MLB.com polled the 30 GM's and asked them who they thought would win the World Series. The Red Sox were by far the favorites, being picked by 17 out of the 30 GM's. The next favorite choice was Detroit, receiving seven votes. Then it went Indians, Mets, Braves.Of all 30 GM's not one picked the Yankees. I wonder when the last time was that that happened. The most popular World Series prediction was Red Sox against the Mets with 10 votes. Then came the Cubs and Tigers with three votes.
I never thought I'd say this, but I think it's safe to say that the Red Sox are clear favorites.
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from BP:
American League, ranked by projected 2008 record
East W L RS RA AVG OBP SLG
New York Yankees 96 66 885 731 .276 .356 .444
Boston Red Sox 93 69 840 723 .273 .354 .430
Toronto Blue Jays 83 79 766 742 .264 .332 .423
Tampa Bay Rays 82 80 788 776 .259 .334 .424
Baltimore Orioles 69 93 742 872 .261 .328 .412
Central W L RS RA AVG OBP SLG
Cleveland Indians 89 73 835 754 .267 .343 .438
Detroit Tigers 89 73 842 762 .277 .342 .440
Chicago White Sox 77 85 780 822 .261 .332 .433
Minnesota Twins 74 88 709 779 .265 .324 .403
Kansas City Royals 71 91 741 848 .271 .331 .408
West W L RS RA AVG OBP SLG
Los Angeles Angels 89 73 810 728 .276 .339 .424
Oakland Athletics 78 84 732 758 .254 .333 .403
Texas Rangers 74 88 788 861 .267 .335 .430
Seattle Mariners 73 89 691 771 .266 .323 .398
The Red Sox are in good shape then. PECOTA picked them to lose the division last year as well.
Honestly, I don't really are if the Red Sox win the division, as long as they make it to the playoffs, which even PECOTA projects them to do.
These standings are somewhat laughable, especially when you consider that they have the Mariners finishing dead last in the NL West.
lol, Athletics trade their ace and CF and PECOTA projects them to get better. Seattle finished 13 games ahead of Texas last year, then they acquire Erik Bedard and now they're going to lose a net 14 games on Texas?
i only posted in to contrast your "sox in a landslide"
i agree that most of these projections should be taken with a huge grain of salt.
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