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84.5 wins? A prediction contest.

Via Batter's Box Interactive, here's the over/under for wins by team this season. I sorted them by division, because I find it easier to assess that way:

AL East:
Boston 93.5
NY Yankees 93.5
Toronto 85.5
Tampa Bay 73.5
Baltimore 65.5

AL Central:
Detroit 93.5
Cleveland 88.5
Chicago 79.5
Minnesota 72.5
Kansas City 71.5

AL West:
LA Angels 91.5
Seattle 86.5
Texas 74.5
Oakland 73.5

NL East:
NY Mets 93.5
Philadelphia 87.5
Atlanta 84.5
Washington 70.5
Florida 68.5

NL Central:
Chicago 87.5
Milwaukee 84.5
Cincinnati 79.5
St. Louis 78.5
Houston 72.5
Pittsburgh 68.5

NL West:
LA Dodgers 87.5
Arizona 86.5
San Diego 84.5
Colorado 82.5
San Francisco 71.5

Now, the contest: Pick 5 overrated, and 5 underrated teams, and rank them. If your most overrated team doesn't meet their expectations, you get 5 points. If your second best team fails, 4 points, etc. At the end of the season we'll tally up the points and declare a winner. For a tiebreaker, predict the Brewers' win total.

Here are my teams:

Overrated:
1. Chicago (AL)
2. St. Louis
3. San Francisco
4. Toronto
5. NY Yankees

Underrated:
1. Texas
2. Tampa Bay
3. Minnesota
4. Oakland
5. Houston

Brewers win total: 86.

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I'll try
Overrated:
  1. Toronto
  2. Chicago (AL)
  3. St. Louis
  4. Los Angeles (NL)
  5. Seattle
Underrated:
  1. Texas
  2. Florida
  3. Kansas City
  4. Washington
  5. Baltimore
Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.

by TheJay on Mar 10, 2008 4:52 PM CDT reply actions  

Brewers wins: 87
I can read, I swear.
Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.

by TheJay on Mar 10, 2008 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

tough to keep up on all of baseball
Will try the contest later. I think a prediction thread about our division would be interesting.

by ol Pete on Mar 10, 2008 5:42 PM CDT reply actions  

What the hell...
Overated
  1. Baltimore
  2. Seattle
  3. San Francisco
  4. St Louis
  5. Philadelphia
Underrated
  1. Milwaukee
  2. Tampa Bay
  3. Atlanta
  4. Minnesota
  5. Cleveland
Brewers win 88 games

by sheeter on Mar 10, 2008 6:12 PM CDT reply actions  

Anyone know where i can find...
Spring Training stats?

(probably an obvious question...)

by Jamie in LA on Mar 10, 2008 6:43 PM CDT reply actions  

Here
You've got your hitting stats and your pitching stats and your fielding stats, courtesy of MLB.com.

Sucks to be David Freese. He's only got 5 fielding chances this spring and made an error on two of them.

Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.

by TheJay on Mar 10, 2008 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm going out on a limb....
I'm a pretty optimistic dude so here goes!

Overated

  1. Stl. Cardinals
  2. Chicago Cubs
  3. L.A. Dodgers
  4. SF Giants
  5. NY Yankees
Underrated
  1. Houston Astros
  2. Seattle Mariners
  3. Texas Rangers
  4. Milwaukee Brewers
  5. Tampa Bay Rays
Brewers win 90!!!

by tariutta on Mar 10, 2008 7:38 PM CDT reply actions  

Attempt:
Overrated
  1. Chicago (NL)
  2. Detroit
  3. St. Louis
  4. Los Angeles (AL)
  5. New York (NL)
Underrated
  1. Milwaukee
  2. Atlanta
  3. Cleveland
  4. Colorado
  5. Arizona
Brewers Win Total: 91
2008: The Year of #8

by stevie ray Braun on Mar 10, 2008 7:45 PM CDT reply actions  

here we go
Overrated:
  1. Toronto
  2. Chicago (AL)
  3. Chicago (NL)
  4. San Francisco
  5. Seattle
Underrated:
  1. Tampa Bay
  2. Kansas City
  3. Washington
  4. Colorado
  5. Cleveland
Brewers Wins: 86
all you got's some shiner bock and three or four chords

by somethingvague on Mar 10, 2008 8:35 PM CDT reply actions  

Take it to Vegas
Overrated:

Yanks
O's
Chi (AL)
Atlanta
St. Louis

Underrated:

KC
Toronto
Milwaukee
Washington
Florida

Brewers 88 wins

by molitorfan on Mar 10, 2008 8:56 PM CDT reply actions  

Take it to Vargas?
He'll only walk it.  :)
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Mar 10, 2008 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

should be no surprise
that NY teams and CHI teams are overrated -- vegas lines are partly dependent on bookies' predictions of what will happen, and partly there to reflect the conventional wisdom, so that the bookies can balance bets.

there will always be more yankees bettors than just about any other group -- it is ridiculous to me that these lines have the sox and yanks even.

Weird, but not weird.

by Jeff Sackmann on Mar 10, 2008 10:04 PM CDT reply actions  

my picks
Overrated:
  1. New York (AL)
  2. Chicago (AL)
  3. St. Louis
  4. Los Angeles (AL)
  5. New York (NL)
Underrated:
  1. Minnesota
  2. Oakland
  3. Colorado
  4. Tampa Bay
  5. San Francisco
Brewer wins: 88
YoGanna win with Gallardo on the mound.

by Griswald on Mar 10, 2008 10:23 PM CDT reply actions  

alright
Overrated:
  1. Chicago (AL)
  2. Seattle (AL)
  3. Los Angeles (NL)
  4. St. Louis (NL)
  5. Toronto (AL)
Underrated:
  1. Colorado (NL)
  2. Texas (AL)
  3. Tampa Bay (AL)
  4. Florida (NL)
  5. Milwaukee (NL)
Brewer Wins: 90-3 (yosted) = 87
"If there is a more reactionary blog with idiotic commentary out there I'd be surprised." -On Bleed Cubbie Blue

by Michael M on Mar 10, 2008 10:37 PM CDT reply actions  

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