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2013 MLB Predictions: American League
AL West The 2013 MLB season is almost here. Texas and Houston will get things started on Sunday night as the Astros play their first-ever game as an American League team. That's not the only change basebal...
11 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL Central, AL East, AL West, American League, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Oakland A's, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays

2013 Baseball Preview: Houston Astros
AL West The American League West is arguably the toughest division in baseball, which isn’t great news for an Astros team making its move into the division while trying to rebuild following the two worst...
12 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL West, American League, Bud Norris, Jason Castro, Jose Altuve, Houston Astros

AL West Predictions
AL West AL West 1. Texas 2. Los Angeles (wild card) 3. Seattle 4. Oakland While the Los Angeles Angels upped the ante in the AL West by signing the ultimate free agent, Albert Pujols, and by si...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL West, American League, Albert Pujols, Jered Weaver, Josh Hamilton, Yu Darvish, Los Angeles Angels, Oakland A's, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers 2012 Preview
AL West Texas Rangers The American League West race likely won’t be a runaway in 2012, as it was the past two seasons, but the Rangers remain the team to beat. They have the best infield in baseball ...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL West, American League, Adrian Beltre, Derek Holland, Elvis Andrus, Ian Kinsler, Joe Nathan, Josh Hamilton, Michael Young, Mike Napoli, Neftali Feliz, Nelson Cruz, Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers

Seattle Mariners 2012 Preview
AL West Seattle Mariners On the morning of July 6, 2011, the Mariners were 43-43 and two and a half games out of the AL West lead. Less than three weeks later, they were 43-60 and 15.5 games back. The ...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL West, American League, Felix Hernandez, Ichiro Suzuki, Jesus Montero, Justin Smoak, Seattle Mariners

Oakland A's 2012 Preview
AL West Oakland A's Billy Beane's offseason left little doubt among A's fans that the team was shifting its focus beyond 2012. Beane traded away Trevor Cahill, Gio Gonzalez and Andrew Bailey, the only ...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL West, American League, Coco Crisp, Jemile Weeks, Yoenis Cespedes, Oakland A's

Los Angeles Angels 2012 Preview
AL West Los Angeles Angels Arte Moreno clearly doesn't like finishing second. After the Angels missed the playoffs in consecutive years (2010-11) for the first time in his ownership, Moreno fired GM To...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL West, American League, Albert Pujols, C.J. Wilson, Dan Haren, Howard Kendrick, Jered Weaver, Kendrys Morales, Los Angeles Angels

Baseball's Pitching Changes: The AL Arms Race
AL West — by Mark Ross Pitchers are scheduled to report to spring training in less than a month, and if Major League Baseball’s offseason is any indication, a lot of teams’ postseason hopes will ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, AL Central, AL East, AL West, American League, C.J. Wilson, Hiroki Kuroda, Justin Verlander, Michael Pineda, Yu Darvish, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers

Oakland Athletics Mt. Rushmore
AL West MLB Mt. Rushmores by Charlie Miller I am continuing the series of MLB Mt. Rushmores. The question was posed earlier this season whether Derek Jeter should be considered as part of the Yanke...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL West, American League, Al Simmons, Bert Campaneris, Catfish Hunter, Connie Mack, Eddie Plank, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Reggie Jackson, Rickey Henderson, Rollie Fingers, Oakland A's

American League Cy Young: Verlander, CC or Weaver?
AL West -by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on twitter) No one should envy the American League Cy Young voters this year. Last night, Jered Weaver, CC Sabathia and Justin Verlander all took the mound a...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, News, AL Central, AL East, AL West, American League, CC Sabathia, Jered Weaver, Justin Verlander, Angels, Tigers, Yankees

MLB's Dim-Star Teams
AL West Twitter: @4QuartersRadio The MLB All-Stars have been selected, and there is no shortage of debates on the merits of the players who made the mid-summer squads. Most of the candidates, though, h...
1 year ago by Scott Henry Tags: MLB, AL Central, AL East, AL West, NL Central, NL East, NL West, American League, National League, Aaron Hill, Adam Dunn, Alex Rios, Carl Crawford, Chad Durbin, Chone Figgins, Chris Coghlan, Dan Uggla, Derrek Lee, Fausto Carmona, Ian Desmond, Jake Westbrook, Jayson Werth, John Buck, Jorge Posada, Lyle Overbay, Miguel Tejada, Raul Ibanez, Reid Brignac, Ryan Franklin, Shin-Soo Choo, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals

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