ninetyfour

I would settle for decent control. I don't think that there's one guy on our team with pinpoint control other than Loaiza (if last year was any indication). Buehrle is amazing, and I expect him to win 20 this year, but he still misses his spots from time to time. You don't have to be a surgeon, but you can't be behind in the count consistently, as Cotts has been thus far in the majors. But as everyone has pointed out, he's only 23, so he has plenty of time.

I'm sorry. It's just frustrating to see a guy struggle to hit his spots. Control should be a given if you're a pitcher in rookie ball, let alone the majors.

That rotation is garbage. Possibly the worst in the majors outside of Tampa Bay, Cincinatti, and Detroit. Seriously, you can't dispute that. Yeah, okay. Kansas City did jack s*** last year down the stretch. They beat up on teams within their own division early on. They got annihilated by the AL West and 3/5 of the AL East. I like what they've done in the offseason, but seriously, they were average last year. Did I expect them to be horrendous? Yes. In that regard, I guess that your theory holds up. Anything can happen. Are you a female Hey, one man's trash is another man's treasure. The Giants lost Tim Worrell as well, and I'm just going to assume that, because of injuries, Nen won't be anywhere near as effective as he was a couple years ago. I'd say that they're f***ed. No more Rich Aurilla. A bunch of older guys like Ray Durham, Marquis Grissom, Michael Tucker, etc. Edgardo Alfonzo? Don't even get me started on that guy. That 3/5 of their rotation is all they have to cling to. Felix Rodriguez is inconsistent. A good set up man, but not a closer. You forgot a few people. Look into it. Boof Bonser? Hahahahhahahhahaa

Rodrigo Lopez had a 5.90 ERA last year. Hahahahahahhahaa.

Diamondbacks at 25th overall. Orioles at 12th overall. It might be time to actually start paying attention to baseball, yeah? Jesus Christ. Name me the Orioles starters outside of Ponson. You would think that after observing the Rangers over the past few years, people would learn. But no.

POWER RANKINGS 1. Boston (Schilling and Foulke combined with what they already had? Jesus. 100+ wins.) 2. Houston (Carlos Hernandez is coming back? Pettite and Clemens? One of the top three bullpens in the league even without Wagner? That lineup? Yikes. 95 to 100 wins.) 3. NY Yankees (Vazquez and Brown can each win 20. 95 to 100 wins.) 4. Florida (Loss of Rodriguez and Lee doesn't take this team out of world series contention, especially with that pitching staff. 90 to 95 wins.) 5. Anaheim (Colon, Escobar, Vlad Guerrero, Jose Guillen, on top of all the talent that they already had? 90 to 95 wins.) 6. Chicago Cubs (90 to 95 wins) 7. Philadelphia (Wagner doesn't make them better than Florida. 90 wins.) 8. Seattle (Piniero going for 20 wins this year. 90 wins.) 9. Oakland (Best starters, one of the worst the worst overall offenses in the AL. I won't be surprised when they win 90, though.) 10. Arizona (Randy Johnson and Brandon Webb? A potential 15 game winner in Fossum? How about the additions of Richie Sexson and Roberto Alomar? A full season with Shea Hildebrand? 85 to 87 wins.) 11. St. Louis (Especially if they get Maddux. 85 wins to 87 wins.) 12. Chicago White Sox (No way in hell that Toronto can rank higher when we have two potential 20 game winners in Buehrle and Loaiza, a good bullpen, and still one of the great line-ups in the game with Thomas, Ordonez, Lee, Konerko, Crede, etc. 85 to 87 wins.) 13. Atlanta (They probably don't deserve to be ranked this high. They'll still manage to win 85, somehow.) 14. Kansas City (Line-up, bench, bullpen, and head coach are damn good. 83 to 85 wins.) 15. San Diego (Their lineup and bench are outstanding, their bullpen is good, and they have some young guys in the starting rotation who could make some noise this year. 80 to 83 wins.) 16. Toronto (All offense, no pitching. Wow, one guy in Halladay. Good for the middle of the pack. 80 to 83 wins, worse than last year's 86.) 17. San Francisco (What exactly do they have in that pitching staff? Why get rid of Nathan and Worrell? Dumbest team this offseason. They might be ranked too high. 80 to 83 wins.) 18. Baltimore (See Toronto, but less pitching. Senseless sleeper pick. Have your head examined if you think that this team is any good>>>MMMMMBEEERR. Why even bother putting together a list, man? 80 wins at the most.) 19. LA Dodgers (You can't lose your best starter and set-up man, and not do anything to address state of this offense (piss poor). Good for 80 wins, maybe.) 20. Minnesota (Lost all of their team leaders outside of Mientkiewicz. Runner up to San Francisco as dumbest team this offseason. 75 to 80 wins.) 21. Tampa Bay (Well, I'll be damned. Nobody with the exception of Detroit has improved themsleves more this offseason. 17 new dudes on the 25 man roster, including Jose Cruz Jr, Geoff Blum, Tino Martinez, Fernando Tatis, Robert Fick, Julio Lugo, Rey Sanchez, Deivi Cruz, Pitchers Damian Moss, Mike Williams, Danys Baez, Mark Hendrickson, John Halama, Paul Abbott, Mike Holtz, Todd Jones, and TODD RITCHIE!!! Don't laugh. Combine all of this with Carl Crawford, Rocco Baldelli, Aubrey Huff, Toby Hall, etc, and you have a team that might win 80 games.) 22. NY Mets (I seriously don't know. This team is too weird. Too injury prone. 75 to 77 wins.) 23. Cleveland (Too young. 74 to 76 wins.) 24. Detroit (Here it is. 43 wins goes up to 73 wins. 73 wins is garbage, but if we're talking about Detroit, perhaps the greatest single season turnaround in history of baseball) 25. Colorado (72 to 75 wins. They have some offense. Big deal.) 26. Texas (See Colorado. 72 wins.) 27. Montreal (70 wins, perhaps.) 28. Cincinatti (65 to 70 wins.) 29. Pittsburgh (They'll be lucky to win 60.) 30. Milwaukee (See Pittsburgh. 60 wins.) So, the three worst teams in the league get to play the Astros and Cubs 19 times a piece. That alone puts the Cubs and Astros at the 95 win plateau. Playoffs? After all four favorites got eliminated in the first round a couple years back, I won't even bother. Give us a 7 game series in the first round like basketball did for the first time last year, and them I'll come up with something.

Keith Foulke's change up is lights out. He might have the best change up in the league. There's no comparison between him and Cotts. Cotts and control don't belong in the same sentence. There are a lot of other teams that are stacked with offense besides the Yankees. Teams like Baltimore and Toronto, who aren't going anywhere in the long run, will light that kid up. The Red Sox, Angels, and Mariners would annihilate us with Cotts out on the mound. He can't start, and he can't pitch out of the bullpen because of all the left handers that we already have. He's not going to make the team out of spring training. NO COTTS. SEND HIM BACK TO DAWSON'S CREEK.

Maggs stated that he wants a contract similar to that of Vladimir Guerrero's. 70 million over 5 years. That's 14 million per year. We need to trade him now, because if we're in first place come July, we're going to lose him at the end of the season and come away with what, a draft pick? That doesn't work out. We're talking about a potential hall of fame player here. I'd do it for Piniero, Soriano, and Winn, and a top prospect to be named later. Freddy Garcia gives up an awful lot of home runs. The Sox have absolutely annihilated the Mariners when he has pitched. At least in the past couple of years, anyway. He'll have like a 4.50 ERA if he pitches for the Sox. I feel the same way about Odalis Perez. We need ground ball pitchers.

knucklehead

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