Yankees and Phillies Will Win Most Games in 2012 Baseball Season

The New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies are the betting favorites on Bovada?s MLB baseball odds to win the American League and National League pennant, respectively, so it?s no surprise that those two powerhouse clubs with baseball?s two highest payrolls are projected to finish with the most wins this season at 93.5.
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New York (13/4 to win the AL and 7/1 to win the World Series) won 97 games last season in winning the AL East crown by six games over Tampa Bay. However, New York was knocked out of the playoffs in the Division Series. The Yankees have been money for at least mid-90s wins since 1997. Since that season, New York has won less than 94 games only twice (2000, ?08). The Yanks? lineup will be mostly the same as a year ago, adding only Raul Ibanez to platoon at DH with Andruw Jones. The pitching staff has been fortified by adding starters Michael Pineda (who starts year on DL) and Hiroki Kuroda.
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The Phillies (9/4 to win the NL and 11/2 to win the World Series) were the only club to crack 100 wins a season ago, winning a franchise-record 102 in winning their fifth straight NL East title. Philly has won at least 92 games in each of the past four seasons after not having reached 90 wins from 1994-2007. Philadelphia will have to play without All-Star first baseman Ryan Howard likely until June after he tore ligaments in the team?s NLDS elimination loss to St. Louis last season. And the status of All-Star second baseman Chase Utley is uncertain due to chronic knee troubles. So that lineup will be considerably weaker to start the year.
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The team projected to have the fewest wins this season is the Houston Astros at 63.5. Houston, which heads to the AL West next season, is in full rebuild mode. And winning 63 games would represent a huge jump for this franchise after the Astros only won 56 games a season ago, easily the fewest in franchise history. Houston would love to trade veterans Wandy Rodriguez, Carlos Lee and Brett Myers before July?s trade deadline.
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