by maligned » Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:16 pm
I think your team looks pretty solid. I'd guess you'll win more than you lose. You're going to totally mash, have a mediocre winning % with your starters, then pick up a significant amount of wins from your bully because of all the arms going against other teams' two or three decent arms.
I would say this though: Because your pitching WHIPs and defense look almost identical to the ones I had preseason, I will say your WHIP is going to be very high unless you can get even more defense. Remember that 1B+3B is almost equivalent to 2B in chances and those two give up more extra base hits. Also, probability from the fielding charts suggest that lowering your 2B or SS rating to a "1" would instantly lower your opponents' WHIP by about 5 points. If I were in your situation, I'd shoot for even better D in places...any break you can get on your WHIP is going to be precious--trust me.