We're Back..With Predictions!

Well the Major League season is about to start and with everyone and their mothers making predictions, I thought it was my turn to do the same.

We will start off with the individual awards...

AL MVP: Grady Sizemore. It will hurt me badly trading him away in a keeper league, but if he stays healthy and the Tribe win the division, I think he will be the guy to take home the award. He's got 30-30-.300 potential and if he reaches it this year it could be award time for him.

NL MVP: Albert Pujols. I don't need to go into great depth on this one. He is the best in the bigs and will win it one of these years.

AL Cy Young: Rich Harden. When healthy, the best stuff in the game. Just gotta keep him there. Otherwise it goes to Santana by default.

NL Cy Young: Jason Schmidt. With the Dodger lineup being able to get him the run support, I see him winning 17-20 games this year and leading them to another division title.

AL Rookie of the Year: Delmon Young. Matsuzaka doesn't count in my opinion, after playing in the Japanese majors for 8 years. Young is the best position player that is gonna play the whole season. All he has to do is avoid hitting an ump with a bat and the award is all but his.

NL Rookie of the Year: Ryan Braun. Ok, homer pick I know, but he has the stick. If he gets his glove in shape the Brew Crew will call him up asap.

AL Batting Champ: Ichiro Suzuki. Best average hitter in the game period.

NL Batting Champ: Albert Pujols. See NL MVP..

AL Comeback Player of the Year: Rich Harden. I have him winning the Cy Young, so why wouldn't he win this too??

NL Comeback Player of the Year: Todd Helton. I think he is back to healthy and mashing the ball. The average is still there, and the power is returning. They have a good young team so he should get plenty of RBI opportunities.

AL MVP in Waiting: Alex Gordon. There is a reason he has been voted the best player in the minors.

NL MVP in Waiting: Prince Fielder. The Brewers will be a playoff team in the next 3 years, and he is just getting better and better.

AL Cy Young in Waiting: Felix Hernandez. Great arm, getting smarter. Now they just need to let him throw the fastball...

NL Cy Young in Waiting: Matt Cain. He is a stud and now he has Barry Zito (a former Cy Young winner himself) to learn from. The NL better look out for this promising youngster.

Now for the projected division standings...

AL East
1. Boston Red Sox
2. New York Yankees
3. Toronto Blue Jays
4. Tampa Bay Devil Rays
5. Baltimore Orioles

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

AL West
1. Oakland Athletics
2. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
3. Texas Rangers
4. Seattle Mariners

NL East
1. Philadelphia Phillies
2. Atlanta Braves
3. New York Mets
4. Florida Marlins
5. Washington Nationals

NL Central
1. St. Louis Cardinals
2. Milwaukee Brewers
3. Houston Astros
4. Pittsburgh Pirates
5. Chicago Cubs
6. Cincinnati Reds

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

Playoff Predictions...
Division Series: Red Sox over Angels, Athletics over Twins, Dodgers over Braves, Phillies over Cardinals.
LCS: Athletics over Red Sox, Dodgers over Phillies
World Series: Athletics over Dodgers.