Saturday, February 23, 2013

Spring is here! (At least to me.)

Yesterday eight MLB teams played the first four spring training games of the year.  Today all thirty teams will be playing; which is the surest sign of spring that I can think of.  Sure, the calendars say that it is a month away, but I have to think that is just some statistical anomaly.  In the spirit of baseball and of sports blogging, I am going to make my predictions for the 2013 Major League Baseball season.

American League

East
1) Toronto Blue Jays*
2) New York Yankees#
3) Baltimore Oriels
4) Tampa Bay Rays
5) Boston Red Sox

Central
1) Detroit Tigers*
2) Cleveland Indians
3) Kansas City Royals
4) Chicago White Sox
5) Minnesota Twins

West
1) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim*
2) Oakland Athletics#
3) Texas Rangers
4) Seattle Mariners
5) Houston Astros

National League

East
1) Washington Nationals*
2) Atlanta Braves#
3) Philadelphia Phillies
4) New York Mets
5) Miami Marlins

Central
1) Cincinnati Reds*
2) Pittsburgh Pirates#
3) St. Louis Cardinals
4) Milwaukee Brewers
5) Chicago Cubs

West
1) Los Angeles Dodgers*
2) Arizona Diamondbacks
3) San Francisco Giants
4) San Diego Padres
5) Colorado Rockies

(*) = Divisional Champ
(#) = Wild Card Playoff Team

All Star Game
American League 7 v. National League 4

Wild Card Games
AL) Oakland 4 v. New York 2
NL) Atlanta 3 v. Pirates 0

World Series
Detroit v. Cincinnati
Detroit wins 4 games to 2.

Awards
Cy Young
AL) Justin Verlander (Det)
NL) Stephen Strasburg (Wsh)

MVP
AL) Prince Fielder (Det)
NL) Andrew McCutchen (Pit)

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