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Lets get it...again
MLB 2011 Predictions Vol Phillies vs Red Sox?
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Scott Podsednik can go die a slow death. #stillpissed
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Scott Podsednik can go die a slow death. #stillpissed
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How can you compare the A's to the Giants when the Giants had bats like Posey, Sandoval, Huff...the A's most dangerous hitter is Daric Barton and Kurt Suzuki...
Plus...Lincy, Cain, Zito, Sanchez, Bumgardner > Cahill, Brett Anderson (injury concern) Rich Harden (injury concern) Gio Gonzalez, and whoever #5 is for them. Cahill is the man, no doubt he had an amazing year, but the rest are young and question marks.
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the biggest addition the A's made so far this offseason was Brian Fuentes and Hideki Matsui
Posey didn't even start the year with them. You never know what can happen with the A's farm system. I didn't mean they are a carbon copy of the Giants, but they have the great young pitching and the Giants also had questions at the beginning of the year about their offense. Pablo is decent, but he's not a feared hitter.
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How can you compare the A's to the Giants when the Giants had bats like Posey, Sandoval, Huff...the A's most dangerous hitter is Daric Barton and Kurt Suzuki...
Plus...Lincy, Cain, Zito, Sanchez, Bumgardner > Cahill, Brett Anderson (injury concern) Rich Harden (injury concern) Gio Gonzalez, and whoever #5 is for them. Cahill is the man, no doubt he had an amazing year, but the rest are young and question marks.
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the biggest addition the A's made so far this offseason was Brian Fuentes and Hideki Matsui
Posey didn't even start the year with them. You never know what can happen with the A's farm system. I didn't mean they are a carbon copy of the Giants, but they have the great young pitching and the Giants also had questions at the beginning of the year about their offense. Pablo is decent, but he's not a feared hitter.
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people are sleeping on the Pads. not gonna win the West by any means, but this team is BETTER than last year.
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people are sleeping on the Pads. not gonna win the West by any means, but this team is BETTER than last year.
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Posey didn't even start the year with them. You never know what can happen with the A's farm system. I didn't mean they are a carbon copy of the Giants, but they have the great young pitching and the Giants also had questions at the beginning of the year about their offense. Pablo is decent, but he's not a feared hitter.
Easy...they came in second place last season. They improved the offense and the YOUNG pitchers have another year of experience under their belt. That along with the other teams in the division staying put or not making major moves to put them clearly ahead of any other team make them a dark horse next season. Sandoval?
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Posey didn't even start the year with them. You never know what can happen with the A's farm system. I didn't mean they are a carbon copy of the Giants, but they have the great young pitching and the Giants also had questions at the beginning of the year about their offense. Pablo is decent, but he's not a feared hitter.
Easy...they came in second place last season. They improved the offense and the YOUNG pitchers have another year of experience under their belt. That along with the other teams in the division staying put or not making major moves to put them clearly ahead of any other team make them a dark horse next season. Sandoval?
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AL West: Rangers
AL Central: Twins
AL East: Red Sox
AL Wildcard: Yankees
NL West: Giants
NL Central: Reds
NL East: Braves
NL Wildcard: Rockies
ALDS: Red Sox over Twins, Yankees over Rangers
NLDS: Giants over Reds, Braves over Rockies
ALCS: Red Sox over Yankees
NLCS: Giants over Braves
WS: Red Sox over Giants
AL Central: Twins
AL East: Red Sox
AL Wildcard: Yankees
NL West: Giants
NL Central: Reds
NL East: Braves
NL Wildcard: Rockies
ALDS: Red Sox over Twins, Yankees over Rangers
NLDS: Giants over Reds, Braves over Rockies
ALCS: Red Sox over Yankees
NLCS: Giants over Braves
WS: Red Sox over Giants
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AL West: Rangers
AL Central: Twins
AL East: Red Sox
AL Wildcard: Yankees
NL West: Giants
NL Central: Reds
NL East: Braves
NL Wildcard: Rockies
ALDS: Red Sox over Twins, Yankees over Rangers
NLDS: Giants over Reds, Braves over Rockies
ALCS: Red Sox over Yankees
NLCS: Giants over Braves
WS: Red Sox over Giants
AL Central: Twins
AL East: Red Sox
AL Wildcard: Yankees
NL West: Giants
NL Central: Reds
NL East: Braves
NL Wildcard: Rockies
ALDS: Red Sox over Twins, Yankees over Rangers
NLDS: Giants over Reds, Braves over Rockies
ALCS: Red Sox over Yankees
NLCS: Giants over Braves
WS: Red Sox over Giants
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World Series: Yanks vs Phillies
Champs: Yanks
AL MVP: Cano
NL MVP Tulowitski (sp?)
AL Cy Young: Sabathia
NL Cy Young: Halladay
Champs: Yanks
AL MVP: Cano
NL MVP Tulowitski (sp?)
AL Cy Young: Sabathia
NL Cy Young: Halladay
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World Series: Yanks vs Phillies
Champs: Yanks
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NL MVP Tulowitski (sp?)
AL Cy Young: Sabathia
NL Cy Young: Halladay
Champs: Yanks
AL MVP: Cano
NL MVP Tulowitski (sp?)
AL Cy Young: Sabathia
NL Cy Young: Halladay
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How can you say we have "a bunch of hitters who struggle in that park"?
Guys from last year:
-Crisp had a good year, the park didn't effect his game much if at all
-Barton is that OBP machine
-Suzuki is a decently hitting catcher
-Ellis will give you AVERAGE 2B numbers
-we all know Kouz sucks.
-Pennington did well last year, and he can still improve.
New guys:
-Matsui is old, but will at least match or do better than what Cust did last year at that position (with a lot less K's).
-Dejesus is a MONSTER improvment over the guys we had out there last year (Conor Jackson, Jeremy Hermida, Rajai Davis, Matt Carson, Matt Watson). This is a guy who actually deserves to be in the big leagues, other than these AAAA guys we had out there last year.
-Willingham is a legit hitter, there's not much else to say about him. I'm not worried about his production at all, I see him matching all of his career splits this year. Between him and Dejesus, that's probably a good 6 WAR at those positions compared to last year, not even exaggerating.
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How can you say we have "a bunch of hitters who struggle in that park"?
Guys from last year:
-Crisp had a good year, the park didn't effect his game much if at all
-Barton is that OBP machine
-Suzuki is a decently hitting catcher
-Ellis will give you AVERAGE 2B numbers
-we all know Kouz sucks.
-Pennington did well last year, and he can still improve.
New guys:
-Matsui is old, but will at least match or do better than what Cust did last year at that position (with a lot less K's).
-Dejesus is a MONSTER improvment over the guys we had out there last year (Conor Jackson, Jeremy Hermida, Rajai Davis, Matt Carson, Matt Watson). This is a guy who actually deserves to be in the big leagues, other than these AAAA guys we had out there last year.
-Willingham is a legit hitter, there's not much else to say about him. I'm not worried about his production at all, I see him matching all of his career splits this year. Between him and Dejesus, that's probably a good 6 WAR at those positions compared to last year, not even exaggerating.
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It's Tribe time
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It's Tribe time