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.