we love the lucky number three fun fact of the day in my amateur soccer days I was number three really sure you were ahead of the curve that right there you go I was okay so before we get to our next segment favorite number three of all time go Babe Ruth really yeah um I don't know I saw those I'm a Bryce Harper fan just a back leg going deep like nothing I'm kind of griffy and Cincinnati number three I'm into that actually I saw I didn't even know you were number three it was 24 for a while tha
t there was something about that three yeah that wasn't his whole time I think he saw that I was wearing three in my amateur soccer yeah I'm following Taylor right I agree okay so let's talk about three we're three days away from opening day it's still quote unquote talking season right where we predict the teams that are going to do well this season three divisions in each league let's start off with you Mike let's go to the American League who are your three division winners well we're going t
o start in the American League West and I'm going with the Houston Astros I know I'm going on on a limb here but when I look at guys framber Valdez then you look at that offense and you're going bregman Altuve Tucker Jordan Alvarez I'm sorry until you take Dethrone the king they're the beasts of the West they're not the Beast of the East yeah they're in the west but um that's my team because they just they they they pluged the holes they lose kareah they lose Springer and they don't they don't s
kip a beat so Astros are my guys in the west we're moving to the central Dan this one's a little bit more wide open but I'm going with the Minnesota Twins for two reasons I mentioned Pablo Lopez before how much I like him and what I think he is as an ace but it's these two guys in the background Carlos kareah and Byron buckon I need to see a healthy 150 games out of each of them they're MVP type tal type uh talents you know the calibers here there's nothing on the field they can't do I think whe
n Byron buckon is in center field he's one of the top five most electric players and most talented players in the league and I just want to see as a baseball fan and honestly for the investment that the twins management made in those two guys I want to see it pay off because I think they're extraordinary talents let's go to the beasts of the East now yes this is the Baltimore Orioles for me I mean they're young they're hungry I know I'm going against my Red Sox and then the Yankee signed guys an
d but the Orioles I mean you picked up you traded for Corbin Burns you have the reigning Rookie of the Year in gunar Henderson you have guys like adley rushman and I think their middle of lineup with Ryan Mount Castle and Anthony send there is so underrated I mean they're athletic they're hungry they can play defense they have starting pitching they proved it last last year that they can handle anything with any any of those guys in those in that Division I actually think they're better than las
t year and then let's not even mention that Jackson holiday might be might be knocking on the door pretty soon number one Prospect in baseball okay I'm going I'm going to put you on the spot a little bit here so you mentioned the future of the Orioles is really bright right so if you have them winning this year in the next five years how many AL East titles will they win well the problem there is when guys get expensive can the Orioles hold on to them you know and that there's no worry there wit
h guys like gunar Henderson and you know Jackson holiday there what happens with Corbin Burns okay you know that rotation without Corbin Burns and maybe without some other guys looks very different but talent-wise if they can hold that team together three out of five it's totally doable I really think they can all right it's going to be interesting and a lot of fun in Baltimore in years to come time for the national league Dan well we're g to go out west I'm going to be Captain Obvious I don't s
ee how the Dodgers don't win the West they they just have better players at every position than everybody else now does that trains that that they're going to win the World Series look what happen last year the diamond bats knocked them off but you look at the top of that order mookie bets Freddy Freeman and this guy $700 million for Otani Yamamoto right now he he had a really a rough outing in his first one Tyler glass now upstage he's playing in a big market right now they just have better pla
yers at every position than everybody in the west does that mean they're going to the World Series no but they're winning the West okay let's go to the central because that's one that's kind of up for grabs for sure yeah I'm I'm going to go a little off face here I'm going to go with the big blue train to Cubs I just I'm buying Big Blue Train yeah it's back get on board I thought bringing Cody Bellinger back was a difference Not only was it a difference he was so good last year but it seemed lik
e Taylor most of the spring training once it got started you could almost sense that not only the fans but a Cup players are like is this guy going to come back and it just seemed like when he came back there's a c and here he is like I mean there are just so many things to like about the Cubs right now Justin Steel took a step in the right direction was in the sa Young Award mix till the last couple of weeks this season he'll be better this year I like the offense I love Nico Herer Dansby Swans
on they're going to win the Central and I think the bullpen is much deeper than they were a year ago you could argue relatively the the team is the same but a lot more Bullpen depth which will help down the stretch for that Team all right now we got to go to the east because I think in both the NL and the AL this one's really interesting yeah I'm I'm going all in on the Philadelphia philes they came so close I really thought that 2023 was their year my opinion bold statement they have the best s
tarting pitch in the game of baseball right now in Zack Wheeler last year down the stretch Rangers Suarez big game pitcher they signed Aeron NOA Back Sir Anthony Dominguez and Alvarez at the back end of that Bullpen this team can score runs Bryce Harper to me he's my NL MVP Trey Turner off to a slow start picked it up Kyle schwarber Nick castios a lot of different ways to beat you they play in a very intimidating ballpark I think they got a taste of it last year I think there's some unfinished b
usiness love the rotation if Alvarez and seranthony Dominguez can get outs in the eth and nth look out they're going to be tough to beat yeah and it's hard to pick against the Atlanta Braves but it's hard to also argue your points you're making there so a lot of fun is this season is just three days underway
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