Bliss: So we all know how last year went (decisive victory by me). So I brought the younger Cuz along for another round on the board bet bull. Brought to you by Bliss and Orsi, here we go:
Put It On the Board!
Team Predictions:
AL East
Bliss: Tampa Bay Rays - Love the 4 starters, and Longoria bounces back.
Orsi: New York Yankees - As much as it pains me to say this...
AL West
Bliss: Texas Rangers - Too much total talent. Yu Darvish will only dominate until people figure him out though.
Orsi: Los Angeles Angels - Rangers have health/alcohol issues and the Angels just stole their best pitcher and signed some guy named Albert.
AL Central
Bliss: Detroit Tigers - Easiest divisional pick
Orsi: Detroit Tigers as well
AL Wild Cards (wait, baseball did something innovative?)
Bliss: Angels (Pujols plus a decent team already can’t miss the playoffs, can it?), and Yankees (yes, I hate the Red Sox set up that much)
Orsi: Rangers (If they’re healthy, they score. A LOT.) and Red Sox (I’m a homer, okay)
NL East
Bliss: Phillies - Hate this pick, but pitching, pitching, pitching. Not buying the Marlins.
Orsi: Marlins - RIDE THAT HYPE
NL Central
Bliss: Cincinnati Reds - Love the lineup and Latos and Cueto are sneaky good.
Orsi: St. Louis Cardinals - Bullpen looks good for once and they can still hit even without Pujols.
NL West
Bliss: San Francisco Giants - Love this pitching. More on that later. Plus, KUNG FU PANDA!
Orsi: Arizona Diamondbacks - So much young talent all over the field. This might be the year it all comes together.
NL Wild Cards (wait, they did something equally in both leagues?)
Bliss: Braves and Rockies.
Orsi: Nationals and Giants.
ALCS
Bliss: Rays over Tigers (4 pitchers versus 1)
Orsi: Angels over Tigers (Verlander can only do so much. Angels have CJ/Haren/Weaver)
NLCS
Bliss: Giants over Phillies (youth versus age)
Orsi: Giants over Cardinals (Pitching, pitching, pitching)
World Series
Bliss: Rays over Giants (pitching is almost equal, but I really like the hitting of the Rays. They deserve one this decade.)
Orsi: Giants over Angels (A repeat of the 2002 World Series; not the same result)
End of Year Awards:
AL MVP
Bliss: Adrian Gonzalez - I know, I don’t have them making the playoffs. But I think he hits .335 with 45 and 130. The rest of the team is relatively awful.
Orsi: Albert Pujols - His new park should help him- think about that. He missed out on homers at Busch last season.
NL MVP
Bliss: Joey Votto - He hits the skin off the ball.
Orsi: Justin Upton - See above ^
AL Rookie of the Year
Bliss: Matt Moore - Absolutely sick stuff. He’ll clearly have the stage to make his point.
Orsi: Matt Moore - I hate agreeing for the sake of competition, but this kid is filthy good.
NL Rookie of the Year
Bliss: Devin Mesoraco - I read a lot of websites, and his name came up often. And it sounds cool. Seriously, that’s all I got.
Orsi: Trevor Bauer - Pending he makes the rotation early enough. Someone tell me any offense in the NL West we fear? None. That’s what I thought.
AL Cy Young
Bliss: Justin Verlander - Boring, I know. But he is so good.
Orsi: CC Sabathia - He dropped some weight, had his best season as a Yankee last year, and gets 20 wins for playing for the Yanks.
NL Cy Young
Bliss: Madison Bumgarner - He is so good, and clearly the best of the Giant’s pitching staff in my mind. And I like Lincecum and Cain. But Bumgarner is pitching sick right now, and I think he dominates this regular season. I mean, he can’t get worse run support than Cain, right?
Orsi: Cole Hamels - He is constantly in the shadows of Lee and Halladay, but he dominates with that changeup. Heck why not.
AL Manager of the Year
Bliss: Joe Maddon
Orsi: Jim Leyland
NL Manager of the Year
Bliss: Bruce Bouchy
Orsi: Davey Johnson (I have unhealthy love for this team)
Stats:
Texeira .270
Bliss: Under
Orsi: Over
Ichiro .285
Bliss: Over
Orsi: Under
Longoria .300
Bliss: Over
Orsi: Under
Brett Lawrie 25-25 Season
Bliss: Yes
Orsi: No
Adam Dunn 30 HRs
Bliss: Over
Orsi: Under
Pujols 110 RBI
Bliss: Under
Orsi: Over
Hanley Ramirez .295
Bliss: Over
Orsi: Under
Ryan Braun 30-30
Bliss: No
Orsi: Yes
David Wright games in a Mets uniform - 81
Bliss: Under
Orsi: Over
Bliss: Well there it is. I look forward to another year of domination Matt. Thanks for contributing again to this Board.
Enjoy Baseball everyone.
MIKE
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