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I think 2012 will be an interesting season. A lot of teams really improved Of course a WS is always a little bit of a crapshoot (see 2010 and 2011
but I think there are some tendencies although it remains a lot of speculation.
My top5 favorites:
1.yankees-great hitting and best bullpen in baseball, rotation is improved also (still not great but solid)
2.Phillies: yes they did not play well the last post seasons and their hitting is aging but the rotation is still great. I don't think they are as good as the yanks though
3.tigers: verlander+cabrera+fielder. Nuff said? they are a little top heavy though. their top guys are as good as it gets but the back of their rotation and bottom of the lineup is not the best. still very dangerous team.
4.red sox. shaky to bad rotation but similar hitting to yankees. Still hard to judge. they are a good team but one injury and their rotation might be one of the worst in baseball. If dice-K and buchholz do come back strong they are a very good team.
5.Angels/cards. I cannot really decide between them. both are not as good as the top4 though in my opinion. the cards lose pujols but get wainwright back. there is a question mark whether molina and berkman can repeat their years though. the angels have great pitching. their hitting is still not the best but with albert of course they got a mighty addition.
honorable mentions:
-Rangers: they will field a good team however there is a question if they can replace wilson. how good will darvish be?
-Giants: still very good pitching and posey will be back
-rays: very good pitching, so so hitting. they will be in contention but I think they will finish a close third in the AL east.
post your top 5 too.
but I think there are some tendencies although it remains a lot of speculation.My top5 favorites:
1.yankees-great hitting and best bullpen in baseball, rotation is improved also (still not great but solid)
2.Phillies: yes they did not play well the last post seasons and their hitting is aging but the rotation is still great. I don't think they are as good as the yanks though
3.tigers: verlander+cabrera+fielder. Nuff said? they are a little top heavy though. their top guys are as good as it gets but the back of their rotation and bottom of the lineup is not the best. still very dangerous team.
4.red sox. shaky to bad rotation but similar hitting to yankees. Still hard to judge. they are a good team but one injury and their rotation might be one of the worst in baseball. If dice-K and buchholz do come back strong they are a very good team.
5.Angels/cards. I cannot really decide between them. both are not as good as the top4 though in my opinion. the cards lose pujols but get wainwright back. there is a question mark whether molina and berkman can repeat their years though. the angels have great pitching. their hitting is still not the best but with albert of course they got a mighty addition.
honorable mentions:
-Rangers: they will field a good team however there is a question if they can replace wilson. how good will darvish be?
-Giants: still very good pitching and posey will be back
-rays: very good pitching, so so hitting. they will be in contention but I think they will finish a close third in the AL east.
post your top 5 too.
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