| indians 2005: 93-69 (2nd) manager: eric wedge, 4th year stadium: jacobs (43,368) batting studs dh-travis hafner 305 avg, 33 hr, 108 rbi cf-grady sizemore 289 avg, 22 hr, 81 rbi ss-jonny peralta 292 avg, 24 hr, 78 rbi pitching studs lhp-cliff lee 18-5, 3.79 era lhp-c.c. sabathia 15-10, 4.03 era rp-bob wickman 0-4, 2.47 era, 45 sv 2006 prediction: 97-65 (ready to kick in the white sox door this year) white sox 2005: 99-63 (1st) manager: ozzie guillen, 3rd year stadium: u.s. cellular (40,615) batting studs lb-paul konerko 283 avg, 40 hr, 100 rbi dh-jim thome 207 avg, 7 hr, 30 rbi rf-jermaine dye 274 avg, 31 hr, 86 rbi pitching studs lhp-mark buehrle 16-8, 3.12 era rhp-jon garland 18-10, 3.50 era rp-bobby jenks 1-1, 2.75 era, 6 sv 2006 prediction: 91-71 (no closer and no help the from the umps will stop the champs in 2006) twins 2005: 83-79 (3rd) manager: ron gardenhire, 5th year stadium: metrodome (56,000) batting studs 1b-justin morneau 239 avg, 22 hr, 79 rbi cf-torii hunter 269 avg, 14 hr, 56 rbi dh-rondell white 313 avg, 12 hr, 53 rbi pitching studs lhp-johan santana 16-7, 2.87 era rhp-brad radke 9-12, 4.04 era rhp-joe nathan 7-4, 2.70 era, 43 sv 2006 prediction: 78-84 (the twins run of 5 straight winning season's ends in 2006) tigers 2005: 71-91 (4th) manager: jim leyland, 15th year stadium: comerica (40,120) batting studs dh-dmitri young 271 avg, 21 hr, 72 rbi lf-carl monroe 277 avg, 20 hr, 89 rbi c-ivan rodriquez 276 avg, 14 hr, 50 rbi pitching studs lhp-kenny rogers 14-8, 3.46 era rhp-jeremy bonderman 14-13, 4.57 era rp-todd jones 1-5, 2.10 era, 40 sv 2006 prediction: 74-88 (tigers will improve the third straight year) royals 2005: 56-106 (5th) manager: buddy bell, 2nd year stadium: kauffman (40,529) batting studs dh-mark sweeney 300 avg, 21 hr, 83 rbi lf-reggie sanders 271 avg, 21 hr, 54 rbi rf-emil brown 286 avg, 17 hr, 86 rbi pitching studs rhp-scott elarton 11-9, 4.61 era rhp-joe mays 6-10, 5.65 era rp-ambiorix burgos 3-5, 3.98 era, 2 sv 2006 prediction: 57-105 (so bad, they wouldn't qualify for the college world series) |