Christopher Reina - Baseball Analysis

The Rangers should be competitive again and also better offensively with a healthy Josh Hamilton and Vladimir Guerrero, but their pitching staff is probably one season away. Read more »

The Yankees bowled everyone over after the 2008 season by signing Sabathia, Teixeira and Burnett, but the more subtle moves for Granderson and Vazquez gives them an excellent opportunity to repeat. Read more »

Arizona's excellent young core has gone from 'darlings on the verge' to 'loaded with question marks' in a span of about 550 days. The 2010 season can become their return. Read more »

Unquestionably, the Cubs have enough talent to reach the postseason for the third time in four years, but they'll need more offensive production to support Derrek Lee. Read more »

The Dodgers were arguably the best team in baseball throughout the 2009 regular season, featuring a nice balance of talent. Can they threepeat in a tougher NL West? Read more »

The usual suspects like the Yankees, Phillies, Red Sox and Cardinals are World Series favorites, but I count no fewer than 17 or 18 teams that have a chance at the postseason. Read more »

The Reds have unfortunately been largely dormant for the past decade, but between Joey Votto and the potential of the young pitching staff, relevant baseball is creeping back into The Queen City. Read more »

The NL West is the most wide open division in baseball, but the Padres are the Lindsay Lohan (even with Adrian Gonzalez) and won't be allowed to even come near the velvet rope of that party. Read more »

No matter what anyone thinks or says about the Mets and the possibility of finishing fourth, winning 70 games has to be the goal for the 2010 Nationals. Read more »

The Indians will likely win more than the 65 games they won in 2009 due to the strength of their offense, but returning to contention won't happen until they rebuild their pitching staff. Read more »

The White Sox can certainly match the Twins and Tigers in terms of overall balance of talent, but they are carrying more risk with probably less upside. Read more »

The Rockies are nearly indestructible at home and have the NL's best MVP candidate not named Albert Pujols in Troy Tulowitzki, but will their pitching and road record be good enough to reach the playoffs again in 2010? Read more »

The AL Central is the most winnable division in baseball, but the Royals have very little chance at being the victors with Dayton Moore as GM unless David Glass can find a way for Wal-Mart to reproduce Zack Greinke a couple times over. Read more »

The Astros could have a Big 3 in Roy Oswalt, Wandy Rodriguez and Bud Norris, but their offense is getting old and has very little potency beyond Berkman, Lee, Pence and Bourn. Read more »

Baseball is better when the Orioles are competitive and they have all of the necessary pieces (Wieters, great young arms) in place and enough cash on hand to keep it together to displace Tampa Bay as the third AL East banana, but that won't begin until 2011. Read more »

The Brewers are a fun team to watch and root for given their offensive abilities with Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder, but they don't nearly have enough pitching to compete in the NL Central with the Cardinals and even the Cubs. Read more »

The Cardinals have the world's best player in Albert Pujols, along with stars in Matt Holliday, Adam Wainwright and Chris Carpenter, but they'll need support from Ryan Ludwick, Colby Rasmus and a third starter to get out of the NL. Read more »

The Dodgers were arguably the best team in baseball throughout the 2009 regular season, featuring a nice balance of talent. Can they threepeat in a tougher NL West? Read more »

The Pirates may have a budding star in Andrew McCutchen, but they'll need a lot more help than what Pedro Alvarez will eventually bring to get back into contention. Read more »

The Yankees bowled everyone over after the 2008 season by signing Sabathia, Teixeira and Burnett, but the more subtle moves for Granderson and Vazquez gives them an excellent opportunity to repeat. Read more »