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The rules are simple: 20 Bauxites enter, 1 leaves. Wait, no, that was the BBUFC tournament I hosted that nobody came to.

Monday Night Update: get your entries in by midnight Tuesday! I'm bumping this thread to the top because it's gotten buried.

The rules really are that simple, though. Predict how many games each MLB team is going to win in 2010. The winner is the Bauxite whose guesses are collectively closest. If you want more detail on the scoring formula, ask me at the end of the year when I calculate it!

(Seriously though, last year it was the lowest average absolute deviation, though this year I might change it to lowest average mean squared error, which is what Vegas Watch uses when they evaluate the major projection systems. Really, they give about the same results.)

Last year's contest was a resounding success, with electric carrot taking the top spot, and fellow Bauxites nathanelias and Mudie rounding out the top 3. Can last year's winner repeat, or will this root vegetable short out? Can the roster members break through and prove they actually deserve to be on the roster (last year, John Northey and I finished 10th and 11th, irrespectively, out of 18)? Can the Bauxite community repeat their collective success compared to the major projection systems (only CAIRO and RLYW beat Da Box' aggregate score last year) and well-known baseball writers (none of the writers surveyed by Vegas Watch bested Da Box)?

Make your predictions here, and we'll try to keep it updated a couple times throughout the year. I'll give a handy format for you to copy and paste. I would like to ask that you don't change the order of the teams, even if you predict a different order of finish, as it will make it easier when the time comes to set all this up in my Magical Baseball Computer Program. (P.S. I just listed the wins in my prediction - if you really want to predict a team will play a different number of games than 162 you can specify losses too)

Yankees: 102
Red Sox: 98
Rays: 94
Orioles: 72
Jays: 74

Twins: 86
Tigers: 81
White Sox: 78
Royals: 57
Indians: 73

Mariners: 86
Angels: 85
Rangers: 80
A's: 78

Braves: 91
Phillies: 93
Mets: 76
Marlins: 82
Nationals: 68

Cardinals: 90
Cubs: 80
Reds: 78
Brewers: 84
Astros: 72
Pirates: 66

Dodgers: 90
Rockies: 85
Diamondbacks: 80
Giants: 84
Padres: 67

Submit your entries by Wednesday.
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Jdog - Sunday, April 04 2010 @ 08:46 AM EDT (#213048) #


Yankees: 99
Red Sox: 98
Rays: 94
Orioles: 74
Jays: 74

Twins: 84
Tigers: 76
White Sox: 87
Royals: 61
Indians: 67

Mariners: 82
Angels: 83
Rangers: 86
A's: 75

Braves: 87
Phillies: 93
Mets: 88
Marlins: 80
Nationals: 68

Cardinals: 88
Cubs: 80
Reds: 85
Brewers: 81
Astros: 74
Pirates: 68

Dodgers: 88
Rockies: 83
Diamondbacks: 80
Giants: 86
Padres: 72
christaylor - Sunday, April 04 2010 @ 08:59 AM EDT (#213049) #
Yankees: 100
Red Sox: 93
Rays: 92
Jays: 77
Orioles: 74

Twins: 86
Tigers: 86
White Sox: 78
Indians: 73
Royals: 61

Mariners: 86
Angels: 81
Rangers: 78
A's: 75

Phillies: 89
Braves: 89
Marlins: 80
Mets: 78
Nationals: 70

Cardinals: 86
Cubs: 84
Brewers: 84
Reds: 75
Astros: 72
Pirates: 69

Dodgers: 88
Diamondbacks: 85
Giants: 84
Rockies: 82
Padres: 71
seeyou - Sunday, April 04 2010 @ 11:52 AM EDT (#213053) #
Yankees: 95
Red Sox: 94
Rays: 89
Orioles: 72
Jays: 72

Twins: 89
Tigers: 75
White Sox: 80
Royals: 65
Indians: 75

Mariners: 80
Angels: 88
Rangers: 82
A's: 78

Braves: 91
Phillies: 93
Mets: 78
Marlins: 80
Nationals: 65

Cardinals: 91
Cubs: 85
Reds: 75
Brewers: 82
Astros: 66
Pirates: 72

Dodgers: 90
Rockies: 90
Diamondbacks: 80
Giants: 90
Padres: 69
ayjackson - Sunday, April 04 2010 @ 01:53 PM EDT (#213056) #
Yankees: 91
Red Sox: 85
Rays: 94
Orioles: 72
Jays: 89

Twins: 88
Tigers: 85
White Sox: 75
Royals: 66
Indians: 72

Mariners: 88
Angels: 81
Rangers: 82
A's: 77

Braves: 88
Phillies: 90
Mets: 80
Marlins: 86
Nationals: 67

Cardinals: 86
Cubs: 82
Reds: 82
Brewers: 80
Astros: 73
Pirates: 71

Dodgers: 90
Rockies: 83
Diamondbacks: 76
Giants: 81
Padres: 70

mathesond - Sunday, April 04 2010 @ 03:51 PM EDT (#213061) #
Yankees: 95
Red Sox: 90
Rays: 92
Orioles: 73
Jays: 74

Twins: 86
Tigers: 87
White Sox: 83
Royals: 64
Indians: 79

Mariners: 88
Angels: 88
Rangers: 80
A's: 71

Braves: 89
Phillies: 96
Mets: 80
Marlins: 77
Nationals: 69

Cardinals: 91
Cubs: 85
Reds: 82
Brewers: 84
Astros: 68
Pirates: 64

Dodgers: 88
Rockies: 87
Diamondbacks: 82
Giants: 79
Padres: 65
Ron - Sunday, April 04 2010 @ 04:05 PM EDT (#213063) #

Yankees: 95
Red Sox: 89
Rays: 90
Orioles: 74
Jays: 64

Twins: 87
Tigers: 84
White Sox: 83
Royals: 61
Indians: 73

Mariners: 88
Angels: 85
Rangers: 79
A's: 81

Braves: 90
Phillies: 92
Mets: 76
Marlins: 84
Nationals: 69

Cardinals: 90
Cubs: 85
Reds: 74
Brewers: 86
Astros: 71
Pirates: 68

Dodgers: 88
Rockies: 74
Diamondbacks: 84
Giants: 91
Padres: 65

CeeBee - Sunday, April 04 2010 @ 04:36 PM EDT (#213065) #
Yankees: 96
Red Sox: 90
Rays: 92
Jays: 75
Orioles: 70

Twins: 90
Tigers: 87
White Sox: 80
Indians: 72
Royals: 64

Mariners: 88
Angels: 86
Rangers: 83
A's: 72

Phillies: 92
Braves: 88
Marlins: 76
Mets: 75
Nationals: 68

Cardinals: 85
Cubs: 89
Brewers: 87
Reds: 77
Astros: 68
Pirates: 70

Dodgers: 90
Diamondbacks: 89
Giants: 85
Rockies: 78
Padres: 68
Schad - Sunday, April 04 2010 @ 05:30 PM EDT (#213068) #
Yankees: 101
Red Sox: 99
Rays: 90
Orioles: 70
Jays: 71

Twins: 92
Tigers: 82
White Sox: 85
Royals: 61
Indians: 68

Mariners: 95
Angels: 82
Rangers: 79
A's: 72

Braves: 93
Phillies: 101
Mets: 82
Marlins: 74
Nationals: 63

Cardinals: 88
Cubs: 83
Reds: 74
Brewers: 79
Astros: 76
Pirates: 67

Dodgers: 89
Rockies: 84
Diamondbacks: 77
Giants: 90
Padres: 64
brent - Sunday, April 04 2010 @ 08:12 PM EDT (#213079) #

Yankees: 92
Red Sox: 88
Rays: 88
Orioles: 75
Jays: 75

Twins: 86
Tigers: 82
White Sox: 82
Royals: 70
Indians: 70

Mariners: 83
Angels: 82
Rangers: 82
A's: 80

Braves: 84
Phillies: 88
Mets: 82
Marlins: 84
Nationals: 75

Cardinals: 86
Cubs: 84
Reds: 78
Brewers: 84
Astros: 78
Pirates: 75

Dodgers: 84
Rockies: 80
Diamondbacks: 74
Giants: 84
Padres: 70

This year I am going to try picking teams closer to going .500 and see if I do better this time. I didn't check any Vegas lines either.

electric carrot - Sunday, April 04 2010 @ 08:12 PM EDT (#213080) #

Not feeling the spark yet this year -- but here's what I got ...


Yankees: 96
Red Sox: 91
Rays: 89
Orioles: 72
Jays: 73

Twins: 86
Tigers: 82
White Sox: 84
Royals: 68
Indians: 74

Mariners: 86
Angels: 85
Rangers: 80
A's: 77

Braves: 87
Phillies: 93
Mets: 76
Marlins: 84
Nationals: 70

Cardinals: 88
Cubs: 80
Reds: 83
Brewers: 84
Astros: 73
Pirates: 67

Dodgers: 82
Rockies: 85
Diamondbacks: 85
Giants: 80
Padres: 70

Mike Green - Sunday, April 04 2010 @ 08:40 PM EDT (#213083) #
To those waiting for a few games to be in the books, c'mon. 

Yankees: 95
Red Sox: 93
Rays: 93
Orioles: 72
Jays: 70

Twins: 86
Tigers: 81
White Sox: 84
Royals: 65
Indians: 71

Mariners: 83
Angels: 85
Rangers: 82
A's: 76

Braves: 88
Phillies: 90
Mets: 78
Marlins: 79
Nationals: 68

Cardinals: 89
Cubs: 80
Reds: 81
Brewers: 79
Astros: 67
Pirates: 69

Dodgers: 85
Rockies: 87
Diamondbacks: 77
Giants: 81
Padres: 67

brent - Monday, April 05 2010 @ 04:53 AM EDT (#213092) #
I guess Ron's the only realist here picking the Jays for less than 70 wins. I'm interested to see how this looser group of players are going to perform.
JohnL - Monday, April 05 2010 @ 08:08 AM EDT (#213096) #
I'm interested to see how this looser group of players are going to perform.

Yes, it may be that they will be looser and less uptight than they were at the end of last season with the mini-"rebellion"
Gerry - Monday, April 05 2010 @ 10:06 AM EDT (#213103) #
Yankees: 99
Red Sox: 96
Rays: 92
Orioles: 72
Jays: 70

Twins: 86
Tigers: 83
White Sox: 78
Royals: 65
Indians: 71

Mariners: 86
Angels: 87
Rangers: 83
A's: 78

Braves: 91
Phillies: 93
Mets: 76
Marlins: 79
Nationals: 70

Cardinals: 93
Cubs: 80
Reds: 82
Brewers: 78
Astros: 70
Pirates: 66

Dodgers: 88
Rockies: 90
Diamondbacks: 80
Giants: 81
Padres: 67
ZekeBella - Monday, April 05 2010 @ 10:44 AM EDT (#213106) #

 

Long time lurker. First time poster. Might as well start off with a wild pick.. Cincy to win the NL Central. Why?  There has to be a surprise somewhere!  How? Cards injuries and Holliday flop perhaps?  Would love to pick Jays as surprise team but I reserve the right to maintain some sanity. This will probably turn out like my Final 4 picks......lots of upsets but  not the ones I pick!

Yankees: 99

Red Sox: 95

Rays: 84

Orioles: 73

Jays: 68


Twins: 94

Tigers: 82

White Sox: 84

Royals: 64

Indians: 68

 

Mariners: 87

Angels: 89

Rangers: 86

A's: 61

 

 


Braves: 89

Phillies: 98

Mets: 81

Marlins:78

Nationals: 64

 


Cardinals:85

Cubs: 86

Reds: 92

Brewers: 78

Astros: 83

Pirates: 63


Dodgers: 90

Rockies: 86

Diamondbacks: 72

Giants: 88

Padres: 63


 Sorry about the gaps. It happened after cutting, pasting and changing numbers. Don't know why or how to fix!

Eyan Logan - Monday, April 05 2010 @ 12:26 PM EDT (#213108) #
Yankees: 92
Red Sox: 97
Rays: 84
Orioles: 66
Jays: 71

Twins: 90
Tigers: 85
White Sox: 85
Royals: 72
Indians: 69

Mariners: 77
Angels: 87
Rangers: 88
A's: 71

Braves: 89
Phillies: 101
Mets: 83
Marlins: 74
Nationals: 66

Cardinals: 91
Cubs: 88
Reds: 79
Brewers: 84
Astros: 69
Pirates: 72

Dodgers: 86
Rockies: 84
Diamondbacks: 87
Giants: 81
Padres: 62
Mudie - Monday, April 05 2010 @ 02:05 PM EDT (#213112) #
Red Sox: 97
Yankees: 94
Rays: 88
Jays: 75
Orioles: 71

Twins: 90
Tigers: 84
Indians: 77
White Sox: 71
Royals: 64

Mariners: 85
Angels: 84
Rangers: 82
A's: 80

Phillies: 98
Braves: 84
Marlins: 83
Mets: 78
Nationals: 65

Cardinals: 93
Cubs: 85
Reds: 80
Pirates: 75
Brewers: 74
Astros: 68

Dodgers: 92
Diamondbacks: 86
Giants: 84
Rockies: 79
Padres: 64
Anders - Monday, April 05 2010 @ 05:59 PM EDT (#213127) #
Yankees: 99
Red Sox: 93
Rays: 92
Orioles: 75
Jays: 72

Twins: 82
Tigers: 84
White Sox: 85
Royals: 67
Indians: 75

Mariners: 83
Angels: 86
Rangers: 87
A's: 76

Braves: 90
Phillies: 89
Mets: 81
Marlins: 80
Nationals: 67

Cardinals: 93
Cubs: 76
Reds: 84
Brewers: 77
Astros: 73
Pirates: 67

Dodgers: 82
Rockies: 88
Diamondbacks: 84
Giants: 77
Padres: 67
AWeb - Tuesday, April 06 2010 @ 07:30 AM EDT (#213156) #
Yankees        96
Red Sox        91
Rays        89
Orioles        74
Jays        71

Twins        87
Tigers        80
White Sox    81
Royals        70
Indians        74

Mariners    82
Angels        86
Rangers        86
A's        77

Braves        89
Phillies    95
Mets        75
Marlins        78
Nationals    68

Cardinals    96
Cubs        80
Reds        81
Brewers        84
Astros        69
Pirates        72

Dodgers        85
Rockies        90
Diamondbacks    80
Giants        75
Padres        69
Sheldon - Tuesday, April 06 2010 @ 07:50 AM EDT (#213157) #
Yankees: 97
Red Sox: 93
Rays: 92
Orioles: 71
Jays: 70

White Sox: 88
Twins: 86
Tigers: 81
Indians: 73
Royals: 70

Mariners: 85
Rangers: 84
Angels: 82
A's: 80


Phillies: 93
Braves: 84
Marlins: 82
Mets: 76
Nationals: 68

Cardinals: 90
Brewers: 85
Cubs: 79
Reds: 73
Pirates: 69
Astros: 62

Dodgers: 87
Rockies: 83
Giants: 82
Diamondbacks: 80
Padres: 61
Thomas - Tuesday, April 06 2010 @ 10:06 AM EDT (#213159) #
Yankees: 98
Red Sox: 94
Rays: 93
Orioles: 71
Jays: 68

Twins: 86
White Sox: 84
Tigers: 82
Indians: 74
Royals: 64

Angels; 87
Rangers: 85
Mariners: 78
A's: 76

Phillies 93
Braves: 89
Marlins: 79
Mets: 78
Nationals: 69

Cardinals: 89
Brewers 83
Reds 83
Cubs 79
Astros: 69
Pirates: 66

Rockies: 86
Dodgers: 84
Diamondbacks: 80
Giants: 78
Padres: 65
whiterasta80 - Tuesday, April 06 2010 @ 01:32 PM EDT (#213171) #
I didn't necessarily add everything up so the totals for the whole league might be off.

Yankees: 103
Red Sox: 88
Rays: 94
Orioles: 66
Jays: 61

Twins: 85
White Sox: 81
Tigers: 83
Indians: 70
Royals: 76

Angels; 84
Rangers: 81
Mariners: 89
A's: 67

Phillies 99
Braves: 87
Marlins: 77
Mets: 84
Nationals: 69

Cardinals: 84
Brewers 88
Reds 81
Cubs 70
Astros: 57
Pirates: 72

Rockies: 83
Dodgers: 81
Diamondbacks: 92
Giants: 71
Padres: 64
Timbuck2 - Tuesday, April 06 2010 @ 04:08 PM EDT (#213178) #
Yankees: 94
Red Sox:85
Rays: 86
Orioles: 78
Jays: 82

Twins: 85
Tigers: 90
White Sox: 84
Royals: 62
Indians: 79

Mariners: 91
Angels: 85
Rangers: 83
A's: 70

Braves: 87
Phillies: 99
Mets: 76
Marlins: 84
Nationals: 70

Cardinals: 88
Cubs: 80
Reds: 83
Brewers: 70
Astros: 71
Pirates: 73

Dodgers: 87
Rockies: 89
Diamondbacks: 82
Giants: 80
Padres: 65
#2JBrumfield - Tuesday, April 06 2010 @ 08:27 PM EDT (#213188) #

AL East

Red Sox 95

Rays 91

Yankees 90

Orioles 70

Jays 69

AL Central

Twins  86

White Sox 85

Tigers 82

Indians 71

Royals 71

AL West

Angels 92

Rangers 89

Mariners 82

A's 72

NL East

Philadelphia 96

Atlanta 92

New York 76

Florida 72

Washington 70

NL Central

St. Louis  94

Chicago 85

Cincinnati 82

Milwaukee 75

Houston 70

Pittsburgh 69

NL West

Colorado 92

Los Angeles 87

San Francisco 82

Arizona  73

San Diego 70

 

Brian - Wednesday, April 07 2010 @ 11:07 AM EDT (#213200) #

Guess I'm late, didn't realize the deadline changed.

Yankees: 99

Red Sox: 97
Rays: 89
Orioles: 75
Jays: 73

Twins: 86
Tigers: 85
White Sox: 88
Royals: 67
Indians: 64

Mariners: 86
Angels: 87
Rangers: 90
A's: 75

Braves: 90
Phillies: 98
Mets: 72
Marlins: 85
Nationals: 66

Cardinals: 93
Cubs: 84
Reds: 80
Brewers: 85
Astros: 73
Pirates: 65

Dodgers: 90
Rockies: 92
Diamondbacks: 78
Giants: 88
Padres: 65

92-93 - Wednesday, April 07 2010 @ 12:15 PM EDT (#213201) #
Yankees: 99
Red Sox: 95
Jays: 84
Rays: 78
Orioles: 69

Twins: 86
White Sox: 85
Tigers: 82
Indians: 64
Royals: 59

Angels: 90
Rangers: 85
Mariners: 83
A's: 75

Phillies: 95
Braves: 92
Marlins: 82
Mets: 76
Nationals: 66

Cardinals: 93
Reds: 85
Cubs: 84
Brewers: 80
Astros: 73
Pirates: 65

Dodgers: 89
Rockies: 88
Giants: 85
Diamondbacks: 78
Padres: 65
Spifficus - Wednesday, April 07 2010 @ 02:27 PM EDT (#213210) #
Yankees: 94
Red Sox: 93
Rays: 85
Orioles: 74
Jays: 72

Twins: 89
Tigers: 86
White Sox: 78
Cleveland: 71
Royals: 68

Rangers: 90
Angels: 88
Mariners: 83
A's: 79

Phillies: 91
Braves: 88
Mets: 83
Marlins: 80
Nationals: 64

Cardinals: 91
Brewers: 85
Reds: 80
Cubs: 78
Astros: 71
Pirates: 68

Giants: 87
Rockies: 85
Dodgers: 84
Diamondbacks: 79
Padres: 66
Dave Rutt - Wednesday, April 07 2010 @ 05:30 PM EDT (#213221) #
No worries Brian, I'm not a strict deadlineitarian or anything.
Mick Doherty - Thursday, April 15 2010 @ 04:21 PM EDT (#213692) #

A few sidebar predictions on your Houston Astros ...

  • Final record: 48-114 (if they get hot.);
  • Lose the Golden Boot to the Texas Rangers, 5 games to 1. (Oswalt has to win some time.);
  • They take a beating from their Triple-A Round Rock team in the annual mid-season exhibition, 22-1.

 

Mick Doherty - Thursday, April 15 2010 @ 06:56 PM EDT (#213703) #
How about that? An hour after I post the above, the Astros nail down their first win of the season, to vault to ... 1-8. I'll be kind, Let's say they are now headed to 49-113. (Though ttechnically "on pace for -- hate that phrase -- 18-144!)
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