Record Predictions: 1. Chicago Cubs- 87-75- with the addition of Kosuke Fukudome they add a 400 OBP bat who will either bat in front of the big boys Lee and Ramirez or protect them batting behind. They will get a full year out of the bat of Geovany Soto at catcher and Sori, Lee, and Ramierz all should come back to their norms after below average 2007. Zambrano at the top should be better also with...
The Cincinnati Reds are a very interesting team this coming season. They have some excellent young players all ready to contribute at the major league level. They have 3 big time pitching prospects in Homer Bailey, Edinson Volquez, and Johnny Cueto. Plus they have Baseball America prospect of the year outfielder Jay Bruce and first basemen Joey Votto, who tore up the majors in a short stint with th...
The Chicago Cubs are trying to end their 100 year World Series drought in 2008. They're chances may hinge on Japanese import Kosuke Fukudome, their offense was surprisingly pretty weak in 2007. Their are two important battles for the 5th starter and closer spots going on right now in Spring Training. Ryan Dempster looks like he may get the spot in the rotation and up until he got injured Kerry Wood...
Whats New- Octavio Dotel, Scott Linebrink, OF Carlos Quentin, Orlando Cabrera, and Nick Swisher Rotation- There is talk of the White Sox bringing back Freddy Garcia, so this might have to be updated. If this team is going to go anywhere they're gonna need the bottom 3 of the rotation to be improve. Gavin Floyd and John Danks are very unproven but are going to be thrown in there because the Sox have...
RotationJOSH BECKETT- 20-7 3.27 the most clutch pitcher in baseball. An ace who I believe should have won the Cy Young Award, I know its based on the regular season but you just cant overlook how much he dominated in the playoffs and how poorly CC pitched. CURT SCHILLING- 9-8 3.87 dont know how much you can count on him.Daisuke Matsuzaka- 15-12 4.40 should be much better in his second year in USA....