MLB Contender or Pretender: Taking a Look at 10 Teams Off to Hot Starts in 2011

While baseball is a long, 162-game journey, it is never too early to take a look at teams that have gotten out of the gates quickly.

Whether they are teams that were expected to lead their divisions or teams expected to dwell in the basement for the length of the season, certain teams will either remain contenders or look like expected pretenders.

Let’s take a look at 10 teams that are either at the top or near the top of their respective divisions very early in the 2011 season.

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