It’s that time of year– today is Opening Day in the major leagues, so you need to know who I think is going to be awesome and who I think is going to suck. You also need to know how I did last year, when I did a surprisingly good job of picking it.

My pick appears in blue if I got it right and red if I got it wrong. The number that follows is where my pick actually placed in the race.

AL East: Red Sox tied with Yankees
AL Central: White Sox, Twins (3)
AL West: Angels, A’s (2)
AL Wild Card: Yankees tied with Red Sox

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Padres
NL Wild Card: Astros

World Series: White Sox over Astros, Cardinals over Yankees.

AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez
NL MVP: Albert Pujols

AL Cy Young: Bartolo Colon, Johan Santana (3)
NL Cy Young: Chris Carpenter, Roger Clemens (3)

AL HR champ: Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz (2)
NL HR champ: Andruw Jones, Albert Pujols (3)

AL batting champ: Michael Young Alex Rodriguez (2)
NL batting champ: Derrick Lee, Todd Helton (4)

AL Rookie: Huston Street, Scott Kazmir
NL Rookie: Ryan Howard

So, in 2006, it’s gonna look like this:

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Indians
AL West: A’s
AL Wild Card: White Sox

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Mets

World Series: A’s over Cardinals

AL MVP: David Ortiz
NL MVP: Albert Pujols

AL Cy Young: Joe Blanton
NL Cy Young: Jake Peavy

AL HR champ: Manny Ramirez
NL HR champ: Albert Pujols

AL batting champ: David Ortiz
NL batting champ: Albert Pujols

AL Rookie: Ian Kinsler
NL Rookie: Ryan Zimmerman