# Spring begins: BASEBALL SEASON!  Let's hear your predictions!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-begins-baseball-season-lets-hear-your-predictions/351267>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 4, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-begins-baseball-season-lets-hear-your-predictions/351267 "2006-04-04T15:34:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-begins-baseball-season-lets-hear-your-predictions/351267/21 "2006-04-05T15:59:21Z")

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(Note to ZipperJJ, Ixnay on the negatory comments. We need to generate positive Tribe karma.)

AL:

East: The Evil Empire  
Central: Cleveland  
West: The L.A. A. of A  
Wild Card: Chicago

NL:

East: Atlanta’s Milwaukee Braves from Boston  
Central: St. Louis  
West: San Francisco  
Wild Card: NY Mets

World Series: Cleveland over NY Mets in 6.

Total home runs: 4860

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**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-begins-baseball-season-lets-hear-your-predictions/351267/22 "2006-04-05T17:59:40Z")

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> [@Gadarene](#):
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> What positions do you think they won’t stay healthy at? They’ve got the most upper-level minor league pitching depth in baseball.

SS - Crosby hasn’t shown an ability to avoid injuries, even if they aren’t chronic.  
CF - Kotsay’s back will be a factor  
3B - I’m not convinced Chavez’s decision to rehab the shoulder was the best one. Reminds me of the Glaus episode where it plagued him throughout the season and he wound up having to get surgery anyway.  
DH - Easy call, Thomas won’t last the full season.  
SP - Harden won’t reach 200 innings. The A’s have the depth, but Harden’s a legit stud and you aren’t going to replace his innings with Kennedy or Saarloos effectively.

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