AL Central

Here's the AL Central report. Top team to be looking at will be the Twins. They have proven time and time again that you don't need all the pricey big name players to build a championship team. You need 9 baseball players on the field to play as hard and good as they can to achieve the goal. Win the Division and the World Series. Well they fall a bit short on the latter part. As we all know they do have the best catcher in the game and solid young pitching staff. This team does the best scouting and developing of any other franchise. That is why they are always at the end in contention of winning the Division. Every position player on this team have came up through their farm system. Mauer, Morneau, Valencia, Span, Kubal, Cuddyer, Casilla. This is how you build a Franchise and with a winning ways Manager in Gardenhire.

The White Sox and Tigers have made big money moves to bolster their clubs to capping the Division. The finish is going to with these three clubs.

The Tigers had made Free Agent moves with Victor Martinez and Benoit and Brad Penny. This team still does develop their talent through out the farm system with Porcello, Boesh, Wells, and Thomas. Yeah they made several trades to bring in youth with talent such as the best young fist baseman in Cabrera. With the youth trades of Austin Jackson, Phil Coke, Daniel Shlereth and Max Sherzer in making those great trades for the future and the future is now.

The White Sox on the other hand spent lots of dough to improve and solidify positions like Adam Dunn, and resigned hometown favorites like Konerko and pierzynski. With in season trades of Peavy and Rios and Edwin Jackson making this club a formidable team to capture the Division and World Series again after a 5 year absence. Manager Guillen with his fiery character to motivate this team of veterans and some youth to achieve every ounce of skills capable of winning that trophy.

As far as the Indians and Royals it is which team try's harder not to be picking up the bottom of the division. Both clubs are in a retooling or rebuilding modes and keeping payroll in line. I see the Royals having the edge here they have more talent in the bigs than the Indians.

That is my take on the AL Central Division What is yours? Can these clubs really compete out of the Division and making a real run at the World Series?
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