Buying An MLB Franchise???

[brett05]

Vegas really has the Cubs at 71? Is it -140 on the under???

 

[CSF77]

Pat: the pen should be better over all. They added a proven 2nd LH. Now they have a quality L/R set up for Vargas. It is not all about losing Greg. Closer should be a wash.

Rotation is the same. Even with Feldman and Garza gone. Garza only pitched what 10 games. That is not a major factor in last year. The biggest question is if Wood is legit or not. That alone changes my opinion. I expect Jackson to improve. Shark most likely same results. Hammel's should wash what Feldman did. Arreta is a improvement over Carlos. So it comes down to Wood. He could drop back some and I believe it still ends up a wash. If he stays concistant like he did all last year then they are ahead.

No other way to look at it.

 

[patg006]

Pat: the pen should be better over all.

They added a proven 2nd LH. Now they have a quality L/R set up for Vargas. It is not all about losing Greg. Closer should be a wash.

How is the bullpen better?? Wesley Wright?

The dude is a LH specialist. Not a game changer. The SP and offense combination are still probably. at best still one of the worst five in all of baseball. You need to have a lead for a LH specialist to become a factor.

Rotation is the same. Even with Feldman and Garza gone. Garza only pitched what 10 games. That is not a major factor in last year. The biggest question is if Wood is legit or not. That alone changes my opinion. I expect Jackson to improve. Shark most likely same results. Hammel's should wash what Feldman did. Arreta is a improvement over Carlos. So it comes down to Wood. He could drop back some and I believe it still ends up a wash. If he stays concistant like he did all last year then they are ahead.

No other way to look at it.

The rotation is not same. No other way to look at it.

Even though Garza and Feldman only pitched 26 games combined, the teams 16-10 record in those games for a team that had a .407 winning percentage cant be ignored. Even in those 26 games if the team played the same .407 winning percentage they did over the 162 game schedule, that 16-10 record is an almost 5.5 game improvement.

But I guess that is not major improvement.

If Wood digresses that can easily take a 66 win team and make it a 55 win team and that isnt addressing the subtraction of Soriano.

 

[CSF77]

Posted this on other thread:

BP projection: (all goes well LOL never happens)

CL: Jose Veras
SU: Pedro Strop
SU: Arodys Vizcaino
LH: Jeff Russell
LH: Wesley Wright
Long relief: James McDonald
Long relief: Carlos Villanueva

Depth:

LH: Zac Rosscup

Long Relief: Justin Grimm

RH: Hector Rondon, Blake Parker, Alberto Cabrera.

DL projected back in June: Kyuji Fujikawa.

It is honesty a good pen. Plenty of vets with injury depth. Should be a strong point.








BP is going to be better than last year. Not even close. They even have injury depth for the starters or if Viz breaks down.

Ya they don't have this great ace type but to be honest it would be wasted with that line up.



Regarding the line up. I'll hold my judgement off until we see how Olt progresses. Vitters and Jackson are wild cards also.

I'm worried about run production the most. But the pen is better.

SP: I like having McDonald and Carlos V. As the first response team vs Rusin.


Even so this team is at best a 70 win team.

Reality is Wood goes back to avg. Jackson goes back to avg. Neither won 10 games so not much impact. Shark doubt he improves.

IDK I could see all 5 getting 10 wins each if they all pitch full years.

What I expect is Shark extends Hammels sold high and McDonald back fills. Grimm promoted.

Viz I wouldn't test his arm this year. 7th inning guy with days off given by Russell. Next year I would gage if he could do what Shark did. It was TJ not shoulder so he has a good chance of being an asset.

 

[CSF77]

How is the bullpen better?? Wesley Wright?

The dude is a LH specialist. Not a game changer. The SP and offense combination are still probably. at best still one of the worst five in all of baseball. You need to have a lead for a LH specialist to become a factor.



The rotation is not same. No other way to look at it.

Even though Garza and Feldman only pitched 26 games combined, the teams 16-10 record in those games for a team that had a .407 winning percentage cant be ignored. Even in those 26 games if the team played the same .407 winning percentage they did over the 162 game schedule, that 16-10 record is an almost 5.5 game improvement.

But I guess that is not major improvement.

If Wood digresses that can easily take a 66 win team and make it a 55 win team and that isnt addressing the subtraction of Soriano.

1. They had no 2nd LH. Russell has been over used and was not as effective. Ya a proven 2nd LH pen arm matters.

2. What you just did is point out 2 high point pitchers. 1 who got sold for Arreta who is in the rotation and the main set up. On a rental. I call that a quality return.

They tried to extend Garza. Obviously he wanted too much then he sucked on the Rangers after. Then he hed out on the Angels who offered around 54 mil and after that the Angels moved on and he got stuck with the Crew last minuet. So sure bring up a 26 game stretch that neither could continue after they went to the AL. Cool. Regardless the replacements were Arreta and Hammels. It is not like they just back filled with AAA starters.

I can see Hammels getting 8 wins before he is dumped and Arreta not sure. He might have the best stuff in the rotation. Not sure if he puts it together or not.

Still trying to figure the 66 to 55 win comment on Wood alone. Wood did not even win 10 games last year. My math came up a 11 win downfall. Guess if you start counting games they pulled out after he got knock out but again last year the pen sucked over all. This one looks more stable.