Everyone gets hung up on the opening day 25 but at the end of the day there are usually at least another dozen who end up making contributions so I would be surprised if more than 2 or three of these guys DON'T contribute with a handful probably doing so in a major way.
Seems unlikely that anyone, Mets, or Dodgers or anyone else goes undefeated. Chance are every team loses at least 50 plus games. Not even a guarantee that the Dodgers win in the post-season.
It's less about getting a guy much better than our current projected 2 and 3 and more about getting more guys who can be 2 and 3 and 4 and hoping that one of them approaches number one. Nobody saw Gray or Lopez more than number twos but having both of them gave us more chances of one of them blossoming.
Pretty sure you're right. Harris went to Montreal in the Garciaparra trade. The Twins got a pitcher names Justin Jones. Don't think he ever got any higher than AA.
Look at the strike box on TV which will very much closely approximate what robot umps will call. Then pick up a rule book and look at where the actual strike zone is. Not even close. End of story.
And yet, Kiriloff only played 88 games last year. I'm not sure he'd play a hundred and thirty games if Ghandi and the Mayo brothers were the team trainers.
Soo.... A team other than the Twins might be looking at some cost control measures in light of certain uncertanties for the upcoming season. I had no idea.