2014 Predictions

2014 Predictions

AL West:

1: Oakland A’s

2: LA Angels

3: Texas Rangers

4: Houston Astros

5: Seattle Mariners

With all the injuries that have happened in this division it’s completely changed the face of the division.  The team hit the hardest is going to be Texas Rangers and to me has taken them out of the playoff picture.  I don’t think they will be able to hold on long enough to even get a playoff picture.

AL Central:

1: Detroit Tigers

2: Kansas City Royals

3: Cleveland Indians

4: Chicago White Sox

5: Minnesota Twins

A division on the rise, all but one of these teams has shown a lot of improvement.  The White Sox could be relevant in a few years and the Indians, while unlikely, could even compete this year.  The big two teams is the Royals and Tigers who have made the push to be playoff teams.

AL East:

1: Tampa Bay Rays

2: Baltimore Orioles

3: New York Yankees

4: Boston Red Sox

5: Toronto Blue Jays

Man this is a tough choice and I still struggle with it even as I write this.  It’s tough to really say who will come out on top since I can see all 4 of the top 4 I’ve listed.  So I’ve made more or less a best guess that I can make based on more or less depth.  Trying to guess which team could be best if each team lost players so on so forth.

Wild Card winners:

Kansas City Royals and Baltimore Orioles

NL West:

1: LA Dodgers

2: San Francisco Giants

3: Arizona Diamondbacks

4: San Diego Padres

5: Colorado Rockies

This is the Dodgers division to lose and there are plenty of ways to do this.  The Giants and Diamondbacks have good teams but both have enough issues that the Dodgers strength can beat out.  The Dodgers aren’t immortal or anything and could have their own issues if things don’t go perfectly and that’s not a likely outcome.  Puig is being an issue and some of the most critical members of the team have health issues and their depth isn’t the best.

NL: Central

1: St. Louis Cardinals

2: Cincinnati Reds

3: Pittsburgh Pirates

4: Milwaukee Brewers

5: Chicago Cubs

What a division!  The Cardinals are the best of the bunch and is easily the strongest of the bunch and has very few weaknesses even in the minors.  The Reds and the Pirates didn’t really improve too much but they’re still better than the Brewers and Cubs.  The wild cards will come out of this division mostly because the rest of the NL just isn’t very strong and even with the Reds and Pirates kind of being the same as last year they’ll both be wild card teams.

NL East:

1: Washington Nationals

2: Atlanta Braves

3: New York Mets

4: Philadelphia Phillies

5: Miami Marlins

Just the opposite of the NL Central we have the East.  The Braves and Nationals are both the best in this division and the Nationals could be one of the best in the league if they all can pull themselves together.

Wild Cards: Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates

NL Champs: St. Louis Cardinals

AL Champs: Tampa Bay Rays

World Series Champs: St. Louis Cardinals

The Cards just have it all when it comes right down to it; amazing pitching, amazing batting and great depth in all areas.  They lost one of their main starters for the year and they just throw in a new pitcher that’s one of baseballs best young pitchers, that’s just how deep the teams minor league system is.  In the end the lineup is strong and the pitching is strong so they get my pick.