Comments on: Baseball Preview: AL East

By: Swandong

Swandong — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:29:42 +0000

Me too. Go Whitesox! I still like John Danks over Floyd though, but the season really depends on Gavin’s performance.

By: TheBigLead

TheBigLead — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:39:09 +0000

Think some people read too much into Floyd and the Yanks. To recap
a) Have the Yanks reaching the postseason
b) Like Floyd as the White Sox No. 3 starter
c) Simply asked if the Yanks improved their pitching and hitting, and then if the White Sox and Mariners did.

Simply put, i think the White Sox, Mariners, Indians and Yanks will all slug it out for the wild card.

By: TheBigLead

TheBigLead — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:36:22 +0000

Cortes – No, i don’t read baseball prospectus. I was not aware of anyone’s PECOTA. When it comes to random predictions like this, what’s the point of reading other people’s predictions and letting that influence you?

And just curious, but prior to 2007, what was the White Sox PECOTA?

By: Bruce Wayne

Bruce Wayne — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:03:27 +0000

Why bother discussing the AL at all? The winner of the league is just going to get smashed by the Mets in the series……

By: The Unreliable Narrator

The Unreliable Narrator — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:39:03 +0000

Lester and Buchholz are going to give quality starts. 13+ wins/sub 4.10 eras for both in their first full season’s worth of action in the AL would be amazing for back of the line starters. They’ve been the cornerstones of every purposed big trade the Sox have had for the past four seasons and management has walked away knowing they’re going to be better than what they could get in the long run [besides the Santana deal].

By: The Baseball Friend

The Baseball Friend — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:00:23 +0000

Wow. TBL, this is why you should never write about baseball. I don’t even know where to begin! Gavin Floyd? HE is going to be the guy to keep the NYYs out of the playoffs? Really? And you know I love the Bedard/Felix combo as much as anyone, but I’m fairly certain that you have to hit the other team’s pitching to win as well, right?

And yes, the Yankees did improve their pitching staff. Last year they got a combined 30 starts out of Rasner, DeSalvo, Clippard and Igawa and 17 from the de-juiced Rocket. Replace those with starts by Kennedy, Hughes and possibly Joba and I’m guessing that they’ll do slightly better than the combined 6+ ERA that the other jokers put up.

I know everyone likes the Sox and you have to beat the champs to be the champs, but if Beckett isn’t healthy, Dice doesn’t pitch a whole year like he did in the first half and Wakefield finally falls apart (which I think he finally will,) I’m not thrilled with their SPs.

By: Hef

Hef — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:50:45 +0000

Season starts tomorrow night for our baseball, league. Actually, it starts tomorrow for Spence because half of his team plays for the Red Sox. For the rest of us, it starts in a week. God, I love baseball.

Sidenote, the #1 ranked Sun Devil basketball team (in the N.I.T.) has made it to the Sweet 16. Woot woot.

By: Gonzo

Gonzo — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:40:20 +0000

ASU, I am happy to hear that kind of comment. Drafting is so much bigger than free agent signings or trades.

By: theasusundevil

theasusundevil — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:30:25 +0000

I have come to grips that my Cardinals are going to suck this season. They really need to start drafting a hell of a lot better.

By: pkiguy22

pkiguy22 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:19:59 +0000

I am with Roman on this one. I really think the Blue Jays could finish second.