Opening Day

As I sit here, skipping my first class of the day to watch the Braves and Phillies on Opening Day from sunny Philadelphia, I thought I'd take a shot at making some preseason predictions. By no means do I consider myself a baseball expert, but I'm in a couple fantasy leagues and have read some magazine previews and such. Here goes:

American League
East: Boston Red Sox
Central: Detroit Tigers
West: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Wild Card: Minnesota Twins

National League
East: Atlanta Braves
Central: Milwaukee Brewers
West: Los Angeles Dodgers
Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies

Divisional Playoffs
Red Sox over Twins
Tigers over Angels

Braves over Brewers
Dodgers over Phillies

ALCS
Tigers over Red Sox

NLCS
Braves over Dodgers

WORLD SERIES
Tigers over Braves in 6

There you have it, Detroit takes down Atlanta in 6 games with Jeremy Bonderman the MVP. Also, I like Gary Sheffield and Chase Utley as MVPs and Roy Halladay and John Smoltz as the Cy Young winners. Two other noteworthy predictions: The Cubs misery will continue with a fourth place finish in the NL Central and Alex Rodriguez will fake his death when his Yankees miss the playoffs and he can't take the Bronx cheers he will receive. That's how I see this season shaping up, we'll see how it all turns out in October. Seacrest, Out.