Name three pitchers on the team…matter of fact name one. There are few if any things to be happy about if you are an O’s fan. You can be happy about Ramon Hernandez’s career .314 CS%, or that Kevin Millar is only making $2.75 million this year. You could be happy about the play of [...]
Toronto’s pitching staff is from top to bottom is by far the best in the AL East. Take a look at these numbers…3.71, 3.75, 3.81, 4.08 and 4.13. These are the ’07 ERA’s of Toronto’s 5 starters this year; Roy Halladay, A.J. Burnett, Jesse Litsch, Dustin McGowan and Shaun Marcum. And, this of course coming [...]
We are all well aware of the remarkable combination of speed and power this offense brings to the table finishing atop the AL in runs (968), on base percentage (.366), and slugging percentage (.463) and finishing 4th in stolen bases (123) in ‘07. Not too bad for a team that lead all of baseball with [...]
The Boston Redsox may have been the defending World Series Champions in ‘07, but chances are they will finish in the middle of the 86 wins they had in ‘06 and the 96 wins this past season. And, here is why: Starting Pitching –With Curt Schilling almost indefinitely missing a strong part of the season, [...]
The Rays hands down, and please quote me on this, will be the funnest “never heard of’s” to watch since the “evolution of dance” guy on YouTube. I am predicting a finish of no worse than third place in the AL East in 2008, if they remain healthy. Dioner Navarro, starting catcher batted .285 after [...]
If the Phills do not pick up a 3rd basemen this off-season, which by the looks of it will not happen, management may want to think about promoting from within. In his first full season in the minor leagues, 22-year-old Jason Donald topped the .300 for both single-A Phillies affiliates. Appearing in 134 games, Donald [...]
