Rk., Team
(last year's final ranking)

The skinny

1. Boston Red Sox (2)

No Schilling at start? No problem.

2. New York Mets (9)

Santana gets them to October.

3. New York Yankees (3)

Will get off on Wang foot.

4. Detroit Tigers (10)

Should score and score and score and ...

5. Chicago Cubs (12)

Need to win more than 85.

6. Cleveland Indians (1)

Will battle for wild card.

7. Milwaukee Brewers (14)

Kendall will have a ball.

8. Philadelphia Phillies (7)

Will live on the Lidge.

9. Seattle Mariners (11)

Bedard gives them a real chance.

10. Atlanta Braves (13)

Always contend -- at least.

11. Toronto Blue Jays (15)

Sleeper team in AL East.

12. Angels (4)

Definitely will be in the Hunt-er.

13. Arizona D-Backs (5)

Lyon has big spikes to fill.

14. Colorado Rockies (6)

Might have over-achieved in '07.

15. Cincinnati Reds (22)

Might over-achieve in '08.

16. San Diego Padres (8)

Hoffman will face questions.

17. L.A. Dodgers (16)

Can they forget their collapse?

18. Chicago White Sox (25)

Oz-Fest highly unlikely.

19. Tampa Bay Rays (30)

No longer just cute little Devils.

20. St. Louis Cardinals (19)

Rotation is Achilles heel.

21. Minnesota Twins (17)

No Torii, no Johan, no chance.

22. Oakland Athletics (20)

Further slippage ahead.

23. Texas Rangers (18)

Never have enough pitching.

24. Baltimore Orioles (29)

Becoming irrelevant in division.

25. Kansas City Royals (26)

A long way to go -- still.

26. Florida Marlins (27)

No D-Train, no Miguel, no chance.

27. Pirates (28)

Can John Russell up some hope?

28. Houston Astros (23)

After Oswalt, who?

29. Washington Nationals (21)

New park is only attraction.

30. San Francisco Giants (24)

Won't be Barry good.