Can 3 teams out of the AL West.......

[stevenash]

Get to the 2013 MLB playoffs?

I could see the LA Angels, winning the division, and the two Wild Card spots going to the Texas Rangers and Oakland A's.

Personally, I think the Angels are a lock to win the division.
Do I really need to break down that team

The top 5 of that order is as good as it gets.

Trout
Aybar (who will greatly benefit with Trout leading off,and Pujols behind him)
Pujols
Hamilton
Trumbo

Rotation is sound

Weaver
Wilson
Hanson
Blanton

Madson closing is more than serviceable.

Texas Rangers -First Wild Card

Kinsler (I can see a 20/20 100 run scored .280 season)
Andrus
Murphy
Beltre (beast 30-100 .300 season)
Berkman (if healthy will go 20-75 .280)
Cruz
AJ (nice pick up behind the dish)
Moreland
Martin (he ain't Josh)

Rotation

Yarvish
Harrison
Holland
Ogando

all could win 10 + games

Nathan closing is a question mark.
Which Nathan will show up this season? Jekyl, or Hyde?


Oakland A's - Second Wild Card

Their pitching is the key here.
First the line up

Crsip
Lowrie
Cespedes
Ross
Reddick
Smith
Jaso
Sizemore
Nakajima

Rotation
Sophmore sensations or flash in the pan rookies?

Anderson
Parker
Milone
AJ Griffin
Colon

Balfour closing

[William Walters]

SoCal will be the baseball capital of the nation this season.

Very premature.......obviously..........but, lots of chatter on local sports talk about a potential "freeway series". Would be unreal.

[Pluthero]

A healthy Joe Nathan is anything but a question mark. You remember he had Tommy John surgery 3 years ago, right?

[easyliving]

Oakland doesn't make it. East is too loaded to have only 1 team make it from that division.

[MrPlow456]

The Angels need another starter to make any noise in the playoffs

Weaver is a stud, but Wilson is just average and Hanson and Blanton both suck hard.

[BigDeem5]

Look at for the Tribe,

Always start strong and fade. Det wins division, Indians could sneak a wild card

[opie1988]

SoCal will be the baseball capital of the nation this season.

Very premature.......obviously..........but, lots of chatter on local sports talk about a potential "freeway series". Would be unreal.

Uhhh....how about just making the fukkin playoffs, first!

Freeway series!

Mike Scoscia

[broadway6]

Angels rotation sound? Serious? More like injury prone.

[MrPlow456]

ESPN's daily what's wrong with the Lakers stories will be replaced with daily what's wrong with the Dodgers stories.

Dodgers will not make the playoffs.

[easyliving]

ESPN's daily what's wrong with the Lakers stories will be replaced with daily what's wrong with the Dodgers stories.

Dodgers will not make the playoffs.

Kershaw will have a down year and I think the offensive struggles continue even with all bats. Giants still the best team in the division while the diamondbacks added talent and I think they will have a solid season as well. Dodgers will be playing for a wild card spot as the Giants are winning this division.

[William Walters]

Uhhh....how about just making the fukkin playoffs, first!

Freeway series!

Mike Scoscia

88........I'm a lifelong Dodgers fan pal. I live much closer to Anaheim (30 minutes) than I do L.A.(hour minimum....traffic can make it horrendous), but pops raised me a Dodgers fan. I'll die a Dodgers fan.

Lay off Scoscia........down deep........the guy is still very blue.

[William Walters]

Fukk the Giants and everything else that comes out of FRISCO.

[darrell74]

Oakland is a one hit wonder.
They will be sellers in July.

Detroit, White Sox may dual it out again.
OBTW, have you seen Cleveland-they're phuckin stacked.

Yankees will compete. Red Sox may compete if they don't get the injury bug. Toronto went all in on that pay roll. Tampa Bay may have something to do with it. B-More gets better.

So no, that AL West will not be as relevant as you think.

But then again, they might get a bunch of easy wins with Houston in their division.

[stevenash]

Indians could sneak a wild card

Maybe, even though I think KC can make a run out of it too with Shields.

CLEVELAND INDIANS

1	Michael Bourn	OF	CLE	615	91	6	52	41	0.268	0.341	0.369	$15
2	Jason Kipnis	2B	CLE	567	83	15	68	21	0.265	0.340	0.407	$14
3	Asdrubal Cabrera	SS	CLE	577	79	17	78	10	0.274	0.339	0.428	$16
4	Nick Swisher	OF	CLE	485	77	21	75	2	0.264	0.365	0.460	$8
5	Carlos Santana	Catcher	CLE	504	80	21	77	4	0.256	0.373	0.448	$16
6	Mark Reynolds	1B	CLE	453	69	25	67	4	0.223	0.333	0.442	$-0
7	Michael Brantley	OF	CLE	480	61	7	54	12	0.281	0.345	0.396	$-3
8	Lonnie Chisenhall	3B	CLE	447	56	14	59	4	0.257	0.308	0.414	$-7
9	Drew Stubbs	DH	CLE	345	46	9	36	19	0.235	0.309	0.362	$-16

Even though I think the Tribe will trade Stubbs to the New York Mets for a pitching prospect.
Mets are seriously weak in the outfield, Cleveland could use pitching help.
Mets would probable prefer Brantley, Cleveland would be reluctant to give him up.

1	Justin Masterson	SP	CLE	205	11	11	4.21	1.41	150	78	$-6
2	Ubaldo Jimenez	SP	CLE	200	11	10	4.55	1.46	166	93	$-10
3	Brett Myers	SP	CLE	150	7	9	4.20	1.34	99	44	$-6
4	Zach McAllister	SP	CLE	140	7	8	4.37	1.44	105	44	$-9
5	Carlos Carrasco	SP	CLE	145	8	8	4.59	1.45	99	51	$-12
6	Trevor Bauer	SP	CLE	140	8	8	4.37	1.55	136	81	$-9

Make book on Myers imploding sometime during the season, major head case

Chris Perez	RP	CLE	50	3	2	28	3.42	1.22	45	18	$6
Vinnie Pestano	RP	CLE	60	3	2	2	3.30	1.18	65	22	$0
Joe Smith	RP	CLE	60	3	3	3	3.60	1.33	47	26	$-3
Matt Capps	RP	CLE	50	2	3	14	3.96	1.20	33	10	$-1
Matt Albers	RP	CLE	60	3	3	1	3.90	1.33	48	25	$-5
Cody Allen	RP	CLE	55	3	2	0	3.76	1.40	51	23	$-5
Rich Hill	RP	CLE	45	2	2	0	3.80	1.47	46	26	$-7
Bryan Shaw	RP	CLE	60	3	3	0	4.05	1.48	42	26	$-9
Corey Kluber	RP	CLE	25	1	1	0	4.32	1.56	20	10	$-10
Nick Hagadone	RP	CLE	30	1	2	0	4.50	1.53	28	17	$-10
Jeanmar Gomez	SP	CLE	15	0	0	0	4.80	1.47	9	5	$-10
Frank Herrmann	RP	CLE	30	2	1	0	4.20	1.37	21	9	$-8
David Huff	SP	CLE	45	3	2	0	4.60	1.44	28	12	$-9

[InTheDrink]

ESPN's daily what's wrong with the Lakers stories will be replaced with daily what's wrong with the Dodgers stories.

Dodgers will not make the playoffs.

They've got a shot if they can arrange for greinke to pitch at home every start.

What a terrible contract they gave to a guy who can't pitch on the road

[Blissit02]

They will all get a huge boost with my Astros in the division.

[William Walters]

They've got a shot if they can arrange for greinke to pitch at home every start.

What a terrible contract they gave to a guy who can't pitch on the road

When you're about to sign a $7,000,000,000.00 television contract ().......the Dodgers wont be losing any sleep over Greinke's contract.

Dodgers will be the next team everybody loves to hate.........sorta like the Lakers. Good times ahead!

[InTheDrink]

When you're about to sign a $7,000,000,000.00 television contract ().......the Dodgers wont be losing any sleep over Greinke's contract.

Dodgers will be the next team everybody loves to hate.........sorta like the Lakers. Good times ahead!

the next team everybody loves to laugh at.......sorta like the lakers

[nosniboR11]

Rangers will have a decent season, but I dont see the A's competing like last year, they will struggle

Angels will win the division