by mild sauce on Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:48 pm
AL East: New York - I hate to say it, but once again they're easily the favorites here, since they look so good on paper.
AL Central: Chicago - Lots of fireballers should make for a stronger bullpen. If Brian Anderson improves like many think he will, then they'll be tough.
AL West: Anaheim - Still have such a rock solid team.
AL Wild Card: Detroit - Still have great pitching and a solid lineup.
NL East: New York - Still a great all around team with one of the best managers in the league leading them.
NL Central: Chicago - The money spent will make a huge difference from last year, but also money not spent in places like a healthy Derrek Lee, a healthy Cesar Izturis, and former starters strengthening the bench will make them a very tough team this year. All around they look very impressive.
NL West: Los Angeles - This may be one of the fastest teams in a very long time in baseball. A strong starting rotation helps out as well.
NL Wild Card: Philly - They'll build off of last year and pull it out this time.
ALDS
New York over Detroit
Chicago over Anaheim
NLDS
Chicago over Philly
LA over New York
ALCS
Chicago over New York
NLCS
Chicago over Los Angeles
World Series
Cubs over Sox
Yeah, I know I'm dreaming with a bit of that, but looking at the early odds given by bodog and other places, that isn't totally out of the question.