My predictions
AL East
The Yankees and Red Sox sports announcers will all blow their vocal cords out yelling at each other over which team is the best. There will be a Master Card commercial showing ARod and Jeter as best of friends making fun of all the fuss about their egos, with both making big $$$.
Both teams will be neck and neck at the end, but both Toronto and Devil Rays will give a good showing up until August and thendo a swam dive.
But Boston will prevail where there will then be rioting in the streets.
AL Cent
weak, weak, weak. Any of 3 teams could win it. Detroit probably won’t cause Ivan Rodriguiz can only do so much. Kansas City will limp to the finish line, clinching less than a week before the end of the season. Minnesota will look just ok for the season, just enough to give the fan a faint light of hope. Chicago will tease their fans that they will do good and then start losing in August and Sept, their players won’t hold up for the whole season.
AL West
Anaheim all the way. End of story. The oppositing pitchers will have to face Anderson, Vlad, Glsus, Guillen, Salmon all in a row. They start the season with 7 decent starters and the top bullpin in the majors. I don’t even know why the other teams are even bothering to play the season.
NL East
Phillies is the only team contending in this division. The rest are just not putting a good product on the field. Could someone please buy the Expos and get them out of the hands of the evil Commish? Mets need to develop a minor league system rather than trying to emulate the Yankees and guy a pennate, it ain’t workin. Florida won’t repeat from last year, not that they were a fluke, just that they lost some key players.
NL Cent.
Cubs will take this division cause of pitching. Houston will be on their tail though right up to the end, and I could see them winning the wild card. St Louis will look good, but not good enough cause they don’t have enough pitching. Pirates need to spend money on more than their new ballpark–they need some good players. Brewers are a disgrace to the game and should be sold to someone who is not associated the the Commish.
NL West
I like the Padres. They have upgraded their offense and have added some experienced arms to go with those young uns they brought up last year. Arizona looks like the only other team to give them a run. Giants lost too many good players and Barry will be distracts by the controversy of if he did or didn’t do the juice. Dodgers, can you say 2006 at the earliest to even look good.
Anaheim Angels 2004 World Series Champions.
It is gonna be a fun year.
Psst. Neurotik Angels are on ESPN on Monday @11am. I may have to get sick that morn and get to work really late. 