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Because I am a nerd for the national pastime, I've decided to present my prediction of how each team will do -- to the three people that actually care. Starting with the American League

AL EAST
1. Yankees Too much offense, and a little starting pitching goes a long way.
2. Red Sox Pedro, Schilling, Wakefield, Lowe and Kim... but where's the bullpen?
3. Orioles Rent-an-ace Sidney Ponson returns, and he brought some friends (Javy Lopez, Miguel Tejada) with him.
4. Devil Rays Finally, some batters (Tino Martinez, Jose Cruz., Jr)
5. Blue Jays Someone has to finish last in this nightmare of a division.

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AL CENTRAL
1. Royals My surprise of the year -- the Royals are the new Twins!
2. Twins The dynasty of not sucking is over, but at least they're still decent, having picked up Joe Nathan as their closer.
3. Tigers They made some moves, and they'll have a little luck.
4. White Sox This is going to be such a bad team.
5. Indians Quick, name one Cleveland Indian without mentioning Vizquel, Sabathia, or Lawton.

AL WEST
1. Angels Have you seen their outfield? Vladmir Guerrero, Garret Anderson, Tim Salmon, and Jose Guillen. Who wants to DH?
2. Athletics Solid top to bottom -- in fact, they might finish first in this division, but they've been known for slow starts.
3. Mariners They lost a lot of role players (McLemore, Kaz Sasaki, Cameron, Rhodes), and I don't see them being very deep.
4. Rangers Soriano, out of the mystique, is now just an above average second baseman.

Maybe the A's win the wild card, but it's hard to discount the Red Sox, so I say Boston wins the WC.

ALDS: Royals d. Yankees, (in other words, parity d. money.)
Angels d. Red Sox (No use advancing them for a rematch with the Yankees if it's not gonna happen.)
ALCS: Angels d. Royals (Gosh, couldn't they both win?)
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