The bullpen is good, but it is 9 deep, and they only need 5 of them. I like Hanrahan but they should have spent their FA money on a bat.
The starters look like they will have fiinsh with an ERA in the 4.25 to 4.75 range. Dempster is getting old and is better suited to the NL. Lackey would be a huge surprise to contribute anything.
The hitting looks subpar to me. They are missing AGonz bat. Ortiz is steady but he is declining due to age. Napoli has power and had a fluke season where he hit .320 but will probably hit .225. They have a couple good tablesetters at the top of the lineup but the bottom of the lineup has little proven offensive talent. Maybe some of the prosepcts will step up but that is a guessing game.
The AL East has 4 teams better than the Red Sox on paper.
Red Sox only won 69 LY. I'd give them at most 77 wins. You can thank delusional Red Sox nation for this number. They probably think changing managers will give the,m 15 wins. No manager is worth more than plus or minus 3 wins either way
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Red Sox under 83 is my top future.
The bullpen is good, but it is 9 deep, and they only need 5 of them. I like Hanrahan but they should have spent their FA money on a bat.
The starters look like they will have fiinsh with an ERA in the 4.25 to 4.75 range. Dempster is getting old and is better suited to the NL. Lackey would be a huge surprise to contribute anything.
The hitting looks subpar to me. They are missing AGonz bat. Ortiz is steady but he is declining due to age. Napoli has power and had a fluke season where he hit .320 but will probably hit .225. They have a couple good tablesetters at the top of the lineup but the bottom of the lineup has little proven offensive talent. Maybe some of the prosepcts will step up but that is a guessing game.
The AL East has 4 teams better than the Red Sox on paper.
Red Sox only won 69 LY. I'd give them at most 77 wins. You can thank delusional Red Sox nation for this number. They probably think changing managers will give the,m 15 wins. No manager is worth more than plus or minus 3 wins either way
Boston under in wins Texas under in wins. Rays to win East, AL, WS
Good luck D4L
Like all your above plays ///
Just Added the Royals to win the Central last night .. Love the Lineup you eluded to.
Braves should hit a ton of HR's .. The Pitching needs to stay healthy , but they should be a shoe in for the playoffs..
Boston and Texas unders look nice .. Could see the Sox in the cellar for most of the season ...
I need to do some more research on the Rays , Brother Thorpe is in my ear telling me to stay away from them this season , which is weird bc he has been backing them for 5+ years...
Best of Luck Brother .,,,May you sweep ur board and stack some coin
BEST OF HEALTH, HAPPINESS,WEALTH, BLESSINGS and LUCK TO ALL !!
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Quote Originally Posted by glyde69:
My bets for preseason props.
KC over 77.5 KC to win AL
Braves over 87.5 wins. Braves to win NL and WS.
Looking into....
Boston under in wins Texas under in wins. Rays to win East, AL, WS
Good luck D4L
Like all your above plays ///
Just Added the Royals to win the Central last night .. Love the Lineup you eluded to.
Braves should hit a ton of HR's .. The Pitching needs to stay healthy , but they should be a shoe in for the playoffs..
Boston and Texas unders look nice .. Could see the Sox in the cellar for most of the season ...
I need to do some more research on the Rays , Brother Thorpe is in my ear telling me to stay away from them this season , which is weird bc he has been backing them for 5+ years...
Best of Luck Brother .,,,May you sweep ur board and stack some coin
94 wins last year. Their Pythagorean Win-Loss had them at 92 Wins.
Losses: McCarthy, Pennington, Suzuki, Chris Carter
Additions: Anderson (only had him for September), Chris Young, Jed Lowrie, John Jaso, Scott Sizemore (out all of last year), Hiro
SS, 2nd, and Catcher were pretty much black holes for Oakland last year. They upgraded heavily in those areas with Lowrie, Jaso, and the return of Sizemore. Also, Jemile Weeks can't do worse than he did last year. The addition of Chris Young makes our outfield the best defensive outfield in the Majors with Reddick and an improving Cespedes and then Coco and Young splitting time in center. The pitching is a bit of a concern in that there is likely to be some regression from the young guys. But having Anderson the whole year (fingers crossed) will be great. He's an ace. I know the AL West is tough, but everyone is jocking LAA's nuts. They added Hamilton, but lost Hunter. Hunter had a fantastic year last year. Hamilton won't out produce those numbers by much. Pujols should do better and Trout should regress some so I give that a wash. They lost Haren and Greinke and got Hanson and Blanton. I see the A's and Angels both right there at 90 wins at the end of the year. Texas will be right there as well.
NIce read... ,
AS i agree I think the Halos bandwagon is too full... I have plenty of ?? about their SPs'...
You make a very strong case for the A's ...Like u Mentioned the pitching is my biggest concern as well...Would Imagine you LOVE the low total way OVER ...
I think i will pass on playing the A's in any futures ( FOR NOW, might add in season) , but they should be a good play in regular season daily wagering as the public seems to have written them off as a fluke ..
thanks for the response Brother
BEST OF HEALTH, HAPPINESS,WEALTH, BLESSINGS and LUCK TO ALL !!
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Quote Originally Posted by thegreyhound:
Oakland:
94 wins last year. Their Pythagorean Win-Loss had them at 92 Wins.
Losses: McCarthy, Pennington, Suzuki, Chris Carter
Additions: Anderson (only had him for September), Chris Young, Jed Lowrie, John Jaso, Scott Sizemore (out all of last year), Hiro
SS, 2nd, and Catcher were pretty much black holes for Oakland last year. They upgraded heavily in those areas with Lowrie, Jaso, and the return of Sizemore. Also, Jemile Weeks can't do worse than he did last year. The addition of Chris Young makes our outfield the best defensive outfield in the Majors with Reddick and an improving Cespedes and then Coco and Young splitting time in center. The pitching is a bit of a concern in that there is likely to be some regression from the young guys. But having Anderson the whole year (fingers crossed) will be great. He's an ace. I know the AL West is tough, but everyone is jocking LAA's nuts. They added Hamilton, but lost Hunter. Hunter had a fantastic year last year. Hamilton won't out produce those numbers by much. Pujols should do better and Trout should regress some so I give that a wash. They lost Haren and Greinke and got Hanson and Blanton. I see the A's and Angels both right there at 90 wins at the end of the year. Texas will be right there as well.
NIce read... ,
AS i agree I think the Halos bandwagon is too full... I have plenty of ?? about their SPs'...
You make a very strong case for the A's ...Like u Mentioned the pitching is my biggest concern as well...Would Imagine you LOVE the low total way OVER ...
I think i will pass on playing the A's in any futures ( FOR NOW, might add in season) , but they should be a good play in regular season daily wagering as the public seems to have written them off as a fluke ..
The bullpen is good, but it is 9 deep, and they only need 5 of them. I like Hanrahan but they should have spent their FA money on a bat.
The starters look like they will have fiinsh with an ERA in the 4.25 to 4.75 range. Dempster is getting old and is better suited to the NL. Lackey would be a huge surprise to contribute anything.
The hitting looks subpar to me. They are missing AGonz bat. Ortiz is steady but he is declining due to age. Napoli has power and had a fluke season where he hit .320 but will probably hit .225. They have a couple good tablesetters at the top of the lineup but the bottom of the lineup has little proven offensive talent. Maybe some of the prosepcts will step up but that is a guessing game.
The AL East has 4 teams better than the Red Sox on paper.
Red Sox only won 69 LY. I'd give them at most 77 wins. You can thank delusional Red Sox nation for this number. They probably think changing managers will give the,m 15 wins. No manager is worth more than plus or minus 3 wins either way
yeah I added the Sox Under 83.5 with PW ...
Got them winning between 69-81...
Bullpen is all I like here ...thanks for the Push
BEST OF HEALTH, HAPPINESS,WEALTH, BLESSINGS and LUCK TO ALL !!
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Quote Originally Posted by thorpe:
Red Sox under 83 is my top future.
The bullpen is good, but it is 9 deep, and they only need 5 of them. I like Hanrahan but they should have spent their FA money on a bat.
The starters look like they will have fiinsh with an ERA in the 4.25 to 4.75 range. Dempster is getting old and is better suited to the NL. Lackey would be a huge surprise to contribute anything.
The hitting looks subpar to me. They are missing AGonz bat. Ortiz is steady but he is declining due to age. Napoli has power and had a fluke season where he hit .320 but will probably hit .225. They have a couple good tablesetters at the top of the lineup but the bottom of the lineup has little proven offensive talent. Maybe some of the prosepcts will step up but that is a guessing game.
The AL East has 4 teams better than the Red Sox on paper.
Red Sox only won 69 LY. I'd give them at most 77 wins. You can thank delusional Red Sox nation for this number. They probably think changing managers will give the,m 15 wins. No manager is worth more than plus or minus 3 wins either way
Loving the Royals over. They will hit at least .500 this season
I sure hope so .. They Burned me last season , But they had several players take a step back and the SP was horrible ... 81+ wins is not too much to ask of them
best of Luck Brother
BEST OF HEALTH, HAPPINESS,WEALTH, BLESSINGS and LUCK TO ALL !!
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Quote Originally Posted by fsutomahawk:
Loving the Royals over. They will hit at least .500 this season
I sure hope so .. They Burned me last season , But they had several players take a step back and the SP was horrible ... 81+ wins is not too much to ask of them
AS i agree I think the Halos bandwagon is too full... I have plenty of ?? about their SPs'...
You make a very strong case for the A's ...Like u Mentioned the pitching is my biggest concern as well...Would Imagine you LOVE the low total way OVER ...
I think i will pass on playing the A's in any futures ( FOR NOW, might add in season) , but they should be a good play in regular season daily wagering as the public seems to have written them off as a fluke ..
thanks for the response Brother
Yeah, I definitely like the OVER at 83.5. But as a fan I'm putting most of my futures in winning the West, AL, then WS. Hey, I guy can dream can't he!?
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Quote Originally Posted by DoubleUp4Life:
NIce read... ,
AS i agree I think the Halos bandwagon is too full... I have plenty of ?? about their SPs'...
You make a very strong case for the A's ...Like u Mentioned the pitching is my biggest concern as well...Would Imagine you LOVE the low total way OVER ...
I think i will pass on playing the A's in any futures ( FOR NOW, might add in season) , but they should be a good play in regular season daily wagering as the public seems to have written them off as a fluke ..
thanks for the response Brother
Yeah, I definitely like the OVER at 83.5. But as a fan I'm putting most of my futures in winning the West, AL, then WS. Hey, I guy can dream can't he!?
The Twins are going to be very, very bad. They've had good starting pitching and an upper level bullpen for most of the last decade...but they were horrible last year and I don't see how they'll be much better this year. They brought in guys who are nothing more than innings eaters like Worley and Correia...and I'd hate to see where those innings go if anyone gets hurt.
Their lineup was surprisingly above-average last year, but that was mostly on the strength of a career year from Willingham and out-of-nowhere production from Trevor Plouffe, as well as a career-high in games for Mauer. They plan to play Mauer more behind the plate this year, and if he's getting fewer than 500 AB, I'm not sure how they won't regress.
I think the pitching will be about the same if not a little better (and by this I mean better than how miserable they were last year and not actually GOOD by any stretch) and the hitting will be slightly worse. With Kansas City looking like a much stronger outfit and Cleveland at least having some potential on offense, I don't think the Twins top the 66 wins they had last year, let alone go over 70.
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I like the Twins Under 70. A lot.
The Twins are going to be very, very bad. They've had good starting pitching and an upper level bullpen for most of the last decade...but they were horrible last year and I don't see how they'll be much better this year. They brought in guys who are nothing more than innings eaters like Worley and Correia...and I'd hate to see where those innings go if anyone gets hurt.
Their lineup was surprisingly above-average last year, but that was mostly on the strength of a career year from Willingham and out-of-nowhere production from Trevor Plouffe, as well as a career-high in games for Mauer. They plan to play Mauer more behind the plate this year, and if he's getting fewer than 500 AB, I'm not sure how they won't regress.
I think the pitching will be about the same if not a little better (and by this I mean better than how miserable they were last year and not actually GOOD by any stretch) and the hitting will be slightly worse. With Kansas City looking like a much stronger outfit and Cleveland at least having some potential on offense, I don't think the Twins top the 66 wins they had last year, let alone go over 70.
Yeah, I definitely like the OVER at 83.5. But as a fan I'm putting most of my futures in winning the West, AL, then WS. Hey, I guy can dream can't he!?
Nothing wrong with that .. The A's have a real shot ... Not like you are a Twins or Cubs homer with pipe dreams ...
Best of Luck brother
BEST OF HEALTH, HAPPINESS,WEALTH, BLESSINGS and LUCK TO ALL !!
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Quote Originally Posted by thegreyhound:
Yeah, I definitely like the OVER at 83.5. But as a fan I'm putting most of my futures in winning the West, AL, then WS. Hey, I guy can dream can't he!?
Nothing wrong with that .. The A's have a real shot ... Not like you are a Twins or Cubs homer with pipe dreams ...
The Twins are going to be very, very bad. They've had good starting pitching and an upper level bullpen for most of the last decade...but they were horrible last year and I don't see how they'll be much better this year. They brought in guys who are nothing more than innings eaters like Worley and Correia...and I'd hate to see where those innings go if anyone gets hurt.
Their lineup was surprisingly above-average last year, but that was mostly on the strength of a career year from Willingham and out-of-nowhere production from Trevor Plouffe, as well as a career-high in games for Mauer. They plan to play Mauer more behind the plate this year, and if he's getting fewer than 500 AB, I'm not sure how they won't regress.
I think the pitching will be about the same if not a little better (and by this I mean better than how miserable they were last year and not actually GOOD by any stretch) and the hitting will be slightly worse. With Kansas City looking like a much stronger outfit and Cleveland at least having some potential on offense, I don't think the Twins top the 66 wins they had last year, let alone go over 70.
hmmmm ... yeah I Like this under as well .. thanks for the write-up .. have not done a lot of Homework on the Twinkies ...
BEST OF HEALTH, HAPPINESS,WEALTH, BLESSINGS and LUCK TO ALL !!
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Quote Originally Posted by Orante:
I like the Twins Under 70. A lot.
The Twins are going to be very, very bad. They've had good starting pitching and an upper level bullpen for most of the last decade...but they were horrible last year and I don't see how they'll be much better this year. They brought in guys who are nothing more than innings eaters like Worley and Correia...and I'd hate to see where those innings go if anyone gets hurt.
Their lineup was surprisingly above-average last year, but that was mostly on the strength of a career year from Willingham and out-of-nowhere production from Trevor Plouffe, as well as a career-high in games for Mauer. They plan to play Mauer more behind the plate this year, and if he's getting fewer than 500 AB, I'm not sure how they won't regress.
I think the pitching will be about the same if not a little better (and by this I mean better than how miserable they were last year and not actually GOOD by any stretch) and the hitting will be slightly worse. With Kansas City looking like a much stronger outfit and Cleveland at least having some potential on offense, I don't think the Twins top the 66 wins they had last year, let alone go over 70.
hmmmm ... yeah I Like this under as well .. thanks for the write-up .. have not done a lot of Homework on the Twinkies ...
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