Baseball Season!!!

[michaeldthomas]

I'm watching the Cubs play the Bankees at the new Yankee Stadium. Over 1.5 billion dollars of mostly NYC taxpayer money later, it still looks like a ballgame.

The season officially begins tomorrow night, so here are my predictions for the season. I spent weeks analyzing statistics with the help of Baseball Prospectus 2009. Feel free to mock me later when all of my predictions have gone wrong.



AL East
1- Boston Red Sox
2- Tampa Bay Rays- WC
3- New York Yankees
4- Baltimore Orioles
5- Toronto Blue Jays

AL Central
1- Cleveland Indians
2- Chicago White Sox
3- Minnesota Twins
4- Detroit Tigers
5- Kansas City Royals

AL West
1- Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
2- Oakland Athletics
3- Texas Rangers
4- Seattle Mariners

NL East
1- Florida Marlins
2- New York Mets- WC
3- Philadelphia Philies
4- Atlanta Braves
5- Washington Nationals

NL Central
1- Chicago Cubs
2- Milwaukee Brewers
3- St. Louis Cardinals
4- Cincinnati Reds
5- Houston Astros
6- Pittsburgh Pirates

NL West
1- Los Angeles Dodgers
2- Arizona Diamondbacks
3- San Francisco Giants
4- Colorado Rockies
5- San Diego Padres

World Series-
Chicago Cubs vs. Boston Red Sox
Cubs in 7

NL MVP- Manny Ramirez
NL Cy Young- Johan Santana

AL MVP- Grady Sizemore
AL Cy Young- Jon Lester