nomar, Zac, Cat, SF3) Arizona (haven, dbc, DHR, Nomar, Zac, Cat, SF3) WC: Atlanta (haven) Order of post: SF3 (gets .6 points) DHR (.5) Zac (.4) Cat (.3) dbc (.2) Nomar (.1) haven League leaders AL OPS: Foster Gonzalez AL OBP: Foster Gonzalez (Zac, Nomar) AL SLG: Adam Dunn AL HR: Joe Borchard AL ERA: Ryan Anderson (haven) AL Walks: NL OPS: Lance Berkman (haven, dbc, DHR, Nomar, Zac, Cat, SF3) NL OBP: Lance Berkman NL SLG: Lance Berkman NL HR: Manny Ramirez NL ERA: Roy Oswalt NL Walks: 90 win teams: Baltimore, Texas (haven, SF3), Anaheim, Memphis (haven, dbc, DHR, Zac, Cat, SF3) All-star starters: Roy Oswalt (everybody. Duh.) Ryan Anderson (haven, Cat) dbc, DHR, and SF3 all lose their Oswalt point on this question for guessing an AL pitcher that didn't make the all-star game. Team leaders: OPS, NL: Houston (Zac, Cat, Nomar) ERA, NL: Arizona Wins, NL: Houston (Cat) OPS, AL: New Orleans ERA, AL: Cleveland Wins, AL: Richmond (DHR and dbc, being generous , haven)
