1. Texas Rangers

2. New York Yankees

3. Detroit Tigers

4. Los Angeles Angels

5. Tampa Bay Rays

6. Boston Red Sox

7. Atlanta Braves

8. Philadelphia Phillies

9. St. Louis Cardinals

10. Miami Marlins

11. Cincinnati Reds

12. Arizona Diamondbacks

13. Toronto Blue Jays

14. Milwaukee Brewers

15. San Francisco Giants

16. Los Angeles Dodgers

17. Colorado Rockies

18. Washington Nationals

19. Kansas City Royals

20. Cleveland Indians

21. Chicago White Sox

22. Oakland Athletics

23. New York Mets

24. Pittsburgh Pirates

25. Minnesota Twins

26. Baltimore Orioles

27. Seattle Mariners

28. San Diego Padres

29. Chicago Cubs

30. Houston Astros

I really have a tough time ranking these teams because you never really know pre-season who’s year it could be. I think their is about 3 or 4 groups of teams and I’d like to sort them out. 

Consistently at the top (Top playoff seeds)- These are teams that will most likely consistently stay ranked in the top eight throughout the season.

—Texas Rangers

—New York Yankees

—Detroit Tigers

—Los Angeles Angels

Borderline Playoff Teams- Ranked 5-12 consistently through the year. 

—Atlanta Braves

—Philadelphia Phillies

—St. Louis Cardinals

—Boston Red Sox

—Tampa Bay Rays

Middle of the pack- Ranked consistently 8-18 throughout the year. 

—Arizona Diamondbacks

—Miami Marlins

—Cincinnati Reds

—Toronto Blue Jays

—Milwaukee Brewers

Near the Bottom- Consistently Ranked 12-20

—Los Angeles Dodgers

—Colorado Rockies

—San Francisco Giants

—Cleveland Indians

—Washington Nationals

The Rest (Teams that don’t matter)- Consistently ranked 20-28

—New York Mets

—Minnesota Twins

—Chicago White Sox

—Oakland A’s

—Pittsburgh Pirates

—Baltimore Orioles

—Seattle Mariners

Going no where. (Battling for worst team in the league)

—Chicago Cubs..Epstein isn’t gonna save you from those guys you call a team just yet.

—Houston Astros..good luck..

Sleeper Teams- Biggest Upsides

—Toronto Blue Jays- It’ll be tough to break through the Rays, Yankees, and Red Sox for a playoff spot, but I believe if the Jays can stay healthy, it could be their year finally. 

—Atlanta Braves- Youth will be the name of the game here, mainly in the rotation. If their young, talented rotation holds up, they should have no problem at all competing with the Phillies for the top spot in the division. 

—Tampa Bay Rays- All around great team. Good lineup with Pena back and Longo healthy. Jennings will get full playing time. Not to mention a couple young stud pitchers..should make for a great division race. 

—Cincinnati Reds- Votto is locked up, still have Bruce, Phillips, Stubbs, and rookie Cozart sits atop a very solid lineup. Mesoraco can hopefully provide good upside behind the plate along with Heisey in left and this lineup could scare some pitchers just like 2010. 

—San Francisco Giants- Healthy Posey is the key here. They’ve gained more than they’ve lost this off-season (cody ross..so what?). They still have 2 sick aces in Lincecum and Cain to go along with up and coming stud Bumgarner. Their lineup should still be good with Posey, Pagan, Pablo, and hopefully Belt can finally come through for them. They could steal the division back this year. 

• Wife: I do like chocolate sex

•          nah

•          i like baseball

  Me: Well, we’re just meant to be i believe

  Wife: we are (:

1. Rafael Furcal- SS

2. Carlos Beltran- RF

3. Matt Holliday- LF

4. Lance Berkman- 1B

5. David Freese- 3B

6. Yadier Molina- C

7. Jon Jay- CF

8. Skip Schumaker- 2B

9. Chris Carpenter- SP

..Until Allen Craig returns..

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