Posted by Mike Caprio July 10, 2009

Likely outside of our 5 pre-season prediction participants, no one cares—but since there are at least 5—and I said I would, here is an update on how each of us is faring at the break. Click here if you’d like to see our post back on Opening Day.

AL East: Since most of us had the Yankees, Red Sox or Rays winning the East or Wild Card, it’s still anyone’s guess who will end up on top.

AL Central: Myself, Mike Minnix and Joe Buccellato had the Twins winning the Central, while Phil Brody of “From the Dugout” fame (Hey Phil…where’s the fourth installment?), and Chuck Omphalius had the Cleveland Indians winning the central.

AL West: Phil, Chuck and Joe had the Angels winning the division as a “safe pre-season bet”, while Minnix and myself went out on the limb and took Beane’s rookie arms.  Bad choice on the A’s.

NL East: Like the AL East, our selections were split amongst the Phillies and the Mets.  Looking like the Phils will take it at press time.

NL Central: All of us took the Cubbies and all of us could be dead-wrong.

NL West: Phil, Chuck and myself took the Dodgers, while Minnix took the Giants, and Joe took the D-Backs.  Bad decision Joe.

NL Wild Card: 3 of the 5 who took the Phils/Mets to win the division, selected the other to win the wild card, while Minnix and Joe took a rough road picking the Braves and Reds, respectively.

AL MVP: Joe selected Kevin Youkilis and I selected Mark Teixeira, while Chuck and Phil selected Grady Sizemore, and Minnix picked Matt Holliday.  Looks like I am the front-runner in this race at the break.

AL Cy Young: Three of five projected Jon Lester to win the award, while Joe projected Kevin Slowey and I predicted Roy Halladay.  With an awful BABIP and some tough luck for Lester, looks like Joe and I are neck and neck at the break.

AL ROY: With Snider, Wieters, and Cahill our group selections, it looks like we all get an F- on handicapping prospects.

AL Manager of the Year: Not much better than ROY.  Joe’s the only one whose selection (Francona) may not get fired this season.

NL MVP: Looks like Chuck nailed this one (Pujols), as the rest of our guys are either hurt, suffering from Citifield-itis, or were suspended for use of fertility drugs.

NL Cy Young: Looks like Phil has this one nailed down with Tiny Tim, while Johan struggles in Queens and Dan Haren has no offense to support his 2.16 ERA.

NL ROY: Maybe a tad better than AL, with Chuck selecting Dexter Fowler— who has a reasonable, if unlikely shot at winning the award.

NL Manager of the Year: Chuck and Minnix have the best shot at landing this one with their selections of Joe Torre and Tony LaRussa, respectively.

We’ll look at this again in the Fall, with the winner getting a Keeper League GM T-shirt (yeaah!)

Loyal readers…thanks for humoring me.

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