OK, I lied.
Anaheim is the class of this division. It's close, though. Close between them -- and
Texas.
That's what I get for trying to put things in order before I've looked at every team. Thinking like that is the basis for doing stupid stuff like losing my mailbox key. That's OK, though; it happens.
And my thinking on this division could be entirely wrong, too, but why not be ambitious and give it a try anyway?
Anaheim's going to make the playoffs as the division's winner this time, and darned if
Texas might not follow. Their wild card race with
Boston should be a fantastic one to watch.
Seattle's probably the best third-place team around, even with their glaring flaws, and
Oakland still sucks even having traded for batting champion and career .303 hitter
Chris Snelling. It was a good trade, too, as prospect Will Catania was superfluous with
Eric Chavez around, and the
A's even picked up an OK catching prospect in Chao-Kuan Wu, too. With any luck, perhaps he'll patch up what is a huge organizational sore spot within a year or two. Although the way things have been going in
Oakland, they'll trade both guys away for
John Mabry or someone. F***in'
A, indeed.