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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 3020090, member: 837"] It's amazing how predictable the AL is. I would suggest that perhaps Cleveland/Minnesota will be at least in contention for one of the wild cards at least into August and maybe to the end, but ultimately you already know that there are basically six teams in play (TBR, NYY, BOS, MIN, CLE, HOU) and maybe, just maybe, someone from the west makes a strong run at some point like OAK last year. But ultimately you really know from mid-May who the six teams are in contention and you probably know that the AL champion ultimately will HOU or potentially BOS/NYY if they can stay healthy. Not saying Tampa couldn't do it, but they have to prove their regular season can translate to the postseason (although Snell and Glasnow give them a much better shot than a constant string of openers with middling starters after that). [/QUOTE]