Making predictions for the upcoming season is a time-honored baseball tradition -- right up there with decorative bunting at the ballpark and skipping school.
How accurate they'll be is another matter altogether. I make no promises.
But here's how I see things unfolding over the next seven months:
AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST
1-Toronto
2-Tampa Bay
3-Red Sox
4-New York
5-Baltimore
AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL
1-Chicago
2-Minnesota
3-Detroit
4-Cleveland
5-Kansas City
AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST
1-Houston
2-Seattle
3-Los Angeles
4-Texas
5-Oakland
WILD CARDS: Tampa Bay, Red Sox, Minnesota
ALCS: Chicago over Toronto
NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST
1-Atlanta
2-New York
3-Philadelphia
4-Miami
5-Washington
NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL
1-Milwaukee
2-St. Louis
3-Chicago
4-Cincinnati
5-Pittsburgh
NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST
1-Los Angeles
2-San Diego
3-San Francisco
4-Arizona
5-Colorado
WILD CARDS: New York, San Diego, San Francisco
NLCS: Los Angeles over Atlanta
WORLD SERIES: Los Angeles over Chicago
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
AL-Rafael Devers
NL-Mookie Betts
CY YOUNG
AL-Jose Berrios
NL-Logan Webb
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
AL-Julio Rodriguez
NL-Joey Bart
MANAGER OF THE YEAR
AL-Charlie Montoyo
NL-Buck Showalter
FIRST MANAGER FIRED
AL-Brandon Hyde
NL-Derek Shelton
TEAM ON THE RISE
AL-Detroit
NL-Miami
TEAM ON THE DECLINE
AL-Cleveland
NL-Washington
PLAYERS WHO COULD GET TRADED AT THE DEADLINE:
AL-Trey Mancini, Frankie Montas
NL-Bryan Reynolds, Willson Contreras