It's Finally Here: Opening Day / Fantasy Baseball

Opening day has arrived. The excitement of real games being played and Baseball Tonight on ESPN. The one day where the slate is wiped clean and every team is on an equal playing field, everyone is 0-0 and everyone has a chance. This is an extremely exciting day and I can't wait to just sit and watch baseball again.

Opening day also marks the beginning of the fantasy baseball season. My team has a good mix of young and old, I like my chances at winning the league. Here's what my roster looks like...

Starting Lineup
C: Chris Ianetta
1B: Jason Giambi
2B: Ian Kinsler
3B: Alex Gordon
SS: Ryan Theriot
OF: Carlos Beltran
OF: Josh Hamilton
OF: Jason Bay

Bench:
OF Jay Bruce
OF Cameron Maybin
OF/INF Carlos Guillen
SS Nomar Garciaparra

Starting Pitchers:
Ryan Dempster
Roy Oswalt
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Mark Buerhle
Gavin Floyd
Randy Johnson
Yovani Gallardo

Relievers:
Jose Valverde
Kevin Gregg

LET THE SEASON BEGIN!
GO CUBS GO!

Predictions, Predictions, More Predictions...Sizing up the National League

With the Spring Training and the World Baseball Classic in full swing and the MLB regular season only 30 days away, I figured it was time for some predictions. Heres how I think the divisions will shape up this year...

NL Central
1) Cubs
2) Cardinals
3) Reds
4) Pirates
5) Brewers

NL East
1) Phillies
2) Mets
3) Braves
4) Marlins
5) Nationals

NL West
1) Diamondbacks
2) Dodgers
3) Giants
4) Rockies
5) Padres


Wild Card: Dodgers
Cy Young: Cole Hamels
MVP: Hanley Ramirez (thats right MVP on a 4th place team)
Rookie of the year: Cameron Maybin, OF Marlins

What does anyone else think?



*In other random sports news...congrats to Cornell, first ticket punched to the Big Dance. Bring on March Madness*