1.   After missing the playoffs two consecutive years, Florida was back in last season and thinks it can make a move on division champ Washington.

2.   In the AFC, Oakland, Pittsburgh, the New York Jets, would be the division champs, with Miami, Cleveland and Baltimore the wild cards.

3.   Morgan Ensberg is all hit and Adam Everett is all glove, and starting both of them is a big risk for the defending division champs.

4.   Preseason prognosticators rated the Bullets anywhere from division champs, to a team that will struggle to make the playoffs.

5.   The Rangers also have improved, going from also-rans to division champs three of the last four years.

6.   They outhit, outpitched and outlasted the Indians, the five-time defending division champs.