| yankees 2005: 95-67 (1st) manager: joe torre, 11th year stadium: yankee (57,513) batting studs 3b-alex rodriquez 321 avg, 48 hr, 130 rbi rf-gary sheffield 291 avg, 34 hr, 123 rbi ss-derek jeter 309 avg, 19 hr, 70 rbi pitching studs lhp-randy johnson 17-8, 3.79 era rhp-mike mussina 13-8, 4.41 era rp-mariano rivera 7-4, 1.38 era, 43 sv 2006 prediction: 95-67 (new year, same old yankees) red sox 2005: 95-67 (2nd) manager: terry francona, 3rd year stadium: fenway (33,991) batting studs dh-david ortiz 300 avg, 47 hr, 148 rbi lf-manny ramirez 292 avg, 45 hr, 144 rbi c-jason varitek 281 avg, 22 hr, 70 rbi pitching studs rhp-curt schilling 8-8, 5.69 era rhp-josh beckett 15-8, 3.38 era rp-keith foulke 5-5, 5.91 era, 15 sv 2006 prediction: 91-71 (david & manny will be the offense and curt & josh will provide pitching) blue jays 2005: 80-82 (3rd) manager: john gibbons, 3rd year stadium: rogers centre (45,115) batting studs 3b-troy glaus 258 avg, 37 hr, 97 rbi cf-vernon wells 269 avg, 28 hr, 97 rbi dh-shea hillenbrand 299 avg, 19 hr, 91 rbi pitching studs rhp-roy halladay 12-4, 2.41 era rhp-a.j. burnett 12-12, 3.44 era rp-b.j. ryan 1-4, 2.43 era, 36 sv 2006 prediction: 87-75 (will contend for the wildcard with glaus and halladay) orioles 2005: 74-88 (4th) manager: sam perlozzo, 1st year stadium: orioles park at camden yards (48,190) batting studs ss-miguel tejada 304 avg, 26 hr, 98 rbi 3b-melvin mora 283 avg, 27 hr, 88 rbi rf-jay gibbons 277 avg, 26 hr, 79 rbi pitching studs rhp-rodrigo lopez 15-12, 4.90 era lhp-bruce chen 13-10, 3.83 era rp-chris ray 1-3, 2.66 era, 0 sv 2006 prediction: 79-83 (decent offense, pitching will be better with leo mazzone) devil rays 2005: 67-95 (5th) manager: joe maddon, 1st year stadium: tropicana (44,445) batting studs 2b-jorge cantu 286 avg, 28 hr, 117 rbi 3b-aubrey huff 261 avg, 22 hr, 92 rbi lf-carl crawford 301 avg, 15 hr, 81 rbi pitching studs lhp-scott kazmir 10-9, 3.77 era lhp-mark hendrickson 11-8, 5.90 era rp-dan miceli 1-2, 5.89 era, 0 sv 2006 prediction: 68-94 (no longer the worst team in florida) |