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Portions of this article originally appeared on Vype.com and vype.com/dfw.

Sometimes, the best thing to do in life is admit defeat and try again next year. This is definitely one of those times. I made my baseball predictions waaaay back in April, with high hopes of making myself look smart by season's end. Well, the opposite effect took place. Instead of concealing these embarrassing baseball picks, however, I've decided to share with the bleacherreport community. For your own amusement, read on... 

AL East

1. Boston Red Sox
2. Tampa Bay Rays
3. New York Yankees
4. Toronto Blue Jays
5. Baltimore Orioles

This is probably the toughest division to pick when assessing the one-two-three spots. It is easy to make a case for any of the top three to win this division, but unfortunately one of these teams won’t make the playoffs and I’ve got the Yankees. With Alex Rodriguez injured and the Yankees pitching struggling for no apparent reason the last few years I wouldn’t be surprised to see CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett have down years. Boston has the best all-around team, and the Rays pitching with the eventual addition of David Price should put them over the hump for the wild card.

AL Central

1. Detroit Tigers
2. Minnesota Twins
3. Cleveland Indians
4. Chicago White Sox
5. Kansas City Twins

The White Sox will not enjoy a season like they did last year, especially with such a shaky rotation and not much batting besides Carlos Quentin (who’s coming off surgery) and up and coming shortstop Alexei Ramirez. Minnesota will overachieve as usual, and Cleveland will fare better than last year but their pitching is simply too weak to compete. Carl Pavano as your third pitcher means major trouble. Detroit will put the pieces together this year, as their batting is still superb and their rotation and relief pitching will slowly come along as Joel Zumaya and Fernando Rodney get healthy.

AL West

1. Los Angeles Angels
2. Seattle Mariners
3. Oakland Athletics
4. Texas Rangers

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