B b b b b b BASEBALL'S BACK!

Hey gang! I know it's been a long while since I've blogged about the ol' ballgame. But I'm back now.

I won't delay at all, but what I will do is give you my predictions for this year's MLB season. Here's who I think will place where, and who will win the main awards.

American League

AL EAST
1: Boston Red Sox 

2: Baltimore Orioles (WC)

3: New York Yankees 

4: Tampa Bay Rays 

5: Toronto Blue Jays 

AL CENTRAL

1: Detroit Tigers 

2: Cleveland Indians

3: Kansas City Royals

4: Chicago White Sox

5: Minnesota Twins

AL WEST

1: Oakland A's

2: Texas Rangers (WC)

3: Seattle Mariners

4: Los Angeles Angels

5: Houston Astros

AL MVP: Mike Trout (Los Angeles Angels)

AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander (Detroit Tigers)

AL Rookie of the Year: Xander Bogaerts (Boston Red Sox)

AL Comeback Player of the Year: Josh Reddick (Oakland A's)

National Leage

NL EAST

1: Atlanta Braves

2: Washington Nationals

3: New York Mets

4: Philadelphia Phillies

5: Miami Marlins

NL CENTRAL

1: St. Louis Cardinals

2: Pittsburgh Pirates (WC)

3: Cincinnati Reds

4: Milwaukee Brewers

5: Chicago Cubs

NL WEST

1: Los Angeles Dodgers

2: Arizona Diamondbacks (WC)

3: San Francisco Giants

4: Colorado Rockies

5: San Diego Padres

NL MVP: Paul Goldschmidt (Arizona Diamondbacks)

NL Cy Young: Adam Wainwright (St. Louis Cardinals)

NL Rookie of the Year: Billy Hamilton (Cincinnati Reds)

NL Comeback Player of the Year: Curtis Granderson (New York Mets)

The big ones

AL Champs: Detroit Tigers

NL Champs: St. Louis Cardinals

World Series Champs: St. Louis Cardinals

Spring Training Update

Hey ya'll, it's been a while since I've blogged, but I'm hopefully going to start blogging more often because the baseball season is fast approaching. Spring Training is in full swing, so here's an update on how each team is doing so far, provided by espn.com

Cactus League
CACTUS	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10
Cleveland	15	4	.789	-	8-3	7-1	122	83	+39	Won 1	6-3
Seattle	14	5	.737	1	5-4	9-1	148	106	+42	Won 1	6-2
Oakland	10	8	.556	4.5	6-3	4-5	144	124	+20	Won 2	4-4
Arizona	11	9	.550	4.5	4-5	7-4	98	95	+3	Won 2	5-3
San Francisco	11	9	.550	4.5	6-6	5-3	97	110	-13	Lost 4	4-5
Kansas City	9	8	.529	5	3-5	6-3	116	108	+8	Won 2	4-5
LA Angels	9	10	.474	6	6-5	3-5	110	86	+24	Lost 1	5-4
Colorado	9	10	.474	6	3-4	6-6	104	87	+17	Won 1	3-4
Chicago Cubs	10	12	.455	6.5	4-7	6-5	92	118	-26	Lost 1	4-6
Chicago Sox	7	9	.438	6.5	3-4	4-5	94	113	-19	Lost 1	4-4
Milwaukee	9	12	.429	7	6-5	3-7	104	120	-16	Won 1	3-7
Cincinnati	9	12	.429	7	4-6	5-6	105	114	-9	Won 5	5-5
LA Dodgers	6	10	.375	7.5	4-5	2-5	85	98	-13	Won 1	2-6
San Diego	6	11	.353	8	2-7	4-4	93	125	-32	Lost 3	3-5
Texas	6	12	.333	8.5	3-5	3-7	114	141	-27	Won 1	4-5
Grapefruit League
GRAPEFRUIT	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10
Tampa Bay	12	4	.750	-	7-2	5-2	93	61	+32	Won 4	7-2
Miami	13	7	.650	1	5-5	8-2	92	69	+23	Won 2	6-4
Baltimore	10	6	.625	2	5-3	5-3	103	75	+28	Lost 1	5-4
Pittsburgh	10	7	.588	2.5	3-4	7-3	87	76	+11	Won 1	4-6
Detroit	11	8	.579	2.5	6-5	5-3	124	80	+44	Lost 1	6-3
NY Yankees	11	9	.550	3	6-4	5-5	98	79	+19	Won 3	4-5
Washington	10	9	.526	3.5	7-3	3-6	117	101	+16	Lost 1	4-6
NY Mets	9	10	.474	4.5	3-6	6-4	99	112	-13	Won 1	5-4
Minnesota	7	8	.467	4.5	3-4	4-4	81	78	+3	Lost 1	2-5
Boston	8	11	.421	5.5	4-5	4-6	76	106	-30	Lost 1	6-4
St. Louis	6	9	.400	5.5	3-5	3-4	92	108	-16	Lost 2	4-5
Atlanta	8	12	.400	6	5-4	3-8	96	111	-15	Won 1	6-4
Houston	7	11	.389	6	3-5	4-6	74	108	-34	Lost 5	4-6
Toronto	7	11	.389	6	4-6	3-5	69	105	-36	Lost 1	3-7
Philadelphia	5	12	.294	7.5	3-6	2-6	67	97	-30	Lost 1	4-5