Grand Opening!

Well it’s that time of year again, when a young man’s fancy turns toward the diamond. It officially begins a five month waiting period for me until football season starts. At least I have the NFL Draft and NBA Finals to look forward to. But for my readers who are baseball fans I’ve again assembled a group of genius baseball minds to give me their predictions. Actually, they’re just the only three guys who offered but I’ll take what I can get. Here we go.

CHRIS TERRY (former Permian baseball player and short man extraordinaire)
NL WEST - Rockies, Giants, Dodgers, Padres, D-Backs
NL CENTRAL - Reds, Cardinals, Brewers, Cubs, Astros, Pirates
NL EAST - Braves, Phillies, Marlins, Nationals, Mets
AL WEST - Angels, Rangers, A's, Mariners
AL CENTRAL - White Sox, Twins, Tigers,Royals, Indians
AL EAST - Red Sox, Yankees, Rays, Blue Jays, Orioles

Wildcard Winners
NL - Phillies
AL - Yankees

Playoff Predictions
NL Divisional - Braves over Reds
NL Divisional - Rockies over Phillies
AL Divisional - Red Sox over Angels
AL Divisional - White Sox over Yankees
NLCS - Rockies over Braves
ALCS - Red Sox over White Sox
World Series - Red Sox over Rockies

Postseason Awards
NL MVP - Tulo
AL MVP - A-Rod
NL Cy Young - Roy Halladay
AL Cy Young - Felix Hernandez
NL ROY - Freddie Freeman
AL ROY - Mike Moustakas
NL Manager of Year - Jim Tracey
AL Manager of Year - Mike Scioscia
NL Comeback Player - Pablo Sandoval
AL Comeback Player - Chone Figgins

Misc Predictions
First Manager to get fired - Jim Leyland
Biggest name to be traded - Jose Reyes
Player with most HRs - Adam Dunn
Someone linked to steroids for first time - Edgar Renteria
First team to clinch playoff spot - Red Sox
How many wins for Royals - 68

MATTHEW MUENCH (former El Paso Coronado player and ESPN Rise writer)
Division Standings
NL WEST - Rockies, Giants, Dodgers, Padres, D-Backs
NL CENTRAL - Reds, Cardinals, Cubs, Brewers, Astros, Pirates
NL EAST - Phillies, Braves, Mets, Marlins, Nationals
AL WEST - Rangers, A's, Angels, Mariners
AL CENTRAL - Tigers, Twins, White Sox, Indians, Royals
AL EAST - Red Sox, Yankees, Orioles, Rays, Blue Jays

Wildcard Winners
NL - Braves
AL - Twins

Playoff Predictions
NL Divisional - Phillies over Reds
NL Divisional - Rockies over Braves
AL Divisional - Red Sox over Twins
AL Divisional - Tigers over Rangers
NLCS - Phillies over Reds
ALCS - Red Sox over Tigers
World Series - Red Sox over Phillies

Postseason Awards
NL MVP - Ryan Howard
AL MVP - Adrian Gonzalez
NL Cy Young - Roy Halladay
AL Cy Young - Felix Hernandez
NL ROY - Domonic Brown
AL ROY - Kyle Drabek
NL Manager of Year - Jim Tracey
AL Manager of Year - Terry Francona
NL Comeback Player - Jimmy Rollins
AL Comeback Player - Manny Ramirez

Misc Predictions
First Manager to get fired - Jim Riggleman
Biggest name to be traded - Felix Hernandez
Player with most HRs - Adrian Gonzalez
Someone linked to steroids for first time - Paul Konerko
First team to clinch playoff spot - Rangers
How many wins for Royals - 64

ADAM BOEDEKER (Denton Record Chronicle sportswriter)
Division Standings
NL WEST - Giants, Rockies, Padres, Dodgers, D-Backs
NL CENTRAL - Reds, Brewers, Cardinals, Cubs, Pirates, Astros
NL EAST - Phillies, Braves, Marlins, Mets, Nats
AL WEST - Rangers, A's, Angels, Mariners
AL CENTRAL - Twins, Tigers, White Sox, Indians, Royals
AL EAST - Red Sox, Yankees, Rays, Blue Jays, O's

Wildcard Winners
NL - Rockies
AL - Yankees

Playoff Predictions
NL Divisional - Phillies over Rockies
NL Divisional - Giants over Reds
AL Divisional - Red Sox over Twins
AL Divisional - Rangers over Yankees
NLCS - Giants over Phillies
ALCS - Red Sox over Rangers
World Series - Red Sox over Giants

Postseason Awards
NL MVP - Albert Pujols
AL MVP - Ian Kinsler (COMPLETE off the wall, homer pick)
NL Cy Young - Roy Halladay
AL Cy Young - Jon Lester
NL ROY - Freddie Freeman (ATL)
AL ROY - Desmond Jennings (TB)
NL Manager of Year - Bruce Bochy
AL Manager of Year - Terry Francona
NL Comeback Player - Pablo Sandoval
AL Comeback Player - Manny Ramirez

Misc Predictions
First Manager to get fired - Ozzie Guillen
Biggest name to be traded - Josh Johnson
Player with most HRs - Pujols
Someone linked to steroids for first time - Pujols
First team to clinch playoff spot - Phillies
How many wins for Royals - 73