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

MLB Preview 2013

AL East +15

Baltimore

I really like manager Buck Showalter and second baseman Brian Roberts, but I expect Baltimore to regress this year.  80-82

Boston

A bit of a rebuilding job in Boston. Potential is partially there, but they are also a somewhat old/veteran team.  79-83

New York

Lost a few vaguely decent pieces from last year, so a small step back. 87-75

Tampa Bay

Compared to the rest of the division Tampa Bay has a somewhat cheap payroll, but it gets more a bang for the buck.  86-76

Toronto

Getting RA Dickey should help their rotation quite a bit.  88-74

AL Central -9

Cleveland

Ubaldo and Masterson should be better this year, but Cleveland still underachieves overall.  73-89

Detroit

The defending AL champions struggle against a subpar division.  85-77

Kansas City

The Royals basically went all in this year, trading for Shields and Davis.  A playoff series for KC for the first time since 1985.  85-77

Minnesota

I'm not certain why people think they will really stink.  I expect the Twins to improve, but that it will still certainly be a building year.  73-89

White Sox

If it weren't for Sale and Peavy, then the White Sox likely wouldn't be even close to .500, but with them I expect the White Sox to be competitive.  80-82

AL West -7

Houston

The AL welcomes Houston by giving them just a few friendly stompings.  The additions of Pena and Humber should help, but it still won't keep the Astros from capturing last place.  52-110

Los Angeles

An extremely star heavy lineup, though they kind of need to improve their pitching staff. The Angels disappointed me and others last year, but I'l stick with them.  95-67

Oakland

I expect last year's surprise AL West Champs rotation to struggle in (for quite a few of them) their sophomore seasons.  85-79

Seattle

The Astros will give them enough wins to improve over last years record.  I think their lineup will actually hit vaguely decently (for Seattle) this year.  77-85

Texas

Lost a lot of hitters, but they at least picked up Berkman.  89-73

Credit to Operation Sports for my predicted standings for the MLB this season.  Apparently they haven't updated to put Houston in the AL yet, so I just put Houston below the AL West.

NL East -7

Atlanta

Upgraded their lineup a bit in the offseason.  87-75

Miami 

I bought into the Marlins last season.. And that was a big mistake.  They lost a few good players from last season, so I'll expect them to be even worse.  64-98

New York

Losing Dickey won't exactly help the Mets.  70-92

Philadelphia

Their offense should be better, and they will still be dominant at home.  86-76

Washington

Considering they had Strasburg and a few other players injured for parts of last year, the Nationals could technically be better... But I expect their record to be worse.  93-69

NL Central +2

Chicago

No 100 loss season for the Cubs this year.  70-92

Cincinnati

I think they'll be better.. But still finish with a worse record, due to less 'luck' and no Houston.  Still good enough to make the playoffs.  90-72

Milwaukee

Good at home, poor on the road, per usual.  78-84

Pittsburgh

Fair season for the Pirates.  77-85

St. Louis

Lost a couple good players, but they got Carpenter back from injury.  90-72

NL West +6

Arizona

A lot of roster movement for the Diamondbacks. 82-80

Colorado

Better year for the Rockies.  76-86

Los Angeles

I fell into the trap of picking the splashiest team last year, (the Angels), so will I fall into the same trap this year?  Ehh, yeah, kind of.  The most expensive payroll in sports gets the Dodgers the division.  94-68

San Diego

Very little movement for the Padres.  I think they will improve from last year.  75-87

San Francisco

They let go of Freddy Sanchez and a few other players.  A downgrade for the defending WS winners.  84-78

MLB Standings - Updated: Nov 1, 2013
AL EAST	W	L	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	88	74
New York Yankees	87	75
Tampa Bay Rays	86	76
Baltimore Orioles	80	82
Boston Red Sox	79	83
AL CENTRAL	W	L	GB
Kansas City Royals	85	77
Detroit Tigers	85	77
Chicago White Sox	80	82
Cleveland Indians	73	89
Minnesota Twins	73	89
AL WEST	W	L	GB
Los Angeles Angels	95	67
Texas Rangers	89	73
Oakland Athletics	85	79
Seattle Mariners	77	85
AL WILD CARD RACE	W	L	GB
Houston Astros	52	110