Predictions for the 2008 Baseball season!

Alright lets get this rolling.... it is now April and that means that it is now baseball season. I will predict what teams will make the playoffs and maybe a surprise team of the year. That will be followed by a break down of what players will be getting certain awards and then finally my Top 10 Sleepers this season. Enjoy!

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Mariners
Wild Card: Yankees
Sleeper: Rays
Busts: Tigers

NL East: Mets
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Padres
Wild Card: Diamondbacks
Sleeper: Reds
Busts: Rockies

Playoffs:

Red Sox over Indians
Yankees over Mariners

Mets over Diamondback
Cubs over Padres

Red Sox over Yankees
Mets over Cubs

Red Sox over Mets in 6

Awards

MVP
AL: Manny Ramirez
NL: David Wright

Cy Young
AL: Erik Bedard
NL: Johan Santana

Rookie of the Year
AL: Evan Longoria
NL: Johnny Cueto

Surprises of 2008

Top 10 Sleepers
Clayton Kershaw - In June this is the guy I want to keep my eye on in the NL. This guy is going to be a strikeout artist and he will attempt to bring the Dodgers to the playoffs but they finish 3rd in the division. He will be another dominate pitcher in what is probably the best pitching division in baseball.

Ryan Church - Church will be in RF for the monstrous Met's lineup which is every hitters dream. It doesn't hurt that this kid can hit and will hit around a 300 with about 25 homeruns and 80 RBIs.

Austin Kearns - A lot of people are saying the Zimmerman and Milledge will get the most from the move to the new stadium but it will be Austin Kearns. This guy has 30 homerun potential and will be batting around a young but decent lineup. Look for him to go 280 30 90 this season.

Joe Saunders - With all the injuries to the Angels rotation Saunders will finally get to show his stuff for more then just a start here and there. He will keep the ball in the park and will stay in the every day rotation for the rest of the year.

Conor Jackson - Tony Clark is gone... he has hit the gym over the off season and he will be hitting more power and keeping his average up.

Johnny Cueto - This guy is going to dominate the NL Central so badly the Reds will be in the playoff race for the first time in years. He will be a future ace and he is my pick for NL ROY.

Aaron Rowand - His value decreased after moving to that pathetic thing the Giants call a lineup but he hits the gaps for power and he will have speed in front of him so expect pretty good numbers.

Carlos Villanueva - Yes Carlos will have a better year then Yovani Gallardo. You heard it here first, I don't know if anyone else is saying this but I haven't heard anyone predicting this bold statement. He will have a good ERA and WHIP with over 150 strikeouts and over 10 wins.

Yunel Escobar - This guy can not only play up to 4 position but he has enough talent that the Braves felt comfortable enough to let Renteria just walk away. Yunel has a lot of upside and while he won't give you amazing numbers he will start and he will give you a nice average and a lot of runs batting in front of Chipper and Teixeira.

Joakim Soria - This guy is lights out and he is going to be part of the surprising Royals team this season. He has a great strike out ratio and will have a really low era and whip. My predictions is that he will have around 40 saves, around 85 strikeouts and 2.36 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP.

Other potential sleepers: Dioner Navarro, Evan Longoria, Joey Votto, Lastings Milledge, Matt Garza, Carlos Marmol, Colby Rasmus, Philip Hughes, Michael Bourn and Kosuke Fukudome .