You know how people like to runMaddengames to see who will win the Super Bowl? Well, Sony has gone one step further and decided to send me an e-mail predicting how the entire 2007 MLB season will pan out via their latest gameMLB 07 The Show. Check out what the future will be and see if you disagree (there’s gotta be some sports fans here, you can’t all be nerds, can you?).
KEY STATSBarry Bonds will not break the homerun record in 2007; coming up two shyMilwaukee wins Central – 86 wins and 76 lossesPadres win the West – 102 wins vs. 60 losesPhillies win the East – 88 wins and 74 lossesMets will take the Wild Card – 87 wins and 75 losesAngels win the West – 98 wins and 64 lossesIndians win the Central – 85 wins and 77 lossesYankees win the East – 103 wins and 59 lossesRed Sox take the wild card – 91 wins and 71 losses
More dream crushing after the jump.
The full outlook:
NATIONAL LEAGUEMVP – A.Soriano, Chicago Cubs: Ave .310; HR 45; RBI 132; H 185; R 113; SLG .636Silver Slugger and Hank Aaron Award: Lance Berkman, Houston Astros: Ave .328; HR 40; RBI 109; H 187; R 117; SLG .633Rookie of the Year: Scott Thorman, Atlanta Braves: Ave .258; HR 24; RBI 71; H 114, R 48; SLG .453CY Young; Roy Oswalt, Houston Astros: ERA 3.62; W 19; K 194; BB 57; WHIP 1.292Rolaids Relief; Jason Isringhausen, St. Louis Cardinals: ERA 2.68, W 0; K 51, BB 23; Saves 50; WHIP 1.252
AMERICAN LEAGUEMVP – Justin Morneau, Minnesota Twins: Ave .322; HR 29; RBI 109; H 194; R 106; SLG .566Silver Slugger – Grady Sizemore, Cleveland Indians: Ave .349; HR 27; RBI 92; H 206; R 118; SLG .607Rookie of the Year – Delmon Young, Tampa Bay Devil Rays: Ave .303; HR 20; RBI 83; H 195; R 84; SLG .443Hank Aaron Award – Grady Sizemore, Cleveland Indians: Ave .349; HR 27; RBI 92; H 206; R 118; SLG .607
CY Young – Chien-Ming Wang, New York Yankees: ERA 3.38; W 20; K 170; BB 73; WHIP 1.301Rolaids Relief – MarianoRivera, New York Yankees: ERA 1.93; W 4, K 54, BB 16; Saves 44; WHIP 1.212
MLB 07 The ShowMLB 07 The Show has more than 500 hours of analysis from the entire 2006 MLB season; every pitch, every at-bat, every action in every inning for every game. Using that type of statistical data, MLB 07 The Show was able to come up with these predications and continues to raise the bar on what fans call the BEST baseball simulation available.
