My answer is.....
A's middle relief and back end of the line-up
Tigers scoring runs and being consistant
Cardinals relief pitching and defense
Mets is starting pitching
for weakenss'
A's starting pitching
Tigers starting pitching
Cardinals Albert Pujols
Mets fearsome hitting and great relievers
for strengths....
2006-10-09 07:50:11 · 5 answers · asked by vertical732 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
A's:
Strengths: Starting Pitching (Zito, Harden, Haren, Loaiza)
Weaknesses: Lack of HR power other than Frank Thomas
Tigers:
Strengths: Starting Pitching (Verlander, Rogers, Bonderman)
Bullpen: Zumaya, Rodney, Jones
Weakness: Lack of experience, not particularly fast on the bases
Cardinals:
Strenghts: Albert Pujols (he's the whole team)
Weakness: Starting pitching (other than Carpenter), hitting, bullpen
Mets:
Strengths: Offense (Delgado, Beltran, Wright, LoDuca, Reyes) and the NL's best bullpen (Bradford, Feliciano, Heilman, Mota, Wagner)
Weakness: Starting pitching (except Glavine) inexperience
2006-10-09 08:09:05 · answer #1 · answered by J-Far 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I can't speak for the NL teams, as I've not paid attention to them.
The A's strength will be thier starting pitching.
As The Tigers is also. (lowest ERA in MLB all season).
Tigers catching is not bad either.
The Tigers weakness:
hitting the first pitch!
They need to lay off that first pitch popping out stuff.
Our bullpen (with Joel "ZOOM ZOOM Zumaya) is AWESOME!
Don't know about the mets offense, but if they are as "good" as the yankees were supossed to be, than it will be interesting to see what happens.
2006-10-09 15:36:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strengths:
A's = All around pitching, ability to beat you with 1-8 batters, clutch hitting
Tigers = Great pitching all around, productive hitters
Cardinals = Pujols and Carpenter
Mets = Awesome bullpen and good mix of power and contact hitting.
Weakness:
A's = Lack of power, lack of speed
Tigers = Streaky hitting and pitching
Cardinals = everyone not named Pujols or Carpenter
Mets = Starting pitching, impatient hitting and low OBP.
2006-10-09 15:19:56 · answer #3 · answered by Adam C 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Those are some pretty good breakdowns.
To the weaknesses', I would add...
Cardinals' offensive balance
To the strengths...
Tigers' bullpen
Bobby Kielty's Hair (A's)
2006-10-09 14:59:56 · answer #4 · answered by milerman01 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
J-Far and Adam C have great answers. I would agree with either one.
2006-10-09 15:40:13 · answer #5 · answered by TopSpin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋