This year Major League Baseball moved the Houston Astros to the AL West, which is tantamount to getting rid of two teams. Despite the Little Leaguers at the bottom of the division the AL West looks to be competitive. The Angels are off to a slow start but are showing signs of life on a 5 game win streak. The Texas Rangers (Muricas team) sit atop the division with Nelson Cruz and Adrian Beltre supplying plenty of power to the lineup and Yu Darvish heading a surprisingly competitive pitching staff. A 3.48 team ERA is nothing to sneeze at. The Oakland As sit in second place at 2 games above .500, not exactly the cat birds seat but it could be worse. The As are the shining example that baseballs economic structure is a non issue at best since it seems like the As could start me at center field and still win the division. If the As manage to hang in there, the AL West could turn into a three horse race which is always worth watching. Oh and Seattle has a team called The Mariners, seriously they have uniforms and everything.