futilityinfielder.com - 4/9/2008
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The Baseball Prospectus staff predictions went up over the past weekend, though most of them (including mine) were in the can by Opening Day. Here are the American League ones, and here the National League ones, with the oddball questions as well. My slice of the pie:American League
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... earlier this week, has issued one of their own. The Brewers are 4th, behind the girl who was attacked by a hawk at Fenway, the Baltimore Orioles and Brett Favre.
No Bias Baseball's two voters have the Brewers third and first, respectively.
Bird Land notes that the #9 spot in the Brewers order, currently occupied by Jason Kendall (and the pitchers spot when Mike Rivera catches), is the third most productive lineup spot in all of baseball.
The Futility Infielder picked the Brewers to win the NL Central.
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