The 2010 Baseball season began last night with a come-from-behind Red Sox win. The win was triggered by a 3-run Youkilis triple which sent CC Sabathia to the showers and exposed the weakest part of the Yankees which is their bullpen.
The YES announcers made a big deal about Joba Chamberlain getting the 8th inning role but they failed to mention that the 8th inning role belongs to the one who can “hold” the lead to Rivera. Pitching the 8th inning when your team is behind is not the same thing.
Here are my predictions for the 2010 AL race. The Yanks, Sox and Rays are probably the 3 best teams in the AL, but oddly enough, only one will make the playoffs. I see the Rays taking the division in an upset. The bigger upset will be the Yanks and Sox missing the playoffs because the White Sox and Twins will have better records and capture the Central Division and Wild Card, respectively. White Sox and Twins have 3 much weaker teams in their division and will get more wins overall. Yanks, Red Sox and Rays play each other too many times and will have more losses in the standings despite being better teams.The Rangers will give the Angels a good run and make things interesting but will fall just short and give the Angels another Western title.
The Rays will emerge as the AL Champs.
And that’s Bubba’s SportsEye View.
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