American League:
East:
1. New York Yankees
2. Boston Red Sox*
3. Tampa Bay Rays
4. Toronto Blue Jays
5. Baltimore Orioles
Central:
1. Chicago White Sox
2. Detroit Tigers
3. Minnesota Twins
4. Kansas City Royals
5. Cleveland Indians
West:
1. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
2. Oakland A's
3. Texas Rangers
4. Seattle Mariners
MVP: Mark Teixeira-With A-Rod sitting out the first month, a short porch in right, and with his numbers on the rise, Teixeira is in a perfect position to nab the MVP trophy and bring it back to the Bronx.
Honorable Mention: Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia and Matt Holliday
Cy Young: CC Sabathia-While I'm not really comfortable selecting two teammates to win these great awards, I feel as though I must make it that way. This is because the only other pitcher besides Sabathia that I could see winning the Cy Young is, Toronto's Roy Halladay. However, I don't think that Canadian offense will be able to give him enough run support to reach very many wins. Sabathia on the other hand, will have the great Yankee lineup to work with and, not to mention, one of the greatest (if not the best) closers of all time closing out his games in Mariano Rivera.
Honorable Mention: Roy Halladay, Jon Lester, and Justin Verlander
Rookie of the Year: Travis Snider-With the other two major candidates for this award (Matt Wieters and David Price) starting the year in the minor leagues, Snider should produce good enough numbers that the others just won't be able to catch up. Look for him to bop about 30 HRs and drive in over 85 runs.
Honorable Mention: Matt Wieters, David Price, and Elvis Andrus
National League:
East:
1. New York Mets
2. Philadelphia Phillies*
3. Florida Marlins
4. Atlanta Braves
5. Washington Nationals
Central:
1. Chicago Cubs
2. St. Louis Cardinals
3. Milwaukee Brewers
4. Cincinnati Reds
5. Houston Astros
6. Pittsburgh Pirates
West:
1. Los Angeles Dodgers
2. Arizona Diamondbacks
3. San Francisco Giants
4. Colorado Rockies
5. San Diego Padres
MVP: David Wright-Wright's numbers have been on the slow incline over his career and it seems as though he's ready to take the crown as the National League's best hitter. After he set career highs in HRs and RBIs last year, it seems as though he's ready to top those numbers as well as add to his .300+ batting average. If you combine that with him hitting in the middle of the Mets order along with Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado, look for this guy to catch fire next season.
Honorable Mention: Albert Pujols, Ryan Howard, and Ryan Braun
Cy Young: Tim Lincecum-The reigning Cy Young Award-winner will win it once more as Lincecum was flat out nasty last year and I think he could be even better this year. His biggest competition is the Mets Johan Santana who also pitched incredibly well last year. However, Santana is having elbow troubles, making Lincecum the obvious favorite.
Honorable Mention: Johan Santana, Jake Peavy, and Roy Oswalt
Rookie of the Year: Cameron Maybin-Maybin was a part of the blockbuster trade between the Tigers and the Marlins last off-season as he was sent over to Florida, along with some other players, for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis. Maybin is a 5-tool player who will show off his great talents next year for the Marlins. Expect him to run down a lot of fly balls in the giant center field in Dolphin Stadium as he will be there for the majority of the 2009 season.
Honorable Mention: Jordan Zimmerman, Colby Rasmus, and Jason Motte
Playoffs:
American League:
ALDS:
Yankees over White Sox
Red Sox over Angels
ALCS:
Yankees over Red Sox
National League:
NLDS:
Cubs over Dodgers
Phillies over Mets
NLCS:
Phillies over Cubs
World Series:
Yankees over Phillies
Series: 4-2
MVP: Alex Rodriguez (that's right I said A-Rod would do well in the playoffs)
*=wild card winner
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