It’s hard to believe, but another baseball season is upon us. The 2012 MLB season gets underway March 2nd with preseason action and officially gets underway on April 4<sup>th</sup> (dubbed opening night) when the St. Louis Cardinals face the Miami Marlins.

The full opening day schedule gets under way on April 5<sup>th</sup>.

So who will win the 2012 World Series? You never can tell! Last year another huge underdog, the St. Louis Cardinals shocked everyone by winning the series proving once again no matter how good a team looks on paper, you still have to play the games!

The American League will have some of the toughest teams in the bigs battling it out all season long. Here is how the experts at extra innings 365 think things will play out in 2012.

Division winners – Detroit Tigers, NY Yankees, LA Angels

Wildcard – Toronto Blue Jays

Now, we aren’t sure if there  will be one, two or who knows how many Wild card teams this post-season since the <a href="http://www.bizofbaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=5614:with-just-two-days-left-expanded-mlb-playoffs-in-2012-closer-to-reality&amp;catid=26:editorials&amp;Itemid=39">Commissioner hasn’t made his mind up yet</a>….stay tuned!

Here is a look at the odds for the AL division titles.

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<strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Odds</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> to win AL Central</span></em></strong>

Chicago White Sox 14-1

Cleveland Indians 8-1

Detroit Tigers 3-1

Kansas City Royals 11-2

Minnesota Twins 14-1

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<strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Odds to win the AL East</span></em></strong>

New York Yankees  4-5

Boston Red Sox  2.5-1

Tampa Bay Rays  4-1

Toronto Blue Jays  15-1

Baltimore Orioles  80-1

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<strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Odds to win the AL West</span></em></strong>

Los Angeles Angels 5-6

Texas Rangers EVEN

Seattle Mariners 20-1

Oakland A’s 25-1