American League 2019 Preview
Mar 4, 2019 15:41:26 GMT
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Post by Colorado Rockies (Tyler) on Mar 4, 2019 15:41:26 GMT
AL East 2019 Preview
1. Boston Red Sox
2. Tampa Bay Rays
3. New York Yankees
4. Toronto Blue Jays
5. Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox seem to have a pretty strong hold of the top spot in this division. They have star power and quality depth. The 2 spot was hard to rank as I went back and forth on a few teams, ultimately settling on Tampa Bay. Baltimore, New York, and Toronto are all pretty similar in how the teams were built, it all comes down to staying healthy and quality MLB depth. Each team has a star player of some type to work with. Red Sox still seem to be ahead of the pack here but would not be surprised to see 2-5 finish in a different order. NYY having Judge and some breakout SPs will carry this team, and really liking Tampa Bay’s Aaron Nola led pitching staff.
AL Central 2019 Preview
1. Detroit Tigers
2. Cleveland Indians
3. Chicago White Sox
4. Kansas City Royals
5. Minnesota Twins
AL Central is a tough one to rank here. It can legit go in any direction, so I tried to take my best guess at the final standings with the information we have right now. Detroit looks like a potential powerhouse in this division. Quality SP will carry them far and have to account for the best OF prospect in the game in Eloy. Things got even harder from here on but I went Cleveland #2 because they have quality bats and some solid SP to carry the team as well. Chicago has a lot of talent, however not much quality depth on the hitting side of things. What catches your eye when you look at this team is 3B – Rendon, SS – Correa, and LF – Rosario all in a row when looking on Fantrax. Kansas City vs Minnesota came down to overall quality at both hitting/pitching and I gave KC the nod due to the one overwhelming factor – DeGrom. This will be a tough/fun division to follow.
AL West 2019 Preview
1. Houston Astros
2. Texas Rangers
3. Oakland Athletics
4. Seattle Mariners
5. Los Angeles Angels
This was an easy division to preview. HOU is stacked, no other way to put it. The hitting is probably best in the league, and the pitching staff has enough pieces to carry them for a postseason run (health permitted). TEX would be the top team in most other divisions and he will be in the playoffs, don’t be shocked if these Rangers snag the 1 seed here. A combo of Bregman/Springer will carry this team. OAK joined this draft halfway through and really added some quality pieces to this team, Walker Buehler is about to have a great season as the now ace of the Dodgers. SEA has an extremely young team but the Corey Seager-Gleyber Torres 1-2 punch is a great starting point, look out for this team in a couple years. LAA also took over halfway through the draft, and did the best he could with the team the infamous Serge had left him with. Really like Ohtani going forward, we just don’t know what he will do this year with the elbow injury. The SP staff shows potential going forward, Berrios is a stud.
1. Boston Red Sox
2. Tampa Bay Rays
3. New York Yankees
4. Toronto Blue Jays
5. Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox seem to have a pretty strong hold of the top spot in this division. They have star power and quality depth. The 2 spot was hard to rank as I went back and forth on a few teams, ultimately settling on Tampa Bay. Baltimore, New York, and Toronto are all pretty similar in how the teams were built, it all comes down to staying healthy and quality MLB depth. Each team has a star player of some type to work with. Red Sox still seem to be ahead of the pack here but would not be surprised to see 2-5 finish in a different order. NYY having Judge and some breakout SPs will carry this team, and really liking Tampa Bay’s Aaron Nola led pitching staff.
AL Central 2019 Preview
1. Detroit Tigers
2. Cleveland Indians
3. Chicago White Sox
4. Kansas City Royals
5. Minnesota Twins
AL Central is a tough one to rank here. It can legit go in any direction, so I tried to take my best guess at the final standings with the information we have right now. Detroit looks like a potential powerhouse in this division. Quality SP will carry them far and have to account for the best OF prospect in the game in Eloy. Things got even harder from here on but I went Cleveland #2 because they have quality bats and some solid SP to carry the team as well. Chicago has a lot of talent, however not much quality depth on the hitting side of things. What catches your eye when you look at this team is 3B – Rendon, SS – Correa, and LF – Rosario all in a row when looking on Fantrax. Kansas City vs Minnesota came down to overall quality at both hitting/pitching and I gave KC the nod due to the one overwhelming factor – DeGrom. This will be a tough/fun division to follow.
AL West 2019 Preview
1. Houston Astros
2. Texas Rangers
3. Oakland Athletics
4. Seattle Mariners
5. Los Angeles Angels
This was an easy division to preview. HOU is stacked, no other way to put it. The hitting is probably best in the league, and the pitching staff has enough pieces to carry them for a postseason run (health permitted). TEX would be the top team in most other divisions and he will be in the playoffs, don’t be shocked if these Rangers snag the 1 seed here. A combo of Bregman/Springer will carry this team. OAK joined this draft halfway through and really added some quality pieces to this team, Walker Buehler is about to have a great season as the now ace of the Dodgers. SEA has an extremely young team but the Corey Seager-Gleyber Torres 1-2 punch is a great starting point, look out for this team in a couple years. LAA also took over halfway through the draft, and did the best he could with the team the infamous Serge had left him with. Really like Ohtani going forward, we just don’t know what he will do this year with the elbow injury. The SP staff shows potential going forward, Berrios is a stud.