Time for another year in the most screwed up of all the professional sports. Major league baseball - or - should we call it the sport of the have's and the have not's returns. Tomorrow we are going up to the Trop to see the local boys, the Tampa Bay Rays take on the bullies from Boston. Yes, the Red Sox open their season here in sunny Florida. A quick look at payrolls for the two franchises (from Spotrac.com):
Boston Red Sox = $234,600,428 MLB rank #1
Tampa Bay Rays = $78,219,329 MLB rank #28
Wow - that seems fair.
Oh well, I'll complain more about payroll disparity later in the season but for today I'll just make some haphazard and random picks for the coming season.
Division Winners - NL
East - Washington Nationals
Central - Chicago Cubs
West - Los Angeles Dodgers
Wild Card 1 - New York Mets
Wild Card 2 - Arizona Diamondbacks
Divison Winners - AL
East - New York Yankees
Center - Cleveland Indians
West - Houston Astros
Wild Card 1 - Minnesota Twins
Wild Card 2 - Tampa Bay Rays
NL Pennant - Washington Nationals
AL Pennant - Cleveland Indians
World Series Champs - Cleveland Indians
Cy Young Award
Al - Corey Kluber - Indians
NL - Noah Syndergaard - Mets
MVP
Al - Mike Trout - Angels
NL - Bryce Harper - Nationals
Play Ball!
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