First I will take a few flyers on most homers hit
Dunn +1400 -free agent,prime of his career (1 unit)
Hafner +3000 -disappointing 07, my real longshot:SIB (1/2 unit)
Team Wins (All 1 unit)
Rockies U84
LAD O88
Minn O74.5
Pitt O69.5
ATL O86
NL East
I wiil keep this short unless someone wants to discuss the specifics. In my opinion the offenses of the big three are very comparable but would probably rank it phi,ny,atl with not much differnce besides the ballpark being played in. The most important part to me and what I believe will decide this race is pitching. All the talk has been about santana and thats fine, but we all know that 1 and 2 pitchers do not seperate you from the pack it is those 3-5 guys. One big advantage that atl has this year is that they have more depth at SP than they ever have. Injuries are going to happen. The question is who goes down and who replaces them. I look at this thing as a crapshoot and I am willing to put my money on the deepest pitching. I will say that if pedro comes back and does well then NY should win the division, but the only value imo is atl. Atl won 84 games last year and their 3-5 pitchers were 27-37. If and I know it is a big if hampton can stay relatively healthy and with the addition of glavin do you not think they could pick up 7-10 games and get to the 91-94 win mark. Still may not win the division but I bet it gets them to the playoffs. Long story short I have zero faith in philly pitching, little faith in pedro which would leave NY short handed, and Atl is deeper than ever in SP.
All 1 unit
Atl +400 Win East
Atl +1200 NL
Atl +3200 WS
LAA +1000 WS
GL
Dunn +1400 -free agent,prime of his career (1 unit)
Hafner +3000 -disappointing 07, my real longshot:SIB (1/2 unit)
Team Wins (All 1 unit)
Rockies U84
LAD O88
Minn O74.5
Pitt O69.5
ATL O86
NL East
I wiil keep this short unless someone wants to discuss the specifics. In my opinion the offenses of the big three are very comparable but would probably rank it phi,ny,atl with not much differnce besides the ballpark being played in. The most important part to me and what I believe will decide this race is pitching. All the talk has been about santana and thats fine, but we all know that 1 and 2 pitchers do not seperate you from the pack it is those 3-5 guys. One big advantage that atl has this year is that they have more depth at SP than they ever have. Injuries are going to happen. The question is who goes down and who replaces them. I look at this thing as a crapshoot and I am willing to put my money on the deepest pitching. I will say that if pedro comes back and does well then NY should win the division, but the only value imo is atl. Atl won 84 games last year and their 3-5 pitchers were 27-37. If and I know it is a big if hampton can stay relatively healthy and with the addition of glavin do you not think they could pick up 7-10 games and get to the 91-94 win mark. Still may not win the division but I bet it gets them to the playoffs. Long story short I have zero faith in philly pitching, little faith in pedro which would leave NY short handed, and Atl is deeper than ever in SP.
All 1 unit
Atl +400 Win East
Atl +1200 NL
Atl +3200 WS
LAA +1000 WS
GL
