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Cincinnati Reds Season Predictions | 2013 Season Betting Preview

2013 MLB Team Preview: Cincinnati Reds

The Reds stumbled a bit on offense last season after having a great season at the plate the previous season and one of the issues was at the leadoff spot. They really addressed that need brining in Shin-Soo Choo, who batted .310 and had an on-base-percentage of .389 last season.

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Pittsburgh Pirates Season Predictions | 2013 Season Betting Preview

2013 MLB Team Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pirates looked great in the first half of last season, but they went through a major 2nd half collapse. At the beginning of August they were 16 games above .500, but then the bottom fell out and they ended up with yet another losing season.

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St. Louis Cardinals Season Predictions | 2013 Season Betting Preview

2013 MLB Team Preview: St. Louis Cardinals

The Cardinals played well last season and their offense did not miss a beat even with the departure of Albert Pujols. They made the playoffs, beat the Braves in the Wild Card round, and lost to the eventual champion Giants in the NL championship.

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Chicago Cubs Season Predictions | 2013 Season Betting Preview

2013 MLB Team Preview: Chicago Cubs

The Cubs ranked 28th in the league in runs scored last season and while they have young talent they need to be much better than last season to have any chance to contend this season. Soriano had a great season with over 30 HR and 100 RBI, but no other player had more than 15 HR.

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Minnesota Twins Season Predictions | 2013 Season Betting Preview

2013 MLB Team Preview: Minnesota Twins

The Minnesota Twins are usually in the hunt but they have fallen on hard times the last few seasons. Their 2012 lineup had a few nice surprises but the pitching was absolutely miserable.

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Kansas City Royals Season Predictions | 2013 Season Betting Preview

2013 MLB Team Preview: Kansas City Royals

The Royals have been mired in sub-mediocrity for some time now. They have been trying to get out of it through the draft and prospect development but not enough of their young talent have become solid contributors, let alone the stars they were hoping for.

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Chicago White Sox Season Predictions | 2013 Season Betting Preview

2013 MLB Team Preview: Chicago White Sox

The White Sox were a legitimate threat to Detroit in the AL Central last year, using a top 10 offense to a better than .500 record. They are the most likely challenger to the Tigers again this season, thought a Wild Card birth is the more reasonable goal.

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Cleveland Indians Season Predictions | 2013 Season Betting Preview

2013 MLB Team Preview: Cleveland Indians

The Indians were just horrible last season. The team had few high calibre players and the ones they did have turned in poor seasons. This team was especially sparse on pitching and unfortunately it remains so heading into this season.

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Philadelphia Phillies Predictions | 2013 Season Betting Preview

2013 MLB Team Previews – Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia owned the NL East in recent years with five-straight division titles from 2007 until 2011 including a World Series Championship in 2008, but it suffered a harsh dose of reality last season that a good thing does not last forever.

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Miami Marlins Predictions | 2013 Season Betting Preview

2013 MLB Team Previews – Miami Marlins

A new high-profile manager and exorbitant free-agent spending spree had many of the baseball experts touting the newly-named Miami Marlins as the team to watch in 2012. Ozzie Guillen got off on the wrong foot with the Miami fans and never really recovered while none of the players brought in to help turn things around ever came close to living-up to their inflated contracts.

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New York Mets Predictions | 2013 Season Betting Preview

2013 MLB Team Previews – N.Y. Mets

When New York decided to jettison a few high-priced but underperforming players during the 2011 season Mets fans accepted the fact that last season was the start of a major rebuilding program. The end result was an overall record of 74-88 which was actually three more losses than the year before, but the team may finally have some of the right pieces in place for a change.

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Atlanta Braves Predictions | 2013 Season Betting Preview

2013 MLB Team Previews – Atlanta Braves

As a perennial contender to win not just the NL East but the National League Pennant as well, the Atlanta Braves once again find themselves in prime position to make some serious noise in both races. Last season they posted 94 wins to finish as one of two wildcards in the NL but came up short against St.Louis in the newly instituted play-in game for the NLDS.

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Colorado Rockies Predictions | 2013 Season Betting Preview

2013 MLB Team Previews- Colorado Rockies

Somebody has to finish last in the NL West this season and Colorado is the perfect candidate after going 64-98 last year en route to falling a full 30 games out of first place and 12 games behind the third-place Padres.

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Arizona Diamondbacks Predictions | 2013 Season Betting Preview

2013 MLB Team Previews- Arizona Diamondbacks

Over the past decade or so since winning the World Series in 2001, the Diamondbacks have been the type of team to remain competitive all season long, but always managing to come up short when everything is on the line.

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Washington Nationals Predictions | 2013 Season Betting Preview

2013 MLB Team Previews – Washington Nationals

If the Washington Nationals are allowed to bring all of their weapons to this season’s postseason fight there will be some tremendous value in their current odds to win it all. After having to put their pitching staff ace Stephen Strasburg on the shelf for last year’s playoffs, the Nationals made an early exit with a 3-2 series loss to St. Louis in the NLDS.

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Houston Astros Season Predictions | 2013 Season Betting Preview

2013 Houston Astros Betting Preview

Welcome to the AL West Houston Astros! The Astros make a move from one of the more competitive NL divisions to a very solid AL division this year.