MLB 2012 Review

MLB Standings - Updated: Oct 31, 2012
AL EAST	W	L	GB
New York Yankees	96	66
Boston Red Sox	95	67
Toronto Blue Jays	83	79
Tampa Bay Rays	82	80
Baltimore Orioles	63	99
AL CENTRAL	W	L	GB
Kansas City Royals	86	76
Detroit Tigers	84	78
Cleveland Indians	81	81
Minnesota Twins	76	86
Chicago White Sox	75	87

Here is my late review of the 2012 MLB season...  I kind of thought I already posted this, but apparently I did not.

The Yankees were within a game of my prediction.  I wanted to believe in Baltimore, but I couldn't pull the trigger.  Plus I had Baltimore in last place and they finished 30 games above where I predicted them to finish, so that was a really bad prediction.   Tampa Bay finished 8 games below my prediction.  Toronto finished 10 games below.  While the Red Sox stunk and finished 26 games below.

Detroit was actually fairly accurate.  While the Royals were my homer pick, I still did actually think they would make some noise this year.  Chicago was a bit better than I thought.  Cleveland didn't do a lot.  Surprising to see Minnesota lose 96 games.

MLB Standings - Updated: Oct 1, 2012
AL WEST	W	L	GB
LA Angels	96	66
Texas Rangers	90	72
Seattle Mariners	73	89
Oakland A's	72	90
NL EAST	W	L	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	97	65
Florida Marlins	89	73
Atlanta Braves	88	74
Washington Nationals	80	82
New York Mets	72	90

Oakland won 22 games more than I expected and won the division.  Who saw that coming?  Texas was within the margin of error.  The Angels only finished 7 games worse than expected, but they still finished outside of playoff contention.  The Mariners I nailed.

Washington's talent came together a year earlier than expected.  Atlanta was accurate.  Philly suffered some injuries and collapsed in the first half of play.  Nailed the Mets.  Really, really dumb decision by me to pick Miami to win 89 games..

MLB Standings - Updated: Oct 31, 2012
NL CENTRAL	W	L	GB
Cincinnati Reds	87	75
Milwaukee Brewers	85	77
St. Louis Cardinals	84	78
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	81
Chicago Cubs	73	89
Houston Astros	53	109
NL WEST	W	L	GB
San Francisco Giants	90	72
Arizona Diamondbacks	85	77
LA Dodgers	80	82
Colorado Rockies	78	84
San Diego Padres	73	89

Solid pick with the Reds, but they did finish with 10 more wins then expected.  Accurate win total for the Cards, but they ended up reaching the playoffs.  Brewers were accurate.  As were the Pirates.  I was too favorable on the Cubs.  Houston said goodbye to the NL Central with a 55-107 record, ouch.

The San Fran prediction was accurate for the regular season, but I did not see them winning the World Series.. Dodgers prediction was mostly accurate.  Accurate with both the Diamondbacks and Padres.  The Rockies were a bit disappointing.

Credit for the blue box scores on the left goes to http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings and for the right side red box scores, http://www.operationsports.com/.