Who Will Be The Top AL & NL Baseball Teams for 2008?

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A.L.
Tigers-106
Red Sox-103
Angles-97
Indians-94
Yankees-90

N.L.
Mets-100
Cubs-98
Phillies-95
Dodgers-91
Rockies-89...Show more

Too early to predict but here are the TOP 5 on each league

AL
1) Boston Redsox - Rich just got richer
2) Detroit Tigers - That trade they pulled was highway robbery
3) Anaheim Angels - Added depth to their already deep pitching staff
4) New York Yankees- AROD staying put and bringing back pretty much the same team with prospects finally playing
5) Cleveland Indians - This team is for real with Fausto Carmona, Sabathia and a rejuvenated Travis Hafner

NL
1) Philadelphia Phillies- A healthy Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, and Jimmy Rollins is hard to stop. Brett Myers will be back starting and bullpen got better in the off-season
2) NY Mets- Last year was very bitter but if Mets can somehow get Johan Santana, they will move to the top spot. The lineup is very good and just need to play inspired
3) Los Angeles Dodgers - Added some needed depth defensively, got a little better in pitching
4) Chicago Cubs - 2nd year for Lou and a better offense this year. Unloaded some bad players "finally"
5) San Diego Padres- The best pitching staff in the whole NL hands down. Needs to add outfield help big-time

FIRST ONES out (#6) AL- BLUE JAYS , AL East is just too deep, (#6) NL- ROCKIES- NL West, that division just got better and teams will not be sleeping on them anymore...Show more

AL
Detroit Tigers-105
Boston Red Sox-97
Cleveland Indians-94
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim-90
New York Yankees-88

NL
Philadelphia Phillies-96
New York Mets-92
Los Angeles Dodgers-91
Chicago Cubs-88
Colorado Rockies-87...Show more

AL East - Boston Red Sox (98-64)
AL Central - Detroit Tigers (105- 57)
AL West - LA Angels (95-67)
AL Wild Card - Cleveland Indians (91-71)

NL East - Philadelphia Phillies (92-70)
NL Central - Chicago Cubs (90-72)
NL West - Arizona Diamondbacks (95-67)
NL Wild Card - Milwaukee Brewers (88-74)

Very skewed picture here, especially in the NL.

Should the Reds manage to get Bedard, they would finally have a somewhat rounded pitching staff. A bullpen which looks much better with Cordero closing and Weathers in the eighth inning. Add Bedard into the mix, and you have three proven starters (Harang, Bedard, and Arroyo) as well as several candidates for the fourth and fifth spot. Should they manage to do that, and they could potentially put themselves in contention for the wild card and maybe even the central (terrible as it is).

The Braves and Mets are both a starting pitcher and one or two position players away from condenting in the east. The Braves lost a key player when they let Andruw Jones go, and still need one more starting pitcher in addition to Tom Glavine. The Mets lost Glavine, and therefore need to replace him (Johan Santana anyone?), but if Pedro comes back to his old form, they may not need him. If Ryan Church works out for them, he could play well in their outfield as well. But as of right now, I think that the Brewers and Phillies are just one step ahead of these teams right now.

The Yankees I left out because I feel like they need one more chip to get them into contention. That chip has a name, and it is Johan Santana. If they manage to get ahold of him, I think they'll snag that wild card spot from the Indians, but if they don't, their rotation will have a lot to prove going into next season with such young players. Plus, the Indians are a growing team who I think will be much better next year as they have gotten the longer that they play together.

But there's still a long winter ahead and a lot can still happen to change this playoff picture....Show more

NL- West-Padres 103,Central-Cubs 82,East-Phillies 95,Wild Card-D-backs 93

AL-West-Angels 98,Central-Indians 94,East-Boston 101,Wild Card Yankees 90

NL reason- the padres will close the west in the last 2 weeks of the season, the dodgers will kill themselves again, cubs will be fighting because the brewers will be 1 1/2 games back, Phillies will gain the lead after the mets die again,and D-backs will have the lead then tank to finish as the wild card
AL reason-Angels will have a 10 game lead no contest.Indians will have a pretty good lead, sox will put a laugher on the yankees,and the yankees will pretty much cry themselves to sleep at night

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