2008 MLB Predictions, Revisited

Way back on March 31st I put forth my baseball predictions for all the world to see. Now, almost 7 months later, I am here to check on how I fared. The awards won't be out for another month or so but division and wild card winners have been decided for over 2 weeks. How close was I? Can evaluate baseball talent at all?

DIVISION	PREDICTION	ACTUAL
AL East	Boston Red Sox	Tampa Bay Rays
AL Central	Detroit Tigers	Chicago White Sox
AL West	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
AL Wild Card	Cleveland Indians	Boston Red Sox
NL East	New York Mets	Philadelphia Phillies
NL Central	Chicago Cubs	Chicago Cubs
NL West	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers
NL Wild Card	Philadelphia Phillies	Milwaukee Brewers

That's an "eh" performance. Overall I got 5 of the 8 teams to make the playoffs right. I vastly overrated the Tigers and Indians. In my defense, I did say I would not be surprised if the White Sox and Twins were competitive and in the hunt all year. The Marlins and Astros were also undervalued by me. I also said the Mets had the best chance to choke and they did. I had the Brewers 2nd in the NL Central. Same goes for the Diamondbacks in the NL West. I had the Rays improving this year, up to 3rd, but not winning the division.

Overall not a bad performance. Unfortunately I don't think I'll hit on many - if any - pf my award winners.