Goldberg the Goalie took over midseason in 2011. New direction, new division, blah blah blah. Anaheim is back, that's all that matters.
Starters:
1. LF Nixey Heltzel, 9-6-7-3-10
2. CF Carl Crawford, 9-10-6-5-8
3. RF Jason Bay, 9-9-9-9-6
4. SS Brandon Wood, 9-9-10-7-6
5. 3B Hank Blalock, 9-9-9-7-6
6. 1B Burt Hosey, 9-8-2-10-9 RHP/1B John Mayberry Jr. 8-8-10-6-8 LHP
7. C Jack Breining, 9-7-6-7-6
8. DH Luis Soto, 9-9-7-8-7 vs LHP/DH Brent Lillibridge 8-8-6-8-8 RHP
9. 2B Andres Blanco, 8-6-5-7-7
Bench:
C Thomas Beckham, 7-5-5-7-5
2B Carmen Swanson, 8-6-3-8-7
1B Dallas McPherson, 7-8-9-7-6
(For the record, Hosey has 262 career walks vs. 103 strikeouts. It sells itself)
Rotation:
1. Sean Marshall, 10-7-10
2. Matt Albers, 10-7-9
3. Max Scherzer, 10-8-8
4. Nick Adenhart, 9-9-8
5. Ernie Eichrodt, 10-7-9
Pen:
MR Rusty Hoy, 8-7-8
MR Jose Valverde, 10-6-8
MR Oscar Villareal, 10-7-8
MR Merkin Valdez, 10-6-8
SU Bobby Pond, 9-9-8
CL Ray Dean, 10-8-8
I think we can build on last year and I tried to upgrade the pitching as much as I could. The lineup should manage to be okay, at least I can do platoons and try to go from there.