I think that more than other teams, Yankee fans overestimate their team and haters and non-fans underestimate them.

Your assessments are realistic, with one exception. I agree, that the Yankees will take the AL East, but not by 10 games; I think that a 2 to 5 game margin will be the most that they can manage. It will be a tight race.

New York, Tampa Bay, Baltimore and Toronto will all be bunched together early on, but as May turns into June, New York will pull ahead. Toronto will stay close with Tampa Bay, and Baltimore will fall into fourth place, ahead of the struggling BoSox.

Baltimore will surge in August, but fall back. Tampa’s excellent pitching will outshine Toronto’s so-so pitching, and Toronto will fade to third place.

In September, the Yankees will be holding off the Rays, the same way they held off the O’s the year before.

I’m going to cut and paste my predictions to Word, so that I can reintroduce them here at the end of the 2013 season. Just for fun.

Composed on 2/2`/2013 at 12:54AM

Then our hitters, who are one year older Jeter coming off an injury as well. We have Youk who can hit well but also big injury risk and now signed a DH who again is a huge injury question. We had trouble with RISP last year and this year I don’t see us very much improving. When 95 games is a stretch but 85 to 90 does seem attainable. Im one of the biggest Yankee fans around and I don’t mind looking at a season realistically. If the Blue Jays take first i still will be thrilled with the season, Baseball is back and that’s all that matters

Then our hitters, who are one year older Jeter coming off an injury as well. We have Youk who can hit well but also big injury risk and now signed a DH who again is a huge injury question. We had trouble with RISP last year and this year I don’t see us very much improving. Wehn 95 games is a stretch but 85 to 90 does seem attainable. Im one of the biggest Yankee fans around and I don’t mind looking at a season realistically. If the Blue Jays take first i still will be thrilled with the season, Baseball is back and that’s all that matters

I worry about the Yankees age, but I like having older/mature guys in New York, way too much
trouble here to get yourself into. I find it incredible guys don’t get into trouble in NYC as it is.

I worry about Tampa and Baltimore they are both managed very well and good young talent.

I worry if the Yankees stink the summer will be less fun followed by a miserable fall and winter.

oh boy!

we have about two more weeks til the boy’s report…………….
woo hoo………………..
can’t wait!

I could easily see a bunch of teams around 85-88 wins, with the winner taking 90 if that this year.

Oh, sorry, I’ve been thinking about the 24th century a lot lately.

I met a barkeep recently with stars tattooed on his wrists. He was surprisingly up on the doings in MLB, considering his recent incarceration….so there’s three fans.

Boston – maybe will get a post-Valentine bounce, but there’s a good chance this is a sub .500 team.

Toronto – not sure how adding a fine knuckleballer plus a bunch of Marlins rejects turns a 73 win team into a World Series favorite. 85 wins may be their ceiling.

Baltimore – unless they repeat their 1 run game record of 54-2 or whatever it was, the O’s are almost a lock to regress significantly.

Tampa Bay – the Little Engine that Could probably can’t get far above 90 wins.

My prediction is Yankees win AL East by 10 games. It is not even close to being the best division in baseball, or even best division in AL.