Saturday, April 4, 2015

MLB Preview for 2015

American League
East (+10)
New York Yankees
The Yankees have a fairly decent rotation, but their batting lineup needs to improve for them to win the division. 80-82

Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles' roster largely remained unchanged in the offseason, which would possibly be a good idea if they had a great roster, as their roster is currently constructed however, I think that the Orioles will run out of some of their recent streaks of luck, to a certain extent, this season. 82-80

Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto made a few decent moves in the offseason, but they still need to improve their pitching to be a great team.  86-76

Boston Red Sox
Boston has become a bit of a younger team, and I think will improve this season, but they will likely need to catch a few breaks to be playoff contenders.  82-80

Tampa Bay Rays
The Rays largely stayed pat with their previously constructed roster, I expect a slight uptick in wins this season. 85-77

Central (-4)
Kansas City Royals
Despite my affinity for the Royals, I think that the Royals are destined to regress to the mean by a few games this season. 85-77

Detroit Tigers
Detroit's rotation looks somewhat iffy for the first time in a few years, but their batting should keep the Tigers quite competitive. 86-76

Minnesota Twins
The Twins are in a fairly tough division and their talent does not appear to match the level of most of their opponents. 74-88

Cleveland Indians
Some experts think that Cleveland has a great chance to capture the AL Central, but I do not happen to be an expert, and I also predict that Cleveland will remain mired in mediocrity this season due to their youth. 81-81

Chicago White Sox 
Other than Chris Sale, the White Sox kind of struggle across the board. 75-87

West (+10)
Texas Rangers
The rotation could be better, but the batting lineup looks to be a little better than last season. 74-88

Oakland Athletics
It will be odd to see Billy Butler in an A's uniform.  The A's are perpetually underrated by most people, and it appears that it has happened again this season. 89-73

Los Angeles Angels
The Angels seemed to trade away a few too many prospects in the offseason, but their present outlooks look fairly good.  92-70

Seattle Mariners
Behind a very competent starting pitching rotation the Mariners appear to be poised to make a run at the playoffs.  88-74

Houston Astros
The Astros may actually create a bit of drama in a number of their games this season. 72-90

National League
East (-8)
Atlanta Braves
Atlanta's offense looked very poor last season and it will likely continue to have some serious problems. 75-87

New York Mets
The Mets have a few good starting pitchers, but aside from that strong point they seem to be lacking in great selling points. 75-87

Washington Nationals
The Nationals only  have a few problems, and compared to the rest of their division they stick out as a model team to follow. 90-72

Philadelphia Phillies
While the Phillies' outlooks do not look good for this season, due to regression alone I think that they will at least be competitive in their division, outside of the Nationals. 75-87

Miami Marlins
The Marlins should simply be a fairly competitive team this season. 82-80

Central (+3)
Milwaukee Brewers
The Brewers look to be a slightly below average team. 77-85

St. Louis Cardinals
The Cardinals only have a few problems on their roster and, as such the Cardinals should compete for, and capture, the division title. 85-77

Cincinnati Reds
The Reds should be competing for the division crown again this year. 81-81

Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pirates should regress to the mean a bit this season.  83-79

Chicago Cubs
With the expertise of Manager Maddon, I expect the Cubs to field a very competitive team for the first time in a fair number of seasons. 82-80

West (-11)
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Dodgers have a dominant starting pitching lineup and should produce enough wins to be one of the top teams in the NL. 92-70

San Francisco Giants
The reigning MLB champions look to be on the wrong side of the playoff bubble this season. 83-79

Colorado Rockies
The porous starting pitching should improve slightly, but, even despite that improvement and the stellar middle of the batting rotation, the Rockies should only remain competitive this season. 75-87

San Diego Padres
It appears that according to most people the Padres are expected to improve this season, I fail to see where their confidence in this team is coming from. 75-87

Arizona Diamondbacks
The Diamondbacks appear to be headed for another disappointing season. 69-93

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