I ran my 2010 season preview at Rotowire, including a series of fantasy-leaning divisional previews followed by my traditional breakdown of all 30 teams, including runs allowed and runs scored projections. With their permission, I'm running my predicted standings here in the book blog as well.
For those who have asked, work on the book came to something of a halt during March, as college basketball, season-preview work, fantasy drafts and other things took precedence. I still find myself thinking about the question of what the book will be, and to that end have read or re-read books that to one extent or another touch on aspects of what I'm trying to do. I banged through Bill Simmons' The Book of Basketball, Josh Wilker's Cardboard Gods, Paul Krugman's The Great Awakening (a re-read) and parts of various Baseball Abstracts by Bill James. I need to close ranks on this question soon, because while I'm comfortable with the writing volume ahead of me, for my sanity I'd like to end the discussion in my head.
Anyway, here are my predicted 2010 standings. Happy Opening Day, everyone!
| Rays | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | ||
| x-Yankees | 94 | 68 | 0.580 | ||
| Red Sox | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | ||
| Orioles | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | ||
| Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | ||
| White Sox | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | ||
| Twins | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | ||
| Indians | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | ||
| Tigers | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | ||
| Royals | 60 | 102 | 0.370 | ||
| Angels | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | ||
| Rangers | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | ||
| Mariners | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | ||
| A's | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | ||
| Phillies | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | ||
| x-Braves | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | ||
| Marlins | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | ||
| Mets | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | ||
| Nationals | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | ||
| Cardinals | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | ||
| Reds | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | ||
| Cubs | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | ||
| Brewers | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | ||
| Pirates | 65 | 97 | 0.401 | ||
| Astros | 64 | 98 | 0.395 | ||
| Rockies | 94 | 68 | 0.580 | ||
| Dodgers | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | ||
| Giants | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | ||
| Diamondbacks | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | ||
| Padres | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | ||
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