As I ride to Milwaukee, home of the future 2011 NL Central champs, I got an idea - an early prediction blog. Not the big long one that I will post during spring training, but just some early predictions.
1. Big Teams
In my opinion there are 2 baseball superpowers right now, and the Yankees are not one. The Boston Red Sox have a legit rotation, but the hitting is what we need to look out for. The Red Sox had one of the best offenses in the bigs, and after adding Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez, they have the best lineup in the league. Adrian Gonzalez is a 40-Homer hitter, and he played in Petco Park (pitchers park). He generally hits to left, so I expect him to add at least 10 homers to his total, for fenway is shallow in left. The other major superpower is the Phillies. They have arguably the best rotation EVER and a very good offense. The Braves are their only threat in the NL East, and the Braves aren't that good. Halladay is the best pitcher alive (there, I said it), Cliff Lee is a superstar, Hamels is a young ace, and Oswalt is old but still a legit pitcher. It doesn't really matter who pitches #5, because the 2011 phillies could be one of the best teams of all time. The Yankees are a very good team, but they gave me another reason to dislike them a couple days ago. They spent 35 million on a reliever! That's pretty much the Florida Marlins payroll. Expect them to be a wild card threat. The Brewers now have one of the best offenses and rotations in the bigs. Grienke is an ace, and Marcum is a 3.40 ERA pitcher in the AL east, so he should also be very good.
2. Busts
The Rays. Goodbye playoffs. Goodbye over .500 record. The Rays are going to be one of the worst teams in Baseball, for they have lost Carl Crawford and Rafeal Soriano to teams in their division. Maybe Joe Madden could save them, but probably not.
Stay tuned for the official preview coming in March
In my opinion there are 2 baseball superpowers right now, and the Yankees are not one. The Boston Red Sox have a legit rotation, but the hitting is what we need to look out for. The Red Sox had one of the best offenses in the bigs, and after adding Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez, they have the best lineup in the league. Adrian Gonzalez is a 40-Homer hitter, and he played in Petco Park (pitchers park). He generally hits to left, so I expect him to add at least 10 homers to his total, for fenway is shallow in left. The other major superpower is the Phillies. They have arguably the best rotation EVER and a very good offense. The Braves are their only threat in the NL East, and the Braves aren't that good. Halladay is the best pitcher alive (there, I said it), Cliff Lee is a superstar, Hamels is a young ace, and Oswalt is old but still a legit pitcher. It doesn't really matter who pitches #5, because the 2011 phillies could be one of the best teams of all time. The Yankees are a very good team, but they gave me another reason to dislike them a couple days ago. They spent 35 million on a reliever! That's pretty much the Florida Marlins payroll. Expect them to be a wild card threat. The Brewers now have one of the best offenses and rotations in the bigs. Grienke is an ace, and Marcum is a 3.40 ERA pitcher in the AL east, so he should also be very good.
2. Busts
The Rays. Goodbye playoffs. Goodbye over .500 record. The Rays are going to be one of the worst teams in Baseball, for they have lost Carl Crawford and Rafeal Soriano to teams in their division. Maybe Joe Madden could save them, but probably not.
Stay tuned for the official preview coming in March
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