Nachoman's picks -- please forget these before October 1.

Last week, I asked all of the Nachoman's readers to enter The Daily Fix's baseball contest. Here are my own picks. (Though I made that Brewers pick before I recalled their pickup of Eric Gagne with a spoon. Oops.)

Don't forget, new column coming Friday...

THE BASICS (point value in parentheses)
1. Which six teams will be division winners? (5 each)
Mets, Brewers, D-backs, Red Sox, Tigers, Angels

2. Which two teams will win the wild cards? (5 each)
Braves, Yankees (ugh)

3. Which two teams will go to the World Series? (15 each)
Tigers, Braves

4. Which team will win the World Series? (30)
Braves

5. Which team will have the best regular-season record? (10)
Mets

6. Which team will have the worst regular-season record? (10)
Marlins

7. Who will win the AL and NL Cy Young awards? (10 each)
AL: B. Webb, J. Lackey


8. Who will win the AL and NL MVP awards? (10 each)
J. Reyes, A. Rodriguez

9. Who will win the AL and NL Rookie of the Year awards? (10 each)
Votto (this Reds fan hopes), Buchholz


TEAMS (all remaining questions 10 points each. All questions include regular-season games only.)
10. Which NL team will score the most runs? And which AL team? (5 points each)
Phillies, Yankees


11. Which NL team will give up the most runs? And which AL team? (5 points each)
Marlins, Devil Rays

12. Which team will have the most-improved record, measured in increase in total regular-season victories?
Tampa


13. Which team will suffer the biggest decline, measured in decrease in total regular-season victories?
Cardinals

14. Rank these teams in order of regular-season wins, most to fewest: Nationals, Pirates, Orioles, Devil Rays, Royals.
Rays, Gnats, Pirates, Royals, Orioles


INDIVIDUALS (Asterisk denotes partial credit will be given.)
15. Which manager will be first to no longer be managing his team (whether fired, retired, resigned or otherwise not managing) in 2008?
Charlie Manuel

16. Who will be the highest-salaried player (based on 2008 salary) released or traded?
Pettite


17. Which starting pitcher who’s changed teams (a group that includes Johan Santana and Dontrelle Willis) will earn the most wins?
Santana


18. Will anyone reach the 20-20-20-20 threshold (in doubles, triples, home runs and stolen bases) that Curtis Granderson and Jimmy Rollins reached last year? If yes, who?
Rollins again

19. How many home runs will Barry Bonds hit?*
zero

WE’RE CURIOUS
20. Will average television ratings for the World Series go up or down from last year’s 10.6?
down (4 hour games that start at 9:30 p.m. won't get many viewers outside of Boston)