AL North:
*The Detroit Tigers come in last place for the 6th straight season.
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Kevin Tracy and his .266 average of last season are missed more than anyone would think is possible.
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Darin Kingland makes a serious run at the single season RBI record.
*The Iowa City Kaysons, the only AL team to beat KC in the playoffs, hit the 100 win mark for the second time in history, and once the playoffs come. . . .
AL East:
*The Chicago Lollygaggers ride their rookie owner to a success (gasp) possibly similar to the success rookie owner JohnDerasmo gave San Fran in season 1. . . .
*The Charlotte knights, 81-81 in each of the last two seasons, finally win 82 games in a season, but don't stop there.
*The Atlanta City Slickers, whose AA, High A, Low A, nor Rookie teams have ever had a .500 season, finally snap that streak, as all the young talent starts contributing in some way.
*The Hartford Defenders improve on their 62 wins of last season... and still come in last place in the division.
AL South:
*The Jacksonville Juggernauts, baseball's best young team (although Charlotte may steal that crown) avoid a season ending 7 game losing streak, get more than 95 wins, and have a better than .500 record in this years playoffs.
*The San Juan Sharks are grateful to escape the "kjmulli" era unharmed, and while don't seriously compete, play good enough ball to stay competitive while their new owner learns the ropes.
*The Houston Aggies improve for the 3rd straight season, but still aren't close to a playoff team.
*The Little Rock Big Rocks continue to not matter in the ML, but that minor league system continues to get scary good. "Let KC win now while no one has a chance and then dominate seasons 10-20" looks like a pretty damn smart strategy from the outside.
AL West:
*The Kansas City Shuffle do not make the World Series.
*The Fresno Fire Dragons finish within 10 games of KC for the division crown...
*In fact, no one has ever finished closer than 17 games out in the AL West, and Cheyenne will also finish closer than that this season...
*Scottsdale... won't.
NL North:
*Rochester, in a rebuilding year last year, entered the final game of the season with a shot at the outright division crown. This year, they'll have it clinched by then.
*St. Louis, last year's "next big thing," becomes so last year, and misses the playoffs.
*The Vancouver Greens, who finished below .500 for the first time ever last year, do not make a habit of that aberration.
*The Cleveland Steams have won 64, 66, & 68 games the last three seasons. This year, they decide to improve by more than 2 games. They finish 71-91.
NL East:
*The Pawtucket Polythene start looking forward to Texas in the NLCS around game 15.
*The Norfolk Nomads join the rank of "90 win teams to not win the division."
*The Huntington Cousins continue a proud tradition by finishing with a .420 winning percentage for a 3rd straight season.
*The Scranton Dunder-Mifflins make up for last years debacle by winning more games, missing the playoffs again, and having a mid-teens draft pick instead of top 5.
NL South:
*The Texas Tittyballs join the Durham Savage (LR Big Rocks), Kansas City Shuffle & Pawtucket Polythene on the small list of teams to league the league in wins. And they do it convincingly. Bonus prediction:
Enrique Infante runs away with the ROY, and in a vote split halfway between "he deserves it" and "screw Chris Ramirez," he becomes the first non-Polythene to win the NL Cy Young.
*The Memphis Hound Dawgs become the second 90 win team ever to miss the playoffs.
*The Richmond Moonshiners II do something unspectacular (it's late and my creative juices are dwindling!)
*The New Orleans Breeze can't possibly be as bad as they were last year...
NL West:
*The Colorado Springs AltiDUDES edge out Pawtucket for a first round bye... then lose to Pawtucket in the NLDS.
*The San Francisco Sourdoughs become the first ever 100 win team to finish 2nd in the division.
*The Tuscon Turbocors decide midseason that their 6 year rebuilding plan is now a 7 year rebuilding plan.
*The Salem Dodgers just say F it, as long as CSP & Sf win, we're going to lose. We're following Little Rock's lead.
Another Bonus Bold Prediction:
Texas Tittyballs are your Season 7 World Series Champions.
