| angels 2005: 95-67 (1st) manager: mike scioscia, 7th year stadium: angel (45,050) batting studs rf-vladmir guerrero 317 avg, 32 hr, 108 rbi lf-garret anderson 283 avg, 17 hr, 96 rbi dh-juan rivera 271 avg, 15 hr, 59 rbi pitching studs rhp-bartolo colon 21-8, 3.48 era rhp-john lackey 14-5, 3.44 era rp-francisco rodriguez 2-5, 2.67 era, 45 sv 2006 prediction: 94-68 (too much talent for the athletics to overcome) athletics 2005: 88-74 (2nd) manager: ken macha, 4th year stadium: mcafee (50,000) batting studs 3b-eric chavez 269 avg, 27 hr, 101 rbi cf-mark kotsay 280 avg, 15 hr, 82 rbi lf-nick swisher 236 avg, 21 hr, 74 rbi pitching studs lhp-barry zito 14-13, 3.86 era rhp-rich harden 10-5, 2.53 era rp-huston street 5-1, 1.72 era, 23 sv 2006 prediction: 88-74 (will contend for the wildcard, not enough offense to make it though) rangers 2005: 79-83 (3rd) manager: buck showalter, 11th year stadium: ameriquest (49,115) batting studs 1b-mark teixeira 301 avg, 43 hr, 144 rbi 3b-hank blalock 263 avg, 25 hr, 92 rbi ss-michael young 331 avg, 24 hr, 91 rbi pitching studs rhp-kevin millwood 9-11, 2.86 era rhp-adam eaton 11-5, 4.27 era rp-francisco cordero 3-1, 3.39 era, 37 sv 2006 prediction: 77-85 (will score alot of runs, will gave up even more) mariners 2005: 69-93 (4th) manager: mike hargrove, 15th year stadium: safeco (47,116) batting studs 1b-richie sexson 263 avg 39 hr, 121 rbi rf-ichiro suzuki 303 avg, 15 hr, 68 rbi lf-raul ibanez 280 avg 20 hr, 89 rbi pitching studs lhp-jamie moyer 13-7, 4.28 era lhp-jerrod washburn 8-8, 3.20 era rp-eddie guardado 2-3, 2.72 era, 36 sv 2006 prediction: 68-94 (it's time to think about rebuilding for the future) |