Didn't even mentioned Jonathan Sanchez who is much better than Bumgarner, at this point. Only the Phillies can match their 1-4, and even they can't match the Giants' pen. I think the Giants have a good chance to play the Phillies for the NL pennant. At that point, who knows what happens.

 

Still not impressed with that offense aside from Posey. They got a lot of out of nowhere years from Huff, Torres, Burrell, ect. The Giants are tailor-made for 5 and 7-game series. Not so much the 162 game grind. Now if Sandoval bounces back and this Brandon Belt kid is as good as I'm hearing, that will make a huge difference and probably make them the prohibitive favorite. I like the Rockies in that division FWIW.

Still not impressed with that offense aside from Posey. They got a lot of out of nowhere years from Huff, Torres, Burrell, ect. The Giants are tailor-made for 5 and 7-game series. Not so much the 162 game grind. Now if Sandoval bounces back and this Brandon Belt kid is as good as I'm hearing, that will make a huge difference and probably make them the prohibitive favorite. I like the Rockies in that division FWIW.

 

You don't say?

You don't say?

CarGo is going to be the MVP and Cy Young this upcoming season.

You don't say?

 

What are you implying? Honestly, I really like the Felipe Paulino, Ty Wiggington, Matt Lindstrom additions. Yes, I know Paulino's numbers flat suck. But his stuff is real. If he could ever harness it hell be a hell of a pitcher. I expect breakout years from De La Rosa and Ian Stewart.

 

CarGo is going to be the MVP and Cy Young this upcoming season.

 

If anybody could do it...

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What are you implying? Honestly, I really like the Felipe Paulino, Ty Wiggington, Matt Lindstrom additions. Yes, I know Paulino's numbers flat suck. But his stuff is real. If he could ever harness it hell be a hell of a pitcher. I expect breakout years from De La Rosa and Ian Stewart.

 

 

 

If anybody could do it...

Ha, I actually agree with you that the Rockies are the favorite to win that division. That being said, the Giants are on my short list of teams who I think can win the World Series this upcoming season, and the Rockies aren't. Kind of odd but that's how I see it.

Another list they're doing is the 20 Greatest Games, of which the White Sox will not show up, but before they narrowed it to 20 they had choices from every decade from the 60's (i think) till now, and not ONE White Sox game was in the possibilities to be the 20 greatest....

CarGo is going to be the MVP and Cy Young this upcoming season.

 

And Manager of the Year

Not putting Ozzie among the top 3 managers in the game ruins the credibility of all these lists.

And Manager of the Year

 

But not AL SS Gold Glove.

Not putting Ozzie among the top 3 managers in the game ruins the credibility of all these lists.

 

 

Not putting Ozzie among the top 3 managers in the game ruins the credibility of all these lists.

 

Hello, Oney? He's not even a top 10 manager.

 

Hello, Oney? He's not even a top 10 manager.

 

I was hoping he was being sarcastic...

 

 

Does martinez and benoit really lift detroit from a .500 team to the 5th best team in the league? I guess guillen is coming back as well but they still have alot of question marks. Even with all the arms the twins lost i still put them above the tigs.

To me the Tigers are a 85ish win team. They will battle for 2nd or 3rd in the Central, but they won't compete for the division, they dont have a good enough defense nor a good enough rotation.

MLBN ran a "Top 10 Starting Rotations" over the weekend. The '05 Sox came in at a surprising number 6. The only rotation listed above them from the last 50 years were the '97 Braves.

MLBN ran a "Top 10 Starting Rotations" over the weekend. The '05 Sox came in at a surprising number 6. The only rotation listed above them from the last 50 years were the '97 Braves.

 

That's better than FoxSports or SI who did a top 20 rotations in history, and the '05 Sox were not even on the list or in the honorable mentions, yet the '05 Astros were ranked.

Neil Walker was a pretty common fantasy waiver wire pickup last year because he was batting second and was pretty productive for a 2B. He actually was a 1st round draft pick for the Bucs all the way back in 2004.

Does martinez and benoit really lift detroit from a .500 team to the 5th best team in the league? I guess guillen is coming back as well but they still have alot of question marks. Even with all the arms the twins lost i still put them above the tigs.

 

I don't see it either. I have them pegged right around .500.

Another list they're doing is the 20 Greatest Games, of which the White Sox will not show up, but before they narrowed it to 20 they had choices from every decade from the 60's (i think) till now, and not ONE White Sox game was in the possibilities to be the 20 greatest....

 

Surprised Game 3 wasn't in the consideration

They are doing Top 100 players in baseball right now...

 

#48 - Adam Dunn

#47 - Paul Konerko

 

I have a feeling those might be the only representative's the Sox will have

They are doing Top 100 players in baseball right now...

 

#48 - Adam Dunn

#47 - Paul Konerko

 

I have a feeling those might be the only representative's the Sox will have

 

Yeah, I would think so. Can't believe Alexei wasn't listed between 49-100. He is vastly underrated it seems.

The other night, Al Leiter cited Alexei's error total, and said that his defense would have to improve if he's going to be higher on the shortstop list. Yikes.

 

Yeah, I would think so. Can't believe Alexei wasn't listed between 49-100. He is vastly underrated it seems.

Believe it or not, ESPN might actually be more progressive in terms of advanced stats than MLBN.

The other night, Al Leiter cited Alexei's error total, and said that his defense would have to improve if he's going to be higher on the shortstop list. Yikes.