April 4, 2010

ESPN Predictions

The "experts" at ESPN have posted their picks. The relevant stuff:
                   ALE      ALWC      AL       WS
Jorge Arangure Jr. Yankees Rays Rays Phillies over Rays
Matthew Berry Yankees Red Sox Yankees Phillies over Yankees
Steve Berthiaume Red Sox Yankees Yankees Phillies over Yankees
Aaron Boone Red Sox Yankees Yankees Phillies over Yankees
Jim Caple Yankees Rays Twins Giants over Twins
Tristan Cockcroft Yankees Red Sox Yankees Yankees over Rockies
Jerry Crasnick Yankees Red Sox Yankees Rockies over Yankees
Richard Durrett Yankees Red Sox Yankees Yankees over Phillies
Gordon Edes Red Sox Yankees Yankees Cardinals over Yankees
Pedro Gomez Red Sox Yankees Yankees Yankees over Rockies
Christopher Harris Yankees Red Sox Red Sox Red Sox over Phillies
Orel Hershiser Yankees Red Sox Yankees Yankees over Phillies
Tony Jackson Yankees Mariners Yankees Phillies over Yankees
Eric Karabell Yankees Red Sox Red Sox Phillies over Red Sox
Tim Kurkjian Yankees Red Sox Yankees Phillies over Yankees
Keith Law Yankees Red Sox Yankees Yankees over Cardinals
AJ Mass Yankees Rays Yankees Cardinals over Yankees
Joe McDonald Yankees Red Sox Red Sox Red Sox over Atlanta
Joe Morgan Yankees Red Sox Yankees Phillies over Yankees
Amy K. Nelson Yankees Red Sox Red Sox Cardinals over Red Sox
Rob Neyer Yankees Red Sox Red Sox Red Sox over Cardinals
Buster Olney Yankees Red Sox Yankees Rockies over Yankees
Peter Pascarelli Yankees Rays Yankees Atlanta over Yankees
James Quintong Yankees Red Sox Yankees Yankees over Phillies
Karl Ravech Red Sox Yankees Red Sox Red Sox over Rockies
J.P. Ricciardi Red Sox Yankees Red Sox Phillies over Red Sox
Brendan Roberts Yankees Red Sox Yankees Yankees over Phillies
Mark Saxon Yankees Red Sox Yankees Yankees over Dodgers
Jon Sciambi Yankees Red Sox Red Sox Red Sox over Phillies
Dan Shulman Red Sox Yankees Red Sox Red Sox over Phillies

Mark Simon Yankees Red Sox Yankees Yankees over Phillies
Chris Singleton Yankees Red Sox Yankees Phillies over Yankees
Jayson Stark Red Sox Yankees Red Sox Phillies over Red Sox
Rick Sutcliffe Yankees Red Sox Yankees Rockies over Yankees
Jon Weisman Red Sox Yankees Red Sox Red Sox over Cardinals
Gene Wojciechowski Yankees Rays Rays Rays over Phillies
All 36 ESPNers picked the Yankees to make the playoffs; 6 had the Red Sox staying home in October.

AL East: Yankees 27, Red Sox 9

AL WC: Red Sox 21, Yankees 9, Rays 5, Mariners 1

AL Pennant: Yankees 22, Red Sox 11, Rays 2, Twins 1

WS Champs: Phillies 11, Yankees 9, Red Sox 7, Rockies 3, Cardinals 3, Rays 1, Giants 1, Atlanta 1
WS W-L:
Phillies 11- 9
Yankees 9-13
Red Sox 7- 4
Rockies 3- 3
Cardinals 3- 3
Atlanta 1- 1
Rays 1- 1
Giants 1- 0
Twins 0- 1
Dodgers 0- 1

3 comments:

laura k said...

What's really amazing is how the Red Sox are going to do all that without scoring a single run.

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Does anyone keep a track record on any of these experts? Is there a blog graphing their accuracy over past seasons?

Patrick said...

I know these guys want to look smart, so they make a lot of 'safe' choices, but I want to see more people going out on a limb.

No one chose the Mariners as AL Champs, but if they win the West, they have a great chance of it with F-Her, and C.Lee.

I was glad someone picked the Giants to get the NL Pennant.

laura k said...

Also, out-on-limb choices are seldom correct. It's not only looking smart, it's being right.