Texas Rangers (79-83, .488, 3rd in AL West)
How a team that is dumb enough to ruin their payroll for generations on the A-Rod deal managed to put this roster in place is beyond me. Then again, dropping Alfonso Soriano wasn't the smartest move, either, but it's hard to argue with Teixeira, Young and Blalock in your infield.
This has to be one of the most promising young teams in all of baseball right now, until you get to their rotation. After losing Kenny Rogers to the Tigers, they reloaded with Kevin Millwood and Adam Eaton. I really like Eaton. Really. Did you know that he is two stolen bases behind Greg Maddux as the second-best base stealing active pitcher in the majors? Well, he is.
Did you know Texas posted a "20 Facts About Adam Eaton" page on their web site? Yeah, looks like they really like Adam Eaton, too. He wears number 21 in honor of Roger Clemens... we'll just let that slide.
Aside from those two, is there another pitcher you remotely trust to do anything beside make lunch? Yeah.
Vincente Padilla, Kameron Loe and Juan Dominguez. Try that on for size, Texas. Score all you want with that offense and it still won't be enough three days out of five. (Side note: I'm watching Born in East LA and Padilla looks like he could pass for an extra - man, there are a lot of hard miles on that guy. If I ever start a fantasy team of guys who look like they shouldn't be doing any physical activity, he's in strong contention for team captain. Also, Jesus estoy in Tijuana)
Someone has to bottom feed in the AL West and I'm taking Texas this year. I like them as an offensive unit, but the pitching isn't there. If you think October is a bitch without any pitchers, try the first few months with only two in the rotation.
It's a shame that the position players are going to have to suffer through another year without pitching and it seems kind of stupid that the team that overpaid wildly for A-Rod can't scrape together a few bucks for two more solid starters.
If you're a Texas fan, get used to a solid nucleus being sold off piece by piece, unless there is a flurry of activity around the All-Star Break. Just as a historical perspective the biggest buzz last year was who was going to get Soriano or Kevin Mench. That's the wrong side of the trade ledger.
Texas Rangers
C: Barajas; Laird
1B: Teixeira; Nevin
2B: Kinsler; DeRosa
SS: Young; DeRosa; McDougall
3B: Blalock; Nevin; McDougall
LF: Dellucci; Matthews; Mench
CF: Wilkerson; Matthews; Nix
RF: Mench; Matthews; Nix
DH: Nevin; Dellucci; Matthews
SP: Millwood; Eaton; Padilla; Loe; Dominguez
CP: Cordero
RP: Otsuka; Benoit; Shouse; Ramirez; Wilsonl Wasdinl Feldman; Dickey; Francisco
This has to be one of the most promising young teams in all of baseball right now, until you get to their rotation. After losing Kenny Rogers to the Tigers, they reloaded with Kevin Millwood and Adam Eaton. I really like Eaton. Really. Did you know that he is two stolen bases behind Greg Maddux as the second-best base stealing active pitcher in the majors? Well, he is.
Did you know Texas posted a "20 Facts About Adam Eaton" page on their web site? Yeah, looks like they really like Adam Eaton, too. He wears number 21 in honor of Roger Clemens... we'll just let that slide.
Aside from those two, is there another pitcher you remotely trust to do anything beside make lunch? Yeah.
Vincente Padilla, Kameron Loe and Juan Dominguez. Try that on for size, Texas. Score all you want with that offense and it still won't be enough three days out of five. (Side note: I'm watching Born in East LA and Padilla looks like he could pass for an extra - man, there are a lot of hard miles on that guy. If I ever start a fantasy team of guys who look like they shouldn't be doing any physical activity, he's in strong contention for team captain. Also, Jesus estoy in Tijuana)
Someone has to bottom feed in the AL West and I'm taking Texas this year. I like them as an offensive unit, but the pitching isn't there. If you think October is a bitch without any pitchers, try the first few months with only two in the rotation.
It's a shame that the position players are going to have to suffer through another year without pitching and it seems kind of stupid that the team that overpaid wildly for A-Rod can't scrape together a few bucks for two more solid starters.
If you're a Texas fan, get used to a solid nucleus being sold off piece by piece, unless there is a flurry of activity around the All-Star Break. Just as a historical perspective the biggest buzz last year was who was going to get Soriano or Kevin Mench. That's the wrong side of the trade ledger.
Texas Rangers
C: Barajas; Laird
1B: Teixeira; Nevin
2B: Kinsler; DeRosa
SS: Young; DeRosa; McDougall
3B: Blalock; Nevin; McDougall
LF: Dellucci; Matthews; Mench
CF: Wilkerson; Matthews; Nix
RF: Mench; Matthews; Nix
DH: Nevin; Dellucci; Matthews
SP: Millwood; Eaton; Padilla; Loe; Dominguez
CP: Cordero
RP: Otsuka; Benoit; Shouse; Ramirez; Wilsonl Wasdinl Feldman; Dickey; Francisco
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