AL Predictions

Just got back from Tokyo. Man, the First Class service for American Airlines has really drop in the past two years. Is getting an '87 Merlot at the right temperature, too much to ask for in this half-assed world. Next time I'll just take my yacht, and spend more time with Candy (Don't tell my wife). So anyways, let me enlighten you less fortunate plebs of my newly gained knowledge from abroad, along with my predictions for the American League, which you can feel free to take to your bookie or whatever means for gambling you poor bastards use.

While chatting with Billy Beane in his suite, I picked up on a few things that could be pretty important come July (if you know what I mean). And you don't know, so I'll just tell you that I'm talking about Beane trading players before the July deadline. We primarily discussed Beane's newfound passion, international soccer (he loves Drogba, by the way). Despite the lack of baseball talk I was still able to come up with valuable nuggets thanks to my ability to translate body movements and voice tone(I got an A introductory psychology at Havard).

• Mark Ellis will be traded, most likely to the Cubs after DeRosa takes a step back to his days in Texas.
• The Yankees will dip into their pool of prospects to get Harden after he appears on track to get back to pre-injury form.
  
• Huston Street or a revived Keith Foulke will go to the highest bidder. My guess is that one will end up with the Rays after they find themselves still into the playoff hunt deep into the year.

On to the predictions:

AL West - Los Angeles Angels
AL Central - Detroit Tigers
AL East - Boston Red Sox
Wild Card - New York Yankees

Al Champs - Detroit Tigers

MVP - Miguel Cabrera
Cy Young - Felix Hernandez
ROY - Clay Buchholz
Surprise Team - Tampa Bay Rays ('09 WS)
Surprise Player - Bobby Abreu
Disappointing Team - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Disappointing Player - Alex Rios

Write them down, memorize them, and try not to drool on yourself.

-Amelius Althor III aka Destroyer of Ignorance