KeepTheFaith1229

Good call, Gom. Right on the money at this point.

The Red Sox are even with the prediction now.

very stupid.

Good evaluation. I do think there is one flaw though. Adam Dunn could play first base, if needed. There would be room for him if the Sox wanted to go in that direction. They could sign Dunn to play first, dump Lowell and slot Youk at 3B. He hasn't played first much, but they could make it work. I think Crisp is moved for a reliever and Ellsbury is handed the CF job. I would not be surprised to see Chris Carter as the every-day first baseman in 2008, if he does well when the rosters expand. As much as I like Lowell, I don't really see him back with the team. Schilling is history IMO. I don't think Wake hangs 'em up either so with one more year of Wake, hopefully Masterson/Bowden will be ready by '09. I also think Kottaras is called up midseason to handle backup catching duties and spell Varitek before becoming the full time catcher in '09. My tentative '08 opening day defense+rotation (bench and bullpen will probably change too much to predict) : C Varitek 1B Carter 2B Pedroia SS Lugo 3B Youkilis LF Ramirez CF Ellsbury RF Drew DH Ortiz 1. Beckett 2. Matsuzaka 3. Buchholz 4. Wakefield 5. Lester What I HOPE it is: C Varitek 1B Youkilis 2B Pedroia 3B A-Rod SS Lugo LF Manny CF Ellsbury RF Drew DH Ortiz Same rotation. It's going to be a very similar team. But, hopefully, with guys like Pedroia, Matsuzaka, Buchholz and Lester improving and guys like Lugo and Drew having inevitably better seasons, it will be better.

very good list I think. Kottaras only 36 though?

hahahaha garret anderson has 10 RBI's.

I'm pretty sure he was making fun of Scaffolds.

lol, well, that would be unfair..haha

If they counted pitcher hitting stats, it would hurt you a lot more than it would help.

Yeah, the back 3 in Tampa are bad. The back 3 in Baltimore aren't as bad, they're also not very good either. ORS said: Yeah..who else has 2 good starters? Kazmir and Shields, could they be 2 good starters? Yeah. Baltimore's back 3 are better. Doesn't mean ORS's statement was wrong, jackass. I didn't say they were equivalent. I said they're all bad. And they are. Only one you could really make a case for not being bad is Burres, and he's had a limited number of starts. Cabrera-Trachsel-Burres is obviously better than Jackson-Sonnanstine-Weong Seu. I'm not disputing that. The point is that Tampa has 2 solid starters in Kazmir and Shields and not much past that, and that Baltimore has 2 solid starters in Bedard and Guthrie and not much past that.

...is it wrong? Tampa Rotation Kazmir 3.44 Shields 4.22 Jackson 5.69 Sonnanstine 6.17 Weong Seo 8.13 2 solid starters, 3 bad ones. Baltimore Rotation Bedard 2.98 Guthrie 3.50 Cabrera 4.93 Trachsel 4.81 Burres 4.45 2 solid starters, 3 bad ones. I feel to realize how this is a bad observation.

Scott Kazmir and James Shields are not solid starting pitching?

Beckett is not an elite pitcher? News to me.

I'm so happy Mirabelli is catching. I can see Varitek's pitch selection with Buchholz now. FASTBOL FASTBOL LOL FASTBOL FASTBOL PLZ I DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR CURVE BALL. FASTBOL PLZ. FASTBOL

Don't like Youk in the 7 hole. His OBP is basically wasted there with Tek and Lugo behind him.

"...and the Mailman delivers again!"

Nice, Eagles get to go farther. haha

Meh, I don't think the Cowboys have a super bowl team.