MLB Predictions

Mike:

AL East: Red Sox - Loaded
AL Central: White Sox - Close race with Twins and Tigers.
AL West: Rangers - I could see the Angels, but I think Rangers are more complete.
AL Wild Card: Yankees - Edge out the Angels and Rays.
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez - Really a toss up.  A-Rod, Cabrera, and Hamilton will compete if healthy.
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez - He's just too good.  If he doesn't get the W's then I could see Lester and Price sneaking into the mix.

NL East: Phillies - Please stay healthy.
NL Central: Brewers - Edge out Cards and Reds barely.
NL West: Rockies - Better offense than the Giants.
NL Wild Card: Braves - Would win any other division in the NL.
NL MVP: Albert Pujols - If he stays healthy, he will carry the Cards, but not far enough.  Watch out for Fielder and Braun if Brewers run away with division.
NL Cy Young: Cliff Lee - An ace pitching in the 2 spot is why he edges out the competition.  Watch out for Jimenez,the usual suspects Linecum and Halladay, and Grienke as a dark horse if he's healthy.

AL Champ: Red Sox
NL Champ: Phillies
World Series Champs: Phillies in 7 - Hopefully we win the All-Star game and get home field.  Sad that that's what it will come down to.

Andrew:

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central:Tigers
AL West: Angels
AL Wild Card:Yankees
AL MVP:Teixiera (gonna go nuts this year)
AL Cy Young:Sabathia (gonna put up numbers this year)

NL East: Braves
NL Central:Cards
NL West:Giants
NL Wild Card: Phillies
NL MVP:  Pujols
NL Cy Young: Halladay

AL Champ: Redsox
NL Champ: Braves
World Series Champs: Redsox

Jason:

AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Chicago White Sox
AL West: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
AL Wild Card: Texas Rangers
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
AL Cy Young: Jon Lester

NL East: Philadelphia Phillies
NL Central: Milwaukee Brewers
NL West: San Francisco Giants
NL Wild Card: Atlanta Braves
NL MVP: Troy Tulowitzki
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay

AL Champ: Boston Red Sox
NL Champ: Philadelphia Phillies
World Series Champs: Boston Red Sox

Steve:

AL East: Yankees. The Yanks didn't make a major offseason move because if they weren't gonna add Cliff Lee, there was no move to make. The only thing that stopped them from the WS a year ago was a superhuman effort from Cliff Lee. If Cliff Lee had stayed in Philly, the Yankees would likely be playing for their third straight pennant this year. 

AL Central: Twins. They're just adorable. God Bless Em, they're like the High Holy Days for all you Jews out there. They show up every September with apples and honey and everyone gets all excited. 8 days later, its Yom Kippur, they get swept, and we don't hear from them again until next Rosh Hashana. But to be fair, I think the whole division is adorable. Especially Ozzie.
 

AL West: A's. This and the NL Central will be the two most exciting races in baseball this season. The Rangers are gonna be favored and deservedly so, but I see the Rangers and the Reds having problems repeating dream seasons of a year ago. Cliff Lee is the second best pitcher in all of baseball. Losing him hurts. Even though Texas won the division a year ago by 9 games, I believe he is worth more than 9 wins to any team he takes his talents to, whether its Texas, Philadelphia, or Kansas City.

AL Wild Card: Red Sox. It's hard to envision the Red Sox missing the Playoffs two years in a row, and it's a trendy pick to have the Sox in the World Series. Plus, the rest of the AL East (Rays, Orioles, Blue Jays) look like they may take a step back this season. Therefore, I fully expect two AL East teams to get in for the 5th year in a row.

AL MVP: Robinson Cano: The man can rake and his fielding skills are only getting better. It also doesn't hurt that I have an unhealthy Man-crush on him dating back to the Nike BOOM Ad campaign. Which also featured Tim Tebow. Mauer and Hamilton runners up.

AL Cy Young: C.C. Sabathia: He pretty much wins this award by default when you consider all the top pitching talent (Halladay, Greinke, Lee) migrating to the NL. The only other contender is King Felix. I don't understand how courts can force deadbeat dads to pay child support but they can't force deadbeat mariners to provide run support.

NL East: Phillies. Duh. The Phillies have the second best pitching staff in the history of baseball, just ahead of Maddux/Glavine/Smoltz/Avery of the early 90s and just behind Danny Almonte of the Rolando Paulino All-Stars. Although to be fair, Almonte was the ENTIRE rotation and he was a 16 year old going against 12 year olds.
 

 NL Central: Brewers: Now this is a fun team to watch. The addition of Zach Greinke is enormous. Ryan Braun has replaced Shawn Green as the Great Jewish hope and if I picked against this team, there's the offchance that Cecil Fielder would eat me.

NL West: Giants: Best pitching staff in baseball outside of Philadelphia, which should be enough to win an otherwise ho-hum division. Outside of Colorado, no one in this division has the hitting to dethrone the Giants as division champs.

NL Wild Card: Rockies. They might have the hitting, but outside of Ubaldo, they don't have the pitching to go to war with the Giants. It's a good time to be a Rockies fan, but its hard to envision a World Series contender whose fortunes are riding on C-Go and Tulo without much firepower behind 'em. Gotta have more cowbell, boys.

NL MVP: Roy Halladay. He's that good and I don't think its fair to compare him to mere mortals pitching NL baseball. This guy was the best pitcher in baseball when he had to start 6-10 games per year against the Yankees/Sox/Rays. Without those kind of lineups bumping up his ERA, he is the most valuable player in baseball.
 

NL Cy Young: Cliff Lee. They should re-name this award, "the best player not named Roy Halladay". If he cloned himself and played on a team of Cliff Lee's, he would probably have two rings by now, thats how good he's been. And he's still no Roy Halladay.

AL Champ: Yankees. They were Cliff Lee away a year ago. With Cliffy out of the picture (at least until the series), the Yankees road to October looks fairly manageable. This is a team that needed to build chemistry and find a leader. The Yankees could use another pitcher and if not midseason, they'll go hunting in the offseason. I hear Josh Johnson is available.

NL Champ: Brewers. I can't pick the Phils even though I think it will be them, because I don't trust their bats and I don't trust Oswalt and Hamels. And if you can get to their bullpen, they can be beaten. And also, there is a certain girl in law school from Philly (actually two of them) whose tears I plan on using as lube to pleasure myself when they get knocked out in the ALDS. 

World Series Champs: Brewers. I think they are a more complete team than the Yankees and I'll bet there are nice odds on them. I'm gonna go check in with my bookie boys, I'll see you all later.