AMERICAN LEAGUE Central Predictions.......TWINS and WHITE SOX at the TOP....with TIGERS close behind....ROYALS and INDIANS going Youth

The Best Division in BASEBALL perhaps........is the Favorite to win the WORLD SERIES out of the AL CENTRAL?......Maybe not......But there are three teams that can make a run at it if they are rolling.

The TWINS, WHITE SOX, and TIGERS all can make claim that they are the Best Team in the American League CENTRAL.....but the BLUEDUDE'S Prediction still has to rest with the PALE HOSE from the SOUTH SIDE of the WINDY CITY.

Taking a closer look at the AL CENTRAL RACE...2011:

1. Chicago WHITE SOX aka SOUTH SIDERS aka PALE HOSE aka GOOD GUYS aka CHI SOX Projected Finish 1st AL CENTRAL:

OZZIE GUILLEN...aka the LOUD ONE and i need a translator...LOL.....he and SOX GM Kenny " I don't care what you think" WILLIAMS have the SOX rebuilt and have some pieces in place and the main cog to the clubhouse was......"PAULIE" Paul KONERKO......signed to a #year deal that makes him a SOUTH SIDER for the rest of his career.

Looking at the Pitchers ...who else anchors the staff...as Left-hander Mark BUERHLE gets his SOX Record 8th or 9th straight opening day baseball and he joins 2 young established started in John DANKS and Gavin FLOYD. the Real question will be if Righty and injury prone Jake PEAVY can get over shoulder surgery fro last year as he as already went down again in Spring Training 2011.

The Closers role will be something that the SOX will have to work on as Left-hander Matt THORNTON, Chris SALE, and Sergio SANTOS...which makes the SOX a very solid but unproven BULLPEN from the ladder 2 guys.

Offensively the LINE-UP gets a boost from Left-hand Power Hitter Adam DUNN who was brought in for power and to protect KONERKO and/or Carlos QUENTIN. The SOX Core is built around Pitching and Defense that wins CHAMPIONSHIPS....and the SOUTH SIDERS are re-tooled in those FACETS.

2. Minnesota TWINS......aka TWINKIES aka TWIN CITIES Projected FINISH 2nd AL CENTRAL:

Lets start of course with the new Poster Boy of Major LEAGUE Baseball......Joe MAUER.....the best hitter in baseball and a Top 5 Talent in all of baseball. Put him in the line-up with Former AL MVP justin MORNEAU......and all this under Ron GARDENHIRE'S watch.....the TWINS will always be in the running not only for the division but the World Series.

The pitching staff anchored by Carlos PAVANO, who was resigned, Francisco LIRIANO...the left-hander that now looks more and more like Johan SANTANA. The BULLPEN is inexperienced but like I said before don't expect a lot of whole sale changes from this group ....they are never in dyer need of anything because they are so consistent.

If everything proves right and MORNEAU can stay off the DL.....the TWINS can easily be the front runner in the AL CENTRAl......but this might all depend on the TWINS BACK end...no Joe NATHAN.....and that might prove to be too tough to overcome.

3. Detroit TIGERS...aka the TIGS Projected Finish 3rd AL CENTRAL:

Ok JIMMY LEYLAND........A couple of Questions.........Can the TIGERS and can Miguel CABRERA straighten himself out?........Adding Catcher Victor MARTINEZ is an A......Can the BULLPEN stay off the DL?.....the TIGERS Depth is better than anyone else in the Division and their starting pitching can be if everything falls into place.

Now after all that they are an excellent team it's that the other 2 teams, PALE HOSE and TWINKIES, are better......it's as simple as that. The TIGERS are going to have to come out the gate swinging and never let their foot off the gas to be able to contend down the stretch with the CHI-SOX and TWINS.

If the TIGERS Starting Pitching holds up and BULLPEN stays upright and off the DL......ZUMAYA and RODNEY.....to name a few....the TIGERS could well be in the race as well. Also, Magglio ORDONEZ needs to also have a banner year and play at least 130 games or so for the TIGERS to reap the rewards of MAGS having a productive season....but it starts on the field first.

4. Kansas City ROYALS...aka KC Projected Finish 4th AL CENTRAL:

They traded their best aset and a #1 Arm in GREINKE......unless UL WASHINGTON, George BRETT, Willie WILSON, Willie AIKEN, and Frank WHITE are coming back.....KC is done......but for teams playing their...nothing better than a 3-4 game sweep and some Kansas CITY BBQ....it's the best.

5. Cleveland INDIANS aka the TRIBE Projected Finish 5th AL CENTRAL:

They are definatley rebuilding in CLEVELAND.......every time I watched them all you could here was that DRUM beating in the Left Field Seats...not good or hear the PEOPLE talking next to the Play-by-play booths......not good. That also tells the casual fan......no one is in the ballpark because the product is not good.......and/or the best teams in MLB are not in town.

Mark SHAPIRO is a good Team President and of course he has a plan so the BLUEDUDE will give them til.......SPRING TRAINING 2020...to get it right......is that too long.....heck look at the ROYALS...i gave them until Buck Rogers and the 25th Century.....SPACE AGE FOOLS

It's a 3 team race and this race will go down to late SEPTEMBER like it always does......and who ever wins will get a Post-Season prize of the PINSTRIPES, BOSOX, or RAYS....YIKES.