AL East
1. Toronto - Call it a reverse jinx if you want...at some point Schauer's gotta stop underperforming, right? Elizondo has to be better, right? Pooler? Stewie Griffin? Rosario? Cuccia? Could win the division or could lose it by ten games. I don't know.
2. Tampa Bay (WC) - ...that being said, would I put money that my team won't win the division? No. But I don't really know how this team's going to perform...the SP is getting old, Gomez is coming off a killer injury, and largely the same team that won 89 games - but had a 99-63 Pyth record - comes back. Figure it out if you can.
3. Baltimore - Big offseason move was...signing James McCaulley to a $4.25 mil deal? Huh?
4. New York (A) - Had $93 mil available for Free Agents and signed...no one. Um...ok?
5. Boston - Signed 9 players in Free Agency and not a single one of them is any good. TSSL's version of the Knicks, high payroll and team going nowhere.
AL Central
1. Chicago (A) - The thought of signing Alphonso Diez to that contract and then stashing him in AAA makes me want to vomit.
2. Minnesota - Have some good players but...where are the starters?
3. Cleveland - Nowhere near being a good team yet ahead of two others...this division is truly horrendous.
4. Detroit - Abdiel Zubiri
5. Kansas City - An abomination...maybe the best team to compare them to is...the real-life Royals. Except worse.
AL West
1. Anaheim - You were expecting someone else?
2. Seattle - Their pitching should be really good...can they get enough hitting?
3. Texas - They've done a great job of rebuilding...but the rotation should be a weakness.
4. Oakland - ...you were expecting someone else?
Anaheim over Tampa Bay in 6
Chicago over Toronto in 5
Anaheim over Chicago in 5
NL East
1. Philadelphia - It's very nice when you can return basically your entire team that made the World Series...although they need another starter, Cole Hamels isn't going to last forever.
2. Florida - I kind of regret trading Tricia Takanawa, he (she?) is going to be a very nice player.
3. New York (N) - Poor Nestor Rodriguez...he could use a new home...like Tampa Bay...
4. Washington - Made a total of...zero offseason moves...ok...
5. Atlanta - They may suck now, but at least they have a semi-active GM from the looks of things.
NL Central
1. Pittsburgh - If they could get one more good SP, I would love this team.
2. St. Louis (WC) - As long as Prov doesn't continue to go Mad Scientist on his team.
3. Chicago (N) - $5 mil to Billy Pelaez?...wow
4. Houston - Could win the division again or finish here. I really don't know.
5. Cincinnati - Will probably finish above .500 again. Will probably finish in last place again.
NL West
1. Arizona - Did basically nothing in the offseason. Could we be seeing our first sub-.500 division winner?
2. San Francisco - Every single one of 5 quality starting pitchers underperformed last year. Could contend for the division if everything goes right though.
3. Colorado - Massively overpaid for Victor Stone. I've run out of things to say.
4. San Diego - ...and I still have nothing to say. They're still rebuilding. Cool.
Philadelphia over St. Louis in 7
Pittsburgh over Arizona in 6
Pittsburgh over Philadelphia in 7
WHY SO WORLD SERIES
Anaheim repeats over Pittsburgh in 6