Sunday, April 5, 2009

2009 MLB Preview

The first official pitch of the 2009 MLB season will be thrown tonight in Philadelphia as the Braves take on the World Series Champions of 2008. Will the Phillies repeat? I don't think so. Take a look at my projected standings for the 2009 season:

National League

East
New York Mets
Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta Braves
Washington Nationals
Florida Marlins

Central
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Milwaukee Brewers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Houston Astros

West
Los Angeles Dodgers
Arizona Diamondbacks
San Francisco Giants
Colorado Rockies
San Diego Padres

Wild Card: Cardinals

American League

East
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles

Central
Minnesota Twins
Chicago White Sox
Kansas City Royals
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians

West
Los Angeles Angels
Oakland A's
Texas Rangers
Seattle Mariners

Wild Card:
Yankees

On Monday, Tony and I will go through the divisions in our full MLB season preview. I'll go more in-depth with my standings predictions and we'll both offer our predictions for the playoffs and World Series. Tune in!

2 comments:

tejada527 said...

decent picks overall but the nationals over the marlins? i know you're a fan but i really don't foresee them being even close to any other team in that division. the blue jays over the o's is debateable. but the indians in last??? i'm really puzzled by that, many experts have them WINNING the division. but hey, that's just me... also, what do you think about manny acta picking kearns to be in his opening day outfield? seems really stupid to me.

Unknown said...

the AL central is so wide open, i just went with a gut feeling, i actually know very little about the indians so we'll see. i think lee doesn't repeat the season he had last year.

kearns over dukes to start the season is legit, kearns has been great in ST and dukes has been the worst batter on the team. dukes will get tons of ABs so i'm not concerned, especially if they can flip kearns for a solid prospect