The Wild, Wild West appears to lack early sparks it has shown in previous years, but while it lacks greatness, it most certainly doesn?t lack parity. The division has the least amount of teams of any division in baseball and each of the four teams could end up winning the division. However, only one will and here is how they are projected to finish. 1. Los Angeles Angels: The Angels have a ton of young talent and have done a good job of bringing in major talent during the off-season. However, they do have early questions in staff ace Bartolo Colon and his durability and the surrounding controversy from outfielder Gary Matthews Jr. This will make them rely even more on outfielder Vladimir Guerrero, who has struggled with nagging injuries in the past, but is still one of the top players in the game. The Angels will pull out this division during the last week of the season and it will be due in large part to pitcher Jered Weaver and infielder Howie Kendrick as the Angels desperately need someone to infuse life into a franchise that has lost most of theirs in the past few seasons. 2. Oakland A?s: At some point, the enormous amount of talent to leave Oakland has to catch up with the A?s and produce a losing season. This won?t happen this year, but they might end up being the last team out of the American League playoff picture. The team will struggle to score regularly with the loss of designated hitter Frank Thomas and with no proven middle of the order hitter to replace his presence on the roster. The staff also loses their leader in Barry Zito, but it can still be formidable if closer Huston Street can regain his form and pitcher Rich Harden can finally stay healthy and fulfill the lofty promises placed on him. If Harden can do this, the A?s could sneak out of the regular season with a division title, but this sequence doesn?t look likely. 3. Texas Rangers: I love what the Rangers have done in remaking their roster thus far, as they have positioned themselves for great successes over the next five years. The offense is set in the middle with shortstop Michael Young, who is the most underrated player in baseball, first baseman Mark Teixeira and third baseman Hank Blalock. They also have a great young outfielder in Nelson Cruz who should make a regular impact this season. Pitching is a little thin with just Kevin Millwood at the top of the rotation, but the addition of starter Brandon McCarthy and closer Eric Gagne give the Rangers their best collection of arms in many years. New manager Ron Washington though lacks experience and his feeling out process will put the Rangers in too big of a hole to make the playoffs in 2007. 4. Seattle Mariners: If there is a weak link to this division, it is the Mariners, but it isn?t fair when you have players like outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, first baseman Richie Sexson and starting pitcher Felix Hernandez. However, they have holes in every area of the game, like a lack of consistent power, lack of depth in the rotation and unproven options in the bullpen. They are very good on defense, especially in the outfield with Suzuki, Raul Ibanez and Jose Guillen. However, defense alone can?t win and that is where the Mariners are going into 2007. They will be the most competitive last place team in baseball, but they will still be last once again.