This is a little off-topic, but I'd like to see everyone's predictions for the post-season. (I know technically the Det-Min playoff is regular season, but if you are willing to pick a team for the ALC, I'd like to read it.) As I understand the match-ups:

Dodgers / Cardinals
Phillies / Rockies

Yankees / (Tigers/ Twins)
Angels / Red Sox

And just so we aren't completely off-topic, please predict which 2009 player will have the highest salary in the WIS database.

Cardinals over Dodgers in 4
Phillies over Rockies in 5

Yankees over Twins in 5.
Red Sox over Angels in 5.

Phillies over Cardinals in 6
Yankees over Red Sox in 7

Yankees over Phillies in 6

Albert Pujols

Cardinals in 4
Phillies in 4

Yankees in 3
Angels in 4

Phillies in 6
Yankees in 5

Yankees in 6, unfortunately

Probably Pujols, though Haren or Greinke could come close.

Quote: Originally Posted By zubinsum on 10/04/2009And just so we aren't completely off-topic, please predict which 2009 player will have the highest salary in the WIS database

Pujols would be around $10M under the current salary structure.

You think so? I was thinking about $9.4, but I know you have much better understanding of the salary structure than I do. I was just comparing to similar stats. And I'm thinking Greinke and Haren are both going to come in right around $9 million.

Actually, on second look my estimate of around $10M is too high because, under the current salary structure, AVG# is weighted too heavily (but that's a discussion for another thread).

Cardinals in 4
Rockies in 5

Tigers in 4
Angels in 5

Cardinals in 7
Tigers in 6

Tigers in 7

I think it'll be tight between Greinke and Pujols. Both will normalize better than Haren. I guess I'll go with Pujols.

Joe Mauer is going to be up there too though. I have Mauer, Greinke, and Carpenter in a present progressive league. I am excited to use those guys.

Dodgers in 5
Rockies in 5

Yankees (over Twins) in 4
Angels in 5

Dodgers over Rockies in 7
Angels over Yankees in 7

Angels over Dodgers in 6

John Lackey World Series MVP

Quote: Originally Posted By zubinsum on 10/04/2009
Dodgers / Cardinals
Phillies / Rockies

Yankees / (Tigers/ Twins)
Angels / Red Sox

And just so we aren't completely off-topic.... Pujols

Phillies/Cardinals

Yankees/Angels

Angels/Phillies

Howard MVP

Cardinals over Dodgers in 4 games
Phillies over Rockies in 3 games

Yankees over A.L. Central Winner in 3 games
Red Sox over Angels in 5 games

Cardinals over Phillies in 7 games
Yankees over Red Sox in 5 games

Cardinals over Yankees in 7 games

Pujols should have the highest salary among the 2009 players, though Joe Mauer sure does make a strong statement...

Mauer doesn't have nearly enough PA to compete with Pujols, salary-wise.

Also feeling pretty good about the Twins chances of getting to be the team sacrificed to the Yankees.

Red Sox have Josh Beckett.

CLOSED

Dodgers will not lose a game for the rest of October. They will sweep the Cardinals/Rockies/Angels.