Defense by position
1b Pena>>>Konerko (Pena has won the GG)
2b Becham=Vizquel (Vizquel never has played 2b albeit 17 games)
SS Ramirez>>>Castro (Castro was the clubhouse leader in bad fielding last year)
3b Morel=Ramirez (And really at this point it’s probably Morel is better Defensively, but he hasn’t been a major leaguer, so I call this a tie)
LF Byrd>>>Soriano (Soriano has an arm, that’s it)
CF Rios>>>>Pierre (Biggest landslide in all positions, Pierre would need a cutoff man in CF to throw to the cutoff man, in LF, he only needs one cutoff man)
RF Colvin>>>Quentin
C Soto>>AJ (I love AJ and his smarts, but he can’t throw)
Team A wins defense 6-1-1
Offense by position
1b Konerko>>>Pena (No confidence Pena turns it around)
2b Beckham >> Vizquel (Vizquel may not even win average)
SS Ramirez >>> Castro (Silver slugger winner last season in Ramirez)
3b Ramirez>>>Morel (Even with Ramirez slumping massively last season)
LF Soriano>Byrd (This one is close, but Soriano’s power gives the edge)
CF Rios>>>Pierre (Again, biggest landslid in all the positions)
RF Quentin>Colvin (This one would be a push if Colvin could hit .275)
C Soto>>> AJ (All facets in this one)
DH Dunn>>>Vicideo (This one almost was the biggest landslie out there)
Team A 5-4
Starting Pitching
Danks>Dempster
Garza>Buerhle
Zambrano>>>Jackson
Floyd>>>Cashner
Team A dominates this one in all four spots, especially starters 3 and 4
Bullpen
Team B has the best closer in Marmol, while Team A has solid setup guys with three or four options at closer.
Given that starting pitching (as seen in the 2005 Playoffs) and defense outdoes offense, this would be a clear Team A win.