The Boston Red Sox finished April above the .500 mark. So just what is the outlook for Boston and the rest of the AL East? Here is a brief prediction for each team.
The American League East looks to be a cage fight for the entire season as teams suffer through injuries and surprisingly good and bad performances. The first 50 games are the benchmark for me as that gives you a fairly decent idea of what your team will look like over the baseball marathon.
April got about half those games in the book and the standings are a surprise for me. The O’s and Yankees are where I expected the Jays and Red Sox to be. The Jays have really hit the bottom, but talent rises to the occasion and they most certainly will be back.
I expected the Red Sox to approach 100 wins and that is still possible, but based on their early performance I am not about to plunk down a few grand in Vegas on it.
The East is fun to watch, especially when you have matchup’s going on nightly – plenty of scoreboard watching and that will go on until September. A few injuries or unexpected plus performances can catapult a team to a few additional wins or losses.
So here is my look at just what I expect to happen. Based on my previous history of predictions, I would expect the opposite.