American League Central
And here we have the opposite of the AL East, a one-team division.
Winner: The Tigers. They have the best team, hands down. They’ll run away with it. Wait. I said that last year. Okay, but now they have Victor Martinez back. This time for sure.
The rest in no particular order.
Indians: With Terry Francona and several good free agent pickups, the Tribe should be playing home games in front of more than friends and family this season. Look for them to make more moves during and after the season and make a run for it next year.
Twins: Who cares?
White Sox: Overachieved last year while the Tigers couldn’t get out of their own way. That won’t happen this year.
Royals: Boy, were they bad last year virtually every time I saw them. Even their wins were painful. The team really should have held on to Melky Cabrera a couple of years ago. They were an exciting, up and coming team with him. (Okay, he was probably juicing then, but he hadn’t gotten caught yet.) Without a good thumper in the lineup, I just don’t think their pitching additions are going to matter. Hopefully, management will figure this out as well and snag somebody in-season if they’re doing reasonably well, or afterward otherwise.
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