Opening Day

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME BASEBALL??? Comments thread opening a day early..!!

2007 Team Picks

Here are mine:

AL East:
Boston Red Sox
NY Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles
Tampa Devil Rays

Hard to pick against the Yanks but Boston could have a huge advantage in starting pitching. NY is really drinking the Wang coolaide and while I think he is a good pitcher and his lack of K's don't really bother me, he has shown some propensity for injury and that defense behind him is average at best. How does Schill, D-K, Beckett, Wakefield, and Papelbon with Lester and some other nice options look compared to Moose, Wang, Pettite, Igawa and Pavano? Like a huge advatage to me. Hughes could be a wildcard but.. I like the Sox. Lineups are pretty comparable but the Yanks will score more (big revelation). Which brings us to the pen. Boston will need to identify roles and possibly make a trade to get more talent in the pen. Sleeper team is definately the Jays, but I don't see enough length in their rotation. Top two guys are as strong as any but Chacin as 3 is a big stretch. Retreads at 4/5 or maybe a young unproven is not gonna cut it even if the everyday lineup is pretty solid. Hard to take them serious with Royce Clayton at SS....Orioles are a yawn and the D-Rays are fun to watch but just don't have the pitching to compete over a full season. Kazmir is the most dominate pitcher in the AL (non Santana division) but he's also little and coming off some arm woes. Bye for now.

Topics

This blog is set up for me to start topics and for others to respond. If anyone has any suggestions for other topics just put them in this thread.

Please share your favorite websites, blogs, etc

I'm always interested in some new reading material. Here are a few that I enjoy:
www.firejoemorgan.com
www.sherdog.com

More Later

Diehard Cut Lists

Wow, just finished the updated rosters, things went about as I had pictured them as far as the bidding goes. Kampy came out of the woodwork with a strong bid. I got lucky beat Razz by a few cents, sure he's happy about that! Looking over the rosters it looks like Bob and Razz will be major players in the NL draft early with 2 picks each before anyone else has a move. In the AL Jeff played his cards perfectly and will pick (my prediction special of the night) Dice K and Harden to go with King Felix. I haven't really looked closely at who's available but I'm curious to see what everyone's thought's are.

Welcome

I created this blog as a community for all my friends to discuss the upcoming baseball season in one place. Any and all topics are fair game, and I like to think the blog will take on a life of it's own. Peace for now. CL