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It's easy to make a mostly baseless and often biased division prediction, but I'm asking everyone to look up and down each division roster and do two things: Rank each team's Offense and rank each team's Pitching/Defense and then give me your composite ranking.

Offense:

1. Jays (One of the best offenses of the last ten years returns all key pieces)

2. Orioles (Record breaking power potential. Low OBP minimizes scoring potential)

3. Red Sox (Mix of declining vets and some young players with upside)

4. Rays (On paper still have the worst lineup)

5. Yankees (Big drop off from aging vets is going to happen at some point, why not this year? Admittedly, should be better than the Rays if they can stay relatively healthy)

Pitching/Defense:

1. Rays (Three TOR types, possibly four if Matt Moore bounces back)

2. Yankees (Two TOR's is two more than we have)

3. Red Sox (Remove Price and their rotation looks a lot like our's)

4. Orioles (Our bullpen gives us an edge over the Jays)

5. Jays

Composite:

2.5. Rays

3. Jays

3. Red Sox

3. Orioles

3.5 Yankees

Has to be considered that the Jays had a +221 scoring differential last year, so the ranking system ignores that all advantages are not created equally. Still thought it was interesting how close mine came out. Not ignoring defense, just don't think it gives us the advantage that it once did.

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Interestingly enough, I just read a great article from the NY Post online. I don't usually say that about Yankees media, but for your reference

http://nypost.com/2016/03/11/what-orioles-projections-tell-us-about-yankees-tall-task/

The gist of it is, if the Orioles are projected as the last place team in the East, then the Yankees have their work cut out for them. The Os have some of the best players in baseball and are pretty darn good.

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Interestingly enough, I just read a great article from the NY Post online. I don't usually say that about Yankees media, but for your reference

http://nypost.com/2016/03/11/what-orioles-projections-tell-us-about-yankees-tall-task/

The gist of it is, if the Orioles are projected as the last place team in the East, then the Yankees have their work cut out for them. The Os have some of the best players in baseball and are pretty darn good.

Yea, looking at the Yankees roster, it's hard to see how they rank significantly ahead of the O's. They have a great BP, but I like the O's rotation, lineup and D better.

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Yea, looking at the Yankees roster, it's hard to see how they rank significantly ahead of the O's. They have a great BP, but I like the O's rotation, lineup and D better.

Not the rotation. Tanaka Pineda Evoldi Nova Severino Sabathia

Are better than our rotation. And it's not close unless our entire staff matches or exceeds their career best.

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Not the rotation. Tanaka Pineda Evoldi Nova Severino Sabathia

Are better than our rotation. And it's not close unless our entire staff matches or exceeds their career best.

Tanaka - Constantly injured

Pineda - 4.2 ERA last year

Eovaldi - 4.2 ERA last year

Nova - 5.07 ERA last year

Severino - 2.81 ERA last year (SSS - 62 IP last season)

Sabathia - 4.73 ERA last year

Not a bunch of world beaters that I would say smash the O's pitchers. Honestly, Gausman has higher upside than anyone in that group.

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Tanaka - Constantly injured

Pineda - 4.2 ERA last year

Eovaldi - 4.2 ERA last year

Nova - 5.07 ERA last year

Severino - 2.81 ERA last year (SSS - 62 IP last season)

Sabathia - 4.73 ERA last year

Not a bunch of world beaters that I would say smash the O's pitchers. Honestly, Gausman has higher upside than anyone in that group.

...except Severino. But yeah, not much better than the Orioles rotation post Gallardo addition. It's not a good rotation.

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