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Revisiting Some of My 2012 Predictions

As baseball bloggers are wont to do, Mike and I set out our 2012 predictions before the season started. You can find our posts here and here. The season isn’t technically over, but enough has been decided - meaning that many of my predictions were woefully off the mark - to review some of my less than clairvoyant thoughts. I’ve left out some that are a little too far out to weigh in on.

AL East

  1. New York Yankees - hey! I got one.
  2. Boston Red Sox* Baltimore Orioles*
  3. Tampa Bay Rays
  4. Toronto Blue Jays - “Alright, alright.” - Matthew Mcconaughey reviewing his preseason predictions
  5. Baltimore Orioles  Boston red Sox

AL Central

  1. Detroit Tigers - +1
  2. Cleveland Indians - -1 Chicago White Sox
  3. Kansas City Royals
  4. Chicago White Sox - Cleveland Indians
  5. Minnesota Twins - -1 even though I got it right.

AL West

  1. Texas Rangers - Oakland As
  2. Los Angeles Angels* - Texas Rangers*
  3. Seattle Mariners eh, I should’ve known better. Los Angeles Angels
  4. Oakland Athletics - there we go! Seattle Mariners

NL East

  1. Philadelphia Phillies way off - Washington Nationals
  2. Atlanta Braves* - NBD.
  3. Miami Marlins - Philadelphia Phillies
  4. Washington Nationals - they exceeded expectations. New York Mets
  5. New York Mets - Miami Marlins

NL Central

  1. Milwaukee Brewers - was winging it. Cincinnati Reds
  2. Cincinnati Reds* - St. Lous Cardinals*
  3. St. Louis Cardinals - Milwaukee Brewers
  4. Pittsburgh Pirates - tempt me, tease me.
  5. Chicago Cubs
  6. Houston Astros - 20 - 61 on the road.

NL West

  1. Arizona Diamondbacks - San Francisco Giants
  2. San Francisco Giants Los Angeles Dodgers
  3. Colorado Rockies - I lol’d at my own pick.
  4. Los Angeles Dodgers  San Diego Padres
  5. San Diego Padres Colorado Rockies

AL Cy Young: James Shields. Good, but not Cy Young good.

NL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw. He’s in the running, but I’m not sure he makes it.

AL MVP: Brett Lawrie Is .273/.323/.405 MVP-worthy? No, well alright then.

NL MVP: Matt Kemp In my defense, he spent a great deal of time on the DL.

AL ROY: Jesus Montero If Montero had a monster season, it would probably still come up way short thanks to Mike Trout. It’d be like that scene in The Phantom Menace where the giant fish is eaten by a HUMONGOUS fish. And he’s like, “There’s always a bigger fish.” And we all laugh together and are best friends.

NL ROY: Yonder Alonso Not a bad effort. But not ROY-worthy.

  1. hollaatasistalydia reblogged this from oldtimefamilybaseball
  2. travisequalsmusic said: I forgot that you jinxed Jeses Montero…. That’s ok, since they are changing some of the dimension of Safeco Field for 2013, Montero’s going to have like 57(ish) HR’s….
  3. oldtimefamilybaseball posted this
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