April 5, 2010

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2010 Picks

by Joe Sheehan

I ran my 2010 season preview at Rotowire, including a series of fantasy-leaning divisional previews followed by my traditional breakdown of all 30 teams, including runs allowed and runs scored projections. With their permission, I'm running my predicted standings here in the book blog as well.

For those who have asked, work on the book came to something of a halt during March, as college basketball, season-preview work, fantasy drafts and other things took precedence. I still find myself thinking about the question of what the book will be, and to that end have read or re-read books that to one extent or another touch on aspects of what I'm trying to do. I banged through Bill Simmons' The Book of Basketball, Josh Wilker's Cardboard Gods, Paul Krugman's The Great Awakening (a re-read) and parts of various Baseball Abstracts by Bill James. I need to close ranks on this question soon, because while I'm comfortable with the writing volume ahead of me, for my sanity I'd like to end the discussion in my head.

Anyway, here are my predicted 2010 standings. Happy Opening Day, everyone!

Rays		95	67		0.586
x-Yankees		94	68		0.580
Red Sox		92	70		0.568
Orioles		76	86		0.469
Blue Jays		73	89		0.451
White Sox		85	77		0.525
Twins		83	79		0.512
Indians		82	80		0.506
Tigers		78	84		0.481
Royals		60	102		0.370
Angels		86	76		0.531
Rangers		84	78		0.519
Mariners		82	80		0.506
A's		81	81		0.500
Phillies		90	72		0.556
x-Braves		87	75		0.537
Marlins		82	80		0.506
Mets		79	83		0.488
Nationals		67	95		0.414
Cardinals		89	73		0.549
Reds		86	76		0.531
Cubs		80	82		0.494
Brewers		79	83		0.488
Pirates		65	97		0.401
Astros		64	98		0.395
Rockies		94	68		0.580
Dodgers		85	77		0.525
Giants		81	81		0.500
Diamondbacks		79	83		0.488
Padres		72	90		0.444

Joe Sheehan is an author of Baseball Prospectus. 
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