1. World Series Winner/Loser NYY/PHI
2. MVP (AL/NL) Joe Mauer/Albert Pujols
3. Cy Young (AL/NL) Zach Greinke/Tim Lincecum
4. ROY (AL/NL) Andrew Bailey/Chris Coghlan
5. Which two Red Sox or ex-Red Sox players/prospects gets the most MVP vote points in 2009. Remember, MVP voters vote for the top 10 in each league, 14 points for first place, nine for second, eight for third and on down to one for 10th. (don't need to pick the correct order of the two) Hanley Ramirez and Kavin Youkilis
Hanley Ramirez 233, Kevin Youkilis 150, Jason Bay 78, Victor Martinez 4
Red Sox
6. Red Sox Wins - Yankees Wins 95 - 103
7. Red Sox AVG leader - OPS leader Kevin Youkilis - Kevin Youkilis
8. What two pitchers start the most games besides Beckett, Matsuzaka, and Lester? Brad Penny & Tim Wakefield
9. What two pitchers throw the most innings out of the pen after Papelbon, Ramirez, Okajima, Saito, Masterson, Delcarmen, and Lopez? Dan Bard & Billy Wagner (also earn points for Hunter Jones, as no one could have guessed Wagner)
10. First two players to be added to the 25-man roster on or after April 15 (players coming off the DL do not count). Jeff Bailey & Michael Bowden
Organization - minor league only stats predictions are cumulative
11. Top 4 pitchers: Wins Adam Mills, Brock Huntzinger, Stolmy Pimentel, Fabian Williamson, & Ryne Miller (4 tied at 10)
12. Top 4 pitchers: Saves Fernando Cabrera, Derrick Loop, Bryce Cox, Jason Blackey
13. Top 4 pitchers: Strikeouts Eammon Portice, Kyle Weiland, Fabian Williamson, Stolmy Pimentel
14. Top 4 hitters: HRs Ryan Lavarnway, Ryan Kalish, Jon Still, Chris Carter
15. Top 4 hitters: OPS Daniel Nava, Ryan Lavarnway, Ryan Westmoreland, Anthony Rizzo
16. Top 4 hitters: SBs Wilfred Pichardo, Derrik Gibson, Che-Hsuan Lin, Heiker Meneses
Misc:
17. First two players to earn a permanent promotion after the season starts (from any level to any level - not just to boston - but not including rehab re-assignments or call-ups from XST) Jarod Plummer from Salem to Portland, Daniel Bard from Pawtucket to Boston
18. Pick 4 players that will be called up to the Sox after September 1. (Does not count if player is called up earlier and remained on roster through September - Does count if player is called up earlier, sent back down, and then called back up again after September 1). While there may be more than 4 called up, you can only pick 4 here. Junichi Tazawa, Josh Reddick, Michael Bowden, Dusty Brown, Hunter Jones, Dustin Richardson, Fernando Cabrera (Brian Anderson, Joey Gathright, Chris Woodward)
19. Who will be voted the Offensive POY as voted by the SP Community? Pitcher of the Year? Ryan Lavarnway/Casey Kelly
20. Who will be the Breakout POY as voted by the SP Community? Comeback POY? Ryan Kalish/Anthony Rizzo
21. Who will the Red Sox draft with their first two picks in the 2009 draft? Reymond Fuentes & Alex Wilson
22. How many of the top 60 prospects will be traded between Opening Day and September 1? 4 (Nick Hagadone, Bryan Price, Argenis Diaz, and Hunter Stickland) Who will be the highest-rated prospect to be traded this season? Hagadone
23. Which two prospects from the SoxProspects Top 60 will make the biggest jump up in the rankings? Roman Mendez (24); Fabian Williamson (20).
24. How many of the seven affiliates will make the playoffs? 3 (Salem, Greenville, Lowell) How many will be above .500 for the season? 3 (Greenville, Lowell, DSL)
25. Who will be the top four prospects in the SoxProspects season-end rankings (don't need to pick exact order for the points). Casey Kelly, Josh Reddick, Ryan Kalish, Ryan Westmoreland
SCORING: Fairly easy, 4 points per answer. You can get fractions of the 4 points for partially correct answers. Total of 100 possible points.
For the Red Sox/Yankees wins question, you get 2 points for being dead on, 1 point for being within 2 wins either way (per team).
Rankings for question #22 based on SoxProspects 2009 season-start rankings (March 22).
Rankings for question #23 based on SoxProspects 2009 season-start rankings (March 22) and season-end rakings (Sep 20).
