Today, all is right in the world. Fresh cut grass, ambition, hope. Everyone has a dream, and 162 games from now, we’ll see whose dreams might be coming true.

It’s officially baseball season.

Every team believes this is their year. Giants fans are sure AL castaway Aubrey Huff is going to be the difference in leading their team to the playoffs. A’s fans are certain that Ben Sheets and Justin Duchscherer will be healthy this year and give Oakland their version of Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain at the top of the rotation.

Just like everyone else in the country, I have my biases and beliefs. I’m sure Curtis Granderson will learn to hit left-handed pitchers and Javier Vazquez will overcome his fear of New York and be a force in the middle of the Yankees’ rotation.

But maybe not.

With that, here are my predictions for the 2010 Major League Baseball season:

AL East

In a shocking turn of events, I foresee the Yankees edging out Boston and Tampa Bay to win the toughest division in baseball.

New York’s offense is just so deep, and its rotation is even better with Vazquez, who finished fourth in the NL Cy Young voting a year ago when he was playing for Atlanta.

Boston will give the Yankees all they can handle, however. Boston added Marco Scutaro, Adrian Beltre, Mike Cameron and John Lackey to an already powerful roster – including the league’s deepest rotation, with arguably three aces: Lackey, Josh Beckett and John Lester.

Tampa Bay has a young, powerful lineup, but I don’t think their pitching can keep up with the bats of the Yankees and the Red Sox. Baltimore, though improved, is still a few years away from competing with their young squad – Adam Jones, Matt Wieters and Brian Matusz, to name a few. Toronto will probably struggle this season.

AL Central

The Kansas City Royals will not win this division (for the 25th consecutive season). I feel confident in saying that. The Cleveland Indians, having traded away most of their talent, also will not win the division.

The other three teams could all scrap their way to the top of the heap, but my money is on the Detroit Tigers. Their rotation is strong behind Justin Verlander and Rick Porcello, and Miguel Cabrera is one of the most dangerous hitters in the league (especially now that he gave up alcohol and will actually be sober on the field).

The Minnesota Twins always seem to find a way to compete, although I think with closer Joe Nathan hurt and question marks in the rotation this might be the year they fall off. The Chicago White Sox should be in contention until Ozzie Guillen self destructs. I’m predicting early August.

AL West

I’m drinking the Seattle Mariners’ Kool-Aid. Yes, their lineup is mediocre at best, but their rotation, led by Felix Hernandez and Cliff Lee, is scary good, and they play very good team defense.

I think Seattle will finally supplant the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to win the division. The Angels lost so much this offseason – Lackey, Chone Figgins (who is in a Mariners uniform) and Vladimir Guerrero – and Scott Kazmir will start the season on the disabled list, which should be enough to push Seattle over the threshold.

Texas is a few years away from competing, and Oakland will be bad – sorry A’s fans.

NL East

The Philadelphia Phillies may be the most talented team in the league (outside of the Bronx). Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard, Jayson Werth, Roy Halladay – it’s quite an impressive list. I see the Phillies winning this division by a wide margin.

Washington, despite Stephen Strasburg, will be terrible again. The fighting Omar Minayas (also known as the New York Mets) are old, have no pitching (after Johan Santana) and very little young talent, so I don’t see them competing.

Florida is young, but not nearly as deep as the Phillies, and the Braves are still a few years away from returning to glory.

NL Central

It’s a three-horse race – St. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee. I like St. Louis because of their pitching and the middle of their lineup. It is tough to compete against Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright, and Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday make quite a tandem in the middle of the lineup.

The Cubs won’t win anything, because, well, they are the Cubs. The Brewers don’t have the pitching to support Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder.

The Astros, Reds and Pirates will likely make up the bottom half of the division.

NL West

I see this division being very interesting and up for grabs – other than the Padres, who will likely be the whipping boys for the rest of the division.

Sorry Giants fans, Huff and Mark DeRosa won’t solve the offensive problems. I see the young talent in Arizona and Colorado boosting them past San Francisco and Los Angeles, and ultimately breakout seasons from the Diamondbacks’ young stars should lead them to a division title.

World Series

In a rematch, Yankees over Phillies in six.

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