The best team to ever play baseball is still the best team. That team is the Yankees. The Yankees have won more World Series than any other team in the Major Leagues. This year they have superstars in almost every position, A-Rod, Jeter, Giambi, Posada, Matsui, Lofton, and Sheffield. The Yankees should be extremely good. Although they lost Clemens and Pettitte, They still have Mussina, Kevin Brown, and Javier Vasquez. They also have Mariano Rivera, who is one of the best closers in the Majors.

     Another excellent team is the Boston Red Sox. Although they haven't won the World Series in a long time, they still have a great chance. This year they picked upplayers in the off-season like pitcher Curt Schilling, reliever Keith Foulke, and second baseman Pokey Reese. The Red Sox have excellent starters but a shaky bullpen. Pedro Martinez is the A.L.'s best pitcher. The Sox also have Derek Lowe and a knuckleball pitcher, Tim Wakefield.

This is the A's pitcher Tim Hudson. The A's have an excellent rotation, Barry Zito, Mark Mulder, Tim Hudson, and Mark Redman/Rich Harden. Since they lost Miguel Tejada they do not have the offense that they used to. Eric Chavez is occasionally outstanding. The Athletics do not have the greatest defense, but I still feel that they will be 1st in their division because of their outstanding pitching.

This is Garret Anderson of the Anaheim Angels. He really boosts the Angels offense with a .315 batting average, 29 homeruns, and 116 RBI's. The rest of the team's offense consists of Jose Guillen and Vladimir Guerrero who is an outstanding player that they signed in the off-season. He hit a .330 average, 25 homeruns, and 79 RBI's, thats not as good as Anderson but still outstanding.

Jim Thome is on the Philadelphia Phillies and really powers their offense. Jim had 47 homeruns. He has a great swing and really uses his whole body to hit the ball a long way. Bobby Abreu is another great player on this team, he hit .300, 20 homers, 101 RBI's, and 22 steals. Although Pat Burrel and Jimmy Rollins had a bad season last year they are expected to come back and have great seasons.

This is Chipper Jones of the Atlanta Braves. The Braves have a great offense consisting of J.D. Drew, Chipper, Andruw Jones, and Marcus Giles. They had the best offense last year, but they lost Gary Sheffield to the New York Yankees. They should still have a good team.

Third baseman Scott Rolen of the St. Louis Cardinals is a great hitter and plays excellent defense. Albert Pujols is an outstanding hitter. Centerfield Jim Edmonds is also and excellent hitter. I think the Cardinals will be 1st in their division and will have a really good chance at the World Series.

This is power hitter Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs. Sosa and Aramis Ramirez are the offense for the Cubs. The Cubs have pretty decent pitching, Mark Prior, Kerry Wood, veteran Greg Maddux, and an excellent number 4 pitcher Carlos Zambrano. I think the Cubs will go pretty far this season.

 

 

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