by MARCPELLETIER » Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:23 pm
From a quick look at the division, you'll probably finish on top.
Pitching-wise,
I like Carpenter-Peavy-Vazquez for Petco. Your strength.
I don't like Maddux---whip too high, and +9 hold are not good fit for Petco.
I don't like Cabrera as your 5th SP: there is no need for him in your division, and he's too expensive to get only one or two starts.
I don't like the 12M spent on relief. In Petco, with Carpenter and Peavy, I think it's too much.
Taking the salary of Maddux, Cabrera, and your relief staff, you get approximately 16M. I would take 4M-5M to spend on a strong #3 SP, take 0.5M to buy the obligatory 5th SP, spend about 8-9M on the relief, and take the rest and improve the offense.
Offensively,
I don't like Matheny. Useless when Carpenter is pitching (Carpenter is alreay at -4), not much of help when Peavy is pitching (Peavy's +4 is brought back to +2, which still not too good). Probably the spot I would improve with the extra money coming from the bullpen.
I like the Garabito/Renteria platoon for Petco.
AJones and Clark have lots of direct homeruns, which is good. Crawford appears to hold the #5 spot, a nice card with all his doubles/triples. Mora is a nice double/single** card vs rhp, although vs lhp, he lacks them.
Just my .02CAN$