MLB Predictions 2012: Forecasting How NL Central Will Shake out This Season

The Hot Stove has cooled and one of the most active winters in recent memory is now a thing of the past.  We're now less than two weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training and, needless to say, the competitive balance in the NL Central has shifted dramatically. The loss of two of the pre-eminent sluggers in all of baseball, Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder, will make for ...

MLB Predictions: The Boston Red Sox's 2012 Season Projection

2011 Record:  90-72 2011 Expected W-L:  94-68 Second in AL East   The Pitching With Jon Lester and Josh Beckett again anchoring the rotation and Clay Buchholz coming back for hopefully a full season, the  Red Sox  are set for their top three starters but that's it. Daisuke Matsuzaka coming back midseason as the fifth starter may or may not be an improvement.  The Red Sox have Carlos Silva, Aaron ...

2012 MLB Season Predictions: Fan Opinion

Pitchers and catchers begin reporting this month beginning Feb. 19 th and that means that we are one step closer to the beginning of the 2012 season. Most of the big free agents have signed deals (except for Roy Oswalt who still remains available at the time of this writing) and...

MLB: 5 Bold Predictions for the Detroit Tigers' 2012 Season

The Detroit Tigers are most likely to win the AL Central division with very little competition from the other division rivals—there is no arguing that. But what about the fine print? What could the Tigers do to shake things up? Will any of the lesser known players break out and become all-stars? With no one expecting the loss of Victor Martinez to an ACL tear, truly anything could happen this ...

MLB Power Rankings: February Predictions and Rankings for All 30 Teams

February is not the time to try to build a winner through MLB free agency or trades. Though Roy Oswalt, Edwin Jackson and Yoenis Cespedes remain on the open market, only the Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals and Miami Marlins are really positioned to reap huge benefits from one marginal addition. With fewer than two weeks separating us from Spring Training, there remains time for teams to make ...

Five Predictions for 2012 MLB Season: Fan Take

The 2012 Major League Baseball season is still more than two months away. Not many things can top the end of the 2011 season that saw some fantastic finishes to the regular season as well as some of the most exciting games in the World Series.

Unknown MLB players poised for breakouts

At the end of every season, you can look up and find a handful of guys who had virtually unpredictable results.

MLB Free Agents: Statistical Predictions for the Top 10 Signed Position Players

With Prince Fielder finally making his decision and signing with the Tigers, one of the last remaining impact bats on the market has picked a team. Yoennis Cespedes is still out there and he will make a splash if and when he comes stateside, but beyond him the top remaining hitters are guys like Casey Kotchman, Johnny Damon, Derrek Lee and Vladimir Guerrero. So with that said, here are a look at ...

MLB Predictions: Why Phil Hughes Will Return to Form in 2012

By all standards, Phil Hughes had a miserable 2011.  After winning 18 games in 2010, the Yankees penciled in the righty as the No. 2 starter last season, but he gave up 16 earned runs in his first three starts before hitting the disabled list with arm fatigue.  There was even a concern that Hughes was suffering from  thoracic outlet syndrome, a rare disorder that affects blood flow . But after ...

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