Evaluating April MLB Predictions

• Redsauce

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  I've always wanted to take a look at this, but I can never seem to remember what their predictions were (other than John Kruk predicting that the Red Sox AND Yankees would both win over 130 games).  Thanks & great analysis!

  Posted 9/25/2007 [reply] [flag]

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Links of the Day: In case you forgot, Steve Phillips is an idiot
Published 9/25/2007 by Gilbert at Obscure Sports Quarterly
... Ever wonder how accurate all those people who made baseball predictions back in April did? Well, Vegas Watch did their homework and found out. Anyone who watches ESPN can guess who had the worst predictions. (Vegas Watch) ...

The Roundup: Helluva Voicemail, Brenda Warner, and Tebow
Published 9/25/2007 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Revisiting preseason baseball predictions by ESPN’s finest. (Vegas Watch) ...

THE MIDWAY: MLB PREDICTIONS & BAD TRADE OFFERS
Published 9/25/2007 by DCScrap at EPIC CARNIVAL | SPORTS NEWS WITH A TWIST
... A look at some of the best and worst individual MLB predictions from the pre-season, as well as whose overall predictions were most accurate. (Vegas Watch) ...

Blogdome: Rocky Mountain Low
Published 9/25/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
... • How far off were those preseason predictions? [Vegas Watch] ...

Vegas Watch: Evaluating April MLB Predictions
Published 9/25/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Vegas Watch: Evaluating April MLB Predictions ...

Advantage: Statgeeks
Published 9/26/2007 by Sky at skyking162
... VegasWatch has a great analysis of pre-season team win predictions, comparing a bunch of different writers, baseball experts, ESPN “experts”, and computerized systems. I’ll get right to the point: ...

The News
Published 9/26/2007 by mondesishouse at Mondesishouse.com
... --One of my favorite sports is looking back at the "experts" picks after all is said and done, so I really enjoyed this article. Steve Phillips was the worst, you say? I find that impossible to believe. ...

Baseball Today: Wednesday, Septemeber 26
Published 9/26/2007 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... LOOKING BACK: The blog Vegas Watch looks back at the best and worst of April predictions and notes ESPN's Steve Phillips picked the Red Sox to win 82 games. Reminds me of an e-mail I got from a Red Sox fan in late March that read, "Stick a fork in 'em. I do not see this team finishing any higher than third in the division." ...

FanHouse's Top Five: It's Time to Pay the Piper, Baseball People
Published 9/26/2007 by PostmanE at FanHouse
... 1). Vegas Watch leads off the festivities today with an insightful roundup of various baseball analysts' preseason predictions. Two things you thought might be true: ...

Ten Things I Didn’t Know Last Week
Published 9/27/2007 by Dave Studeman at The Hardball Times
... , "Young players are unreliable and inconsistent, while veterans are steady and dependable" I don't know that Jeff has dispelled every single one of those myths, but they sure make for thought-provoking web browsing. How well the predictors predicted Vegas Watch put together an analysis of how well several of the major baseball writers predicted this year's pennant race . I'm glad he didn't include anything from me in there. I'd probably make Steve Phillips look good. The most extreme splits of the year I've been hard at work on the ...

Tooting my own horn
Published 9/27/2007 by Bradford Doolittle at DoolittleBrothers.com
... series, he links to this review of preseason projections over at VegasWatch. Well VegasWatch didn’t review ...

The Sage and the Stupid
Published 9/27/2007 by Adam Godson at Bugs & Cranks
... September 27th, 2007 At the beginning of each baseball season, everyone makes predictions. Some are lucky enough to make them in private or orally, where they can deny their existence. Bugs & Cranks writers are not so fortunate. One of my least favorite things about the sports media is that they tend to always think they re right. They make predictions , then either deny them or reverse them to fit the current situation. In the spirit of everything that s right with blogs, join me as I look at the good, the bad, and the unbelievably funny pre-season predictions of the Bugs & Cranks staff. Sage: The worst offseason bust will be Barry Zito of the Giants ...