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2007 MLB Predictions
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Going into the 2007 season, the New York Yankees are
once again the favorites to win the World Series at 7/2
odds followed by the Boston Red Sox at 6/1, the New York
Mets at 15/2, the LA Dodgers at 9/1, and the Detroit
Tigers at 9/1 odds. Although the Yankees have a great
shot to win the American League East, this team does not
have the pitching to capture a World Series title. If
the Rocket follows Pettitte to the Bronx after the
All-Star break, then maybe I’ll change my tune, but as
is, the Chicago Whitesox and the Red Sox both have
superior starting rotations with teams like the Twins
and Blue Jays neck and neck with New York in the AL in
terms of pitching.
After a down year in 2006, by the standards set by
winning a World Series title, I like the Chicago White
Sox to reemerge to represent the American League in the
2007 World Series. Chicago finished behind both Detroit
and Minnesota in the AL Central last season and both of
those teams will see just how hard it is to stay at the
top this year. Minnesota has the Cy Young Award winner
Santana, the Young Liriano, and a solid closer in Nathan
and Detroit has Verlander and Robertson as a solid
righty-lefty, one-two punch, but overall the Sox have a
better starting rotation with Contreras, Garland,
Buehrle, Vasquez and anyone else. I don’t mention Rogers
for the Tigers because he overachieved last season.
Contreras and Buehrle both underachieved for Chicago and
I expect these guys to be back with their best stuff
this year. This White Sox rotation is one that has been
there before pitching in the tough playoff games so they
know what it’s going to take. Both the Twins and the
Tigers overachieved as far as power numbers go from
their hitters so when you combine the best pitching
staff in the American League with the best lineup in the
AL Central, we have ourselves a legitimate World Series
contender. For you futures bettors out there, you can
bet the White Sox at 10/1 odds to win the 2007 World
Series.
In the other league, which gets no respect, the St.
Louis Cardinals came out of nowhere to win the 2006
World Series. The previous season, the Cardinals
finished with 100 regular season wins which was the best
regular season record in baseball, but they didn’t even
make it to the Series. Last season, the Cardinals
finished with just an 83-78 record which was by far the
worst record of any division winner in 2006. We knew,
based on the previous season, that this team had the
capabilities of making a postseason run, but it was hard
to think that it would happen in 2006 with the way the
Cards performed down the stretch of the regular season.
With the bulk of the roster still the same from the
Cardinals’ 2005 and 2006 teams and with the NL
presenting weaker competition on the whole than the AL,
we can once again expect the Cardinals to be among the
top National League teams. The Mets could be a one and
done team, speaking of last year’s breakout season,
because of their lack of pitching depth and the Cubs
made some great off season moves, but I’ll have to see
it before I can believe it. Both the Cubs and the Mets
are favored over the Cardinals to win the 2007 World
Series as well as the Phillies and the Dodgers in the
National League. But even though it’s tough to make a
trip to the World Series in back-to-back years, the
Cardinals have made it two of the last three seasons,
and I think they have the best chance to represent the
NL again in 2007. I chalk up last season’s World Series
victory to the experience it gained in the World Series
in 2004 and the disappointment it endured with an early
exit from the playoffs in 2005. No other NL team has
this kind of experience. If you like the Cards in 2007,
you can bet them at 12/1 odds.
All in all, I think the American League takes back the
World Series title in 2007. So I’m going with the
Chicago White Sox because they have the deepest pitching
staff in baseball, and they will be hungry in 2007 after
a let down year in 2006.
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