Nostradamus Time...

It is just about the time of year when every so-called sports expert makes their prediction of how this 162-game baseball season will play out. When teams like the Rockies make a surprise appearance into the playoffs, is almost single handily destroys most predictions. So, with baseball being almost as unpredictable as the NCAA basketball tournament, I decided to make my decision by using the only sane way: by letting MLB The Show simulate that season for me and give me the results. So after waiting a painstaking 10 minutes, here are the results:

(X-denotes division winner, Y-denotes wild card winner)
American League-
East-
X- New York Yankees
Y- Boston Red Sox
Toronto Blue Jays
Tampa Bay Rays
Baltimore Orioles

Central-
X- Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
Kansas City Royals
Chicago White Sox

West-
X- Seattle Mariners
Oakland Athletics
Texas Rangers
Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim

National League-
East-
X- New York Mets
Atlanta Braves
Washington Nationals
Philadelphia Phillies
Florida Marlins

Central-
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Milwaukee Brewers
Cincinnati Reds
Houston Astros
Pittsburgh Pirates

West-
X- Los Angeles Dodgers
Y- San Diego Padres
Colorado Rockies
Arizona Diamondbacks
San Francisco Giants

Divisional Round-
Yankees over Indians in 3
Red Sox over Mariners in 5
Mets over Padres in 3
Dodgers over Cardinals in 4

Championship Round-
Yankees over Red Sox in 6
Mets over Dodgers in 5

World Series-
Yankees over Mets in 6

MVP- Alex Rodriguez and Albert Pujols
Cy Young- Scott Kazmir and Johan Santana
Rookie Of The Year- Daric Barton and Josh Anderson

Of course, being a Sox fan and a die hard Prince Fielder fan, I couldn't go without making some predictions of my very own

Red Sox over Tigers in 5
Yankees over Mariners in 4
Mets over Dodgers in 3
D-Backs over Brewers in 4

Red Sox over Yankees in 7
Mets over D-Backs in 6

Mets over Red Sox in 7 (minus a Bill Buckner type event)

MVP- David Ortiz and Prince Fielder
Cy Young- Justin Verlander and Johan Santana
Rookie Of The Year- Evan Longoria and Joey Votto

So with that, there are some predictions, and if the video game out picks me then I'll have to try simulating by NCAA bracket for next year. For those of you who don't like my D-Backs pick, see exhibit 1.



Photo Credits-
http://ps3.psu.com/media/mlb-07-the-show-/mlb-the-show-boxart.jpg
http://img.webring.com/r/y/yankeering/logo
http://new-york-mets.visit-new-york-city.com/ny-mets-3d-logo.jpg
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Prince-Fielder-is-on-an-all-sunflower-seed-diet?urn=mlb,67984