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This post will house my picks for this week. April 2012: 35-36 +0.91 units May 2012: 5-5 +1.37 units 2012: 40-41 +2.28 units May 3: Don't get the Yankees line today. Cubs +140 @ Cincy -1 unit Yankees -125 @ Royals -1 unit Cleveland +110 vs. White Sox +1.1 units May 2: Decent start to May, would've been fantastic if the Rangers held on to that five-run lead. I like four games today, so I'll play four. Nationals -119 vs. Arizona +0.84 units Giants -118 vs. Miami -1 unit Texas +100 @ Toronto -1 unit Oakland +170 @ Boston +1.7 units May 1: A 1-run and a 2-run beat. Uggh. At least I finished in the black during April. Texas -143 @ Toronto -1 unit Dodgers +114 @ Rockies +1.14 units Oakland +159 @ Boston +1.59 units April 30: Arizona +150 @ Miami +1.5 units Mets -110 @ Houston -1 unit Dodgers +123 @ Rockies -1 unit April 29: Mets -105 @ Rockies +0.95 units Tigers +180 @ Yankees -1 unit Cleveland +100 vs. Angels +1 unit April 27: Just FYI, I won't b...

Here it is, my final mock. No time for analysis. 1: IND Andrew Luck QB Stanford 2: WAS (from STL) Robert Griffin QB Baylor 3: MIN Matt Kalil OT USC 4: CLE Trent Richardson RB Alabama 5: TB Morris Claiborne CB LSU 6: STL (from WAS) Justin Blackmon WR Oklahoma State 7: JAC Fletcher Cox DT Mississippi State 8: MIA Ryan Tannehill QB Texas A&M 9: CAR Luke Kuechly ILB Boston College 10: BUF Mark Barron SS Alabama 11: KC David DeCastro OG Stanford 12: SEA Whitney Mercilus DE Illinois 13: ARI Michael Floyd WR Notre Dame 14: DAL Michael Brockers DT LSU 15: PHI Quinton Coples DE North Carolina 16: NYJ Melvin Ingram DE South Carolina 17: CIN Riley Reiff OT Iowa 18: SD Chandler Jones DE Syracuse 19: CHI Kendall Wright WR Baylor 20: TEN Dontari Poe DT Memphis 21: CIN Dre Kirpatrick CB Alabama 22: CLE Courtney Upshaw DE/OLB Alabama 23: DET Cordy Glenn G/OT Georgia 24: PIT Dont'a Hightower ILB Alabama 25: DEN Jerel Worthy DT MSU 26: HOU Shea McClellin DE Boise State ...

Here we go again. Yes, sports beside the NFL exist today. Analysis through Wednesday's games. 1: Rangers 2: Nationals 3: Rays 4: Yankees 5: Braves 6: Dodgers 7: Cardinals 8: Tigers 9: White Sox 10: Giants 11: Orioles 12: Blue Jays 13: Mets 14: Diamondbacks 15: Indians 16: Brewers 17: Reds 18: Phillies 19: Red Sox 20: Mariners 21: Rockies 22: A's 23: Angels 24: Marlins 25: Pirates 26: Astros 27: Padres 28: Cubs 29: Twins 30: Royals That's all for now!

Another mock draft! My last one will go up Thursday afternoon in all likelihood. 1: IND Andrew Luck QB Stanford 2: WAS (from STL) Robert Griffin QB Baylor 3: MIN Matt Kalil OT USC 4: CLE Trent Richardson RB Alabama 5: TB Morris Claiborne CB LSU 6: STL Justin Blackmon WR Oklahoma State 7: PHI (projected: from JAC) Fletcher Cox DT Mississippi State 8: MIA Ryan Tannehill QB Texas A&M 9: CAR Luke Kuechly ILB Boston College 10: BUF Stephon Gilmore CB South Carolina 11: KC Riley Reiff OT Iowa 12: NYJ (projected: from SEA) Melvin Ingram DE South Carolina 13: ARI Michael Floyd WR Notre Dame 14: DAL Mark Barron SS Alabama 15: JAC  (projected: from PHI) Kendall Wright WR Baylor 16: SEA (projected: from NYJ) Quinton Coples DE North Carolina 17: CIN David DeCastro G Stanford 18: SD Chandler Jones DE Syracuse 19: CHI Michael Brockers DT LSU 20: TEN Dontari Poe DT Memphis 21: CIN Dre Kirpatrick CB Alabama 22: CLE Courtney Upshaw DE/OLB Alabama 23: DET Cordy Glenn G/OT ...

2012 season: April: 31-31 +1.22 units 2012: 31-31 +1.22 units April 26th: Only 2 picks today cause there are 8 games, and I couldn't find 3 I like. Will do 4 sometime next week to make up. Nationals -105 @ Padres -1 unit The Nats are playing good ball right now. Seattle +180 @ Tigers +1.8 units My Tigers are in a slump right now, Porcello especially. I feel dirty rooting against the Tigers though. April 25th: Back in black again! That's what I call a good day. Just FYI, my final mock draft is going up tomorrow afternoon. Arizona +110 vs. Philly -1 unit The Phillies are having major problems right now. Tampa Bay +100 vs. Angels +1 unit No Trumbo tonight, and the Angels are overrated in general. San Fran +121 @ Cincinnati -1 unit Cincy is terrible right now, and the Giants are underrated April 24th: I'm not going to call something my pick of the day again, so that doesn't happen. Mets +101 vs. Miami +1.01 units Johan Santana is a boss. Nats -108 @ Pad...

Here's the second edition of my mock draft. Might put some commentary up later if I have time. 1: IND Andrew Luck QB Stanford 2: WAS Robert Griffin III QB Baylor 3: MIN Matt Kalil OT USC 4: CLE Trent Richardson RB Alabama 5: TB Morris Claiborne CB LSU 6: STL Justin Blackmon WR Oklahoma State 7: PHI Ryan Tannehill QB Texas A&M Projected trade: PHI and JAC swap first rounders, JAC receives 2nd (pick 46) and 4th round picks as well. 8: MIA Michael Floyd WR Notre Dame 9: CAR Fletcher Cox DT Mississippi State 10: BUF Stephon Gilmore CB South Carolina 11: KC Luke Kuechly ILB Boston College 12: SEA Melvin Ingram DE South Carolina 13: ARI Riley Reiff OT Iowa 14: DAL Mark Barron SS Alabama 15: JAC Quinton Coples DE North Carolina Projected trade: see pick 7. 16: NYJ David DeCastro OG Stanford 17: CIN Dre Kirpatrick CB Alabama 18: SD Chandler Jones DE Syracuse 19: CHI Kendall Wright WR Baylor 20: TEN Dontari Poe DT Memphis 21: CIN Cordy Glenn OG Georgia 22: CLE Co...

Same deal as last week. Rank the teams from 1 to 30 with as little bias as possible (definitely not an easy task). 1: Rangers LW: 2 18-3 is amazing, even against the struggling Red Sox. 2: Tigers LW: 1 Only fell due to the Rangers looking amazing. 3: Cardinals LW: 3 Quietly skating to a 9-3 record. 4: Nationals LW: 12 Ian Desmond is playing stellar at short. 5: Yankees LW: 4 Somebody get Jeter a long-term contract! 6: Dodgers LW: 11 Not higher than this due to the dearth of games against my bottom 5 teams. 7: Rays LW: 6 Still in a little bit of a rut to start the year. 8: Braves LW: 18 Playing great outside of the first series versus the Mets. 9: Blue Jays LW: 8 A team that should make the playoffs, but probably won't because 4 of the top 12 teams are in their division. 10: Diamondbacks LW: 5 A little too high on the D-backs last week. 11: Mets LW: 14 Mets coming down to earth some, and anyone can contend in the wide-open NL East (where the Phillies are last)!...

This post will have my baseball picks this week. 2012: 19-23 -2.76 units April: 19-23 -2.76 units April 19th: Yet another 1-run loss in extras, this time on a bad call. Just fade me. But if I win all 3 of these, I'll be back in the black... Twins +195 -1 unit They've won every time this series I didn't pick them. Dodgers +125 +1.25 units Let's try this again... best record in the NL *should* be good at +125, right? Rays +109 +1.09 units Really couldn't think of a good third pick so I chose this. April 18th: I think I'll call the Texas game in the ninth considering the 13 run lead. Picks: Texas +116 @ Red Sox +1.16 units Won't mess with a good thing. Dodgers +160 @ Brewers -1 unit I'll take the best record in baseball +160. Mets +120 @ Braves -1 unit The Mets have the Braves' number so far. April 17th: See what happens when I tell you to fade me? Good things. Going against 3 AL East teams today. Twins +210 @ Yankees -1 unit Twins...

Last August, before I had this blog, I made pre-season college football power ratings. I have decided to revisit these ratings to see how I did. I'll score it by the following system: Teams correctly picked in top 25: 1 point Teams correctly picked in top 10: 2 points Teams correctly picked within 10 spots: 2 points Teams correctly picked within 5 spots: 3 points Teams correctly picked within 3 spots: 4 spots I'll use the final Sagarin ratings to determine how my ratings did. So here's my preseason ratings with the Sagarin predictor rating in parentheses: 1. South Carolina (13) 1 2. Stanford (5) 12 3. Florida State (19) 1 4. Virginia Tech (27) 0 5. Alabama (2) 12 6. Nebraska (25) 1 7. Oklahoma (4) 12 8. Arizona State (32) 0 9. Texas A&M (12) 12 10. Pittsburgh (68) 0 11. Missouri (16) 6 12. Air Force (57) 0 13. Oregon (7) 3 14. Florida (29) 0 15. Oklahoma State (3) 1 16. Mississippi State (35) 0 17. Northern Illinois (54) 0 18. Georgia (20) 10 19...

Through the games of 4/11. Note that these rankings are my personal opinion. 1: Tigers 2: Rangers 3: Cardinals 4: Yankees 5: Diamondbacks 6: Rays 7: Angels 8: Blue Jays 9: Phillies 10: Reds 11: Dodgers 12: Nationals 13: Brewers 14: Mets 15: Royals 16: Giants 17: Red Sox 18: Braves 19: Orioles 20: Mariners 21: Marlins  22: Indians 23: Pirates 24: Athletics 25: White Sox 26: Cubs 27: Rockies 28: Astros 29: Twins 30: Padres That's all!

No analysis here, just throwing my draft out there. 1. Colts: Andrew Luck QB Stanford 2. Redskins (from Rams): Robert Griffin III QB Baylor 3. Vikings: Matt Kalil OT USC 4. Browns: Trent Richardson RB Alabama 5. Buccaneers: Morris Claiborne CB LSU 6. Rams (from Redskins): Justin Blackmon WR Oklahoma State 7. Chiefs (from Jaguars): Ryan Tannehill QB Texas A&M 8. Dolphins: Melvin Ingram DE South Carolina 9. Panthers: Fletcher Cox DT Mississippi State 10. Bills: Riley Reiff OT Iowa 11. Jaguars (from Chiefs): Michael Floyd WR Notre Dame 12. Seahawks: Luke Kuechly ILB Boston College 13. Cardinals: Quinton Coples DE North Carolina 14. Cowboys: Dontari Poe DT Memphis 15. Eagles: Mark Barron SS Alabama 16. Jets: David DeCastro OG Stanford 17. Bengals (from Raiders): Dre Kirpatrick CB Alabama 18. Chargers: Jonathan Martin OT Stanford 19. Bears: Whitney Mercilus DE Illinois 20. Titans: Cordy Glenn OG Georgia 21. Bengals: Kendall Wright WR Baylor 22. Browns (from Falcons...

I'll use this post to post my baseball picks for this week. 2012: 11-10 +1.31 units April: 11-10 +1.31 units April 12th: Phillies +105 vs. Marlins +1.05 units Diamondbacks -130 @ Padres +0.77 units Angels -145 @ Twins -1 unit Don't get why the Phillies are home underdogs to the Ozzie-less Marlins. I'll continue to fade the overrated Padres. The Twins are playing AAA ball, as I saw in person at Camden Yards last week. MLB power ratings coming tomorrow. April 11th: Mets +105 vs. Nationals -1 unit Diamondbacks +105 @ Padres -1 unit Royals +108 @ Athletics -1 unit Mets have Santana, who is slightly better than Strasburg, and the Mets are the hotter team. Still not understanding why the Padres are so inflated. Royals over the A's for the same reasons I put yesterday. April 10th: Cardinals +100 @ Reds +1 unit Royals +105 @ Athletics +1.05 units Pirates +210 @ Dodgers -1 unit Lohse should work his magic for the Cards again. A's have Cespedes and no one el...

Hi again! I've taken a little hiatus but I'm back. I hope it's not too late for some MLB predictions but here we go... AL East 1 Yankees 97-65 2 Rays 94-68 3 Blue Jays 89-73 4 Red Sox 82-80 5 Orioles 64-98 Shields, Moore and Price anchor a solid Rays lineup that will keep the AL East race interesting into the last week of the season. Cano will have a monster year, and the Yankees will take the division by a few games. Romero and Joey Bats will lead the Jays in a climb up the standings that will continue for a few years. The Red Sox will have bullpen issues and not gel very well under Bobby Valentine. Finally, Mark Reynolds will have a nice year for the O's but it won't be enough to compete in the toughest division in baseball. AL Central 1 Tigers 99-63 2 Royals 80-82 3 Twins 75-87 4 Indians 74-88 5 White Sox 70-92 The Tigers will run away with this division as expected. Brennan Boesch will breakout, and the 3-4 combo of Cabrera and Fielder will be dead...