Dr Bukiet predicts MLB 2009 team wins!

The New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels should make the playoffs in the American League (AL) in 2009 with most other teams lagging well behind. The National League (NL) should see another very tight race in the Eastern Division as has occurred in recent years.

However, this year it looks like there may be a three-way tie among the defending World Series Champion Philadelphia Phillies, the Atlanta Braves, and the New York Mets. Two of these teams should make the playoffs (one as Eastern Division champion and the other as NL wild card team) while the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers should handily win their divisions, said Bruce Bukiet.

Bukiet, an associate professor of mathematical sciences and associate dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts at NJIT, once again provides the number of games each Major League Baseball team should win in 2009 based on the mathematical model he developed in 2000.

The contest for primacy in the AL East should go down to the wire with the Yankees winning 99 games to the Red Sox 97. With the two best records expected in the Major Leagues this season, both teams should make it to the post-season, one as AL East winner and the other as the AL wild card team. The defending AL champion Tampa Bay Rays should take third place with 91 wins. In the AL Central Division, the Indians should win 88 games to the Minnesota Twins 83, while the Angels should win AL West by a whopping 21 games with 92 wins while the Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics win 71 each.

In the National League East, Bukiet is concerned that for the third year in a row his favorite team, the Mets, will miss the playoffs on the last day of the season. The model has been quite accurate with the Mets over past few years with the Mets slightly underperforming and the Phillies slightly over performing. If that repeats itself, it would spell another season of final game heartbreak to Mets fans.

In the NL Central Division, Bukiets model calls for the Chicago Cubs to win 97 games, 12 more than the second-place St. Louis Cardinals. The Pittsburgh Pirates should win just 60 games, the least in the Major Leagues.

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[btwall60]

Dude, please predict if Castillo will drop the pop fly again.

it's why they play the games.

[HowYouSayOwned]

are you agreeing with me?

[redsoxsuckhaha]

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[HowYouSayOwned]

how about them steroids

[redsoxsuckhaha]

HOW ABOUT THEM YANKEES

[redsoxsuckhaha]

YANKEES #1

[Kommandos123]

i know this guys this guy is a freak!!!!!

[pokeknowledge2007]

yanks won!!!

[AshburnStadium]

What happened to the Mets? Only the lowly Nationals kept them out of the cellar!

Since the good Doctor is a Mets fan, what's his take on the 2009 World Series, which has the defending champion Phillies taking on the Damn Yankees?

[COOLMAN293]

yanks phillies thers no repeat stop lieng to yourselfs