VIEW OUR MLB CAPPERS LEADERBOARD FOR 2009 – PICKS PACKS FOR 2010 ON SALE NOW! \u2014\u2013><\/strong><\/p>\n AL West <\/strong><\/p>\n The West is a fascinating division this coming season. One can never discount the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim; they\u2019ve been a model of consistency under manager Mike Scioscia. Yet, the Mariners improved dramatically and Texas OF Josh Hamilton is confidently predicting just a hair shy of 100 wins for his club. Something has to give, and more often than not, it will be the Oakland Athletics.<\/p>\n American League – Odds TO WIN 2010 MLB American League West<\/strong><\/p>\n LOS ANGELES ANGELS\t +140<\/strong> Los Angeles Angels Prediction: 1st AL West<\/strong> Texas Rangers Prediction: 2nd AL West<\/strong> Seattle Mariners Prediction: 3rd AL West<\/strong> Oakland Athletics Prediction: 4th AL West<\/strong> <\/strong> James Hayes weighs in with his 2010 AL West Preview including odds and predictions. The West is a fascinating division this coming season. One can never discount the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Do your MLB betting with Cappers Picks MLB expert picks in 2010 and get ready to cash in big!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[10330,25271,11441,12505,11221,12506,11432,12507,25300,25301,102,112,166,678,10520,25302,12509,12512,12510],"class_list":["post-19807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb-baseball","tag-10330","tag-2010-mlb","tag-al-west-futures","tag-al-west-lines","tag-al-west-odds","tag-al-west-picks","tag-al-west-predictions","tag-american-league-west","tag-american-league-west-predictions-2010","tag-anaheim-angels-odds","tag-baseball-betting","tag-baseball-predictions","tag-betting-odds","tag-mlb-betting","tag-mlb-future-odds","tag-oakland-athletics-odds","tag-odds-to-win-the-american-league-west","tag-seattle-mariners-odds","tag-texas-rangers-odds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19807"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107817,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19807\/revisions\/107817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nSEATTLE MARINERS\t +195
\nTEXAS RANGERS\t +205<\/p>\n
\nThe Angels lost P John Lackey, and that sucks under any circumstance. Joe Saunders, Ervin Santana and Scott Kazmir must pick up the slack. Gone is longtime serviceman Vladimir Guerrero but in is World Series MVP Hideki Matsui. The Angels outfield is in great shape, the bullpen is strong as usual and this is a team that does the baseball fundamentals very well. That might just be enough for a division crown.<\/p>\n
\nOutfielder Josh Hamilton predicted that Texas will win 96 games. That seems a tad optimistic, but the Rangers are an excellent club nevertheless. Hamilton is buttressed by powerful RF Nelson Cruz, trusty 3B Michael Young and stud 2B Ian Kinsler. Hard throwing P Rich Harden was acquired from the Cubs; if he can stay healthy Harden and Scott Feldman make a very nice one-two in a hitter friendly park. Crusty vet Vlad Guerrero will DH for Texas. Ultimately, it will be neat to see how close the Rangers can come to Hamilton\u2019s boasting. ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/banners.bmaker.ag\/images\/baseball_300_250_0.gif?cmpid=13385_1322\")
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\nSeattle made some upgrades that should drastically improve its ballclub. Cliff Lee, Philly\u2019s 2009 rental player, makes an appearance in the Pacific Northwest; Lee and Felix Hernandez makes probably the best starting pitching duo in the majors (and that\u2019s saying a lot \u2013 there\u2019s lots of good ones). Gamer 3B Chone Figgins comes over from the Angels and 1B Casey Kotchman from the Red Sox. Ichiro will agelessly do his thing, and some pieces are in place for the M\u2019s to win some games in 2010. We\u2019ll see how it pans out.<\/p>\n
\nThe A\u2019s made a decent splash by grabbing ace pitcher Ben Sheets from Milwaukee. Sheets is injury-prone, so that will be an X-factor, but he\u2019ll be a nice influence on a young rotation. After that, though, the outlook starts to darken some. Oakland is still doing their Moneyball-esque \u201cget guys on base\u201d thing, it\u2019s just other clubs are doing likewise with superior talent. That\u2019s about as plain as it can be put.<\/p>\nWho wins the AL West in 2010? Do you think you know? Spring Training is here folks, time to lay a bet on 2010 MLB Future Odds. Click Here NOW to Bet on the AL West at Bookmaker.com<\/a><\/h3>\n
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