The new MLB season, it's like waiting for christmas eh folks, and as per usual that casino in Nevada LV, The Atlantis, has released the 1st season win totals:

2012 Major League Baseball Season Win Totals

Arizona Diamondbacks 84.5
Atlanta Braves 86.5
Baltimore Orioles 70.5
Boston Red Sox 87.5
Chicago Cubs 73.5
Chicago White Sox 76.5
Cincinnati Reds 86.5 (-120o)
Cleveland Indians 75.5
Colorado Rockies 82.5
Detroit Tigers 94.5
Houston Astros 62.5
Kansas City Royals 78.5
Los Angeles Angels 89.5
Los Angeles Dodgers 81.5
Miami Marlins 82.5
Milwaukee Brewers 82.5
Minnesota Twins 74.5 (-120u)
New York Mets 74.5 (-120u)
New York Yankees 93.5 (-120u)
Oakland Athletics 72.5
Philadelphia Phillies 95.5
Pittsburgh Pirates 73.5 (-120u)
San Diego Padres 70.5
San Francisco Giants 87.5
Seattle Mariners 72.5
St. Louis Cardinals 87.5 (-120u)
Tampa Bay Rays 87.5
Texas Rangers 94.5
Toronto Blue Jays 81
Washington Nationals 80.5


..............now i'm a huge Tigers fan, but 94.5 come on. Best value for me is the A's @72.5.

A's o72.5 ^^^^^^^^^^^

With soo much time until payoff, a solid bond investment might have a higher expected yield. I like your pick though.

Their pitching is vastly underrated. They lost Gio Fernandez, a good underrated arm, but picked up Bartolo Colon who should love pitching in Oakland, a real pitcher's park with a wide foul ball area.

For the sake of your bet hopefully Dallas Braden returns to full form from his shoulder surgery. If soo he will make up a helluva 1-2 pitching punch with McCarthy who closed out the season strong (I remember riding him and under late in season). Anderson's return from Tommy John is also important, but pitching shouldn't be their issue.

Their real need is offensive obviously. Cespedes should definitely add some much needed production 20-30 HR should easily be within reach for him. That will mean alot for a team who was so desperately in need of a punch last season. Oakland is usually overlooked by their hometown fans even. I think they go over here usually, GL.

well yeah, you've hit the nail on the head there e c, that 72.5 total is a huge overaction to the pitcher situation. sure they're in transition with an eye on 2015 and possibly moving to san jose? but i'm sure billy's got a few suprises in the pipeline, along with cespedes to get them closer to 80 than 70 wins,

i think that the Red Sox & Marlins going over are good bets

Red Sox looks a little low at 87.5 & Marlins should be much improved & give the other teams in their division more trouble than usual

uArizona Diamondbacks 84.5
oAtlanta Braves 86.5
uBaltimore Orioles 70.5
oBoston Red Sox 87.5
oChicago Cubs 73.5
oChicago White Sox 76.5
uCincinnati Reds 86.5 (-120o)
uCleveland Indians 75.5
uColorado Rockies 82.5
uDetroit Tigers 94.5
uHouston Astros 62.5
oKansas City Royals 78.5
uLos Angeles Angels 89.5
oLos Angeles Dodgers 81.5
uMiami Marlins 82.5
uMilwaukee Brewers 82.5
uMinnesota Twins 74.5 (-120u)
uNew York Mets 74.5 (-120u)
uNew York Yankees 93.5 (-120u)
oOakland Athletics 72.5
uPhiladelphia Phillies 95.5
oPittsburgh Pirates 73.5 (-120u)
oSan Diego Padres 70.5
oSan Francisco Giants 87.5
uSeattle Mariners 72.5
oSt. Louis Cardinals 87.5 (-120u)
oTampa Bay Rays 87.5
uTexas Rangers 94.5
uToronto Blue Jays 81
oWashington Nationals 80.5

Having done NO research...

Detroit U94.5
Dodgers U81.5
Mets U74.5

like that Mets U kdog. also like cards U.

You guys dont think that big ass fence at citi field is gonna be beneficial to the mets?

Meh. The other team will be swinging for the same fence.

To play devils advocate...Colon was pretty terrible in the 2nd half of last year and saw his velocity take a hit as the season wore on. Cespedes is no guarantee to be in the everyday lineup from day 1 as they have 5 OF's. Although a healthy 2nd half from Brett Anderson would help most of that.

Racist ban imo

ez mistake

Winner of 2012 AL Pennant



1201 Baltimore Orioles +8005
1202 Boston Red Sox +478
1203 Chicago White Sox +3695
1204 Cleveland Indians +4105
1205 Detroit Tigers +425
1206 Kansas City Royals +4470
1207 LA Angels of Anaheim+392
1208 Minnesota Twins +4722
1209 NY Yankees +310
1210 Oakland A's +5235
1211 Seattle Mariners +8415
1212 Tampa Bay Rays +952
1213 Texas Rangers +479
1214 Toronto Blue Jays +2105




Winner of 2012 NL Pennant


1101 Arizona Diamondbacks+1342
1102 Atlanta Braves +1079
1103 Chicago Cubs +2197
1104 Cincinnati Reds +1075
1105 Colorado Rockies +1609
1106 Houston Astros +11638
1107 LA Dodgers +2197
1108 Miami Marlins +919
1109 Milwaukee Brewers +1482
1110 NY Mets +5004
1111 Philadelphia Phillies +241
1112 Pittsburgh Pirates +5204
1113 San Diego Padres +6636
1114 San Francisco Giants+666
1115 St Louis Cardinals +1177
1116 Washington Nationals+1685


Winner of 2012 World Series


1001 Atlanta Braves +2362
1002 Arizona Diamondbacks+3003
1003 Baltimore Orioles +14517
1004 Boston Red Sox +1081
1005 Chicago Cubs +4220
1006 Chicago White Sox +7158
1007 Cincinnati Reds +2251
1008 Cleveland Indians +7873
1009 Colorado Rockies +3327
1010 Detroit Tigers +948
1011 Miami Marlins +2041
1012 Houston Astros +23325
1013 Kansas City Royals +10223
1014 LA Angels of Anaheim +881
1015 LA Dodgers +4395
1016 Milwaukee Brewers +3355
1017 Minnesota Twins +9126
1018 NY Mets +9641
1019 NY Yankees +670
1020 Oakland A's +10019
1021 Philadelphia Philles +513
1022 Pittsburgh Pirates +9745
1023 San Diego Padres +13389
1024 San Francisco Giants +1430
1025 Seattle Mariners +16067
1026 St Louis Cardinals +2603
1027 Tampa Bay Rays +1877
1028 Texas Rangers +1055
1029 Toronto Blue Jays +4150
1030 Washington Nationals +3469

cliff notes: mlb futures

@thess I don't really see how this Phillies team is 7 loses worse than 2011 phillies

no ryan howard, chase utley, oswalt

marlins/braves/nationals are better


prolly has something to do with it

Expecting repeated performance 200+ innings from Halladay/Lee/Hamels again with pitchers getting hurt frequently. Victorino likely to regress etc...not say it will happen just winning 100 games is really hard to do.

anyone get any pirate money down before the aj burnett trade?

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Phillies under seems like solid value.

No Howard for 1 month.

Oswalt last year. 9-10 3.7 ERA, 1.34whip

Utley had 398 AB's last year, is supposed to play a lot more this year.

Definitely everyone else in the division improving is a big factor but I don't consider it a lock as you guys

I really like the Nationals over, they won 81 last year. This year they have Gio, Strasburg, E-Jax, Zimmerman healthy

There must be some value in the overs for NL Central teams. Pitts, Chi, Hou are projected to be bad. STL and MIL lost their star players, driving down their projected wins. CIN over seems good. They play each other so often that they can't all lose that much.

*Gio Gonzalez, an adequete, overrated arm

FYP

two things: i'm a total cleveland homer, but 1) the stupid, easy-gotten number i have is like, several games above 75. and 2) 75.5 makes me totally scared that i'm not doing it right. there are 6 teams that i have off by 4+ games. i have money sitting aside specifically for mlb season props, but now i'm mad/sad/feeling dumb.

anyone else project the indians at 79.97?