2007 Random Ramblings

[General]

My team:

C: FA
1B: Kotchman
2B: FA/Trade
3B: Figgins
SS: A-Rod
LF: Anderson
CF: Giles
RF: Vlad
DH: Morales

Peavy
Colon
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Santana

[Hammer]

my team is in shambles...

c: free agent
1b: mcpherson
2b: cabrera
ss: reyes
3b: wright

lf: chavez
cf: milledge
rf: green

bench: julio ramirez, anderson hernandez and 3 cheapskate fa's at catcher, 1b and of

sp: escobar, perez, maine, petit, bannister... with pelfrey LURKING IN THE SHADOWS

rp: wagner, ring, feliciano, soler, lavigne, bell, padilla

needless to say i expect to win 12 games. unless i can jump into free agency with the ZEST OF REDD FOXX. got 25 mil to spend, at least, after having 368k to start this process. clear out the bad contracts, to make room for some new ones.

[nick]

you've got endy chavez. 120 win, world series team

[Halladay_is_God]

my team so far

C: Ben Molina (still looking to trade him), Jason Phillips (as back up for now, could start)
1B: Lyle Overbay
2B: Russ Adams
SS: Aaron Hill
3B: Troy Glaus
LF: Reed Johnson
CF: Vernon Wells
RF: Alex Rios
DH: Wayne Lydon

no bench yet

Rotation
Roy Halladay
A.J. Burnett
Gustavo Chacin
Dustin McGowan
Josh Banks/Josh Towers/David Purcey (any of one these 3 could start right now)

Bullpen
CL - BJ Ryan

the rest
Jeremy Accardo
Jason Frasor
Vince Perkins
Jason Arnold
Scott Downs


that how its looks for now

[Shadow29]

Well Pending trades, hopefully my team will look like this:

C: Paulino - Very solid player, and youthful
1B: Eldred - All power, and youthful
2B: Castillo - Solid, and youthful
SS: Wilson- He's cool
3B: Freddy Sanchez- Yeah, Batting champ whos not that good in the game.
LF: Bautista- He's....youthful
CF: Duffy- Speed, and youthful
RF: McLouth- Solid, and youthful

Rotation:
Duke
Cain
Hennessey
Gorzelanny
Snell to Burnett

Top 5 Rotation by end of season

Pen:
Matt Capps - He's my closer....
Shit and crap...

Atleast I can pitch...

[realmofotalk]

Nice pic of Sammy Sosa in his ChiSox days on the site's homepage.

[nick]

Nice pic of Sammy Sosa in his ChiSox days on the site's homepage.

ty ty, that was all my work.

[Kingdom]

My team, after I sign Mark Bellhorn to a 5 year deal at 7 million per...

C: Jason Dubois
1B: Ryan Garko
2B: Mark Bellhorn
3B: Rodney Choy Foo
SS: Jake Gautreau
LF: Hector Luna
CF: Charles Hiser
RF: Shin-Soo Choo
DH: Ramon Vazquez

Rotating
Jason Stanford
Rob Bell
Juan Dominguez
Justin Pekarek
Jeremy Guthrie

Closing
Jason Davis


Might switch it up and put Davis in the rotation in place of Rob Bell, so I can have the J Five rotation.

[Dam8610]

My team so far:

C: Kenji Johjima - One of the many voids filled in the Seattle trade.
1B: Paul Konerko - Solid bat, even if I am overpaying for it.
2B: Tadahito Iguchi - Cheap and effective, what's not to like?
SS: Juan Uribe - Youth and a great glove.
3B: Joe Crede - Hey, someone finally rated him well.
LF: Scott Podsednik - I'll take this version. It's certainly better than the real thing at this point.
CF: Brian Anderson - I'd rather not risk trying to develop him at the ML level, but I guess I will if I have to.
RF: Jermaine Dye - You'd think an MVP caliber year would give him a bit of a boost. Oh well.
DH: Jim Thome - Anyone want him? I wish the $22 million that was paid off of his contract in real life by the Phillies was paid off of this deal.

Rotation:
Mark Buehrle - Young effective southpaw.
Felix Hernandez - My #2 starter at the age of 20. This should be fun.
Freddy Garcia - Not bad for a #3 starter, but the age is a bit of a concern.
Javier Vazquez - Probably the best #4 starter in the league with room to grow.
Jon Garland - See: "Javier Vazquez", replacing "#4" with "#5", and adding youth.

Bullpen:
Rafael Soriano - Young effective flamethrower.
Bobby Jenks - See: "Rafael Soriano".
J.J. Putz - Good enough to be a closer on many teams, he's my 3rd best reliever.
Neal Cotts - The token lefty, though he's actually got some skill, and he's pretty young.
Mike MacDougal - Yet another flamethrowing righty.
Jose Contreras - I'm not going to pay him $8 million to rot in AAA, so he becomes my swingman.

[Halladay_is_God]

my team changed over-night I'll update my team if my last pending trade gets passed or not.

[DiamondDave]

My team is going to look pretty weak this season.... but strong in 1 to 2 seasons....

C - IRod - If age does not catch up to him this season, still a solidly rated catcher.
1B - Chris Shelton - If his ratings reach his talent, future MVP candidate. He is the cleanup hitter expected to produce a lot of runs.
2B - Placido Polanco - Solid, bottom of the lineup guy.
3B - Sean Burroughs - Recent aquisition and good contact hitter. Probably underrated and still young with room for improvement.
SS - Carlos Guillen - Wiley veteran with some good talent. Likely the #2 hitter in the lineup.
LF - Craig Monroe - Good power, average contact. Your typical .250 25 HR guy I guess.
CF - Magglio Ordonez - Moving to Center to take advantage of his defensive ratings there. Again, if age does not catch up to him, he will produce. Slotted as the #3 hitter.
RF - Curtis Granderson - Slotted as the leadoff hitter, even with only a 6 in contact. Great eye and steals on top of that 6 contact, so it may work out.
DH - To be filled from FA

Bench: Basically a bunch of nobodies, utility guys, and fillins. Marcus Thames, Tike Redman, Omar Infante, Neifi Perez, Maxim St. Pierre

SP1 - Justin Verlander - Young stud who needs to finish getting his ratings up to his talent. A Tiger for years to come.
SP2 - Mike Maroth - Right now, the lone lefty in the rotation. Expected to be solid, not a star.
SP3 - Jordan Tata - Rookie gets his shot to finish his progression at the ML level.
SP4 - If not filled thru FA, probably Colby Lewis
SP5 - If not filled thru FA, probably Zach Miner

Pen:
Fernando Rodney - Primary setup guy
John Ennis - Young innings eater
Chris Spurling - Slated for mopup duty
Bobby Seay - Slated for lefty mopup duty
Joel Zumaya - Fireballer gets his shot at closing. If inconsistency does not kill him, should be a damn good closer.

Watch out for the farm. It is getting stocked, plus it looks like I get the 3rd pick in the draft. Detroit should be dangerous next year.

Outlook before FA.... 70-75 wins

[General]

My fan interest is a robust 100.

[DiamondDave]

Just below your payroll at a robust 101

[General]

Hey, if the fans are in the seats, I don't care about the payroll. It's not like I have 100 million tied up in useless players; A-Rod, Colon, Vlad are a big bulk of my payroll, but they are stars.

[DiamondDave]

You just don't want to see the words "out for career" in the 'Breaking News' section