With the baseball season right around the corner and its time for the yearly season predictions, but before i do its time to look back at last years predictions.
For the AL East i was 3 for 5, the only mess up was I had Boston winning the division and the Yankees second. Tampa 3rd, Toronto 4th and Baltimore 5th.
AL Central 2 for 5, had the Minnesota winning and KC last but the 2, 3 & 4 spots all wrong.
AL West 1 for 4, the Angels i had winning the Division and thats it.
NL East 3 for 5, Phillies winning the division, Braves third and the Nats last
NL Central 2 for 6, Brewers third and Pirates last
NL West 1 for 5, Only had San Diego in 4th.
So really not that good not even 50 percent, and i also had the Cubs winning the World Series so lets forget last year and start for this season.
AL EAST
1. New York Yankees
2. Boston Red Sox
3. Baltimore Orioles
4. Tampa Bay Rays
5. Toronto Blue Jays
The Yankees still have all the fire power in the AL East, like the Red Sox pitching but not the hitting and this might finally be the year the Orioles start making a move in the division.
AL CENTRAL
1. Chicago White Sox
2. Minnesota Twins
3. Detroit Tigers
4. Cleveland Indians
5. Kansas City Royals
You almost forget that the White Sox have Jake Peavy with him in that rotation and the Twins losing Joe Nathan for the season should be enough to give the White Sox the edge.
AL WEST
1. Seattle Mariners
2. Los Angeles Angels
3. Texas Rangers
4. Oakland Athletics
Seattle has made a lot of moves with Cliff Lee and Chone Figgins being the big splashes, the Angles on the other hand have lost to much I wouldn't be surprised if the Angels drop to Third.
NL EAST
1. Philadelphia Phillies
2. Florida Marlins
3. New York Mets
4. Atlanta Braves
5. Washington Nationals
The Phillies should continue with their strangle hold on this division every other team has to many issues to seriously contend with the Phillies.
NL CENTRAL
1. St. Louis Cardinals
2. Milwaukee Brewers
3. Chicago Cubs
4. Cincinnati Reds
5. Houston Astros
6. Pittsburgh Pirates
This seems like a 2 team race between St. Louis and Milwaukee, the Cubs don't have enough to contend.
NL WEST
1. Colorado Rockies
2. Los Angeles Dodgers
3. San Francisco Giants
4. San Diego Padres
5. Arizona Diamondbacks
I love the way the Rockies play hopefully they wont need another late season run to get into the playoffs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMP: Seattle Mariners
NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMP: Philadelphia Phillies
I love the 1-2 punch of Cliff Lee and Felix Hernandez and if Bedard is healthy its hard to argue that this pitching staff wont be the best in all of Major League Baseball.
