2011-12 MLB Offseason Thread

[MalaCloudy Black]

2012 will be the year of the Cubbies!

[Blitz]

AL West: LA Angels*, Texas Rangers*, Oakland A's, Seattle Mariners

AL Central: Detroit Tigers*, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins

AL East: Tampa Bay Rays*, New York Yankees*, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles

NL West: San Francisco Giants*, Los Angeles Dodgers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies, San Diego Padres

NL Central: Cincinnati Reds*, Milwaukee Brewers*, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros

NL East: Philadelphia Phillies*, Atlanta Braves*, Washington Nationals, Miami Marlins, New York Mets

Texas Rangers def. New York Yankees

Atlanta Braves def. Milwaukee Brewers

Tampa Bay Rays def. Los Angeles Angels in 5.

Texas Rangers def. Detroit Tigers in 4.

Philadelphia Phillies def. Atlanta Braves in 5.

San Francisco Giants def. Cincinnati Reds in 3.

Texas Rangers def. Tampa Bay Rays in 6. (MVP: Nelson Cruz)

Philadelphia Phillies def. San Francisco Giants in 7. (MVP: Roy Halladay)

Texas Rangers def. Philadelphia Phillies in 7. (MVP: Josh Hamilton)

AL MVP: Evan Longoria

NL MVP: Buster Posey

AL Cy Young: Jered Weaver

NL Cy Young: Tommy Hanson

AL Rookie of the Year: Yu Darvish

NL Rookie of the Year: Yonder Alonso

[naiwf]

Texas Rangers def. New York Yankees

Atlanta Braves def. Milwaukee Brewers

New York Yankees def. Los Angeles Angels in 5.

Texas Rangers def. Detroit Tigers in 4.

Philadelphia Phillies def. Atlanta Braves in 5.

San Francisco Giants def. Cincinnati Reds in 3.

Texas Rangers def. New York Yankees in 6. (MVP: Nelson Cruz)

Philadelphia Phillies def. San Francisco Giants in 7. (MVP: Roy Halladay)

Texas Rangers def. Philadelphia Phillies in 7. (MVP: Josh Hamilton)

You've got the Rangers beating the Yankees in the Wild Card round and then the ALCS. This isn't double elimination, although watching the Yankees get eliminated twice in a single postseason would be AWESOME

Edited April 4, 2012 by naiwf

[Blitz]

Haha I missed putting the Rays in there.

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

There's a lot of optimism about this Jays team this year. They set a franchise spring training record for most wins. Their pitching has been pretty good. Lawrie absolutely crushed spring training, batting over .500.

Maybe I'm just being overly hopeful.

[Blitz]

The Jays would probably compete with the Tigers for the division crown, but with Tampa, Boston and New York in the East, I can't see the Jays playing much more than spoiler.

[Guest mr. potato head]

There's a lot of optimism about this Jays team this year. They set a franchise spring training record for most wins. Their pitching has been pretty good. Lawrie absolutely crushed spring training, batting over .500.

Maybe I'm just being overly hopeful.

In one or both World Series years, their spring training record was below .500. (Y)

[gunnar hendershow]

Jays are stuck in a rough spot of having to compete with Boston, New York, and Tampa. The 3rd Wild Card is a blessing for them, and the team is pretty well-built to make a run for quite a few years to come. Unfortunately they drew the short straw in their division and when it's all said and done one or two postseason berths might be all they manage. Time will tell though, I don't expect the Yanks or Red Sox to fall off for more than one season but Tampa certainly could go the way of the dodo with a perfect storm of problems.

O's managed to lose to a community college today, granted they lent a couple players to the school but still.