I'm pretty terrible at predictions.

I realized that the "Sports" aspect of MQ has been....hmmmm....lacking. That being said, I though it would be fun to take a look back at my beginning-of-the-year baseball predictions and evaluate my half-hearted attempts at prognostication. The actual halfway point of the season has come and gone, but the All-Star Game is generally regarded as the unofficial cutoff between the first and second parts of the season.

In an e-mail dated April 1st, I proudly proclaimed the following:

"AL West: Rangers (I have to believe that the Showalter curse still lives...Plus this division is positively terrible.)
AL Central: Tigers
AL East: Red Sox
Wild Card: Indians

AL MVP: Grady Sizemore
AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander
AL ROY: Daric Barton

NL West: Padres (As if there was any doubt. They could score 100 runs this season and still win this division.)
NL Central: Cubs
NL East: Mets
Wild Card: D-Backs

NL MVP: David Wright
NL Cy Young: Dan Haren
NL ROY: Kosuke Fukudome

Divisional:
AL: Red Sox over Indians, Tigers over Rangers
NL: Mets over D-Backs, Padres over Cubs

ALCS: Tigers over Red Sox
NLCS: Mets over Padres

World Series: Tigers over Mets in 6

Discuss. Respond."

For those who aren't too keen on the deportes, I'll explain: This is pretty bad.

I'll admit it. I bought into the Detroit Tigers hype, thinking that their pitching would be more reliable. The Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox are both over .500, with the Sox actually pulling into first place before the All-Star Break. Sadly, though, the Cleveland Indians are in last place and the closest that outfielder Grady Sizemore might get to a trophy this year is if he wins the Home Run Derby. The Tigers' Justin Verlander hasn't sniffed his numbers from last year and Daric Barton isn't even the best rookie on his team.

On the National League side, the Cubs and David Wright's Mets are strong and resurgent. Maybe I should have stopped my picks there. It's apparent that the Diamondbacks are incapable of taking the Wild Card slot when they don't even have more wins than losses and, sadly, my Padres are struggling to avoid the cellar. Fukudome (who, I'll admit, I probably picked because his name sounded cool) and Haren wouldn't even finish above teammates Geovany Soto and Brandon Webb in their respective races. Those were duds, too.

So, the Red Sox and Mets might have a chance to make it to their Championship Series and, maybe after that, the Fall Classic. But even if they do, that's a poor showing for me this season, picks-wise.

Again.