The Dog Days Race

With the trade deadline past and only two months in the season left Im= am going to make my predictions of AL and NL teams, and awards.

AL East- Yankees: added utilityman Jerry Hairston Jr which gives them a solid back up. They spent too much money to come in second. Sabathia is know for his second halfs and so is Burnett. Joba looks to have found his stride and Hughes is the setup man. Everyone knows they can score runs especially in New Yankee Stadium. Dog Fight til the end but the beat boston by 2 games

AL Central- White Sox: adding Jake Peavy seals it for me I like their staff over the Tigers and maybe over anyone else. They have been scoring runs behind Dye, Thome, Pierzynski, Konerko, and Ramirez. Gordon Beckham the rookie has been great at third and the signing of Scott Posednik might be the best move they did, he is getting on base and producing runs. They win the division handedly.

AL West- Angels: how can you pick againstthem they are 4.5 games up with Vlad and Torii on the DL. Their pitching has struggled early this year but is coming around. They run away with this division once they get healthy. Just proof you need to hold on to your prospcets because Aybar, Izturits, and Morales have been great.

AL Wildcard- Red Sox:their starting pitching is alright their bullpen is great and adding V-Mart and Kotchamn pushes their offense and them in the playoffs with Youk, Pedroia, Bay, and Ellsbury they have a great offense now

Contenders- Rays and Tigers push for a spot but come up short

AL MVP- Mark Texeira. I think Morneau deserves it but since the Twins dont make the playoffs its a disadvantage.
AL Cy Young- Felix Hernandez. Greinke wont get enough wins and Justin Verlander comes up just short
AL R.O.Y- Andrew Bailey. Beckham and Brett Gardner are runner ups

NL East- Phillies: they added Lee and the rotation is great. Ibanez, Howard, Utley, Werth, and even Feliz are raking and J Roll is coming around. Only problem is Lidge is very very very hittable this year. Marlins fight to the end but go down swinging

NL Central- Cardinals: add Holliday, Lugo, and DeRosa to a lineup already with Pujols, Ludwick, Shumacker, and Molina; and you have a very good lineup. Their pitching is good and so is the pen. They are in a division with the Cubs, Astros, and Brewers and should be competitive til the last game.

NL West- Dodgers: great offense, great pitching, and now great pen. Their entire team rakes and ther pitching is fantastic. they win big.

NL Wildcard- Giants: they have great pitching and a great pen. Adding Garko and Sanchez was huge to team with Sandoval, Rowand, Renteria, and Molina. The wildcard race will be crazy but they sqeak in and dont be surprised if the go deep in the playoffs because of their 1-2 punch of Lincecum and Cain

NL MVP- Albert Pujols
NL Cy Young- Tim Lincecum
NL R.O.Y- Tommy Hanson. Colby Rasmus is the runner up