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2006 MLB Playoff Predictions
As we approach mid-August we feel like we know quite a bit about the
teams and can make solid 2006 MLB playoff predictions for our
visitors. There is only one real division in the NL East that
seems to be locked up, even though the Mets are struggling almost as bad
as the Pirates right now. Let's take a division by division
approach and see if we can decide who is going to emerge from the pack.
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NL West - As of August 16th the Dodgers have a 2.5 game lead over
Arizona, 3.5 over San Diego, while the Rockies and Giants seem to be
fading out of contention at 5.5+ games behind. Let's focus on the
Dodgers, who have won 17 out of their last 19 games to go from worst to
first. Now the team is starting to get healthy with Nomar
Garciaparra and Jeff Kent coming off injuries. Grady Little might
be known by Red Sox fans as the guy who left Pedro in too long, but he's
a great manager who will lead this team to the promise land. You
are going to find out where LA stands by the end of the month as they
have nine straight games on the road against NL West opponents, then
take on the Reds at home. If this team can get through that
stretch they are going to win the West with ease.
It seems the Central is down to the Cards and the Reds, with St.
Louis trying to give Cincy the title. It appears that the Cards
have no offense right now outside of Pujols and Edmunds, with Edmunds
showing some problems resulting from a concussion sustained recently.
They will get Mulder back, but he's been terrible for St. Louis since
coming over a year ago. Both teams seem to have comparable
schedules so the edge for us goes with experience and we are taking the
Cardinals.
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For the Wild Card we are going to go with the Philadelphia Phillies.
This team has been playing well as of late and Leiber is finally getting
it going on the mound. The team has the weakest schedule left in
the NL and is sitting only 2.5 games out as of August 16th.
Out in the AL West you have the Oakland A's making their
August/September push for the playoffs as they now sit 6.5 games in
front of everyone else. With the Angles and Rangers having to deal
with suspensions most likely due to their brawl on Wednesday night, we
don't see anyone coming up and catching Oakland.
The race in the central is the Tigers to lose. We know the
horror stories of the White Sox a year ago nearly getting caught by the
Indians, but Leyland isn't going to let that happen to his young team
and they've never really thought they didn't have something to prove at
all times this season. They do have two more series against
Chicago and one against Minnesota, but other than that a fairly easy
schedule guarantees them a spot in the post-season.
The team that is going to be on the outside looking in is the Chicago
White Sox. This team has to go to Boston, to Minnesota twice, at
home against the Twins, then both a home and away series against the
Tigers. There are going to be a lot of big games for this team
coming down the stretch and the schedule is going to be too hard to
overcome. Even though they are currently the Wild Card leaders, we
don't think they are going to hang on.
In comparing the schedules of the Red Sox and Yankees, we have to
believe that Boston is going to come out with more wins than New York
and secure the division race. The Bronx Bombers are going to be
the Wild Card since they have a lot of tough road games, but end the
year with 10 games at Tampa then at home against the Orioles and Blue
Jays.
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