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Welcome to the PSP MLB Preview for 2009. Inside you'll find all of Greg's predictions for the division races and individual awards.
After looking through the entire league team by team, here are the official PSP predictions for 2009.

American League

East
1. New York Yankees 96-66
2. Tampa Bay Rays 93-69
3. Boston Red Sox 89-73
4. Toronto Blue Jays 69-93
5. Baltimore Orioles 58-104

Central
1. Cleveland Indians 93-69
2. Minnesota Twins 86-76
3. Kansas City 81-81
4. Chicago White Sox 81-81
5. Detroit Tigers 79-83

West
1. Los Angeles Angels 93-69
2. Texas Rangers 77-85
3. Oakland Athletics 76-86
4. Seattle Mariners 69-93

National League

East
1. Philadelphia Phillies 96-66
2. New York Mets 91-71
3. Florida Marlins 85-77
4. Atlanta Braves 83-79
5. Washington Nationals 68-94

Central
1. St. Louis Cardinals 94-68
2. Chicago Cubs 88-74
3. Milwaukee Brewers 78-84
4. Houston Astros 77-85
5. Cincinnati Reds 72-90
6. Pittsburgh Pirates 58-104

West
1. Arizona Diamondbacks 89-73
2. Los Angeles Dodgers 86-76
3. San Francisco Giants 82-80
4. Colorado Rockies 77-85
5. San Diego Padres 66-96

These would provide the following playoff match-ups:
AL:Yankees vs Angels and Indians vs Rays
NL: Phillies vs Diamondbacks and Cardinals vs Mets

The LCS match-ups would be:
AL: Yankees vs Rays and NL: Phillies vs St. Louis

Finally, the World Series would be:
Phillies winning over the Yankees

Now for the individual awards for 2009:

AL MVP: Mark Teixeira
NL MVP: Ryan Howard
AL Cy Young: Jon Lester
NL Cy Young: Francisco Rodriguez

With my expectations that both New York teams return to the playoffs in 2009, I expect the awards to lean towards those two teams. Teixeira is the most likely candidate from the Yanks now that A-rod is out for the opening of the season. I think the revamped bullpen will go a long way towards getting the Mets back into the playoffs, and K-Rod's Cy Young will be the reward. The other awards are simply that I expect monster seasons from Lester and Howard.

Finally here are my projected All-Star teams:

AL:
C- Jorge Posada
1B- Mark Teieira
2B- Dustin Pedroia
3B- Alex Rodriguez
SS- Derek Jeter
OF- Josh Hamilton
OF- Ichiro Suzuki
OF- Carlos Quentin
SP- Jon Lester

NL:
C- Geovany Soto
1B- Albert Pujols
2B- Chase Utley
3B- David Wright
SS- Hanley Ramirez
OF- Ryan Braun
OF- Alfonso Soriano
OF- Carlos Beltran
SP- Aaron Harang

That's all the predictions for today, be sure to check out our article answering the 5 biggest questions the Phillies face as they open the 2009 season, and come back Sunday for our season preview podcast.