Division Series Predictions

The elite eight of baseball is set.
The American League begins play tomorrow night. As a side note, I think there should be two off days before the post-season begins. This gives pitching staffs an extra day of rest and some rest for position players as well.
The matchups:
Detroit at New York and Tampa Bay at Texas.
In the National League, St. Louis will be at Philadelphia and Arizona at Milwaukee.
Back to the AL:
I'm going with the Yankees over the Tigers in four games. The scary thing for the Yanks is that Justin Verlander will throw game one for the Tigers and maybe game four if they need him too. He'll definitely go for Detroit if there is a game five. Doug Fister has been great for Detroit also since coming over from Seattle. The Yankees rotation of Sabathia, Nova and Garcia is not the most frightening starting three in the playoffs for sure. The Yanks will need to grind out runs and I think they win a tight, low scoring series.
Tampa Bay was a great story but I'm going with Texas to bounce them from the post-season as they did last year. Give me the Rangers in five. I just think they have too much offense. Although they say good pitching stops good hitting. I'll say not so in this series.
National League, I like the Brewers to get past the Diamondbacks in five. They look like two evenly matched teams but the combination of Fielder and Braun may be too much for Arizona. I also like the Milwaukee bullpen better.
Now here is my upset special. The Phillies will throw Halladay, Lee and Hamels at the Cardinals. It looks like, on paper, a three game series in the Phils favor. Four games at the most. But I'm going with the hot Cardinals to pull off the five game upset. I love the trio of Berkman, Pujols and Holliday. They have the firepower to put runs on the board and the Phillies didn't play great down the stretch. So give me St. Louis to stun the 102-60 Phillies. When that happens I'll be sure to read about the carnage in the Philadelphia Daily News.