{"id":3396,"date":"2011-03-31T18:05:28","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T23:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=3396"},"modified":"2011-04-01T23:31:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T04:31:41","slug":"sombrero-staff-prognostications-dees-2011-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/3396","title":{"rendered":"Sombrero Staff Prognostications: Dee’s 2011 Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AL East<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Boston Red Sox<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tampa Bay Rays (Wildcard)<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New York Yankees<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Toronto Blue Jays<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Baltimore Orioles<\/p>\n

AL Central<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0 Minnesota Twins<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0 Detroit Tigers<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0 Chicago White Sox<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0 Kansas City Royals<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0 Cleveland Indians<\/p>\n

AL West<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0 Texas Rangers<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0 Los Angeles Angels<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0 Oakland Athletics<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0 Seattle Mariners<\/p>\n

ALDS 1:<\/span><\/strong> Red Sox over Twins (4 games)<\/p>\n

ALDS 2:<\/strong><\/span> Rays over Rangers (5 games)<\/p>\n

ALCS:<\/strong><\/span> Red Sox over Rays (6 games)<\/p>\n

MVP:<\/strong><\/span> Dustin Pedroia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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NL East<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0 Philadelphia Phillies<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0 Atlanta Braves (wildcard)<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0 Florida Marlins<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0 Washington Nationals<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0 New York Mets<\/p>\n

NL Central<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0 Milwaukee Brewers<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0 Cincinnati Reds<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0 St. Louis Cardinals<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0 Houston Astros<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0 Chicago Cubs<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0 Pittsburgh Pirates<\/p>\n

NL West<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0 Los Angeles Dodgers<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0 San Francisco Giants<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0 Colorado Rockies<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0 Arizona Diamondbacks<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0 San Diego Padres<\/p>\n

NLDS 1:<\/strong><\/span> Phillies over Brewers (5 games)<\/p>\n

NLDS 2:<\/strong><\/span> Dodgers over Braves (5 games)<\/p>\n

NLCS:<\/strong><\/span> Phillies over Dodgers (5 games)<\/p>\n

MVP:<\/strong><\/span> Shane Victorino<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

World Series:<\/strong><\/span> Red Sox over Phillies (7 games)<\/p>\n

MVP:<\/strong><\/span> Jon Lester<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NL Rookie of the Year<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hitter:<\/span> Brandon Belt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pitcher:<\/span> Mike Minor<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AL Rookie of the Year<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hitter:<\/span> J.P. Arencibia<\/p>\n

Pitcher:<\/span> Jeremy Hellickson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NL Reliever of the Year:<\/span><\/strong> Heath Bell<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AL Reliever of the Year:<\/strong><\/span> Matt Thornton<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NL MVP:<\/strong><\/span> Albert Pujols<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AL MVP:<\/span><\/strong> Evan Longoria<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NL Cy Young:<\/strong><\/span> Tim Lincecum<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AL Cy Young:<\/strong><\/span> Jon Lester<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NL Batting Title:<\/strong><\/span> Joey Votto<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AL Batting Title:<\/strong><\/span> Robinson Cano<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NL HR Leader:<\/span><\/strong> Albert Pujols<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AL HR Leader:<\/span><\/strong> Alex Rodriguez<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NL Strikeout Leader:<\/span><\/strong> Clayton Kershaw<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AL Strikeout Leader:<\/span><\/strong> Jon Lester<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AL East 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Boston Red Sox 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tampa Bay Rays (Wildcard) 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New York Yankees 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Toronto Blue Jays 5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Baltimore Orioles AL Central 1.\u00a0\u00a0 Minnesota Twins 2.\u00a0\u00a0 Detroit Tigers 3.\u00a0\u00a0 Chicago White Sox 4.\u00a0\u00a0 Kansas City Royals 5.\u00a0\u00a0 Cleveland Indians AL West 1.\u00a0\u00a0 Texas Rangers 2.\u00a0\u00a0 Los Angeles Angels 3.\u00a0\u00a0 Oakland Athletics 4.\u00a0\u00a0 Seattle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,1300,6,11,13,776,10,14],"tags":[21,589,558,1261,685,638,103,173,33,1617,1710,388,198,559,81,1810,297,278,112,549,61,196],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3396"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3396"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3416,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3396\/revisions\/3416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}