2007 Preseason Predictions
| CATEGORY | JOSH | TIM | ACTUAL |
| Team Categories | |||
| Team Wins (max 162) | 92 |
96 |
22 |
| Wins vs. NYY (max 18) | 10 |
11 |
5 |
| Wins vs. Bal (max 18) | 11 |
13 |
2 |
| Wins vs. Tor (max 18) | 8 |
9 |
4 |
| Wins vs. TB (max 18) | 15 |
14 |
n/a |
| Postseason? (yes or no) | Nope |
yes |
On Pace - Yes |
| How deep postseason? | n/a |
win it all |
|
| Individual Pitching | |||
| Schilling Wins | 15 |
17 |
4 |
| Beckett Wins | 14 |
18 |
7 |
| Matsuzaka Wins | 13 |
16 |
4 |
| Wakefield Wins | 8 |
11 |
3 |
| Schilling ERA | 4.01 |
3.85 |
3.28 |
| Beckett ERA | 5.01 |
4.23 |
2.51 |
| Matsuzaka ERA | 4.25 |
3.96 |
4.80 |
| Wakefield ERA | 4.63 |
4.54 |
2.11 |
| Papelbon Saves | 35, if arm
doesn't fall off |
38 |
10 |
| Papelbon ERA | 2.51 |
2.03 |
1.46 |
| Individual Batting | |||
| Crisp AVG | .282 |
.291 |
.227 |
| Crisp Runs | 91 |
87 |
17 |
| Manny AVG | .314 |
.316 |
.242 |
| Manny HR | 42 |
39 |
6 |
| Manny RBI | 135 |
117 |
19 |
| Ortiz AVG | .301 |
.290 |
.311 |
| Ortiz HR | 49 |
46 |
9 |
| Ortiz RBI | 139 |
134 |
28 |
| Drew Games Played | 130 |
147 |
30 |
| Drew AVG | .283 |
.321 |
.248 |
| Drew HR | 13 |
23 |
2 |
| Drew RBI | 83 |
102 |
11 |
| Youk AVG | .281 |
.285 |
.306 |
| Youk HR | 13 |
16 |
3 |
| Youk RBI | 71 |
68 |
11 |
| Lugo AVG | .275 |
.272 |
.228 |
| Lugo Runs | 87 |
108 |
18 |
| Lugo Errors | 25 |
26 |
4 |
| Pedroia AVG | .231 |
.265 |
.267 |
| Vatitek AVG | .215 |
.259 |
.272 |
| Better Year Choices | |||
| Drew vs. Nixon | Drew |
Drew |
Nixon |
| Nixon vs. Wily Mo Pena | Pena |
Pena |
Nixon |
| Matsuzaka vs. Zito vs. Schmidt | Schmidt |
Dice-K |
Zito |
| Pedroia vs. Maddux (batting avg) | Maddux |
Pedroia |
Pedroia |
| Pedroia vs. Maddux (homeruns) | Maddux |
Pedroia |
Pedroia |
| League Questions | |||
| AL East | Yankees |
Boston |
Boston |
| AL Central | Detroit |
Detroit |
Cleveland |
| AL West | LA Angles |
LAA |
LAA |
| AL Wild Card | Minnesota |
Toronto |
Detroit |
| NL East | NY Mets |
Philly |
Atlanta |
| NL Central | St. Louis |
Houston |
Milwaukee |
| NL West | LAD |
LAD |
LAD |
| NL Wild Card | Houston |
Mets |
Mets |
| ALCS Participant #1 | Detroit |
Boston |
|
| ALCS Participant #2 | Minnesota |
Detroit |
|
| NLCS Participant #1 | St. Louis |
LAD |
|
| NLCS Participant #2 | NY Mets |
Houston |
|
| AL Champ | Detroit |
Boston |
|
| NL Champ | NY Mets |
LAD |
|
| WS Champion | NY Mets |
Boston |
|
| AL Cy Young | Santana |
D-Mat |
|
| NL Cy Young | Zambrano |
Zito |
|
| AL MVP | Crawford |
Ortiz |
|
| NL MVP | Wright |
Nomar |
|
| Clemens returns? With who? | Houston |
Houston |
Yankees |
| Clemens returns but not to Houston | Yankees |
Red Sox |
Yankees |
| Total Wins by Yankees (max 162) | 98 |
89 |
16 |
updated 5/10/07
Last season was a close race for the final winner of the preseason prediction battle, see the results here.