MLB: Early Season Suprises
April is over and we are roughly 25 games into the season. What suprises has the young season seen thus far. Let's take a look at each division.
AL East: Who do you think would be leading this division, the Devil Rays? It's back to the grindstone between the Yankees and the Red Sox. This year an encouraging third party is getting in the mix. The Toronto Blue Jays will compete in the division taking away the 2 horse show from past years. The verdict is still out on Baltimore. The O's started out hot last year, but only to fire their manager by season's end.
AL Central: The Chicago White Sox are in first place to start the month of May. No suprise their, these guys are your defending champions. Just 1.5 games back are the Detroit Tigers! Their backed by the old captian of the Pirate ship Jim Leyland. Wait, we've seen this before, remember a few years back, Kansas City started out strong. The Tigers found a star in April by the name of Chris Shelton. For a time Shelton and Pujols were home runs on a daily basis. Cleveland is at 13-13, there a good team with a bright future. The most dissapointing from this division are the Minnesota Twins. Are they giving up already? The Twins are 9-16 and on a 4 game skid. Could those Tori Hunter trade rumors become true by July?
AL West: Same old song and dance for the West. These teams usually stay so tight during the year that the standings are in continuous change. The Rangers have the lead now, but tommorrow Oakland could jump ahead. This division is a tough call.
NL East: Obviously this is the most talked about division since this is for the most part a Braves blog. The Mets have a 6 game lead over the Phillies and Braves. A majority of people have predicted the Mets to be the ones to dethrone Atlanta as divisional champs. I'm not worried at all. There's too much baseball left to start claiming who wins what. Florida and Washington will battle it out for the cellar.
NL Central: The Cinncinati Reds maybe the biggest suprise thus far. Bronson Arroyo has been a huge impact for the Reds staff. Who would have ever predicted that? Brandon Phillips and Edwin Encarnacion have also been heavy contributors. Did you know this team is 13-5 since Griffey has been on the DL. Right behind them are the Red Birds, the St. Louis Cardinals. By some, the Cards have been picked to be World Series champions. After St. Louis comes the Astros, Cubs, Brewers, and Pirates. The Brewers started out 5-0 before hitting a losing skid and are now back to winning. The Cubs have had a string of bad luck with D. Lee out for a few months. Will Prior/Wood ever be healthy? I think the Astros have a good shot at winning the division when it's said and done. Will Clemens return to Houston? Probably. The Astros also have my prepick for NL Cy Young: Roy Oswalt. Finnally, Pittsburgh will continuing losing.
NL West: Before the season, I picked San Diego to win this division. Colorado currently are 1.5 games up on San Francisco. Both West divisions are similar in the sense that all of these teams will probably stay close throughout the season with the winner getting hot in September.
AL East: Who do you think would be leading this division, the Devil Rays? It's back to the grindstone between the Yankees and the Red Sox. This year an encouraging third party is getting in the mix. The Toronto Blue Jays will compete in the division taking away the 2 horse show from past years. The verdict is still out on Baltimore. The O's started out hot last year, but only to fire their manager by season's end.
AL Central: The Chicago White Sox are in first place to start the month of May. No suprise their, these guys are your defending champions. Just 1.5 games back are the Detroit Tigers! Their backed by the old captian of the Pirate ship Jim Leyland. Wait, we've seen this before, remember a few years back, Kansas City started out strong. The Tigers found a star in April by the name of Chris Shelton. For a time Shelton and Pujols were home runs on a daily basis. Cleveland is at 13-13, there a good team with a bright future. The most dissapointing from this division are the Minnesota Twins. Are they giving up already? The Twins are 9-16 and on a 4 game skid. Could those Tori Hunter trade rumors become true by July?
AL West: Same old song and dance for the West. These teams usually stay so tight during the year that the standings are in continuous change. The Rangers have the lead now, but tommorrow Oakland could jump ahead. This division is a tough call.
NL East: Obviously this is the most talked about division since this is for the most part a Braves blog. The Mets have a 6 game lead over the Phillies and Braves. A majority of people have predicted the Mets to be the ones to dethrone Atlanta as divisional champs. I'm not worried at all. There's too much baseball left to start claiming who wins what. Florida and Washington will battle it out for the cellar.
NL Central: The Cinncinati Reds maybe the biggest suprise thus far. Bronson Arroyo has been a huge impact for the Reds staff. Who would have ever predicted that? Brandon Phillips and Edwin Encarnacion have also been heavy contributors. Did you know this team is 13-5 since Griffey has been on the DL. Right behind them are the Red Birds, the St. Louis Cardinals. By some, the Cards have been picked to be World Series champions. After St. Louis comes the Astros, Cubs, Brewers, and Pirates. The Brewers started out 5-0 before hitting a losing skid and are now back to winning. The Cubs have had a string of bad luck with D. Lee out for a few months. Will Prior/Wood ever be healthy? I think the Astros have a good shot at winning the division when it's said and done. Will Clemens return to Houston? Probably. The Astros also have my prepick for NL Cy Young: Roy Oswalt. Finnally, Pittsburgh will continuing losing.
NL West: Before the season, I picked San Diego to win this division. Colorado currently are 1.5 games up on San Francisco. Both West divisions are similar in the sense that all of these teams will probably stay close throughout the season with the winner getting hot in September.
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