The Workermonkey

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 4/18/2005 11:55:00 PM

AL West:

Anahiem Angels: ( i refuse to call them the LA angels of anahiem, that’s total bull shit, and why? Because its all about marketing. They can make more money by associating themselves with LA rather then anahiem. Fucked up.) they have the most compleat team in the devision. they can hit pitch and run. they have young talent, old talent and vlad. vlad didn't just win the AL MVP last year, he took it. he had a monster week to put the angels into the playoffs and surpass all other MVP canidates. they still have garret anderson, anyone forget about him? f-rod (fransisco rodriguez) is the next mariano rivera. crazy speed with rediculous stuff. the only limit on him his weather his elbow can hold up. phyisical health is his only concern at this point. getting rid of eckstien was a great move, signing orlando cabrerra to a huge contract was not. he'll be an upgrade over eckstien though. which is a good thing for them, now if they could only manage to cut tim salmon loose they'd be on to something. if chone figgins starts off hot, they would be smart to trade him for someing useful. his career will follow scott posednics, one or two years of being a good utility man and then utter failure for ever. dump him while he's hot. the brothers molina should be good behind the plate. a good cather who can hit is hard to come by, so most of hte time you just look for some one to handle the pitching staff. well, they are brothers, they hav esome sort of super crazy secret language betwen them and they seem to be able to handle the staff and hit a little too. getting paul byrd was smart. not trading ramon ortiz before the deadline was dumb. adam kennedy is a good guy to have at second base but they should look to upgrade to someone who may stay healthy for a full year. this team will win the devision but won't go anywhere in the playoffs unless they find a front line starter.

Oakland Athletics: (They will win the wildcard if baltimore forgets how to pitch and the yanks and soxs knock each other off, but either way it’s going to be close) they can pitch, flat out. Zito is the ace but he may also be the weak point in the rotation. Blanton is a hard throwing ace in the making, haren is better then the guy he was traded for and hardon can throw hard, slow, and junk. Its not the big three this year, it’s the new three and a man named zito. This team can pitch. And that is awsome. They’ve managed to put togeather 4 great pitchers who will be awsome togeather, the only problem is they can’t fucking hit. Crosby is out for a while, and that hurts. Chavez, durazo and byrnes have to step up and hit like the all stars they are. Swisher can be a star, he can hit too, plus he’s the prototypical oakland guy. This team also has an awsome bullpen. There is more then one hard throwing young kid coming out of the pen. Jasone kendal can handle any staff and is going to hit much better then any catcher oakland has in a while. This team is going to cause havok on anygiven day in the AL. the problem is they may not hit to complement dominate starting pitching. I see them making some sort of great move around the all start break to get a bat. They have a few “parts” on offense like kotsay (who seems to be able to hit) ginter, and hatteberg. When a team’s only weakness is finding a good bat to throw into the line up, well, it’s a good problem to have. Watch for them to fight anyone who trys to get the wildcard bid.

Texas Rangers: some teams look to one player to give them an idenity. Some teams look to a pitching staff to carry them through a year, this team looks to its manager for every wright decision. Buck showalter is going to make this team run whether they like it or not. They have good young hitting in texas, like soriano, blalock, teixeira, young and adrian gonzalez. They can hit, but can their pitching staff really make it by with smoke and mirrors two years in a row? Seriously, how long can kenny rodgers really pitch? Chang ho park is a joke, not a single person alive belives her can have any sort fo some back. Just cut him now and save yourself the embarassing losses. A long year with no pitching in texas. Gee, doesen’t this sound like the last few years all over again? Wait, their isn’t any bullpen to talk of? That’s OK, it’ll be rejects from the starting rotation. Ugh.

Seattle Mariners: enjoy ichi while it lasts. Richi sexon, good: adrian belttre, very, very, very bad. Beltre; 6 mediocre years in LA followed by one decent year. Sure, lets give him 5 years at 12 million per. Why not!?! Any fan of this franchise shold look past the decent start and try hireing a hit man by the all star break. What happens when he hits .250 at the all star break? He’s the next chan ho park contract and it’s a shame. Tell nintendo to stick to video games and not baseball contracts. At least ryan franklin gets a few starts this year. There is some youth moving into seatle, its just not very good. Freeagents are the only way to success for this franchise. Sexson will hit a million home runs as a mariner, but some one has to pitch and play the field. When texas looks decient, seattle will look bad. This will be a long year for starbucks. Pokey reese gained the most from the sox winning the world series, one year at 1.2 million, that’s awsome for an average middle infielder who can’t hit. There will be a ton of arbitration guys who benefit from this. They all owe pokey a steak dinner. Its disturbing to run down this teams roster. Just wair till next year and hope for the best. Listen to pear jam and try to remember nirvana. Baseball will be all apologies in seatle this year.

The Workermonkey

Monday, April 18, 2005

AL West

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 4/18/2005 11:55:00 PM

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