FanNation

dyhard is CC Sabathia! said 04/08, 09:25 PM
I will go with the choice that a lot of people wouldn't agree with.

I gotta chose the Orioles here.

I know that we shouldn't really go off of 6 games, but the O's have played very well already this season. They have a lot of good players, and they have good pitching too.

Hitting:
Brian Roberts
Melvin Mora
Luke Scott
Adam Jones
Ramon Hernandez
Kevin Millar
Nick Markakis
Aubrey Huff

Pitching:
Jeremy Guthrie
Daniel Cabrera
Steve Trachsel
Adam Loewen
Brian Buerres

Greg Aquino
Dennis Sarfate
Jamie Walker

George Sherrill

They have a good hitting team. They have Brain Roberts, who will get on base a lot, they have Nick Markakis who is a good hitter. They have Adam Jones, who is a good young hitter, that will do well this year.

They have some good pitching. Guthrie didn't do bad last year, and he will improve with time. Cabrera should also improve this year. Loewen is a young pitcher, and will most likely get better with time.

This team is a young team. They shouldn't do extremely bad this year, and they will get better with time. I say that they will do better than the Pirates because one, the Pirates aren't good.

Ran out of room....

dyhard is CC Sabathia! said 04/09, 06:48 PM
Brian Roberts might've had a career year last year, but he is still a good player. He can hit, and he can play the field. You shouldn't expect him to do as good as last year, but you shouldn't expect him to do bad. He is a good player, who will do good this year, and will do well this year. Don't expect a career year, but don't expect a bad year. He will have a good year this year.

He isn't going to have a huge decline, maybe just a touch, but not drastic.

Guthrie was young last year, and now he has a feel for the league. He will do better this year. He will be adjusting to an ace position in the pitching staff, and he should do better in that role.

Daniel Cabrera isn't a perfect pitcher. He is average. He wil do about avergae this year, and he shouldn't have too much problems. I mean, it doesn't mean that he will do good, but he won't do absolutely terrible like last year either.

Loewen is young, and will have a full season now to prove himself. He might not be the greatest pitcher, but he shouldn't do bad. He is young, so he will just need a full season to get use to it.

The Pirates aren't a good team. Don't expect too many wins from them.

dyhard is CC Sabathia! said 04/10, 07:02 PM
Brian Roberts might be getting older, but he still has time to be a good ball player. He isn't just going to fall off the face of the earth. He is still going to be able to play well.

Adam Jones is a good player, and he can hit the ball well. He has a year out of the way already, and he has some experience, so he should be better this year. He isn't going to be the greatest player in the MLB, but he is still going to do pretty well. He will live up to the 2nd or 3rd. He is a good player and can get on base.

Aubrey Huff is a player, who is declining, but can still hit pretty well, and will give you a .285 or a little better BA. He is still going to contribute to the Orioles.

Melvin Mora is also getting old, but he is still going to be able to provide 20 HR, .285 BA.

Pittsburgh has a worse offense than the Orioles. Plus, Pittsburgh doesn't play in an easy hitters park.

Matt Morris as a top #3 pitcher on a team isn't good. He is getting old, and not going to be able to pitch as well anymore.

You can't base anything off the first week of baseball. It doesn't say anything. Nady might give ya 30 HR, but not a great BA.

Orioles are better than the Pirates.