{"id":3400,"date":"2011-03-31T21:14:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T02:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=3400"},"modified":"2011-04-01T23:30:50","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T04:30:50","slug":"sombrero-staff-prognostications-ryans-2011-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/3400","title":{"rendered":"Sombrero Staff Prognostications: Ryan&#8217;s 2011 Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/harris.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/harris.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3402\" title=\"harris\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/harris-300x197.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/harris-300x197.png 300w, http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/harris.png 601w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AL EAST<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n1 &#8211; Boston Red Sox<br \/>\n2 &#8211; Tampa Bay Rays (Wild Card)<br \/>\n3 &#8211; New York Yankees<br \/>\n4 &#8211; Toronto Blue Jays<br \/>\n5 &#8211; Baltimore Orioles<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AL CENTRAL<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n1 &#8211; Chicago White Sox<br \/>\n2 &#8211; Minnesota Twins<br \/>\n3 &#8211; Detroit Tigers<br \/>\n4 &#8211; Kansas City Royals<br \/>\n5 &#8211; Cleveland Indians<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AL WEST<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>1 &#8211; Texas Rangers<br \/>\n2 &#8211; Oakland Athletics<br \/>\n3 &#8211; Los Angeles Angels<br \/>\n4 &#8211; Seattle Mariners<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NL EAST<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>1 &#8211; Atlanta Braves<br \/>\n2 &#8211; Philadelphia Phillies<br \/>\n3 &#8211; Florida Marlins<br \/>\n4 &#8211; New York Mets<br \/>\n5 &#8211; Washington Nationals<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NL CENTRAL<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n1 &#8211; St. Louis Cardinals<br \/>\n2 &#8211; Milwaukee Brewers (Wild card)<br \/>\n3 &#8211; Cincinnati Reds<br \/>\n4 &#8211; Chicago Cubs<br \/>\n5 &#8211; Houston Astros<br \/>\n6 &#8211; Pittsburgh Pirates<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NL WEST<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n1 &#8211; Colorado Rockies<br \/>\n2 &#8211; San Francisco Giants<br \/>\n3 &#8211; Los Angeles Dodgers<br \/>\n4 &#8211; San Diego Padres<br \/>\n5 &#8211; Arizona Diamondbacks<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ALDS<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nRays over Rangers in 5<br \/>\nRed Sox over White Sox in 4<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ALCS<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nRed Sox over Rays in 5 (MVP &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gonzaad01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Adrian  Gonzalez<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NLDS<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nBraves over Brewers in 4 (MVP &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/u\/ugglada01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Dan  Uggla<\/a><\/strong>)<br \/>\nRockies over Cardinals in 5 (MVP &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/tulowtr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Troy  Tulowitzki<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NLCS<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Braves over Rockies in 6 (MVP &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/freemfr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Freddie  Freeman<\/a><\/strong>)<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">World Series<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nRed Sox over Braves in 6 (MVP &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lestejo01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Jon  Lester<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NL Rookie of the Year<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hitter &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/minors\/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker&#038;id=belt--001bra\">Brandon  Belt<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nPitcher &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/chapmar01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Aroldis  Chapman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AL Rookie of the Year<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hitter &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/minors\/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker&#038;id=mousta001mik\">Mike  Moustakas<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nPitcher &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hellije01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Jeremy  Hellickson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Reliever of the Year<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>NL &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/marmoca01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Carlos  Marmol<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nAL &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/riverma01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Mariano  Rivera<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MVP<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>NL &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pujolal01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Albert  Pujols<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nAL &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cabremi01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Miguel  Cabrera<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cy Young<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>NL &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hallaro01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Roy  Halladay<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nAL &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lestejo01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Jon  Lester<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nNL Batting Champion<\/strong> &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pujolal01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Albert  Pujols<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AL Batting Champion<\/strong> &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cabremi01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Miguel  Cabrera<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NL HR Leader<\/strong> &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pujolal01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Albert  Pujols<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AL HR Leader<\/strong> \u2013 <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dunnad01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Adam  Dunn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NL Strikeout Leader<\/strong> &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/linceti01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Tim  Lincecum<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AL Strikeout Leader<\/strong> &#8211; <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lestejo01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Jon  Lester<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AL EAST 1 &#8211; Boston Red Sox 2 &#8211; Tampa Bay Rays (Wild Card) 3 &#8211; New York Yankees 4 &#8211; Toronto Blue Jays 5 &#8211; Baltimore Orioles AL CENTRAL 1 &#8211; Chicago White Sox 2 &#8211; Minnesota Twins 3 &#8211; Detroit Tigers 4 &#8211; Kansas City Royals 5 &#8211; Cleveland Indians AL WEST 1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1300,6,11,13,776,10,283,14],"tags":[155,436,21,54,589,558,1261,2039,264,428,346,1364,1710,198,74,464,1342,193,2040,52,549,61,196,177],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3400"}],"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\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3400"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3420,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3400\/revisions\/3420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}