Non-opening day fun: Predictions

Published Apr 06 2009, 12:25 PM by Ryan Stewart

First off, good for the Red Sox for getting out in front of the weather and postponing early, rather than letting everyone drive down, pay for parking, sit around in the cold and rain for hours (all while shelling out more and more cash for hot dogs, beer, etc.) and then postponing the game two hours after the start time.

We're posting our predictions anyway, though, just so we can get on record. The usual disclaimers apply: predictions are, ultimately, a silly, meaningless exercise, and when you're trying to guess at things like individual award-winners, there's really just no point to it. But it's kind of fun, also, so why not.

They follow, after the jump:

Mike's picks:

Playoff teams, AL: Red Sox, Yankees, Tigers, Angels

Playoff teams, NL: Phillies, Mets, Cubs, Dodgers

Cy Young winners: Jon Lester, Johan Santana

MVPs: Kevin Youkilis, Albert Pujols

RoYs: Matt Wieters, Colby Rasmus

ALCS: Red Sox over Yankees

NLCS: Cubs over Phillies

World Series: Red Sox over Cubs

Ryan's Picks:

Playoff teams, AL: Red Sox, Rays, Indians, Athletics