Arizona Diamondbacks (77-85, .475, 2nd in NL West)

What the hell is up with Shawn Green? It was only a few years ago that he signed that monster contract, got on the cover of the PS2 game and then dropped under the radar. He gutted out a season or two in LA, then got shipped to the desert where he's been streaky for two seasons.

Seen through the prism of fantasy baseball, he's the worst type of player because he'll have a hot bat for a week to 10 days, then you'll see that and pick him up as he goes cold for a week. Then you drop him and he heats up again and someone else makes the same mistake you just did.

If we were smart, fantasy players would draft him with a productive outfielder like Ichiro and then let him hit for a week, bench him and bring him back when his bat wakes up. If we were smart, we'd find more productive ways to spend our time. We're not that smart.

Unfortunately for me, Alex Cintron was shipped off to the White Sox in the month or so that I've been spreading out these capsules. The only reason anyone even knows this guy is because in last year's PS2 baseball offering by EA Sports, Cintron's picture was the one they used for every Latin guy who didn't have a head shot.

It took me a few days to catch on to this and I just assumed Alex's daddy was a travelling salesman who was a hit with the ladies. Now I know better. No way does this team repeat as the second-place team this year, even in the NL West. There's just no way.

Why?

Arizona wins World Series - pitchers are Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson.
Arizona can't beat a pick up team at Hamlin Park in 2006 - Webb and Ortiz

Bingo.

Arizona Diamondbacks
C: Johnny Estrada; Snyder; Hill
1B: Jackson; Clark
2B: Hudson; Cintron; Easly; Andy Green
SS: Counsell; Easly; Green
3B: Tracy; Cintron; Easley; Green
LF: Luis Gonzalez; Terrero
CF: Byrnes; Terrero; Chris Young
RF: Shawn Green; Terrero

SP: Webb; Ortiz; Batista; Hernandez; Halsey
CP: Valverde
RP: Medders; Lyonl Vizcaino; Bulger; Bruney; Vargas; Grimsley