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Power Rankings: 5/5/13
May 6, 2013- Tigers
- Cardinals
- Rangers
- Red Sox
- Braves
- Giants
- Yankees
- Royals
- Reds
- Rockies
- Athletics
- Nationals
- Orioles
- Diamondbacks
- Pirates
- Rays
- Dodgers
- Mariners
- Phillies
- Indians
- Brewers
- Mets
- Twins
- White Sox
- Padres
- Cubs
- Angels
- Blue Jays
- Marlins
- Astros
MLB Power Rankings: 4/17/13
April 17, 2013RANK | TEAM |
1 | Braves |
2 | Nationals |
3 | Athletics |
4 | Tigers |
5 | Red Sox |
6 | Giants |
7 | Rockies |
8 | Reds |
9 | Yankees |
10 | Cardinals |
11 | Diamondbacks |
12 | Orioles |
13 | Rangers |
14 | Dodgers |
15 | Blue Jays |
16 | Mets |
17 | Phillies |
18 | White Sox |
19 | Royals |
20 | Twins |
21 | Rays |
22 | Brewers |
23 | Indians |
24 | Angels |
25 | Pirates |
26 | Mariners |
27 | Cubs |
28 | Padres |
29 | Marlins |
30 | Astros |
Opening Home Series Preview: Yankees @ Tigers
April 5, 2013PREDICTIONS:
Friday: Yankees 3 Tigers 7
Saturday: Yankees 1 Tigers 10
Sunday: Yankees 4 Tigers 5
PITCHING MATCH-UPS
FRIDAY- Doug Fister vs Ivan Nova- Nova is good and usually lucky, but a team like the Tigers can get to him. Fister always looks impressive in big games and his first start should be just that. he should mow down Yankees hitters PREDICTED LINE: Nova: 4 IP 5 ER 11 H 4 K 2 BB Fister IP 2 ER 6 H 8K 1 BB
SATURDAY- Max Scherzer vs David Phelps- Phelps shouldn’t even be a match for the Tigers. Scherzer should be pumped and pitch well at Comerica. Expect him to be in the form he was in during August of last year. And expect a ton of K’s. PREDICTED LINE Phelps 3 IP 7 ER 10 H 3 K 4 BB Scherzer 7 IP 1 ER 4 H 11 K 3 BB
SUNDAY- Justin Verlander vs CC Sabathia- The battle of the aces is going to be a good one, but Verlander should win, because he is the ace after all. He has everything working for him and should kick off 2013 with a bang, like he did 2011. Sabathia should do good but I can’t see him winning this one. PREDICTED LINE Sabathia 6.2 IP 3 ER 7 H 8 K 2 BB Verlander 7 IP 2 ER 5 H 10 K 1 BB
HITTING: It should be a slugfest. Expect big series from the Tigers big guns and the Yankees should have good series from Hafner, Boesch, and Cano.
ANALYSIS: The Tigers always play the Yankees well and the Tigers also usually play well during their first series of the year. With the team they have they can handle the Yankees, just like they did last year with the Red Sox. I expect a lot of guys on the Tigers to come out of this series with impressive stats.
KEYS: Fir the Yankees it’s to hold the offense like the Twins were able too and for the Tigers it’s too heat up and gain momentum
Series Hero: 3B Miguel Cabrera
2013 MLB Predicitions
April 1, 2013TEAM | W | L | |
TOR | 98 | 64 | |
TB | 94 | 68 | |
NYY | 87 | 75 | |
BAL | 79 | 83 | |
BOS | 77 | 85 | |
W | L | ||
DET | 95 | 67 | |
CLE | 82 | 80 | |
KC | 78 | 84 | |
CHW | 74 | 88 | |
MIN | 70 | 92 | |
W | L | ||
LAA | 94 | 68 | |
OAK | 88 | 74 | |
TEX | 84 | 78 | |
SEA | 76 | 86 | |
HOU | 54 | 108 | |
W | L | ||
WSH | 96 | 66 | |
ATL | 93 | 69 | |
PHI | 82 | 80 | |
NYM | 69 | 93 | |
MIA | 65 | 97 | |
W | L | ||
STL | 95 | 67 | |
CIN | 92 | 70 | |
PIT | 83 | 79 | |
MIL | 77 | 85 | |
CHC | 71 | 91 | |
W | L | ||
LAD | 97 | 65 | |
SF | 88 | 74 | |
ARZ | 83 | 79 | |
SD | 73 | 89 | |
COL | 67 | 95 | |
PLAYOFFS | |||
WC | ATL | over | CIN |
TB | over | OAK | |
NLDS | ATL | over | LAD in 5 |
WSH | over | STL in 4 | |
ALDS | TB | over | TOR in 5 |
DET | over | LAA in 5 | |
NLCS | ATL | over | WSH in 7 |
ALCS | DET | over | TB in 6 |
WS | DET | over | ATL in 6 |
AWARDS | WINNER | SECOND | |
AL MVP | Fielder | Cabrera | |
AL CY | Verlander | Hernandez | |
AL ROY | Myers | Bauer | |
AL MAN | Maddon | Gibbons | |
NL MVP | Votto | Ramirez | |
NL CY | Bumgarner | Kershaw | |
NL ROY | Fujikawa | Brantly | |
NL MAN | Gonzalez | Johnson | |
AL/NL CP | Ellsbury | and | Votto |
MLB Pick’em: Opening Day 2013
April 1, 2013WINNER | LOSER |
Yankees | Red Sox |
Marlins | Nationals |
Mets | Padres |
Pirates | Cubs |
Brewers | Rockies |
Reds | Angels |
White Sox | Royals |
Dodgers | Giants |
Braves | Phillies |
Athletics | Mariners |
Diamondbacks | Cardinals |
Tigers | Twins |
2013 MLB Bold Predictions: One for every MLB Team
April 1, 2013Boston: Jon Lester finishes the Year with an ERA under 3.20
New York: They fail to make the playoffs for the first time since 2008
Tampa Bay: Price, Hellickson, and Moore become three of the top pitchers in the MLB
Baltimore: Manny Machado leads the team in most offensive categories
Toronto: Lead the league in ERA and Home Runs
Detroit: Fielder and Cabrera combine for over 80 homers and Verlander wins 23
Kansas City: Eric Hosmer breaks out in Freddie Freeman type fashion
Cleveland: Drew Stubbs contends for a 30-30 season
Minnesota: The team finds an ace mid season- Kyle Gibson
Chicago: Addison Reed emerges as an elite closer
Houston: They start off decent, but do what everyone expects after, then call up their prospects and go .500 in September
Oakland: The rookies don’t have sophomore sumps and they stay hot
Texas: The offense weakens and is one of the worst in the league
LA Angels: Their offensive saves them and they lead the league in walk-off victories
Seattle: Jason Bay is one of their top hitters
Atlanta: The whole outfield has 20-20 seasons
Washington: Win 100 games
Philadelphia: Ben Revere steals 60 bases
New York: David Wright gets 200 hits, 30 HR, and is second best 3B in baseball
Miami: Jacob Turner becomes their ace
St Louis: They find a way to scrap out another division title despite the injury plague
Chicago: They improve by 10-15 wins
Cincinnati: Zack Cozart becomes a breakout star
Milwaukie: John Axford and Rickie Weeks repeat their 2011 seasons
Pittsburgh: Garrett Jones dries in 100 runs and leads the team to 83 wins
LA Dodgers: Kershaw and Grienke become top 1-2 pitching punch in baseball quickly
San Francisco: Miss the postseason the year after winning it all, like they did in 2010
Colorado: The offense is top 5 in the NL
Arizona: The starters have a combined ERA under 3.50
San Diego: Andrew Cashner and Yonder Alonso become the starts of the Padres
2013 Tigers Hitting Projections
March 28, 2013POSITION | PLAYER | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | R | SB |
C | Alex Avila | 16 | 70 | 280 | 361 | 65 | 3 |
1B | Prince Fielder | 42 | 118 | 310 | 423 | 96 | 1 |
2B | Omar Infante | 9 | 53 | 285 | 329 | 79 | 10 |
3B | Miguel Cabrera | 40 | 128 | 337 | 420 | 116 | 5 |
SS | Jhonny Peralta | 19 | 76 | 279 | 330 | 62 | 1 |
LF | Andy Dirks | 14 | 64 | 294 | 349 | 72 | 7 |
CF | Austin Jackson | 18 | 70 | 304 | 390 | 102 | 16 |
RF | Torii Hunter | 21 | 82 | 287 | 359 | 80 | 5 |
DH | Victor Martinez | 17 | 100 | 317 | 378 | 83 | 0 |
C | Brayan Pena | 3 | 23 | 265 | 301 | 18 | 0 |
UT | Don Kelly | 7 | 36 | 258 | 298 | 25 | 7 |
IF | Ramon Santiago | 2 | 22 | 247 | 290 | 23 | 2 |
UT | Matt Tuiasosopo | 10 | 34 | 270 | 309 | 20 | 2 |
OF | Quintin Berry | 1 | 22 | 247 | 307 | 29 | 13 |
Fantasy Baseball 2013: Relief Pitcher Rankings
March 25, 2013I have Storen and Soriano high because whoever closes will do great and whoever sets up could be a closer on almost any other team in baseball.
RANK
|
PLAYER
|
TIER
|
$
|
1
|
Craig Kimbrel
|
1
|
20
|
2
|
Mariano Rivera
|
1
|
18
|
3
|
Fernando Rodney
|
1
|
17
|
4
|
Jason Motte
|
2
|
15
|
5
|
Drew Storen
|
2
|
13
|
6
|
Jim Johnson
|
2
|
12
|
7
|
Joel Hanrahan
|
2
|
11
|
8
|
Rafael Soriano
|
2
|
11
|
9
|
Huston Street
|
3
|
10
|
10
|
Jon Paplebon
|
3
|
9
|
11
|
Joe Nathan
|
3
|
8
|
12
|
John Axford
|
3
|
8
|
13
|
Sergio Romo
|
3
|
7
|
14
|
Chris Perez
|
3
|
7
|
15
|
JJ Putz
|
3
|
6
|
16
|
Steve Cishek
|
4
|
6
|
17
|
Ryan Madson
|
4
|
5
|
18
|
Greg Holland
|
4
|
5
|
19
|
Jon Broxton
|
4
|
4
|
20
|
Brandon League
|
4
|
4
|
21
|
Addison Reed
|
4
|
4
|
22
|
Grant Balfour
|
5
|
3
|
23
|
Tom Wilhelmsen
|
5
|
3
|
24
|
Glen Perkins
|
5
|
3
|
25
|
Bruce Rondon
|
5
|
3
|
26
|
Jason Grilli
|
5
|
3
|
27
|
Casey Janseen
|
5
|
3
|
28
|
Carlos Marmol
|
5
|
2
|
29
|
Frank Francisco
|
5
|
2
|
30
|
Ernesto Frieri
|
5
|
2
|
31
|
Jose Veras
|
5
|
2
|
32
|
Brian Wilson
|
5
|
2
|
33
|
Jose Valverde
|
5
|
2
|
34
|
Sean Marshall
|
5
|
2
|
35
|
Ryan Cook
|
5
|
1
|
36
|
Joakim Soria
|
5
|
1
|
37
|
Sergio Santos
|
5
|
1
|
38
|
Kyuji Fujikawa
|
5
|
1
|
39
|
Rafael Bentancourt
|
5
|
1
|
40
|
Kenley Jansen
|
5
|
1
|
41
|
Vinnie Pestano
|
5
|
1
|
42
|
Tyler Clippard
|
5
|
1
|
43
|
Luke Gregerson
|
5
|
1
|
44
|
Joaquin Benoit
|
5
|
1
|
45
|
Phil Coke
|
6
|
0
|
46
|
David Hernandez
|
6
|
0
|
47
|
Santaigo Cassia
|
6
|
0
|
48
|
Bobby Parnell
|
6
|
0
|
49
|
Jake Mcgee
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
Joel Peralta
|
6
|
0
|
51
|
Kelvin Herrera
|
6
|
0
|
52
|
Tim Collins
|
6
|
0
|
53
|
Aaron Crow
|
6
|
0
|
54
|
David Robertson
|
6
|
0
|
55
|
Brad Ziegler
|
6
|
0
|
56
|
Heath Bell
|
6
|
0
|
57
|
Joba Chamberlin
|
6
|
0
|
58
|
Scott Downs
|
6
|
0
|
59
|
Alfredo Aceves
|
6
|
0
|
60
|
Sean Doolittle
|
6
|
0
|
61
|
Wilton Lopez
|
6
|
0
|
62
|
Steve Delabar
|
6
|
0
|
63
|
Octavio Dotel
|
6
|
0
|
64
|
Antonio Bastardo
|
6
|
0
|
65
|
Trevor Rosenthal
|
6
|
0
|
Fantasy Baseball 2013: Third Base Rankings
March 22, 2013RANK | PLAYER | $ | TIER |
1 | Miguel Cabrera | 44 | 1 |
2 | Evan Longoria | 32 | 2 |
3 | David Wright | 30 | 2 |
4 | Adrain Beltre | 29 | 2 |
5 | Ryan Zimmerman | 26 | 2 |
6 | Pablo Sandoval | 22 | 3 |
7 | Chase Headley | 22 | 3 |
8 | Aramis Ramirez | 20 | 3 |
9 | Brett Lawrie | 19 | 3 |
10 | David Freese | 17 | 4 |
11 | Mike Moustakas | 16 | 4 |
12 | Michael Young | 13 | 4 |
13 | Will Middlebrooks | 13 | 4 |
14 | Martin Prado | 12 | 4 |
15 | Kyle Seager | 11 | 4 |
16 | Kevin Youkilis | 10 | 5 |
17 | Manny Machado | 10 | 5 |
18 | Todd Frazier | 10 | 5 |
19 | Pedro Alvarez | 9 | 5 |
20 | Chris Johnson | 8 | 5 |
21 | Alberto Callaspo | 7 | 5 |
22 | Lonnie Chisenhall | 7 | 5 |
23 | Josh Donaldson | 6 | 5 |
24 | Luis Cruz | 6 | 5 |
25 | Jordan Pacheco | 5 | 5 |
26 | Matt Carpetner | 5 | 5 |
27 | Trevor Plouffe | 4 | 6 |
28 | Mike Olt | 4 | 6 |
29 | Juan Francisco | 3 | 6 |
30 | Ian Stewart | 3 | 6 |
31 | Josh Vitters | 2 | 6 |
32 | Alex Rodriguez | 2 | 6 |
33 | Eric Chavez | 2 | 6 |
34 | Jedd Gyorko | 2 | 6 |
35 | Greg Dobbs | 1 | 6 |
36 | Placido Polanco | 1 | 6 |
37 | Wilson Betemit | 1 | 6 |
38 | Kevin Frandsen | 0 | 6 |
39 | Luis Valbuena | 0 | 6 |
40 | Zack Cox | 0 | 7 |
41 | Taylor Green | 0 | 7 |
42 | Matt Dominguez | 0 | 7 |
43 | Nolan Arrenado | 0 | 7 |
44 | Anthony Rendon | 0 | 7 |
45 | Brent Lillibridge | 0 | 7 |