Part Deuce

..... sorry for the wait guys, this weekend was pretty epic for your boy D-Nutz.

American League

East Division: Boston Red Sox ( C'mon Son )

The New Big 3

Call me a homer, call it an obvious pick, whatever. This is the year SP Jon Lester cements himself as the Ace of this staff ( I.M.O. he's been the ace the previois 2 seasons), and with the best rotation in baseball and a top 5 bullpen in the league, the Sox are just an Adrian Gonzalez (padres) or Miguel Cabrera (tigers) away from being unstoppable. Yes, I said it. UNSTOPPABLE. But those days will come after the trade deadline in July. The Sox got more pitching and defensive minded in the offseason in acquiring the best pitcher that was in the FA market in gamer SP John Lackey. Also picking up  Adrian Beltre who is said by many scouts as one of the best 3rd basemans they've ever seen, SS Marco Scutaro, CF Mike Cameron and Bill Hall who can play every position in any sport accept Rugby, he's athletic and Rugby doesn't require athleticism or talent to succeed. The Biggest question everyone is asking, is will they score enough runs for their excellant rotation ? This lineup is better than the 2009 squad that put up 872 runs ( 3rd most in A.L.), so the answer to that question if you're asking D-Nutz is YES !!!

Central Division: Chicago White Sox

No Homo

I'll be the first to tell you, I'm not sipp'n the Minnesota Twins Kool-Aid. They seem to be the sexy pick to win this division, by baseball analysts. But they just lost their closer in Joe Nathan and I'm not a believer in closer by committee with the bullpen. Also other than Francisco Liriano and Scott Baker, i don't know any other pitchers they have. And i really dont care. 

This team is solid up and down. The Chi-Sox are getting a healthy Jake Peavy at the top of their rotation, followed by Buehrle, Danks,Floydd, and Garcia. They now get CF Alex Rios for a full season, where I expect him to return to Beast form, being that he is surrounded around much better players than he was in Toronto. I also expect 2B Gordon Beckham to make his first all star team in just his second year in the bigs. But what makes me confident about this team is that their leader and manager Ozzie Guillen demands the best out of his players, and he will get the best out of them.

West Division: Seatttle Mariners

 KING FELIX

I'm on Board !!! I love every move GM Jack Zduriencik made this offseason. In getting Cliff Lee (although injured right now) along with Felix Hernandez, The Mariners boast the best 1-2 punch in baseball. Newcomers Milton bradley, Chone Figgins, and Casey Kotchman were great pickups and just enough to win the 4 team division. Texas has no pitching, Anaheim lost so much in leadership in Figgins and Lackey, and Oakland is a wild card. They have great young pitching with Anderson and Cahill. But I know what it's like to have CF Cocoa Crisp on my team, and it's as exciting as a poopie flavored lollipop. With that said, the Mariners went into this revious offseason, with eyes to improve to play in October, and I feel they've done enough to do so.

Wild Card: New York Yankees

This is the year father time cathes up with the Yankess. With Jeter, Pettite, Posada, Rivera, and A-rod well over 30, it's time they fly coach, while the Sox are in first class sipp'n moet on the A.L. East Airways. But this team is old and when you match their young stars up the Sox, advantage goes to the 2008 & 2009 A.L.Wild Card Champions ( Red Sox). I'm very interested to see how newly acquired CF Curtis Granderson adapts to living The Big Apple. I told Da Great White Hype ( Yankee Fan)  that he was my favorite player outside of any of any Red Sox player and that I was very pissed that I have to root against such a great guy. But they have more than enough talent and money to edge out the Rays and make the playoffs, but it's really time that they start to plan for the future.

MVP: Evan Longoria - Rays

Cy Young: Jon Lester- Red Sox

Batting Champion: Ichiro Suzuki -Mariners

Rookie of the Year: Austin Jackson - Tigers

Bold Prediction: Ichiro Suzuki hits .400 for the 2010 season

Blast from the past. Check out what my boy Eugen Kern's 2008 N.L. East Predictions.