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With pitchers and catcher reporting in just five days, what could be better than Carson’s Fourth Annual MLB Predictions! These are the first to be posted online. But first, more pressing news.

Curt Schilling Apparently Curt Schilling has partially torn his rotator cuff and will miss anywhere from four months to the entire season. We were so close to getting through this offseason unscathed. But fear not. The Red Sox have five other projected starters signed in Beckett, Matsuzaka, Wakefield, Lester, and Buchholz (I’ll figure out how to spell that eventually. I could spell Mientkiewicz after a couple days but Clay’s name just baffles me). The only problem is that management wants to start Clay in Pawtucket, in order to keep an eye on his pitch count. That leaves us with only four starters, and few options. We could either call Clay up early and hope for the best, have Julian Tavarez fill the 5th starter role until Clay is ready, get in on the Joe Blanton sweepstakes, which would likely cost us a fair amount, or sign a free agent. No one too sexy is available right now, the top guys on the market are probably David Wells and Bartolo Colon. Wells is 44, and Colon just sucks. Not really sure what happened to him. Blanton would be the best fit, but I wouldn’t give up either Lester or Ellsbury to get him, which we would probably have to with the Reds offering a package including Homer Bailey. Most likely we’ll get to see another half season of Julie, which actually wasn’t so bad last year, if you think about it. He had a solid ERA for a number 5 starter, I’m not sure why everyone’s so down on him.

Fourth Annual Season Predictions

AL MVP: David Ortiz

NL MVP: Albert Pujols

AL Cy Young: Josh Beckett

NL Cy Young: Jake Peavy

All-Star MVP: Kevin Youkilis

AL Rookie of the Year: Jacoby Ellsbury

NL Rookie of the Year: Kosuke Fukudome

AL Batting Champ: Dustin Pedroia

NL Batting Champ: Hanley Ramirez

AL Home Run Leader: David Ortiz

NL Home Run Leader: Prince Fielder

AL Manager of the Year: Terry Francona

NL Manager of the Year: Joe Torre

AL Gold Gloves

P: Daisuke Matsuzaka

C: Ivan Rodriguez

1B: Kevin Youkilis

2B: Placido Polanco

SS: Derek Jeter

3B: Mike Lowell

OF: Jacoby Ellsbury

OF: Torii Hunter

OF: Grady Sizemore

NL Gold Gloves

C: Russell Martin

1B: Derrek Lee
2B: Orlando Hudson

SS: Troy Tulowitski

3B: David Wright

OF: Aaron Rowand

OF: Andruw Jones

OF: Carlos Beltran

P: Johan Santana

AL Silver Sluggers

C: Jorge Posada

1B: Kevin Youkilis

2B: Placido Polanco

SS: Derek Jeter

3B: Alex Rodriguez

OF: Magglio Ordonez

OF: Vladimir Guerrero

OF: Manny Ramirez

DH: David Ortiz

NL Silver Sluggers

C: Russell Martin

1B: Prince Fielder

2B: Chase Utley

SS: Hanley Ramirez

3B: Ryan Braun

OF: Matt Holliday

OF: Andruw Jones

OF: Carlos Beltran

P: Bronson Arroyo

American League Standings

AL East

Boston Red Sox 98-64

New York Yankees 89-73

Toronto Blue Jays 85-77

Tampa Bay Rays: 82-82

Baltimore Orioles: 75-89

AL Central

Detroit Tigers 99-63

Cleveland Indians* 93-69

Chicago White Sox 85-77

Minnesota Twins 80-84

Kansas City Royals 65-97

AL West

Los Angeles Angels 94-68

Oakland Athletics 85-77

Seattle Mariners 80-84

Texas Rangers 75-87

National League Standings

NL East

New York Mets 92-70

Philadelphia Phillies 89-73

Atlanta Braves 89-73

Florida Marlins 78-84

Washington Nationals 60-102

NL Central

Chicago Cubs 94-68

Milwaukee Brewers 89-73

St. Louis Cardinals 79-83

Cincinnati Reds 78-84

Houston Astros 72-90

Pittsburgh Pirates 64-98

NL West

Arizona Diamondbacks 96-66

Colorado Rockies 90-72

Los Angeles Dodgers 88-74

San Diego Padres 87-75

San Francisco Giants 69-93

Playoffs

ALDS

Boston Red Sox 3

Cleveland Indians 1

Detroit Tigers 3

Los Angeles Angels 2

NLDS

Chicago Cubs 3

Colorado Rockies 0

New York Mets 3

Arizona Diamondbacks 2

ALCS

Boston Red Sox 4

Detroit Tigers 2

NLCS

Chicago Cubs 4

New York Mets 3

World Series

Boston Red Sox 4

Chicago Cubs 1

Sorry Cubs fans, no championship pour vous. Je suis desole, mais les Red Sox sont le meilleur.

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