2008 MVP Predictions

Dark I appreciate your lack of Interest again with the more than one year? How many years do you need I will do it. Every single player on that list posted their worst Road BA and OPS as a Rockie the Same is true for Ellis Burks, Preston Wilson, and just about everyone who ever played here not name Jeremy Burnitz.

But since you already "Know" that Coors is the reason why any Rockies player is great, I guess that removes you from needing to prove it.

As for Mannys playing time yeah I agree that it most likely rules him out as an MVP candidate, and believe that that while the AL may be Strong teamwise individually the NL has more true Superstars.

p.s. Why does everyone think that moving from the NL to the AL will mess up Miggy, it didn't bother Pedro at all.

You guys just wasted 100 posts on worthless guessing. Here's what happens

AL MVP: Ben Grieve - OAK

NL MVP: Ben Grieve - CHC

And for fun before it gets brought up my winners of 2008 Cy Young.

AL CY: Todd Van Poppel- OAK

NL CY: Ben Grieve - CHC

So in summary Ben Grieve pulls of the unthinkable winning ROY/CY/MVP in the National League. He falls short in the AL though because of Van Poppel's W-L record of 42-1 and an ERA of 0.21 with 485 K's for the season. But he is able to salvage MVP and ROY somehow in the AL as well.

Ben Grieve makes Deion Sanders and Bo Jackson look like fools. Instead of trying 2 sports at the same time he tries two leagues at the same time by playing for both the Cubs and Athletics in the same season. I won't tell you his stats because you will all start screaming HGH which is foolish because GODS dont need performance enhancing drugs. Needless to say he shatters the single season HR record and bats well over .400.

Folks this will be an incredible season for MLB. Trust me.

Gleebo...are YOU ben grieve? because i think we may be thinking two different people...

Detroit is a cesspool but the point was Miggy is going to win it without The Eastern Sports Popoff Network backing him

NL - Matt Murton

Gets traded to Twins

AL - Matt Murton

Serously..

NL - David Wright or Chris Young

AL - Justin Morneau or Vernon Wells (I know they arent on contenders but..)

Chris Young from San Diego.

But this is all speculation. So who knows...

Why does a team have to make the playoffs to win the MVP? Larry Walker, Ryan Howard, and Bonds have done it.

And last I checked it was what you do this year, not what you did last year. So what does it matter what anyone did the year before?

I'm convinced Cano is going to be very very close this year. But ARod and Cabrera are clear favourites.

NL? No real idea to be honest so no point pretending I do - could be one of about 50.

Hmmm... Being a NL East Fan, its very hard to choose - but here it goes..

2008 NL MVP - Chase Utley
runners up: Ryan Howard, David Wright, Matt Holiday, Jimmy Rollins

2008 AL MVP - A-Rod
Runners up: Manny / Cabrera

2008 NL Cy Young:
Santana / Hamels / Peavy

2008 AL Cy Youmg:
Dice K / Verlander / Sabathia

guys u dont have to sacrifice offense for a good defensive player. pujols won the gold glove a couple years ago. he may play a relatively easy position but he works hard at his defense. david wright is a great two way player, he just has too many other good players on his team. 04 scott rolen. great offense and great defense. i dont see the AL guys enough so i wont comment on their defense. also no reason to do away with the dh, just no dh should win mvp. a player who only plays half the game, regardless of how much he hits doesnt deserve the most valuable player.

On second thought, if the A's decide to hide Cust at DH, he'll never win.
I'll go with ManRam.

I sadly am not Ben Grieve...I just remember going nuts when I got his Rookie Card back in my card collecting days. Also I remember the Van Poppel Rookie card being worth upwards of $30 at one point.

Amazing how much of a long running history Oakland has had with young talent....although not all of it panned out as well as some.

I really can't think of many franchises in the past 25 years that have produced that many stars. Even though many of them ended up elsewhere you have got to credit the people in charge of player scouting and development as the best in the business.

AL MVP: Alejandro Rodriguez
Runners up: Cabrera, ManRam at 154 games and Sizemore
Dark Horses: Rios, Cano y Vladdy
AL ROY: Barton o billy butler
AL CY: Verlander
CY runners: kaz, CC, Harden

NL MVP: Mark Teixeira
Runners up: Wright, Fielder, Soriano
Dark Horses: Utley, HanRam, Pujols y RJBraun
NL ROY: Geovanny Soto
NL CY: Peavy
NL Runners: Big Z, Santana and Webb

Scribbletone,

Your right, how silly of me to suggest something that is out of line with Arod or Miguel Cabraera. That he might have a good year, a very good year.

I just realized he is 30 so he is way past his prime.

Santana/BeckettFTW, Holliday had a monster Sept/October, no doubt, but he was pretty consistant for the rest of the year too. No month had less than 19 RBI, never had a month hitting under .287, and was hitting dingers in every month too. But if you want to think the Rockies won't be any good, be my guest. Let us surprise you again. I'm sure when we do, we'll be called a fluke again

Let’s stir the pot.

AL - Brian Roberts
NL - Mark DeRosa

AL - Somebody whose last name ends with a “Z”
NL - Somebody whose last name ends with a “Z” or a vowel

RobertZ and DeRo may be yet be for real.

I didn’t realize the number of potential players plus surprises.

I'm by no means taking away from holliday the amazing season he had. that having been said hitting (.350ish?) with (10-15 hrs) and (30ish rbi) in a month and change is more than a slight rise from
.287 6-8hr 16-20rbis. He was consistantly good with numbers around there, not consistantly mvp though. Also understand that I am not hating on holliday but more-so on his team. in order to put up those monster numbers you need runners on base, momentum in the inning, opportunities at sac fly's etc. I don't think the rockies have the offense short of holliday to allow him to replicate those numbers. Look at the season kevin millar had on the red sox because every time he got a hit there were runners on base.
I hope the rockies do put up a good fight this year. I'd expect them 3rd in that division this year though. maybe fighting for second, but not wild card. phillies or braves will win wild card, hands down.

36 hrs, 109 rbis and 4 steals wins al mvp?

you know where i stand

and a dh will never win the mvp; sad but true since all mvp voters really only weigh is offensive achievements

Carli...where in the heck did you come up with Howard for the 2008 MVP? The man batted .251 and had 199 strikeouts. If he got voted the award with those stats it would be a disgrace.