2007 MLB FORECAST

This is this years predictions for the season and title in MLB.

AMERICAN
EAST
NY YANKEES 100-62
BOSTON 93-69
TORONTO 87-75
BALTIMORE 70-92
TAMPA BAY 63-99

CENTRAL
DETROIT 95-67
CHI WHITESOX 86-76
MINNESOTA 83-79
CLEVELAND 81-81
KANSAS CITY 63-99

WEST
OAKLAND 88-74
ANEHEIM 85-77
TEXAS 75-87
SEATTLE 75-87


NATIONAL
EAST
NY METS 93-69
PHILADELPHIA 90-72
FLORIDA 80-82
ATLANTA 79-83
WASHINGTON 70-92

CENTRAL
CHICAGO 88-74
HOUSTON 87-75
ST. LOUIS 84-78
CINCINNATI 82-80
MILWAUKEE 79-83
PITTSBURGH 64-98

WEST
LA DODGERS 82-80
SAN FRANCISCO 79-83
SAN DIEGO 78-84
ARIZONA 78-84
COLORADO 75-87


PLAYOFFS
NY YANKEES OVER OAKLAND
DETROIT OVER BOSTON
NY METS OVER LA DODGERS
CHICAGO OVER PHILADELPHIA

CHAMPIONSHIPS
DETROIT OVER NY YANKEES
NY METS OVER CHICAGO

WORLD SERIES
DETROIT OVER NY METS

A SMART DRAFT FOR 2007: THINK OUTFIELD

This is a guide to how to draft a good team for this season. Some positions are weaker than others and we took this into account as we strategized. Here is a good draft that will beat most teams. Outfield is not a deep position so loading up on it early is key. I see a sleeper in Steven Drew at SS and getting Uggla, the second best 2B and Mccann, the second best catcher was the key to having a consistently deep team. The relievers Putz, Lidge, and Saito are solid and the starters with Patterson coming back are a solid group led by Webb. This team would roll! At twelve you could take Nick Johnson or Gonzalez at first base and not taken Glaus if you want to use Berkman in the outfield. This would not hurt this draft.

ROUND PLAYER POSITION
1 LANCE BERKMAN 1B/OF
2 GRADY SIZEMORE OF
3 BOBBY ABREU OF
4 BRANDON WEBB SP
5 BRIAN MCCANN C
6 DAN UGGLA 2B
7 AARON HARANG SP
8 JJ PUTZ RP
9 SCOTT ROLEN 3B
10 TAKASHI SAITO RP
11 BRAD LIDGE RP
12 TROY GLAUS 3B
13 STEVEN DREW SS
14 DAVID BUSH SP
15 SCOTT OLSEN SP
16 JOHN PATTERSON SP
17 ADAM WAINWRIGHT SP
18 ALEX GORDON 3B
19 CHAD SCOTT OF
20 MOISES ALOU OF

FANTASY BASEBALL 2007: 3B OUTLOOK

Here is the outlook for 3rd baseman this year in fantasy baseball and a few comments to explain. This years predictions also given.


PLAYER HR R RBI SB AVE
1 ALEX RODRIGUEZ 41 115 127 16 .301 A SLIGHT INCREASE FROM 06
2 MIGUEL CABRERA 32 110 119 5 .325 TEAM IS ONE YEAR OLDER
3 DAVID WRIGHT 30 100 120 18 .320 BETTER BACKEND OF LINEUP
4 GARRETT ATKINS 28 106 116 2 .318 COORS FIELD
5 ARAMIS RAMIREZ 39 94 123 1 .304 BATS BEHIND SORIANO & LEE
6 SCOTT ROLEN 26 93 105 3 .303 A YEAR FROM SURGERY
7 RYAN ZIMMERMAN 24 88 108 10 .296 2ND FULL SEASON
8 TROY GLAUS 36 100 104 2 .258 MASSIVE LINEUP
9 CHIPPER JONES 29 88 97 5 .310 POWERHITTER
10 ADRIAN BELTRE 29 90 90 9 .268 IMPROVED LINEUP HELPS
11 BRANDON INGE 28 86 90 5 .265 LAST YEAR PLUS SHEFF
12 ALEX GORDON 22 86 85 16 .282 ROYAL ROOKIE WITH UPSIDE
13 JOE CREDE 27 74 88 0 .278 CAN HIT HR, NOTHING ELSE
14 MORGAN ENSBERG 30 81 80 0 .268 RETURN FROM INJURY, A ?
15 MARK TEAHEN 23 80 81 8 .283 SOLID 3B WILL PLAY OF IN 07

NASCAR 2007: STEWARTS TO LOSE

Here is my prediction for the NASCAR season in the order of championship points and their wins this year in parenthesis.


1 TONY STEWART #20 (7)
2 MATT KENSETH #17 (5)
3 JIMMY JOHNSON #48 (3)
4 KURT BUSCH #2 (1)
5 JEFF GORDON #24 (3)
6 KEVIN HARVICK #29 (4)
7 KASEY KAHNE #9 (3)
8 DALE EARNHARDT JR #8 (3)
9 JEFF BURTON #31 (0)
10 DAVID GILLILAND #38 (1)
11 KYLE BUSCH #5 (2)
12 DENNY HAMLIN #11 (1)
13 GREG BIFFLE #16 (2)
14 CARL EDWARDS #99 (1)
15 RICKY RUDD #88 (0)

NCAA BASKETBALL: THE BIG DOGS

Here is the top teams to look for in this years Finals in College Basketball as of 2/21/2007.

1 Ohio State
2 Florida
3 North Carolina
4 Wisconsin
5 Kansas
6 Virginia Tech
7 Boston College
8 Virginia
9 Kentucky
10 UCLA