Well, it’s springtime and another baseball season is upon us. In years past, I would look at this a time of excitement and a sense of renewal. But, alas, as a lifelong Texas Ranger’s fan, I find little to be excited about (once again).

However, my three boys are big baseball fans, and no one is a bigger fan than my oldest son, Mayer. So, instead of boring myself with useless predictions that I have no chance of getting right, I’m going instead to post his picks for the upcoming season.

AL West
Seattle Mariners…….91-71
LA Angels………….....89-73
Texas Rangers………77-85
Oakland A’s...……..…64-98

AL Central
Detroit Tigers………...97-65
Cleveland Indians…...86-76
Chicago White Sox….79-83
Kansas City Royals….73-89
Minnesota Twins…….71-91

AL East
Boston Red Sox….…..99-63
NY Yankees…..……....92-70*
Toronto Blue Jays…...83-79
Tampa Bay Rays…….74-88
Baltimore Orioles……67-95

NL West
Colorado Rockies…..…91-71
Arizona D’Backs….…..89-73
San Diego Padres……..82-80
LA Dodgers………....….78-84
San Francisco Giants…69-93

NL Central
Chicago Cubs……….....87-75
Milwaukee Brewers….83-79
Houston Astros……..…77-85
St. Louis Cardinals…..75-87
Cincinnati Reds……...73-89
Pittsburgh Pirates……62-100

NL East
Philadelphia Phillies…...95-67
Atlanta Braves……….....94-68*
NY Mets………...……......90-72
Washington Nationals...73-89
Florida Marlins………....70-92

AL Playoffs: Detroit over NY Yankees, Boston over Seattle
Detroit over Boston

NL Playoffs: Chicago over Philadelphia, Atlanta over Colorado
Chicago over Atlanta

World Series: Chicago Cubs over Detroit Tigers in 6 games

Hey, a kid can dream, can't he?