caulfield12 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 http://sports.yahoo.com/video/al-central-b...-033623938.html Passan's predicted order of finish 1) Indians 2) Tigers 3) White Sox 4) Royals 5) Twins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggins Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 30, 2015 -> 02:14 AM) http://sports.yahoo.com/video/al-central-b...-033623938.html Passan's predicted order of finish 1) Indians 2) Tigers 3) White Sox 4) Royals 5) Twins Passan bitin' on Jonah Keri with that order. As for the title, I would guess its either the AL Central, AL West, or the NL Central. NL East is probably the worst, even with the improved Mets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCCWS Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 QUOTE (daggins @ Mar 30, 2015 -> 08:44 AM) Passan bitin' on Jonah Keri with that order. As for the title, I would guess its either the AL Central, AL West, or the NL Central. NL East is probably the worst, even with the improved Mets. I have seen several AL East teams this spring in Florida. That division looks pretty loaded. Boston must have the best lineup in all of baseball. Luckily their pitching has some questions in the 4 and 5 spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunt Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 QUOTE (SCCWS @ Mar 30, 2015 -> 07:55 AM) I have seen several AL East teams this spring in Florida. That division looks pretty loaded. Boston must have the best lineup in all of baseball. Luckily their pitching has some questions in the 4 and 5 spots. Not to mention the 1-2-3 spots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I think you have a really tight 1-4 in the AL Central. You don't have a 95 win team, but I also think all of the teams are capable of winning 85-90 games if things bounce their way. Then there is a pretty decent drop off to the Twins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 30, 2015 -> 01:51 PM) I think you have a really tight 1-4 in the AL Central. You don't have a 95 win team, but I also think all of the teams are capable of winning 85-90 games if things bounce their way. Then there is a pretty decent drop off to the Twins. a real nice topic. i see 2 divisions. NL west and yes, AL central. nl east is easily Wash. AL East Bos, NL central Stl and AL west i am not too sure here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggins Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 There is a lot of parity in the AL this season so you might only see one or two 90 win teams. LAA and CLE seem like good bets to reach that level. The NL Central is really tough to call. The Cards and Pirates are the top two but the Cubs are gonna be fun this year. If you squint its pretty easy to see the Brewers being good as well. The Reds still have a lot of talent, but its harder to see them winning it all. NL West and East are top-heavy tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shysocks Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) ALC is balanced but lacks a standout team; not sure Cleveland is it. ALW has two teriffic teams and a rock solid one. We'll see if the bottom two drag the division down too much to call it the best, but right now that'd be my bet. NL divisions are disqualified because they're in the NL. Edited March 30, 2015 by shysocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettie4sox Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 QUOTE (shysocks @ Mar 30, 2015 -> 09:34 AM) ALC is balanced but lacks a standout team; not sure Cleveland is it. ALW has two teriffic teams and a rock solid one. We'll see if the bottom two drag the division down too much to call it the best, but right now that'd be my bet. NL divisions are disqualified because they're in the NL. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 All divisions suck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shysocks Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 QUOTE (raBBit @ Mar 30, 2015 -> 10:48 AM) I agree the ALW should be in the conversation. Mariners, Angels and Houston all looking up and it seems like the A's and Rangers are being overlooked. I disagree on Cleveland. I certainly will be picking them for ALC. They have plenty of great young arms, a great pitching coach and an innovative outlook on pitching in the FO. I think Kluber and Carrasco are legit and I'll take my chance on Callaway working with the stuff of Bauer and Santana (especially Bauer). The lineup isn't the sexiest but no RHP wants to go up against the row of LH bats they have. If they improve and play just decent defense, and Lindor in a few weeks/months should help, they could make some noise. Let me clarify on the Indians - I do think they are the favorites and that's why I even mentioned them. They're probably the most complete team in the division. Suddenly they're the trendy runaway pick, though, and I don't see them at quite that height. In particular it seems like people have been overrating their starting pitching lately. The top is great but I'm not a believer in Bauer specifically. Brantley is due to come back to Earth. There's a lot riding on Kipnis being a stud again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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