It’s that time of year again: Here are my predictions for what the Red Sox key players will do this year followed by my division and playoff picks for the entire MLB.

Hitters:
Julio Lugo: .272AVG 11HR 47RBI 21SB
Kevin Youkilis: .304AVG  18HR  67RBI 
David Ortiz: .281AVG  46HR  139RBI
Manny Ramirez: .314AVG 36HR 129RBI
J.D. Drew: .292AVG 22HR 88RBI
Mike Lowell: .276AVG 17HR 60RBI
Jason Varitek: .229AVG 14HR 49RBI
CoCo Crisp: .289AVG 13HR 56RBI 20SB
Dustin Pedroia: .270AVG 9HR 41RBI

Wily Mo Pena: .288AVG 20HR 48RBI
Alex Cora: .266AVG 3HR 21RBI
Doug Mirabelli: .232AVG 9HR 31RBI

Pitchers:
Curt Schilling: 14-9   3.98ERA 165K
Joss Beckett: 16-8    4.02ERA   131K
Daisuke Matsuzaka: 18-7  3.04ERA 198K
Tim Wakefield: 11-13 4.44ERA  97K
Number 5 Starter A.K.A a combination of Julian Tavarez, Kyle Snyder, Devern Hansack, and John Lester: 11-14 4.27ERA 91K

Jonathan Papelbon: 41Saves  2.26 ERA 88K
As for the rest of the bullpen, Timlin will show his age, Donnelly will be solid, Pineiro will start off ok but get shelled in the second half of the year, Same with J.C. Romeo, Hideki Okajima will be a pleasant surprise, Manny Delcarmen will be back on the team and contributing well by the end of the year, Craig Hansen will get arrested after drunkenly groping girls at a bar.

Now For The MLB Predictions:

A.L. East (best division in baseball)
1. Boston Red Sox (starting pitching carries team)
2. Toronto Blue Jays Wildcard (line up is better then Red Sox and as good as Yankees)
3. New York Yankees (injuries to pitchers and A-Rod issues cause team to implode)
4. Baltimore Orioles: (Still enough talent to be a pain in the ass against the good teams)
5 Tampa Bay Devil Rays: (Good Young Offense, absolutely no pitching after Kashmir)

A.L. Central (Top 4 teams will finish within 6 games of each other)
1. Detroit Tigers (Great bullpen and good starters [even without the cheating hefty lefty])
2. Cleveland Indians (Bad Bullpen hurts a good team)
3. Minnesota Twins (Either Boof Bonser or Matt Garza will emerge as a solid #2)
4. Chicago WhiteSox ( Starting Pitching not as strong as years past)
5. K.C. Royals (Alex Gordon will be good, The Royals will suck)

A.L. West
1. The Angels Formerly Known as Anaheim and California (The best total pitching in baseball and Garrett Anderson and Howie Kendrick have big years)
2. Oakland Athletics ( Not Enough Hitting)
3. Texas Rangers (teams chances fade after Gagne’s arm falls off mid pitch and Sosa puts up numbers like the ones he had the first time he was in Texas)
4. Seattle Mariners (Say goodbye to Ichiro at the end of the year)

N.L. East
1. New York Mets (Offense makes up for lack of pitching depth)
2. Florida Marlins Wildcard (slow start, but young arms take them to a strong finish)
3. Philadelphia Phillies (Ryan Howard can hit, but can’t pitch. P.S. Brett Myers can go fuck himself)
4. Atlanta Braves (Misses Cox Better Watch Out )
5. Washington Nationals (Have less of a shot then Sam Brownback)

N.L. Central
1. Milwaukee Brewers (Sheets Stays healthy+4 other starters with potential for double digit wins)
2. Chicago Cubs (Could be great if everything falls into place)
3. St Louis Cardinals (quick, name the Cardnels 2-5 pitchers)
4. Cincinnati Reds (Bronson Arroyo wins 18 games and opens for the band Institute)
5. Houston Astros (Clemens comes back to play with son after Astros fall out of race)
6. Pittsburg Pirates (team's only sell out is for Sidney Crosby bobble-head night)

N.L. West
1. L.A. Dodgers (Solid Starters and Bullpen)
2. Arizona Diamondbacks (Webb & Johnson anchor rotation and young offense scores some runs)
3. San Diego Padres (good young pitching, terrible offense)
4. San Francisco Giants (Controversy plagues the teams as Bonds in intentially walked 500 straight times and Barry Zito dumps current girlfriend Hillary Duff in favor of 16 year old singer JoJo) 

A.L Playoffs
Red Sox over Tigers
Angels over Blue Jays

Angels over Red Sox (as much as it pains me to say it, I think the Red Sox have some fatal flaws this year: Varitek is getting old fast, bullpen still shaky, not enough big run producers in the line up. The Angels stronger overall pitching will carry them over the Sox in a long series)

N.L. Playoffs
Mets Over Brewers
Marlins Over Dodgers

Marlins over Mets ( this is not an April Fools Joke, I think the Marlins  young power arms  (Willis, Olson, Sanchez, Ricky Nolasco, Petit, Johnson) along with MVP candidates Cabrera and Ramirez carry the team past the pitching deficient Mets. 

World Series Angels over Marlins (The Angels stronger line up and experience over match the Marlins youth)

A.L. MVP Alex Rios
N.L. MVP Jose Reyes

A.L. Cy Young: Johan Santana (if baseball were an individual sport, this guy would be the Roger Federer of baseball)
N.L. Cy Young: Ben Sheets (Finally Stays Healthy and dominates)

A.L. Rookie of the Year: Delmon Young (He will hit 25 home runs, steal 25 basis, and beat up 5 umpires)
N.L. Rookie of theYear: Chris Young (5 tool player)

A.L. Manager of the Year: Eric Wedge
N.L. Manager of the Year: Ned Yost


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