love the yankees.
its gonna be a great run to the end of september.
my predictions:
oakland, playing good, gonna stay in the race till at least the end of august. young arms are gonna feel the pressure as it builds.
tampa bay is an injury away from falling off. they are good but the wheels on the bus are gonna start to wabble. excellent hitting team. the physical intimidation mentality is gonna come back to bite them in the ass.
fucking baltimore is gonna stay in it for awhile. they arent playing great but they are winning all the close games. that sucks.
minnesota, cleveland, and detroit can all make runs but inconsistency will play a part in their season.
boston is playing good. what happens with matsuzakas return will be big. if he is truely starting to get dead arm already, no way he makes it to october. good team either way. my only complaint about this team is papelbon asking for rivera money. the sandman has been doing it since paplebon was in grade school. be patient. being great and being the greatest are 2 different things.
yankees are playing well. consistency is starting. they do what they have for the last 5 years. lose early and move it up a notch when the weather warms. if giese and the bullpen can take 60% of wangs games and kennedy and hughes actually come back and pitch well (these two are young and bitchy so thats not a guarantee but at least the lackluster year will hold them down moneywise for awhile), they will win the wild card at least.
its gonna be the yanks and boston in the end, but the league has gotten alot better and the season is going to last much longer in terms of races to the end.