American League Predictions

2009 AL Predictions
AL EAST:
1. Tampa Bay Rays
2. Boston Red Sox
3. New York Yankees
4. Toronto Blue Jays
5. Baltimore Orioles

MVP:
1. Evan Longoria
2. Mark Teixeira
3. Kevin Youkilis
4. Carl Crawford
5. Dustin Pedroia
CY YOUNG:
1. C.C. Sabathia
2. Roy Halladay
3. Scott Kazmir
4. Josh Beckett
5. John Lester

SURPRISE PLAYERS:
1. Jacoby Ellsbury
2. Adam Jones
3. Brett Gardner
4. Jed Lowrie
5. Felix Pie

AL CENTRAL:
1. Minnesota Twins
2. Cleveland Indians
3. Chicago White Sox
4. Detroit Tigers
5. Kansas City Royals

MVP:
1. Justin Morneau
2. Grady Sizemore
3. Miguel Cabrera
4. Carlos Quentin
5. Joe Mauer

CY YOUNG:
1. Francisco Liriano
2. Cliff Lee
3. Justin Verlander
4. Gil Meche
5. Francisco Carmona

SURPRISE PLAYERS:
1. Mike Aviles
2. Carlos Gomez
3. Carl Pavano
4. Alex Gordon
5. Shin-Soo Choo

AL WEST:
1. Texas Rangers
2. Los Angeles Angles
3. Oakland Athletics
4. Seattle Mariners

MVP:
1. Josh Hamilton
2. Matt Holliday
3. Vladimir Guerrero
4. Ian Kinsler
5. Chris Davis

CY YOUNG:
1. Felix Hernandez
2. John Lackey
3. Eric Bedard
4. Ervin Santana
5. Sean Gallagher

SURPRISE PLAYERS:
1. Chris Davis
2. Nelson Cruz
3. Jared Saltalamacchia
4. Jack Cust
5. Elvis Andrews

Josh Jakers
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