Monday, April 6, 2009

Opening Day is Here!


With the snow falling in Cleveland, thankfully the Tribe is out in Arlington to take on the Texas Rangers. Now we all have read about a million predictions about our beloved Indians, so make mine number one million and one. The Cleveland Indians will go 90-72 and win the American League Central. Here are the rest of how the A.L will shake out.


East


Red Sox 97-55

Rays 92-70

Yankees 86-66

Orioles 78-84

Blue Jays 71-91


Central


Indians 90-72

Twins 87-75

White Sox 86-66

Royals 80-82

Tigers 70-92


West

Angels 84-78

A's 82-80

Rangers 80-82

Mariners 75-87


ALDS Red Sox vs Angels

Indians vs Rays


ALCS Rays vs Red Sox


World Series Red Sox vs Dodgers

Winner Red Sox


If the Red Sox do win again for the third time in six seasons, I may vomit. The Tribe loses a close five game series to the Rays and looks to retool their starting five in 2010. Matt LaPorta takes over in left field full time in July, David Huff becomes the de facto third starter, and Tony Sipp becomes a big time contributor out of the pen. Team MVP goes to Grady, as he hits .278, 37 HR, 98 RBI. David Dellucci, Ryan Garko, and Carl Pavano are not on the active roster at seasons' end. I personally would be pretty happy with a playoff appearance, so let's let the 162 game marathon begin and see how it shakes out.

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