First up is the NL east:
- The Mets are going to win it this year, the Marlins are hot now and i think that they are a hot pick now but they don't have a stable offense to go all the way. The pitching for the Marlins is amazing, probably the best staff in the entire league right now except for maybe the Blue Jays and the Rays. The Mets have a much more stable batting order and the much improved bullpen is going to help them win a lot more games this year then they did last year. Johan Santana is going to try and win the Cy Young this year, he is ready to dominate like he did before being close to healthy. The front 4 for the mets is amazing; Reyes Wright, Delgado, Beltran. They can make a serious run this year to win the east, i don't think they are going to win much late in the year though because well, they just don't.
- The next division is going to be the NL Central. This isn't an easy division to call at all. It is a decently strong division with the Cubs and the Cards being number one and two this year so far. The Cards have Albert Pujols, he is a god among men when it comes to baseball. If they can stay healthy (which with Carpenters current injury doesn't look promising) then they have a great chance at winning the division. The Cubs come back stronger this year then they were last year when they won the most games in the entire league. The same thing goes for them as does with the Cards, health. Rich Harden is a great pitcher but hasn't been able to stay healthy for much in his carrer and this is going to be a year where he can really prove himself against some tough hitters like Pujols and Prince fielder. Overall this race is going to come down until the last week of the year so long as the teams stay healthy. If Carpenter goes down then the Cards don't have much of a chance, they need him. If Harden goes down for a short period of time then the Cubs can survive while he is gone. If he goes down for the whole year then niether one of these teams has a shot at the world series. The Cubs are just a little bit stronger i think this year and have the better chance to win it all. The wild card isn't coming from this division because either the Mets or Marlins are going to take it, whoever doesn't win that division takes it. The Cubs are not going to win as many games this year as they did last year but will still win over 90. Cubs take this division by a game that they win late.
- Last division for today and one of my least favorite the AL central. This division is a cluster fuck of bad teams that are all in a transitional phase where they are all decent in the division but aren't going to win much outside the division. No team from this division is going to win the world series, i doubt the team that makes the playoffs is going to win the first series that they are in. The rest of the AL is to strong for them and they are just going to get out powered. The Royals have started off hot but they aren't that good yet, next year they will be better. Every other team in the divsion is just average. This is another tough one to pick but i have to so here we go. This is the hardest one, i lied earier this is one is rough, but for totally different reasons. The NL central has good teams that can compete, this division sucks, almost as bad as the NL west but not quite. I'm going to go with the Chicago White Sox. The only reason is because i flipped a coin and they beat the Royals. This is going to be a fun division to watch because no one has great pitching and everyone has a decent offense. Runs a plenty sprout from the seed of the AL central, but not a good team. Good luck figuring this one out, they are all average and this is going to be a division with a winner that isn't really going to win anything.
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