Don't see how Yankees would win AL in their current state
Just too old, can't hit in postseason either
Sabathia-Kuroda-Pettitte-Hughes/Nova/Phelps/Pineda is pretty nasty rotation to face in the playoffs. Plus, I'd caution against saying the Yankees "can't hit in the postseason," which is a blanket statement based on an absurdly small sample size.
But mainly, I'm a homer and I always pick the Yankees to win the World Series
No love for Baltimore? Almost everyone is picking them to finish 4th or last.
they overachieved last year. their Pythagorean W-L record was 82-80 and they won 93 games . That is mainly due to them going 29-9 in 1 runs games, which is unheard of. Nobody expects them to be that successful in 1 run games again.
Pittsburgh will eventually play well for a full season
Okay? Seems like a minor quibble. Pittsburgh has no offense, Brewers have one of the best in the game and the Brewers bullpen shouldn't be as awful as they were last year.
Yankess- Still the class of the division
Rays- Very deep in pitching still
Red Sox- Just reloaded
O's- Good young team
Jays- Not enough to be considered
Al Central
White Sox- Very deep team
Tigers- Couple flaws dont put them on top
Indians- Not enough to topple the two giants of division
Royals- baby steps towards mediocore
Twins- Will still beat the WS
AL Weast
Angels- Hamilton shows up 20 pounds lighter...hmmmm
Rangers- will make trades to get pitching
A's- played over their heads last year
M's- still the M's
Lastros- now the bottom in a weak division
NL East
Nats- my boy Bryce will lead the charge
Phils- got one more season in those arms
Braves- very little upgrade over last year
Mets- just mediocre
Marlins- will get better some year
NL Central
Reds- Dusty will find a way to ruin this team, tho
Cards- Cant ever count them out
Cubs- this is a really deep team
Brewers- no pitching
Pirates- luck doesnt work two years in a row
NL West
Dodgers- spending money for good reason
Giants- always in the hunt
Padres- sleeper
D-Bags- Nothing
Rockies- even less
WS- White Sox over the Nats
Biggest dissapointment- Jays
Might supreise- The Flubs
have you been under a rock this whole off season? what do you mean not enough?
Okay? Seems like a minor quibble. Pittsburgh has no offense, Brewers have one of the best in the game and the Brewers bullpen shouldn't be as awful as they were last year.
Rotation got worse and the division got better as a whole.
Rotation got worse and the division got better as a whole.
I really don't know why you guys are nitpicking at this. It's not like I picked them to finish 1st or even 2nd (!) in the division.
How did the rotation get worse? They're bringing back the same rotation that took them from 54-66 to 83-79 by the end of the season.
And I must be missing the whole division getting better thing.
Cincinnati added Choo, Manny Parra, Jason Donald and Jack Hannahan. Sure Choo is good on offense but he's going to be terrible on defense in CF.
St. Louis lost Kyle Lohse and Lance Berkman and signed Ty Wigginton, Ronny Cedeno and Randy Choate. Lohse probably isn't going to be missed because of the depth in their farm system but it's not like they went out and added a ton of pieces.
Pittsburgh added Francisco Liriano, Russell Martin, Mark Melancon, Jeanmar Gomez and Jonathan Sanchez. Once again, where's the big move that drastically improves them?
The only reason the division got better is because the Astros left it.
Yeah, I see Milwaukee 3rd or challenging for 2nd. Stl lost key pieces to injury and to FA. Cincinnati also has never shown they can consistantly have great seasons in a row.
