| Authored by Christopher Reina - 9th April, 2009 - 2:45 pm
 The 2009 MLB season is finally upon us and I count 16 teams with a very legitimate shot at making the postseason. In descending order of likelihood: Cubs, Angels, Yankees, Dodgers, Indians, Red Sox, Mets, Marlins, Rays, White Sox, Phillies, Diamondbacks, Twins, Cardinals, Brewers and Braves.
Below is our full season preview of all 30 teams (divided by division), which includes five key questions, realistic expectations and projects, their recent Opsera History and a representative movie trailer.
Hardware Forecast
AL MVP: Grady Sizemore
NL MVP: Hanley Ramirez
AL Cy Young: CC Sabathia
NL Cy Young: Johan Santana
AL ROY: Matt Wieters
NL ROY: Jordan Zimmermann
Prediction Capsule
AL: Yankees, Indians, Angels, Red Sox
NL: Mets, Cubs, Dodgers, Marlins
World Series: Cubs over Yankees
(Click on the name of each division to read the team-by-team previews.)
- AL East
1. New York Yankees
2. Boston Red Sox
3. Tampa Bay Rays
4. Toronto Blue Jays
5. Baltimore Orioles
- AL Central
1. Cleveland Indians
2. Chicago White Sox
3. Minnesota Twins
4. Kansas City Royals
5. Detroit Tigers
- AL West
1. Los Angeles Angels
2. Texas Rangers
3. Oakland Athletics
4. Seattle Mariners
- NL East
1. New York Mets
2. Florida Marlins
3. Philadelphia Phillies
4. Atlanta Braves
5. Washington Nationals
- NL Central
1. Chicago Cubs
2. St. Louis Cardinals
3. Milwaukee Brewers
4. Cincinnati Reds
5. Houston Astros
6. Pittsburgh Pirates
- NL West
1. Los Angeles Dodgers
2. San Francisco Giants
3. Arizona Diamondbacks
4. Colorado Rockies
5. San Diego Padres |
