AL West

Round three of predictions-that-probably-won't-turn-out-accurate.

AL WEST

The teams:
Los Angeles Angels
Oakland A's
Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers

The outlook:
Where does one begin? The AL West in recent memory was a good division. Now it is...well, not something I'll be staying up to watch unless my team is on a road trip.

The A's are without Barry Zito, the Mariners were a mess last year, the Angels can't decide what city they play in, and the Rangers play in a place where it is too damn hot to play anything but night games unless you're testing a new formula of high endurance Gatorade.

Look for a St. Louis Cardinals-esque just-a-little-above-500 record to take this division.

Spaulding prognostication:
AL West champion -- Texas Rangers

Up next: NL East