Season 8 Projections

AL NORTH

1st place

Minnesota - Juan Morales left the chilly confines of Minnesota for his new home in sunny Houston. with no major free agent signings or trades, there are still 2 things for certain in Minnesota, 1) Pedro Rosario will still amaze us with his sub 2 era and 25+ wins and 2) Alfredo Mendoza will continue to own AL pitching with his power and crush 40+ homers. In the first 7 years of Metropolis, Minnesota has managed to win 6 division titles, so until someone can knock off the talented Zbrent and the magic he workds with his pitching staff, i give the advantage in the AL North and first place to Minnesota

(Minnesota Projected Record 94-68)

2nd Place

St. Louis- coming off a 91 win season, and a surprise trip to the ALCS, Stiller comes into this season looking to knock off the Mystique and calim their first Division Title. The major question will be how will newly acquried Rafael Lee peform this year? will he be able to find his rhythym in a new ballpark, and how will his efo fair knowing that he will be 3rd in the rotation behind studs Mark Wilhelm and Kiel Holmes. my guess is he will do just fine, and the race for the AL North will be extremely close, with St. Louis falling just a little short this year

(St. Louis Projected Record 92-70)

3rd Place

Vancouver- the most improved team in the AL North this year, VAncover was tired of sitting around and letting St. Louis and Minnesota bully them all year long so they went out and signed Power Hitter Brady Watkins, and traded for Ace Barry Meadows. But that wasnt all for Vancover, they also called up SP Matt Aurilla, and LF Jason Michaels. With the addition of these for members to the starting lineup, who knows how hight ceiling is for Vancouver? Is it enough for Vancover to make a playoff push this year? My guess is no, but its certainly enough for Vancouver to finally get out of the cellar. Many good things are in store for this franchise, and it starts this season

(Vancouver Projected Record 78-84)

4Th Place

Toronto- Ahhhh the good old days of Bosco Sterns, Steve Beckett, Ross Owen, Alex Gonzalez, Hootie Flores are long gone, welcome in the new crew in Toronto, they'd have a tough time beating Canada in the little league world series. A bunch of new faces are in the farm system in Toronto and also on the ML roster looking to compete for playing time and help the rebuilding Galactus return to their former glory of just falling short to Zbrent and his Mystique every year.

Incumbents Trevor Tyson, Todd Ashley, Yeico Palmeiro and PT Domingo return for an 8th Season, but thats just about it for Toronto, with no major Free Agent acquistions this season, it looks like Toronto is headed for the cellar. Rookies Gordon Maybin, Miguel Cela, and Ricardo Unamuno should provide some youth and excitement to this team. expect 100+ losses for the Galactus this year

(Toronto Projected Record 54-108)