It took eleven whole months after the RyanGlanzer.com MLB Pick’em Game began, but today, after the announcement of the National League MVP, a winner has come forth.  (A couple people could move around a little after tomorrow’s AL MVP announcement, however.)  The 2008 champion, knocking off ’07 champ Josh Pomplun, is popular Twins blogger Seth Stohs, who is the only person out of 32 to pick even one of the two World Series teams.  Stohs’ prediction of a Red Sox-Phillies World Series earned him the extra points needed to win the game.

My scoring system was a bit odd.

  • 1 point for each correct division winner or wild card winner
  • 1/2 point if you picked the playoff team, but not the correct spot (i.e. Brewers winning Central)
  • 3 points for a correct World Series team representation
  • 1 additional point for picking the World Series champion
  • 1 point each for AL MVP, NL MVP, AL Cy Young, NL Cy Young, and AL and NL home run leaders.
  • In the event of a tiebreaker, Nick Punto’s batting average was predicted

Here are the final standings.  Tiebreakers based on the Punto average.  I’ll also include everyone’s World Series predictions!

  1. Seth Stohs, 6.5, Red Sox over Phillies
  2. Gil from San Diego, 5.5, Dodgers over Red Sox
  3. Eric Olson, 5, Angels over Brewers
  4. Alex Glanzer, 4.5, Tigers over Mets
  5. Brian Lemke, 4.5, Mets over Red Sox
  6. Josh from Burnsville, 4, Tigers over Mets
  7. Calvin Krogman, 3.5, Mets over Tigers
  8. Brian Giggee, 3.5, Mets over Red Sox
  9. Dusty Hovde, 3.5, Indians over Mets
  10. Steve Ellingson, 3.5, Mets over Red Sox
  11. Aaron Pratt, 3, Red Sox over Mets
  12. Dan Virchow, 3, Angels over Mets
  13. Chris Walsh, 3, Mets over Tigers
  14. Craig from Moorhead, 3, Red Sox over Diamondbacks
  15. Jon Mueller, 3, Mets over Red Sox
  16. Josh Pomplun, 3, Red Sox over Braves
  17. Greg Dean, 3, Red Sox over Mets
  18. Charlie Ahern, 3, Royals over Mets
  19. Tovar Creole, 3, Pirates over Rangers
  20. Jeff LaPlant, 3, Reds over Red Sox
  21. Jason LaPlant, 2.5, Twins over Dodgers
  22. Colin Goldman, 2.5, Mariners over Diamondbacks
  23. Josh Krueger, 2.5, Mets over Tigers
  24. Matt Hanson, 2.5, Twins over Mets
  25. Kyle Henning, 2.5, Mets over Tigers
  26. Ryan Glanzer, 2.5, Tigers over Diamondbacks
  27. Justin Korbel, 2.5, Tigers over Mets
  28. Lauren Poulter, 2, Tigers over Cubs
  29. Chris Ahrendt, 2, Mets over Tigers
  30. Bryan Hagen, 2, Tigers over Brewers
  31. AJ Sabako, 1, Yankees over Marlins
  32. Marcie Glanzer, 0.5, Yankees over Reds

Interesting to note that the only person to pick the Rays to make the playoffs was 19th place winner Tovar Creole, who also picked the White Sox to win the Central.  Unfortunately, that’s about all he got right, as he picked the Pirates to win it all.

Go here to see everyone’s complete preseason picks.