and advice for dealing with problem gambling. Strength: Upside. Don’t sleep on a bullpen in which Steve Cishek augments a group anchored by Alex Colomé and Aaron Bummer, but don’t assume it will be a strength, either. We have reached the midpoint of our bi-weekly division previews: Today we look at the American League Central, the third of the six divisions. So … Lindor?The central question of the Indians’ 2020 season is obviously focused on Francisco Lindor, who has been the centerpiece of trade rumors for months. That has the odds mirroring reality in that this is 100% a three-team race. The other three teams in the AL Central are still rebuilding. After three straight divisional titles by the Indians from 2016 to 2018, the Twins captured the AL Central title last season with a historic 101-win season. That is only five fewer than they lost in 2003, a team that is still talked about as one of the worst teams of all time. Unlike the White Sox, the Royals look miles away from contention where there isn’t much to look forward to in 2020. Predicted Standings (subject to roster changes): Twins: 100-62Indians: 86-76White Sox: 85-77Royals: 65-97Tigers: 58-104, 5 big questions for each team in AL Central. (He’ll likely start in center this year.) KC shares the same poor odds to win the AL Central as Detroit. The model also says one AL Central team boasts a win probability that dramatically exceeds its implied odds. Is there enough rotation depth?Muscling into the big Mookie Betts trade and grabbing Kenta Maeda will be a smart, surgical move (if the deal goes through). Indians — 41.6 (89.3) 3. The Tigers lost 114 games with a negative -333 run differential. Great... the AL Central could produce one of the most tense division races, AL Rookie of the Year favorite Luis Robert. The delay to the season means that MLB betting fans will have a condensed 60-game schedule to dive into, with each team playing 40 divisional games and 20 interleague games against their geographical equal. 1. 2. The Minnesota Twins had a breakout season in 2019, winning 101 games before their annual MLB postseason defeat against the New York Yankees. Does any of this matter come October?It is cruel to even mention this out loud once again, but, alas, this is my job as a professional sports journalist: The Twins have lost a staggering 16 consecutive postseason games, 13 of them to the Yankees. With Lindor at leadoff and Carlos Santana, José Ramírez and Franmil Reyes in the middle, there’s a lot to like in the top half, but it gets iffy in a hurry. They just spent the past few months building around. These markets open before Spring Training, close when the regular season begins and don’t cash out until the season is over. How does AL Central shape up with Donaldson? He didn’t seem to be injured. On the mound, Kansas City is still just average. stunning acquisition of Donaldson on a four-year deal. Before it does, you can figure out which team could win the 2020 AL Central. I... Our top NFL DFS picks were pretty good last week. But if the Sox add anywhere between now and Opening Day, it would probably be in the bullpen. 1. Also, Detroit's 48 wins last year equates to about 18 wins in a 60-game season. If adjustments are made, due to players changing teams, getting hurt or liability (amount wagered on a certain side), then usually the number would change, for example: the Twins move from 34.5 to 35.5. You can also profit from the MLB in other ways, assuming we do get a season this year. Is this rotation … decent?The Tigers resisted trading Matthew Boyd last year, and with Daniel Norris and Spencer Turnbull, he helped lead a perfectly respectable rotation. If you are betting the Indians to go Over 33.5 wins, but they stumble out the gates, you’ve got a season-long sweat on your hands. Twins -160Indians +300White Sox +325Royals +6000Tigers +30000. (That homer Jason Castro hit in the fifth inning of the season’s final game, off Jorge López, turned out to be a big one.) When does Mize arrive?The Tigers have more talent in the upper levels of the minors than the Royals do, and we should start seeing it this year. We turn our attention to the MLB odds for regular-season win totals. You can only see them at SportsLine. Last week’s daily fantasy football lineups had some holes. That is still a way off from saying they are necessarily all that good. But it hasn’t consistently brought the fans to the ballpark, and there is a growing sense that Cleveland may be near missing its chance. The Central hasn’t claimed a World Series title since the Royals defeated the New York Mets in 2015. The model says the White Sox are dramatically overvalued at +325 in the latest 2020 AL Central odds and win the division in just 4.2 percent of simulations. You can only see who it is, and the percent of the time each team wins the AL Central, right here. The Twins had 11 players hit double-digit homers; eight hit 22 or more and five hit 31 or more. The Royals have more talent on their roster, of course, as a healthy Salvador Perez brings some nice pop back to a lineup that also added Maikel Franco. The reality is that Kluber made just seven starts for them in a 93-win 2019, and Lindor is still on the roster. Having said that, it’s hard to go from 72 wins a year ago to the MLB playoffs, so let’s keep looking with our 2020 MLB predictions. Historic! Only Norris is under the age of 27. The Kluber trade added Emmanuel Clase and his 100 mph cutter to a bullpen that, with the promotion of James Karinchak, has a lot more firepower than last season, with a lot of intriguing arms in the upper levels of the farm. Bettors need to take a good, hard look at each team before placing a bet. Weakness: Minnesota seemed a safe bet to aggressively pursue one of the high-caliber starting arms in free agency, but the club took a different path. 4. 5 spot in the rotation. He was respectable, one supposes, but obviously a pale shade of what he was in his prime. 3 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100), Michael Kopech (No. With the added bonus of their schedule primarily being against their own division, which has some really bad teams, I like the White Sox, at the very least, to eclipse their projected win total.

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