Ringer's Tournament Record
ATS: 32-32
SU: 43-21
It has been a typical March in the college basketball world. The NCAA Tournament has brought tremendous action filled with thrilling finishes and upsets. Only four teams could make the trip to North Texas, and for just the third time ever there are two teams seeded 7 or lower playing in the final weekend of the season. Of course, those teams don't lack a pedigree. UConn has qualified as a 7-seed and is making their third trip to the Final Four in the last six years. Kentucky qualified as an 8-seed and will be playing in their third Final Four in four years. The two teams that took a more traditional route to this point as 1 and 2 seeds, are Florida and Wisconsin. I didn't have any of these teams making the Final Four before the season began. Florida was the only one I picked to reach the Final Four on Selection Sunday. So I guess that would make the Gators my favorite. But as we've learned throughout this entire tournament, it would not be a surprise to see any one of these teams cut down the nets. Here is a look at how I expect the Final Four to unfold.
National Semifinal - Arlington, TX
1 Florida vs. 7 UConn (+6.5)
How they got here
Florida beat: Albany 67-55, Pittsburgh 61-45, UCLA 79-68, Dayton 62-52
UConn beat: St. Joseph's 89-81 OT, Villanova 77-65, Iowa State 81-76, Michigan State 60-54
Record vs. Tournament Teams
Florida: 12-2
UConn: 11-5
Prediction - Florida 66 UConn 62
National Semifinal - Arlington, TX
2 Wisconsin (+2.5) vs. 8 Kentucky
How they got here
Wisconsin beat: American 75-35, Oregon 85-77, Baylor 69-52, Arizona 64-63 OT
Kentucky beat: Kansas State 56-49, Wichita State 78-76, Louisville 74-69, Michigan 75-72
Record vs. Tournament Teams
Wisconsin: 13-4
Kentucky: 7-6
Prediction - Wisconsin 69 Kentucky 62
Monday, March 31, 2014
2014 MLB Predictions
American League
AL East
Tampa Bay 92-70
Boston 90-72
NY Yankees 86-76
Baltimore 83-79
Toronto 76-86
AL Central
Detroit 91-71
Cleveland 80-82
Kansas City 79-83
Chicago Sox 69-93
Minnesota 67-95
AL West
Texas 90-72
LA Angels 88-74
Oakland 85-77
Seattle 80-82
Houston 63-99
AL Batting Champ - Dustin Pedroia (Bos)
AL Home Run Champ - Miguel Cabrera (Det)
AL RBI Champ - Miguel Cabrerra (Det)
AL MVP - Miguel Cabrera (Det)
AL Wins Leader - David Price (TB)
AL ERA Leader - Jared Weaver (LAA)
AL Saves Leader - Joe Nathan (Det)
AL Cy Young - Jared Weaver (LAA)
AL Wild Card
Boston over LA Angels
ALDS
Tampa Bay over Boston
Detroit over Texas
ALCS
Detroit over Tampa Bay
National League
NL East
Washington 93-69
Atlanta 90-72
Philadelphia 78-84
NY Mets 72-90
Miami 70-92
NL Central
St. Louis 94-68
Cincinnati 83-79
Pittsburgh 79-83
Milwaukee 75-87
Chicago Cubs 64-98
NL West
LA Dodgers 94-68
San Francisco 86-76
Arizona 84-78
San Diego 76-86
Colorado 73-89
NL Batting Champ - Freddie Freeman (Atl)
NL Home Run Champ - Paul Goldschmidt (Arz)
NL RBI Champ - Jay Bruce (Cin)
NL MVP - Yasiel Puig (LAD)
NL Wins Leader - Adam Wainwright (StL)
NL ERA Leader - Stephen Strasburg (Wash)
NL Saves Leader - Craig Kimbrel (Atl)
NL Cy Young - Adam Wainwright (StL)
NL Wild Card
Atlanta over San Francisco
NLDS
St. Louis over Atlanta
LA Dodgers over Washington
NLCS
LA Dodgers over St. Louis
World Series
LA Dodgers over Detroit
The Los Angeles Dodgers will win their first World Series since 1988!
AL East
Tampa Bay 92-70
Boston 90-72
NY Yankees 86-76
Baltimore 83-79
Toronto 76-86
AL Central
Detroit 91-71
Cleveland 80-82
Kansas City 79-83
Chicago Sox 69-93
Minnesota 67-95
AL West
Texas 90-72
LA Angels 88-74
Oakland 85-77
Seattle 80-82
Houston 63-99
AL Batting Champ - Dustin Pedroia (Bos)
AL Home Run Champ - Miguel Cabrera (Det)
AL RBI Champ - Miguel Cabrerra (Det)
AL MVP - Miguel Cabrera (Det)
AL Wins Leader - David Price (TB)
AL ERA Leader - Jared Weaver (LAA)
AL Saves Leader - Joe Nathan (Det)
AL Cy Young - Jared Weaver (LAA)
AL Wild Card
Boston over LA Angels
ALDS
Tampa Bay over Boston
Detroit over Texas
ALCS
Detroit over Tampa Bay
National League
NL East
Washington 93-69
Atlanta 90-72
Philadelphia 78-84
NY Mets 72-90
Miami 70-92
NL Central
St. Louis 94-68
Cincinnati 83-79
Pittsburgh 79-83
Milwaukee 75-87
Chicago Cubs 64-98
NL West
LA Dodgers 94-68
San Francisco 86-76
Arizona 84-78
San Diego 76-86
Colorado 73-89
NL Batting Champ - Freddie Freeman (Atl)
NL Home Run Champ - Paul Goldschmidt (Arz)
NL RBI Champ - Jay Bruce (Cin)
NL MVP - Yasiel Puig (LAD)
NL Wins Leader - Adam Wainwright (StL)
NL ERA Leader - Stephen Strasburg (Wash)
NL Saves Leader - Craig Kimbrel (Atl)
NL Cy Young - Adam Wainwright (StL)
NL Wild Card
Atlanta over San Francisco
NLDS
St. Louis over Atlanta
LA Dodgers over Washington
NLCS
LA Dodgers over St. Louis
World Series
LA Dodgers over Detroit
The Los Angeles Dodgers will win their first World Series since 1988!
Sunday, March 30, 2014
2014 MLB Preview
The 2014 Major League Baseball season gets going this week. As spring training has come to a close, rosters, lineups, and rotations are being set. Below is a look at where we rank each team as an infield unit, an outfield unit, starting rotation, and relief pitching. The biggest impact player in each unit is listed in parenthesis.
Infield
1. St. Louis (Matt Carpenter)
2. Arizona (Paul Goldschmidt)
3. Seattle (Robinson Cano)
4. Texas (Adrian Beltre)
5. Baltimore (Chris Davis)
6. Cleveland (Jason Kipnis)
7. Washington (Ian Desmond)
8. Atlanta (Freddie Freeman)
9. Milwaukee (Jean Segura)
10. Boston (Dustin Pedroia)
11. Tampa Bay (Evan Longoria)
12. Oakland (Josh Donaldson)
13. Colorado (Troy Tulowitzki)
14. NY Mets (David Wright)
15. Toronto (Edwin Encarnacion)
16. Kansas City (Eric Hosmer)
17. San Diego (Chase Headley)
18. Cincinnati (Joey Votto)
19. San Francisco (Buster Posey)
20. Detroit (Miguel Cabrera)
21. Houston (Jose Altuve)
22. Philadelphia (Chase Utley)
23. LA Angels (Albert Pujols)
24. NY Yankees (Brian McCann)
25. LA Dodgers (Hanley Ramirez)
26. Chicago Cubs (Starlin Castro)
27. Minnesota (Joe Mauer)
28. Chicago Sox (Alexei Ramirez)
29. Pittsburgh (Pedro Alvarez)
30. Miami (Jarrod Saltalamacchia)
Outfield
1. Milwaukee (Ryan Braun)
2. NY Yankees (Jacoby Ellsbury)
3. Tampa Bay (Wil Myers)
4. LA Angels (Mike Trout)
5. Texas (Shin-Soo Choo)
6. Atlanta (Justin Upton)
7. LA Dodgers (Yasiel Puig)
8. Washington (Bryce Harper)
9. Baltimore (Adam Jones)
10. St. Louis (Matt Holliday)
11. Colorado (Carlos Gonzalez)
12. Oakland (Yoenis Cespedes)
13. Arizona (Martin Prado)
14. Pittsburgh (Andrew McCutchen)
15. Miami (Giancarlo Stanton)
16. San Francisco (Hunter Pence)
17. Philadelphia (Dominic Brown)
18. Cincinnati (Jay Bruce)
19. Toronto (Jose Bautista)
20. Detroit (Austin Jackson)
21. Houston (George Springer)
22. Chicago Sox (Adam Eaton)
23. Cleveland (Michael Bourn)
24. Kansas City (Alex Gordon)
25. Boston (Daniel Nava)
26. NY Mets (Curtis Grandeerson)
27. Minnesota (Josh Willingham)
28. San Diego (Will Venable)
29. Seattle (Dustin Ackley)
30. Chicago Cubs (Nate Schierholtz)
Starting Pitching
1. St. Louis (Adam Wainwright)
2. Washington (Stephen Strasburg)
3. Cincinnati (Johnny Cueto)
4. Detroit (Justin Verlander)
5. Tampa Bay (David Price)
6. LA Dodgers (Clayton Kershaw)
7. Atlanta (Julio Teheran)
8. San Francisco (Matt Cain)
9. Seattle (Felix Hernandez)
10. Philadelphia (Cliff Lee)
11. NY Yankees (CC Sabathia)
12. Boston (Jon Lester)
13. LA Angels (Jared Weaver)
14. Oakland (Sonny Gray)
15. Pittsburgh (Gerrit Cole)
16. Cleveland (Justin Masterson)
17. Milwaukee (Matt Garza)
18. Texas (Yu Darvish)
19. Chicago Sox (Chris Sale)
20. Kansas City (James Shields)
21. San Diego (Josh Johnson)
22. NY Mets (Zack Wheeler)
23. Baltimore (Ubaldo Jimenez)
24. Miami (Jose Fernandez)
25. Chicago Cubs (Jeff Samardiza)
26. Toronto (RA Dickey)
27. Arizona (Wade Miley)
28. Minnesota (Ricky Nolasco)
29. Houston (Jarred Cosart)
30. Colorado (Brett Anderson)
Relief Piching
1. Atlanta (Craig Kimbrel)
2. Detroit (Joe Nathan)
3. St. Louis (Trevor Rosenthal)
4. LA Angels (Ernesto Frieri)
5. Kansas City (Greg Holland)
6. San Diego (Huston Street)
7. LA Dodgers (Kenley Jansen)
8. Boston (Koji Uehara)
9. Pittsburgh (Jason Grilli)
10. San Francisco (Sergio Romo)
11. Minnesota (Glen Perkins)
12. NY Yankees (David Robertson)
13. Philadelphia (Johnathan Papelbon)
14. Tampa Bay (Grant Balfour)
15. Arizona (Addison Reed)
16. Washington (Rafael Soriano)
17. Miami (Steve Cishek)
18. Oakland (Jim Johnson)
19. Toronto (Casey Jansen)
20. Seattle (Fernando Rodney)
21. Colorado (LaTroy Hopkins)
22. Cleveland (John Axford)
23. Milwaukee (Jim Henderson)
24. Chicago Sox (Nate Jones)
25. Baltimore (Tommy Hunter)
26. Cincinnati (Aroldis Chapman)
27. Texas (Neftali Perez)
28. NY Mets (Bobby Parnell)
29. Chicago Cubs (Jose Veras)
30. Houston (Jesse Crain)
Infield
1. St. Louis (Matt Carpenter)
2. Arizona (Paul Goldschmidt)
3. Seattle (Robinson Cano)
4. Texas (Adrian Beltre)
5. Baltimore (Chris Davis)
6. Cleveland (Jason Kipnis)
7. Washington (Ian Desmond)
8. Atlanta (Freddie Freeman)
9. Milwaukee (Jean Segura)
10. Boston (Dustin Pedroia)
11. Tampa Bay (Evan Longoria)
12. Oakland (Josh Donaldson)
13. Colorado (Troy Tulowitzki)
14. NY Mets (David Wright)
15. Toronto (Edwin Encarnacion)
16. Kansas City (Eric Hosmer)
17. San Diego (Chase Headley)
18. Cincinnati (Joey Votto)
19. San Francisco (Buster Posey)
20. Detroit (Miguel Cabrera)
21. Houston (Jose Altuve)
22. Philadelphia (Chase Utley)
23. LA Angels (Albert Pujols)
24. NY Yankees (Brian McCann)
25. LA Dodgers (Hanley Ramirez)
26. Chicago Cubs (Starlin Castro)
27. Minnesota (Joe Mauer)
28. Chicago Sox (Alexei Ramirez)
29. Pittsburgh (Pedro Alvarez)
30. Miami (Jarrod Saltalamacchia)
Outfield
1. Milwaukee (Ryan Braun)
2. NY Yankees (Jacoby Ellsbury)
3. Tampa Bay (Wil Myers)
4. LA Angels (Mike Trout)
5. Texas (Shin-Soo Choo)
6. Atlanta (Justin Upton)
7. LA Dodgers (Yasiel Puig)
8. Washington (Bryce Harper)
9. Baltimore (Adam Jones)
10. St. Louis (Matt Holliday)
11. Colorado (Carlos Gonzalez)
12. Oakland (Yoenis Cespedes)
13. Arizona (Martin Prado)
14. Pittsburgh (Andrew McCutchen)
15. Miami (Giancarlo Stanton)
16. San Francisco (Hunter Pence)
17. Philadelphia (Dominic Brown)
18. Cincinnati (Jay Bruce)
19. Toronto (Jose Bautista)
20. Detroit (Austin Jackson)
21. Houston (George Springer)
22. Chicago Sox (Adam Eaton)
23. Cleveland (Michael Bourn)
24. Kansas City (Alex Gordon)
25. Boston (Daniel Nava)
26. NY Mets (Curtis Grandeerson)
27. Minnesota (Josh Willingham)
28. San Diego (Will Venable)
29. Seattle (Dustin Ackley)
30. Chicago Cubs (Nate Schierholtz)
Starting Pitching
1. St. Louis (Adam Wainwright)
2. Washington (Stephen Strasburg)
3. Cincinnati (Johnny Cueto)
4. Detroit (Justin Verlander)
5. Tampa Bay (David Price)
6. LA Dodgers (Clayton Kershaw)
7. Atlanta (Julio Teheran)
8. San Francisco (Matt Cain)
9. Seattle (Felix Hernandez)
10. Philadelphia (Cliff Lee)
11. NY Yankees (CC Sabathia)
12. Boston (Jon Lester)
13. LA Angels (Jared Weaver)
14. Oakland (Sonny Gray)
15. Pittsburgh (Gerrit Cole)
16. Cleveland (Justin Masterson)
17. Milwaukee (Matt Garza)
18. Texas (Yu Darvish)
19. Chicago Sox (Chris Sale)
20. Kansas City (James Shields)
21. San Diego (Josh Johnson)
22. NY Mets (Zack Wheeler)
23. Baltimore (Ubaldo Jimenez)
24. Miami (Jose Fernandez)
25. Chicago Cubs (Jeff Samardiza)
26. Toronto (RA Dickey)
27. Arizona (Wade Miley)
28. Minnesota (Ricky Nolasco)
29. Houston (Jarred Cosart)
30. Colorado (Brett Anderson)
Relief Piching
1. Atlanta (Craig Kimbrel)
2. Detroit (Joe Nathan)
3. St. Louis (Trevor Rosenthal)
4. LA Angels (Ernesto Frieri)
5. Kansas City (Greg Holland)
6. San Diego (Huston Street)
7. LA Dodgers (Kenley Jansen)
8. Boston (Koji Uehara)
9. Pittsburgh (Jason Grilli)
10. San Francisco (Sergio Romo)
11. Minnesota (Glen Perkins)
12. NY Yankees (David Robertson)
13. Philadelphia (Johnathan Papelbon)
14. Tampa Bay (Grant Balfour)
15. Arizona (Addison Reed)
16. Washington (Rafael Soriano)
17. Miami (Steve Cishek)
18. Oakland (Jim Johnson)
19. Toronto (Casey Jansen)
20. Seattle (Fernando Rodney)
21. Colorado (LaTroy Hopkins)
22. Cleveland (John Axford)
23. Milwaukee (Jim Henderson)
24. Chicago Sox (Nate Jones)
25. Baltimore (Tommy Hunter)
26. Cincinnati (Aroldis Chapman)
27. Texas (Neftali Perez)
28. NY Mets (Bobby Parnell)
29. Chicago Cubs (Jose Veras)
30. Houston (Jesse Crain)
Saturday, March 29, 2014
NCAA Basketball - Elite 8 Predictions
Ringer's Tournament Record
ATS: 30-30
SU: 42-18
South Regional - Memphis
1 Florida vs. 11 Dayton (+10.5)
How they got here
Florida beat: Albany 67-55, Pittsburgh 61-45, UCLA 79-68
Dayton beat: Ohio State 60-59, Syracuse 55-53, Stanford 82-72
Record vs. Tournament Teams
Florida: 11-2
Dayton: 7-6
Prediction - Florida 66 Dayton 59
West Regional - Anaheim
1 Arizona (-2.5) vs. 2 Wisconsin
How they got here
Arizona beat: Weber State 68-59, Gonzaga 84-61, San Diego State 70-64
Wisconsin beat: American 75-35, Oregon 85-77, Baylor 69-52
Record vs. Tournament Teams
Arizona: 16-3
Wisconsin: 12-4
Prediction - Arizona 65 Wisconsin 62
East Regional - New York
4 Michigan State vs. 7 UConn (+5.5)
How they got here
Michigan State beat: Delaware 93-78, Harvard 80-73, Virginia 61-59
UConn beat: St. Joseph's 89-81 OT, Villanova 77-65, Iowa State 81-76
Record vs. Tournament Teams
Michigan State: 12-6
UConn: 10-5
Prediction - Michigan State 75 UConn 72
Midwest Regional - Indianapolis
2 Michigan (+2.5) vs. 8 Kentucky
How they got here
Michigan beat: Wofford 57-40, Texas 79-65, Tennessee 73-71
Kentucky beat: Kansas State 56-49, Wichita State 78-76, Louisville 74-69
Record vs. Tournament Teams
Michigan: 12-6
Kentucky: 6-6
Prediction - Michigan 68 Kentucky 62
ATS: 30-30
SU: 42-18
South Regional - Memphis
1 Florida vs. 11 Dayton (+10.5)
How they got here
Florida beat: Albany 67-55, Pittsburgh 61-45, UCLA 79-68
Dayton beat: Ohio State 60-59, Syracuse 55-53, Stanford 82-72
Record vs. Tournament Teams
Florida: 11-2
Dayton: 7-6
Prediction - Florida 66 Dayton 59
West Regional - Anaheim
1 Arizona (-2.5) vs. 2 Wisconsin
How they got here
Arizona beat: Weber State 68-59, Gonzaga 84-61, San Diego State 70-64
Wisconsin beat: American 75-35, Oregon 85-77, Baylor 69-52
Record vs. Tournament Teams
Arizona: 16-3
Wisconsin: 12-4
Prediction - Arizona 65 Wisconsin 62
East Regional - New York
4 Michigan State vs. 7 UConn (+5.5)
How they got here
Michigan State beat: Delaware 93-78, Harvard 80-73, Virginia 61-59
UConn beat: St. Joseph's 89-81 OT, Villanova 77-65, Iowa State 81-76
Record vs. Tournament Teams
Michigan State: 12-6
UConn: 10-5
Prediction - Michigan State 75 UConn 72
Midwest Regional - Indianapolis
2 Michigan (+2.5) vs. 8 Kentucky
How they got here
Michigan beat: Wofford 57-40, Texas 79-65, Tennessee 73-71
Kentucky beat: Kansas State 56-49, Wichita State 78-76, Louisville 74-69
Record vs. Tournament Teams
Michigan: 12-6
Kentucky: 6-6
Prediction - Michigan 68 Kentucky 62
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