AL  South  Preview  Season  1

Richmond Rebels
Richmond has great starting pitching is a few bats and RP’s away from being a real contender in season 1.
Their rotation is lead by two CY YOUNG contenders Mickey Karsay and Mike Hannity.
They should get plenty of pop out of Armando Jacquez and Ed Cox other than that Richmonds hitters are not that exciting..  Richmond needs to acquire 1-2 RP’s and a couple decent bats to make a push for the play offs.  If they can get in they would be a force with their two Cy Yong caliber starters.
Season 1 Draft Pick: 9^th Pick
Prediction: 89 wins

Mexico City Los Dos Hermanos
Mexico City’s biggest strength is it’s phenomenal bats lead by MVP hopeful Orval Spencer. They have a few other above average bats that should help score plenty of runs versus the weak season 1 SP’s.  The bad news is Mexico will need a lot of runs to compete with their below average pitching staff.  They’ve made one big move to acquire Jesus Marin who should get plenty of wins to be in contention for a Cy Young trophy.  Mexico will need to acquire a SP and RP if they hope to go far in season 1.
Season 1 Draft Pick: 18^th pick
Prediction: 86 wins

New Orleans Voodoo Queens
Now this team is just pathetic.  Thankfully there is a shortage in talent in this world that should enable this group of rejects to surpass the win floor.  New Orleans has no notable minor league talent and is lead by hitters 3B Lawrence Martin, LF BoomerColeman and LF Randy Pedroia. The pitching staff is lead by SP HeinieVelandia, SP Gio Bennett and RP Matty Gonzalez.  This team is looking to trade away its aging talent and look to compete in season 3 or 4.
Season 1 Draft Pick: 4^th Pick
Prediction: 62 wins

Texas Wolverines
This team may even be worse than New Orleans. They should compete for the number 1 pick in season 2.  Bright spot is that they were able to trade away Jesus Marin to acquire lock down pitching prospect TommyFleming. Fleming could end up being the best RP in this world in  3-4 seasons. Overall Texas is a old team that will need to rebuild for a few seasons. 
Season 1 Draft Pick: 1^st Pick
Prediction: 59 wins

Preseason MVP Hopefuls (S1)

Preseason AL MVP Race
George Jones, New York Empire
Miguel Aguilera, Oakland Oaks
Lawrence Hemingway, Detroit Motor City Kittys
Cliff Small, New Britain Angry Birds
Clint Abbott, Mexico City Los Dos Hermanos
Armando Jacquez, Richmond Rebels
Dernell Wood, Boise Bengals
Lon Fleming, Las Vegas Liches
Edgar Cruz, Helena Honey Badgers


Preseason NL MVP hopefuls
Morgan Voyles, St Louis Red Birds
Andy Browning, Cheyenne Buffalo
Johnnie Maranville, Columbus Pilots
Kiki Rodriguez, Norfolk Neptunes
Huston Parrish, Norfolk Neptunes
Mariano Bennett, Scranton Dunder Mifflin Sabres
Arthur Governale, Philadelphia Athletics
Earle Pecina, Chicago Staleys
Morrie Becker, Charlotte Stone Crabs
Sam Valentin, Los Angeles Beach
Jhoulys Oropesa, Salt Lake City Storms

Division Alignment

AL North
Detroit Motor City Kittys	Comerica Park	tacosluss	2	-2	3	-3	-3	-3
New Britain Angry Birds	New Britain Stadium	soxfan_9	-1	-1	-1	0	0	-3
New York Empire	Yankee Stadium (II)	tmfran	0	-1	-1	0	0	-2
Pittsburgh Carpetbaggers	PNC Park	felix817	2	1	-2	-2	-2	-3
AL East
Boston Sea Devils	Fenway Park	mowbs69	2	4	0	1	0	7
Cincinnati Red Legs	Great American Ball Park	recondaddy	-1	0	-4	1	1	-3
Florida Gators	Pro Player Stadium	soxfanjohn	0	-1	2	-2	-2	-3
Tampa Bay Rays	Tropicana Field	ardthomp	-1	0	0	0	-1	-2
AL South
Mexico City Los Dos Hermanos	Foro Sol	dubrightway	-1	-1	0	0	0	-2
New Orleans Voodoo Queens	Zephyr Field	Willsauve	1	1	1	1	1	5
Richmond Rebels	The Diamond	beerbellys	0	0	0	0	0	0
Texas Wolverines	Ameriquest Field in Arlington	scootermcray	2	0	2	1	1	6
AL West
Helena Honey Badgers	Kindrick Field	royfranklin	0	0	0	0	1	1
Boise Bengals	Memorial Stadium	mchalesarmy	2	1	2	1	1	7
Las Vegas Liches	Cashman Field	Paranoid0	-2	-2	-2	0	0	-6
Oakland Oaks	Network Associates Coliseum	dh0220	-1	-2	-2	-1	-1	-7
NL North
Columbus Pilots	Cooper Stadium	SourSurfer	0	0	0	-2	0	-2
Ottawa Hosers	Lynx Stadium	nesman	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scranton Dunder Mifflin Sabres	Lackawanna Country Stadium	mr_gone	0	0	0	0	1	1
Syracuse Orange Beef	Alliance Bank Stadium	brentjames	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL East
Chicago Staleys	Wrigley Field	palet99	2	0	-1	2	2	5
Kansas City Kangaroos	Kauffman Stadium	missouridawg	1	2	3	-2	-2	2
Norfolk Neptunes	Harbor Park	RisingStar1	0	-1	0	0	0	-1
Philadelphia Athletics	Citizens Bank Park	phlsfan	-2	-1	2	2	2	3
NL South
Atlanta Crackers	Turner Field	habsfan1	1	0	0	-1	-1	-1
Charlotte Stone Crabs	Knights Castle	bigsteve12	0	0	0	0	0	0
Louisville RiverBats	Louisville Slugger Field	mohawkman	2	1	1	2	1	7
St. Louis Red Birds	Busch Stadium	ronaldb03	0	0	1	-2	-2	-3
NL West
Cheyenne Buffalo	Conte Yard	dafood	1	0	1	-1	-2	-1
Los Angeles Beach Bums	Dodger Stadium	jcairns	2	-4	-3	-1	-1	-7
Salem Pioneers	Volcanoes Stadium	mongoose_22	0	0	0	1	1	2
Salt Lake City Storms	Franklin Covey Field	stnick44	1	1	1	0	1	4

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