ESPN Expert Picks

[Black Jesus]

I found it interesting that of the 50 ESPN experts, 16 picked the Diamondbacks to make the World Series, but not a single one of the 16 picked them to win the World Series...

http://espn.go.com/mlb/preview12/st...-expert-team-predictions-2012-baseball-season

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Lots of Angels / DBacks picks. The east coast would officially meltdown if that happens.

 

[AsUdUdE]

Another interesting trend, out of the 50 experts only 7 said the Dbacks would miss the playoffs this year...

I like the respect..

Ofcourse last time I was this confident was 2008.. and we all know how that turned out.. What I like is Hall was on 12 Sports on sunday and he mentioned 2007, and how they bought into their hype and didn't make moves because they thought they were fine when they weren't..

Call me a sucker, but i think this time is different!

 

[illazmatic]

I found it interesting that of the 50 ESPN experts, 16 picked the Diamondbacks to make the World Series, but not a single one of the 16 picked them to win the World Series...

Yeah, found that surprising too. Of the 50 WS picks, only 7 chose the NL over AL (5 for Philly, 2 for St. Louis)

Heres a breakdown of the picks:

Miss the Playoffs: 7/50 = 14%
Make the Playoffs: 43/50 = 86%
- NL West: 33/43 = 77%
- Wildcard: 10/43 = 23%
- World Series: 16/43 = 37% (15 Division, 1 WC)

NL Pennant picks were as followed:
Diamondbacks = 16
Phillies = 13
Cardinals = 5
Reds = 4
Giants = 3
Braves = 3
Brewers = 2
Nationals = 2
Marlins = 1 (ESPN Deportes....)

Don't know if you can call them favorites with that Philly rotation, but anything can happen come playoff time! Friday needs to hurry up and get here...

 

[Gaddabout]

It's strange, because the D-Backs have a lot of question marks. The rotation looks good on paper, but we won't know how 3/4/5 works out until mid-summer. The lineup has promise and issues. No true leadoff. I'm thinking Chris Young and Trevor Cahill end up being the make/break players this year.

 

[devilalum]

I'm worried the Dbacks will struggle with the front runner role. It's a lot easier to stay loose when you aren't on anybodies radar. The "we don't get no respect" underdog thing worked well for them last year.