by joethejet » Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:51 pm
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What's up with Pit Corner? Are they for real? That division is really tough and they're winning at a .689 clip?[/quote:1684dee09c]
I would say, no way that team is this good. Of course, not many teams are going win 111 games so that's easy to say.
However, it's a very flawed team.
the offense v RHP is very weak. He has only one decent hitter there.
the team is very injruy prone, the D is terrible.
Hit's LHP pretty well however. Pen is deep. Rotation is Pretty good for a 60 mil team too.
Not a terrible team, but no way this team should be on a 111 game win pace. Unless, of course, you believe that Posada, Teixeira, Arias, Eric Chavez (:shock:) alou, Christian, and Schumaker should ALL be at .300 or above. Most of those are above .320. Not only that, BUT, he has Kuroda, Bush, Bennet, Marshall, Johnson, Ohman, Blevins AND Dotel ALL with ERAs at 3.02 or less. Not a chance, with that lousy D that stays the same. Well, It *is* a dice game so it's possible.
Not to say that this team is terrible. Their rating is very similar to many of the teams in the league, but it's simply not this good. His "expected" w/l is currently 27-18 (that, I believe would also be too high) and he's 11-4 in one runners and 5-0 in Extras. He's played and won a LOT of close games.
He'll come back to Earth, particularly when the injuries begin to hit him.
One guy's opinion,
Jet
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