it doesn't get worse than the cubbies, yet everyone says "this is the year". all i know is that if you're expecting kerry wood, alfonso soriano, cliff floyd, and derrek lee to carry your team, you'll have more man-hours missed than wins by june. i think i hear the ambulances pulling up to wrigley now...
2007-02-27 15:46:20 · 19 answers · asked by patzky99 6 in Sports ➔ Baseball
I would have to agree with you that it will be the Cubs in the NL for the reasons you mentioned. I also think the Yankees will suffer a setback in the AL. They are a team waiting to fall. Pettite is coming off a season of injury and his best years are behind him. Mussina is another year older and has also seen his better days in the past. Pavano is injury prone. Probably only one Yank pitcher capable of winning 15 games and that is Wang. Then you have the A-Rod controversy. The fans hate him and its doubtful that he'll play up to his potential as a Yankee. Also, they don't have the depth they use to have. Lucky to win 90 games.
2007-02-27 19:33:25 · answer #1 · answered by P.I. Stingray 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Boston Red Sox are vastly overrated and won't win. Schilling is old, and is jealous of the attention Dice-K is getting. Why do you think he felt the need to call a press conference last week to announce he would become a free agent at the END of the season?
Matsuzaka has never pitched in the majors. He may be a very good pitcher or he may be Hideki Irabu.
Beckett is clearly an N.L. pitcher. He gave up 36 bombs last season and looked like a deer in the headlights against the Yankees.
Papelbon is in his first major league season as a starter.
Also, who's their closer? Joel Piniero??
I have to disagree with you on a couple of things. Wood and Floyd are injury-prone, mainly Wood. Derrek Lee just happened to have a bad injury plagued year. It was a fluke. Soriano has always been very durable, he has had years where he's played 162 games. No need to worry about him.
2007-02-28 00:10:56 · answer #2 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The A.L. has so many improved teams this year that predicting who will make the playoffs is impossible at this point. Since only 4 of them will actually be playing in late September that means many of them will be disappointments.
In the N.L. there are 2 teams that everyone keeps mentioning that I think will be huge disappointments. The Cubs spent 300 million in one offseason and they still aren't considered favorites in their division. They're starting rotation is questionable and they don't even know who their center fielder will be opening day. Plus they're the cubs, they can't win. The other team is the Giants. They are in a tough division, they're line-up is pretty old so they are likely to deal with some injuries, and they'll have the situation with Bonds overshadowing the entire team. That will be hard to deal with.
2007-02-28 09:34:19 · answer #3 · answered by A.J. 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In spite of their 1 World Series win, the White Sox have had the ability to consistantly have a strong team over the last 10 years and have it melt down sometime during the season. Granted, they did win the Series once but they had a number of other years when I felt they were even better. I'm not a Sox fan but I think they've had bad luck, bad karma and poor teamwork that added up to their annual meltdown. Let's pick August for their annual meltdown this season.
2007-02-28 00:56:24 · answer #4 · answered by Gregory R 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Probably the Yankees again. Until A-Rod and Steinbrenner are both gone this team is doomed. As a die hard Yankee fan since the day I was born, I see the same trend they took in the 80's. Sign old players to outrageous saleries. The only decent move they made this year was getting rid of Randy Johnson. Mike Musina should be next. The team is growing old and the farm system is getting thin again. But hey, I heard Ken Phelps, Steve Balboni and Jay Buhner are available.
2007-02-28 04:41:32 · answer #5 · answered by Jester 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I might throw the Giants into this category.....Barry Zito has long been overrated in my opinion. Barry Bonds could break down at any point......Ray Durham had a great year last year but won't live up to that this year......Randy Winn suddenly got old, it seemed, in 2006......Armando Benitez isn't the closer he was 4 or 5 years ago.......Pedro Feliz has never become the type of player that many people expected......shall I go on?
The only saving grace for S.F. is their hire of Bruce Bochy, that was a smart move.
2007-02-27 23:58:09 · answer #6 · answered by TC 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Saint Louis Cardinals
2007-02-28 16:41:06 · answer #7 · answered by Jordan L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to what a cocky Jimmy Rollins says the Phillies ain't that good. When was the last time that time lived up to high expectations? Not anytime recently. I also agree with you that the Cubs won't be that good. Yeah they're improved from last year, but improved from what they had last year and a legit contender are two very different things.
2007-02-28 00:34:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no other answer than the Mets. They have one solid starting pitcher(Glavine) and he is 40. Their bullpen sucks. Delgado seems to be an injury waiting to happen. I think David Wright is starting to believe the hype and may tail off a bit. The only saving grace they have is Jose Reyes. He is awesome. But if he goes down, they are done.
2007-03-01 11:51:18 · answer #9 · answered by lanemeyer4 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cleveland Indians
2007-02-28 02:13:22 · answer #10 · answered by Alex T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋