Roster:

C: Kendall (RHP)/Lopez (LHP)
1B: Yan
2B: Giles
3B: Upton
SS: Tejada
LF: Patterson
CF: Butler
RF: Beltran
DH: Johnson

SP McCarthy
SP Sanchez
SP Wood
SP Olsen

MO: Bautista

MR: Thigpen, Rivera, Narron, Lyon

SU: Boyer

CP: Perez

Bench:

1B/OF Ben Johnson
CIF/COF Brandon Inge
IF Erick Aybar

People who are in AAA but might see action before the season's end:

OF Brian Anderson
Util Mark Bellhorn
RP Chad Bradford
SP Cris Carpenter
RP Mike Koplove
2B/OF Nate McLouth
C/2B/SS/LF/CF/RF Felix Pie
OF Eric Reed
SP Stuart Pomeranz
1B Jim Thome
SS Juan Uribe




Personally, I love this team. The only need I have is for a C, as V-Mart's mysterious and bothersome season-ender hurts a lot. There's a lotta speed on this team (especially at 1B and CF), but the strength of this team is in the pitching.


Predictions:



C Lopez-78 games, .267, 12 HRs, 35 RBI
C Kendall-102 games, .259, 7 HRs, 49 RBI
1B Yan-149 games, .278, 3 HRs, 53 RBI, 104 SBs
2B Giles-130 games, .284, 9 HRs, 76 RBI, 34 SBs
3B Upton-144 games, .276, 23 HRs, 105 RBI, 63 SBs
SS Tejada-142 games, .292, 28 HRs, 134 RBI, 21 SBs
LF Patterson-97 games, .264, 12 HRs, 55 RBI, 24 SBs
CF Butler-158 games, .294, 14 HRs, 78 RBI, 118 SBs
RF Beltran-145 games, .308, 24 HRs, 98 RBI, 78 SBs
DH Johnson-153 games, .276, 21 HRs, 86 RBI
Util Aybar-97 games, .287, 5 HRs, 32 RBI
OF Anderson-63 games, .291, 14 HRs, 45 RBI


SP McCarthy-21-12, 3.15 ERA
SP Sanchez-18-10, 3.75 ERA
SP Wood-18-6, 3.42 ERA
SP Olsen-14-12, 3.98 ERA

CP Perez-6-3, 2.67 ERA, 43 saves

CSKA Lviv-96-66, 1st place in the NL East.