Ok, I am a little late in posting my thoughts on what teams will end up where this year but it is early in the season so it should not matter. I am so glad baseball is back in full swing. I feel a bit lost when football ends because I do not follow the NBA or basketball in general (I do like the March Madness hoopla though).
The numbers in parenthesis are the playoff seeding order.
Baseball Rocks!
NL East
NY Mets (2)
Atlanta (4)
Philadelphia
Florida
Washington
NL Central
St. Louis (3)
Milwaukee
Houston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
NL West
Los Angeles (1)
San Diego
Arizona
San Francisco
Colorado
AL East
Boston (3)
New York
Toronto
Baltimore
Tampa Bay
AL Central
Minnesota (1)
Detroit (4)
Chicago
Cleveland
Kansas City
AL West
Los Angeles (2)
Texas
Oakland
Seattle
NL Playoffs
Los Angeles over Atlanta (Wild card)
NY over St. Louis
NY over Los Angeles
AL Playoffs
Minnesota over Detroit (Wild card)
Los Angeles over Boston
Minnesota over Los Angeles
World Series
NY Mets over Minnesota Twins 5-1
NL MVP:
Carlos Beltran (NYM) 44 HR 129 RBI
NL Cy Young:
Derek Lowe (LAD) 21-5 2.89 ERA
NL Rookie of the Year:
Chris Young (AZ) .280 19 HR 74 RBI
AL MVP:
Mark Teixeira (Tex) .297 51 HR 136 RBI
AL Cy Young:
Justin Verlander (Det) 19-6 3.16 ERA
AL Rookie of the Year:
Alex Gordon (KC) .298 27 HR 88 RBI
