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Originally Posted by Berger
How on earth is TB a .500 team? In the last 5 years they have had 4 90+ win seasons with 2 of them being 95+. The one season they weren't a 90 win team they still had 86 wins. Its pretty safe to say they will be battling for the AL east once again this year.
I do agree NYY will take a step back, and that BAL won't be as lucky as last year. BOS I think isn't as bad as some think, they still have Pedroria, Ortiz, Ellsbury, Lester, Buchholz, Dice K. A couple pieces and they will be right in the wildcard hunt.
Any guesses as to where Hamilton ends up? My guess is Boston.
I've never seen so much hype about baseball in Canada before Christmas in my life. I myself don't even think about it until usually January/February. I guess without hockey there's not much else to get excited about.
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Tampa will be there just because their pitching staff is the best in baseball and so incredibly young. They have the smartest people in baseball running the organization. Part of me feels like some of their luck has to run out, only because they get such amazing production out of obscure players, but most of that is just incredible due diligence by their management.
Yankees might fall off a little, likely will, but they still will have an incredibly strong bullpen, a great middle of the lineup and the short porch in Yankee Stadium.
I don't like much on Boston besides Pedroia and Ellsbury. Their rotation sucks and they have no depth in their lineup.
I think Hamiltion ends up with the Rangers again. Unless he's willing to take a team friendly contract, he is not worth the risk at all by any team, especially the Blue Jays. He's getting older, his defense isn't strong, he's a liability at the plate and off the field needs constant monitoring. When he's on his game, he's the MVP of the AL, but he's not worth the risk at all of a multi year massive contract.