| Here are my predictions for the upcoming baseball | | | | they could surprise a lot of people. |
| season. Division winners through the World Series. | | | | AL East - Boston Red Sox - Hard to go against |
| Let me know your thoughts! | | | | them despite the Yankees offseason shopping |
| NL East - New York Mets - The Mets might have | | | | spree. Adding Smoltz and Saito to their pitching |
| the best back end of the bullpen in the league. | | | | staff definitley helps to solidify it and having Jason |
| Aquiring JJ Putz and K-Rod in the offseason | | | | Bay around all year will help. |
| solved the achilles heel of the Mets from 2008. | | | | AL Central - Chicago White Sox - Coming off last |
| Look for them to rebound from another late | | | | year's AL Central championship, the White Sox |
| season collapse and finish strong at the end of | | | | certainly got younger and faster. They should be |
| the season | | | | a more balanced team and if their pitching stays |
| NL Central - Chicago Cubs- Even without Jake | | | | healthy all year, look to see them towards the |
| Peavy in their rotation, the Cubs are clearly the | | | | top again and surprise a lot of people. |
| team to beat in the central. They became more | | | | AL West - Anaheim Angels - Adding Bobby Abreu |
| balanced with the addition of Milton Bradley and | | | | was a nice upgrade and signing Brian Fuentes was |
| have reworked the bullpen that blew a fair | | | | the best they could do after losing K-Rod. They |
| amount of games last year. | | | | are clearly the best team in the west and I don't |
| NL West - LA Dodgers - As long as Manny's | | | | see any reason why they won't win another AL |
| hamstring isn't a problem all year, look to see the | | | | West crown. |
| Dodgers defend their crown. Maybe even with a | | | | AL Wild Card - Oakland Athletics - They might be |
| healthy Jason Schmidt (yea right) they could have | | | | the suprise team of the year. Picking up Giambi, |
| a better staff than last year. | | | | Nomar, Holliday, and Orlando Cabrera were looked |
| NL Wild Card - St. Louis Cardinals - Not many | | | | over my many this offseason. They have |
| people have this one but the Cardinals always | | | | stockpiled young pitchers like they usually do and I |
| seem to hang around all season. Even last year | | | | wouldn't be surprised to see them make a run at |
| they were able to stick close to the Cubs until the | | | | the Angels. |
| last few weeks. With a healthy Chris Carpenter, | | | | |