With the MLB season getting ready to start it’s time to make our predictions for who will finish where in each division. We’ve gone deep into the statistics this year and estimated the production of each player on each team, then converted that production into wins. Here are our results! American League AL East – [...]
The Los Angeles Angels finished two games under .500 with just 80 wins in 2010, finishing third in the American League West. Los Angeles had been to the playoffs six out of the previous eight seasons, including each of the past three, but midseason injury to Kendry Morales really put them in a tough spot. [...]
The Oakland Athletics haven’t had a whole of success in the AL West the past few seasons, but are coming of a 81-81 season where they ended the year second the division behind Texas. It was the first time in four years the A’s didn’t finish below .500. Oakland’s pitching staff finished with an MLB-best [...]
There were those that believed the Seattle Mariners had enough talent to win the AL West last season, but instead they finished with one of the worst years in franchise history. Seattle went 61-101, to become the only club with a $100 million payroll to lose 100 games. While the blame can be spread throughout [...]
The Cleveland Indians can’t possibly be much worse than they have been each of the last two two seasons. After going 65-97 in 2009, Cleveland improved slightly in 2010 winning 69 games. They once again finished in fourth place in the AL Central, but will have their work cut out for them to avoid finishing [...]
The Kansas City Royals finished last in the AL Central with an overall record of 67-95. While the immediate future doesn’t look great, there is a good chance the Royals will turn things around here in soon enough. The reason the future looks bright down the road, is the Royals have what is considered to [...]
The Minnesota Twins have been following a very similar pattern over the last decade. They have dominated the AL Central with six division titles over the last nine seasons, but have been awful in postseason play (12 straight losses). The Twins are 20 years removed from their last World Series title and will be out [...]
The Chicago White Sox finished 2010 with with 88 wins which was good for second place in the AL Central, but it wasn’t enough to earn a wild card spot. With the signing of Adam Dunn in the offseason, the White Sox should have an even more potent line-up. Throw in a rotation that looks [...]
After a late season collapse to miss the postseason, the Detroit Tigers couldn’t get it going in 2010. Once again the Tigers collapsed down the stretch and finished at 81-81 for third place in the AL Central division. Last offseason the Tigers traded away Curtis Granderson, but got four key players (Max Scherzer, Austin Jackson, [...]
The Baltimore Orioles went 66-96 in 2010 for their 13th straight losing season. They put themselves in a huge hole from the start, opening 2-16 out of the gate. Baltimore went through three different managers last year, but finally found their man in Buck Showalter. The team went an impressive 34-23 record over their final [...]
