Had a over-haul in the off-season

Out
CF Vernon Wells, CL B.J. Ryan, MR J.J. Putz, DH Frank Thomas, LF/DH Jose Guillen, SS Kevin Ahrens, SP/MR Brett Cecil, MR Jason Frasor.

In
3B Ian Stewart, MR Taylor Buchholz, RF/DH Jacque Jones, MR Ryan Dempster, MR Steve Kline, MR John Parrish, SP Zach Jackson, John Smoker, and other prospects, added Sean Casey, Casey Blakw, and Jay Payton.


Lineup vs RHP+DH
1. SS Freddy Sanchez
2. 2B Aaron Hill
3. LF Alexis Rios
4. RF Jason Bay
5. DH Jacque Jones
6. LF Ty Wigginton
7. 3B Ian Stewart
8. CF Jay Payton
9. C Brian Jeroloman

Lineup vs LHP+DH
1. SS Freddy Sanchez
2. 2B Aaron Hil
3. LF Alexis Rios
4. RF Jason Bay
5. 1B Ty Wigginton
6. DH Casey Blake
7. 3B Ian Stewart
8. CF Jay Payton
9. C Brian Jeroloman

Bench
C Humberto Cota
SS/2B Russ Adams
1B/3B/OF Casey Blake
1B Sean Casey

Rotation
1. R Roy Halladay
2. R Shaun Marcum
3. L Gustavo Chacin
4. R Dustin McGowan
5. R Clint Nageotte

Bullpen

Mopup
1. R Ryan Dempster

Middle Relief
1. R Kevin Gregg
2. L John Parrish
3. R Taylor Buchholz
4. L Steve Kline

Setup
1. R Casey Janssen

Closer
1. R Jeremy Accardo


out-look
much cheaper team with a payroll under 50 million rather than over 80 million with bad contracts.

prediction, to be honest I think I'll be lucky to get 70 wins at this pace, looking forward to the draft.