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Here is every single divisions standings, notes after each division, and their playoff picks.
AL
East W L
New York Yankees* 98 64
Boston Red Sox* 93 69
Tampa Bay Rays 90 72
Toronto Blue Jays 81 81
Baltimore Orioles 73 89
This division is a tough one this year.
With a fresh New York Yankees lineup and pitching staff, their chances at winning the division have galloped back to the top after last year.
Texiera will be a deadly threat, both offensively and defensively.
Though A.J Burnett will have a slower year CC Sabathia has a strong chance of winning 17 or more games.
Meanwhile, the Red Sox made very few changes over the offseason except picking up Brad Penny and the former Dodger in Saito.
Though Penny will have a poor year and the pitching staff is weak beyond Dice-K, Beckett and Lester, the hitting looks pretty good with a good overall player in Jed Lowrie and a repeat year from Pedroia and Youkilis.
The Tampa Bay Rays have much better opposition than last year, and without utilityman Rocco Baldelli and a hurt saver in Troy Percival, the repeat chances are far from legitimate.
The lineup is basically the same as last years championship squad, but they don't have the power they need to repeat.
The defense is increidble though, and the pitching staff has a good chance of success.
Over in Toronto, the Blue Jays are hurting after Burnett dished for big money to leave little fans. Now, Halladay will single-handedly take the pitching staff and try to lead them to a winning season.
Barajas is filling the role as a catcher this year, but no ones for sure about his ability to catch.
Still, the hitters are still in town with Overbay, Rios, and Wells still around to give home run support. Not to mention veteran Scott Rolen in town to olden the core.
In last comes the Baltimore Orioles, but there is definite hope. With many great players in the minor league system including the catcher Weiters, who had an incredible season last year in the minors.
Plenty of hope rides on Markakis, who signed a 66 million dollar deal with the Orioles as a young player.
Jeremy Guthrie is the main key for the pitching system, and many teams might be looking for him in the season. He has the potential to pitch a lot of innings in a season (190 innings last season).
Still, the Orioles will fall...
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