Gut Feelings: AL Style

Over at lennymelnickfantasybaseball.com, Lenny has been running a series on his gut feelings. After reading his, I decided I would give it a shot and after the season we will revisit what I said and see how my gut feelings did vs. how all the prediction systems like PECOTA did. Here are the AL feelings, you can read the NL here.

Yankees -
1. Arod and Abreu bounce back from down years
2. Matsui rebounds strong from injury

Red Sox -
1. Matsukaka performs very well but everyone is still let down by him
2. Coco Crisp bounces back
3. Papelbon, despite what the doctors say, closes.

Orioles -
1. Bedard finally really makes it big
2. Markakis has huge breakout year

Blue Jays -
1. After signing contract, Wells dissapoints

Devil Rays -
1. Baldelli explodes and Young thrives
2. Devil Rays are surprise team of the year

White Sox -
1. Dye regresses but not as far as everyone expected

Indians -
1. Hafner explodes
2. Peralta rebounds
3. Sizemore impresses
4. Westbrook plays for pay
5. Indians win AL Central

Twins -
1. Cuddyer regresses to old form
2. Twins are overall dissapointment

Tigers -
1. Sheffield rebounds well from injury, hits 30 HR
2. Tigers are dissapointment

Royals -
1. Alex Gordon starts season in majors and wins ROY

Mariners -
1. Jeff Weaver impresses even his critics and Cardinals regret non-signing

Angels -
1. Acquire a 3B at the deadline, again blocking super prospect Bradon Wood
2. Gary Mathews Jr. is a huge waste of money

Athletics -
1. Nick Swisher dissapoints
2. Zito-less staff struggles

Rangers -
1. Michael Young and Mark Teixeira rebound from off year
2. Gagne still can't put together a full season

Disagree? Question? Comment? Email me: stew0610@ameritech.net