Fourteen games into the regular season, it's prediction time.

• Jonathan Albaladejo will be the third-best reliever on the Yankees.
• Johan Santana will not lead the Mets to the playoffs by himself but…
• The Mets will make the playoffs.
• Alex Rodriguez will win the A.L. MVP award.
• David Ortiz will not hit .073 the rest of the season.
• The Arizona Diamondbacks will win the N.L. West behind the pitching of Dan Haren, Brandon Webb, and RANDY JOHNSON.
• Curt Schilling will pitch again...to his kids in the backyard.
• The Upton brothers begin to reach the potential that will make them the best  offensive brother combination ever.
• The Tampa Bay Devil Rays, sorry the Tampa Bay Rays don't finish last in the A.L. East, the Orioles do.
• The Curse of the Billy Goat continues.
• Fausto Carmona, Chien-Ming Wang, and C.C. Sabathia finish 1-2-3 in the A.L. CY Young ballot
• The Phillies also make the playoffs.
• The trade deadline will not be as boring as it was last year.
• Evan Longoria forces the Rays to keep him up the entire season.
• Lou Piniella and Ozzie Guillen lead managers with the most ejections.
• Some rookie makes a big splash.
• The Boston Red Sox realize they have become the thing they hate the most, the Yankees.
• When Yankee Stadium closes, fans cry.
• When Shea Stadium closes, fans cheer.
• The Detroit Tigers make the playoffs after their miserable start.
• The Detroit Tigers never recover from their miserable start and miss the playoffs (hey I can make conflicting predictions).