2013 American League East Predictions – All Star Break Update

It’s almost All-Star time, which is a good time to review the predictions I made at the beginning of the season. It’s also a good time to make some mid-season adjustments. Let’s take a look at how I finished the AL East:

1 Tiles

2 Orioles

3 rays

4 Red Sox

5 Yankees

Well, the Blue Jays are in last place and further from first than any of my other top picks. The rest of the division is at 5.5 games and anything can happen.

Let’s take a look at how I saw the AL East before the season:

1 Blue Jays: The Blue Jays may be in last place, but they are only a couple of games under .500. Expect them to top .500, but it seems I was wrong about winning the division.

2 Orioles – The Orioles are still playing good baseball, but they will need to get past the Rays and Red Sox while keeping the Yankees at bay.

3 Rays – The Rays are defending once again in a powerful AL East. They are modeled after a small market team that uses its limited resources to present a competitor.

4 Red Sox – The Red Sox have been playing great baseball this season, with the best record in the American League. Too much to rebuild.

5 Yankees – What can I say? The Yankees are the Yankees. Even with all their injuries and the ARod scandal, the Yankees are putting together a solid season and will play for a playoff spot.

The AL East is a strong division, but the changing of the guard didn’t happen the way I thought.

So what will the AL East look like at the end of the season? Maybe something like this:

1 Red Sox

2 Orioles

3 Yankees

4 rays

5 Tiles

It looks like the Red Sox are going to take the division. The Orioles, Yankees and Rays can only be separated by a game or two at the end. And the Blue Jays will end with one of the best records for a last-place team.