Well it doesn't feel like spring weather wise, but baseball is back so it must be. The Yankees look good but so does the rest of the American League East, teams in the east are going to beat up on each other this year. Baltimore is much improved under Buck Showalter, Tampa will still find a way even though they have a completely remade bullpen, Toronto is always tough, Boston looks good on paper their line up can hit I just don't know if their pitching will hold up. The Yankees did their best in the offseason with a bleak free-agent class and the retirement of Andy Pettite. Ivan Nova and Freddy Garcia are now at the back end of the rotation. Sabathia, Burnett, and Hughes are proven, Nova showed promise when he came up last year and Freddy Garcia has shown he has something left at least until something possibly opens up on the trade market. The bullpen looks great with Chamberlin, Robetson, Rafel Soriano, and Rivera at the end of games. The Yankees have a catcher in Russel Martain who can run a little bit. Across town the Mets are already being bitten by the injury bug, they have potential finincial problems to, they'll be about a .500 team this year, maybe. The Philadelphia Phillies have that great rotation however I don't know if the offense will be able to keep up.
Picks:
AL East AL Central AL West
Yankees (96-66) White Sox Athletics
Red Sox (94-68)
AL Wild Card NL East NL Central Tigers Braves Cubs
NL West NL Wild Card World Series Rockies Phillies Yankees-Cubs
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