The rest of baseball preview

As I've been behind, I'm just going to lump the rest of baseball's 16 teams in this one long post. I will lump them into teams which have the following: no shot of playoffs, reasonable shot at playoffs, and should be lock teams.

No Shot teams, aka rebuilding for a bit still. These teams include: the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros. All of these teams are rebuilding for at least 2014. Each has some good players, but they don't have the keys, or pitching to sustain themselves over a long, grueling 162 game season.

Reasonable Shot: Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Nationals, Miami Marlins, Atlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays. All of these teams have a reasonable shot at winning their respective division, but all of them face issues. The final five teams are in arguably the most competitive divisions from top to bottom in all of baseball. So, those teams have to fight through some stiff competition in order to even get to the playoffs. Then, the teams from the NL Central will all be fighting it out to try and get the division crown. All of those teams are capable of doing it, it's just a matter of who will come out on top of the three.

Should be lock to make playoffs: New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies. These three are the class of the American and National League East divisions respectively. New York has made the playoffs in each season since 1995 except for 2008, and they continue to stockpile talent in the minor leagues so they may trade it away for pieces in the middle of the season. Boston had the best record in all of baseball before they decided to choke it all away in September. They have some questions in the closer role now that Andrew Bailey is hurt, but it shouldn't effect them too badly in the beginning of the season. Finally, the Phillies. The Phillies are going to be battling through injuries and trying to put together a competitive lineup night in night out with injuries to Chase Utley and Ryan Howard out for at the very least the first month. Then, they've got to pray their starting pitching is still healthy enough and as good as it was last season, when their big three of Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels, and Cliff Lee all finished in the top 10 of the Cy Young award voting. So, while all have some questions, they should all be able to finish with a playoff spot.

There you have it, the rest of baseball, previewed in one tiny segment. But, if you really want a prediction from me for each division, here it is. NL Central: STL, CIN, MIL, PIT, CHC, HOU. AL East: NYY, BOS, TOR, TB, BAL. NL East: PHI, ATL, WAS, MIA, NYM. There you go! And enjoy the ride which is baseball season.