
Scouting Reports
HOW THEY'LL FINISH
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NATIONAL LEAGUE | |||
EAST | |||
NEW YORK METS | 91 | 71 | -- |
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES | 86 | 76 | 5.0 |
ATLANTA BRAVES | 85 | 77 | 6.0 |
WASHINGTON NATIONALS | 73 | 89 | 18.0 |
FLORIDA MARLINS | 72 | 90 | 19.0 |
CENTRAL | |||
CHICAGO CUBS | 91 | 71 | -- |
CINCINNATI REDS | 87 | 75 | 4.0 |
MILWAUKEE BREWERS | 85 | 77 | 6.0 |
HOUSTON ASTROS | 74 | 88 | 17.0 |
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS | 73 | 89 | 18.0 |
PITTSBURGH PIRATES | 70 | 92 | 21.0 |
WEST | |||
COLORADO ROCKIES | 89 | 73 | -- |
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS | 88 | 74 | 1.0 |
LOS ANGELES DODGERS | 85 | 77 | 4.0 |
SAN DIEGO PADRES | 79 | 83 | 10.0 |
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS | 68 | 94 | 21.0 |
PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS
AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES
Tigers over Red Sox
Yankees over Angels
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
TIGERS
over
YANKEES
NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES
Cubs over Diamondbacks
Rockies over Mets
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
CUBS
over
ROCKIES
WORLD SERIES TIGERS
OVER
CUBS
PLAYER VALUE RANKINGS SI's David Sabino ranked the position players in the major leagues from 1 (the best) to 425 and the pitchers from 1 to 350, based on projections of their statistical production this season. Each player's Player Value Ranking (PVR) appears next to his name in the following scouting reports. For a complete list of PVRs by position, go to SI.com/fantasy.
CONSIDER THIS boxes compiled by Baseball Prospectus (baseballprospectus.com) writers Nate Silver (AL) and Joe Sheehan (NL). In some boxes there is a reference to PECOTA, which is a BP prediction model that projects a player's numbers based on the performances of up to 100 statistically comparable players.
PHOTO
Photograph by Matt A. Brown
THE HIGH LIFE After falling short of the playoffs last year, Todd Jones and the Tigers will rise all the way back to the World Series. For Vladimir Guerrero and the Angels, they're a safe bet to be playing in October too.