NLD 44 - The Willie Mac Edition

Congrats are in order to Stoney for making the Tour Championship league Finals.

Yes! Congrats Stoney!

Speaking of Stoney, he's off to a 3-0 start. I think his team is going to be tough to beat.

Ok, thoughts on your team and strategy?

As for the Doobie Brothers, obviously I tried to build a Coors team. We *should* score runs (although so far we have not) but I have big concerns over the bottom three SPs. Roark and Syndergaard should be OK, but Rusin, Chatwood and Paxton are less than optimal even with minimal BPHRs. Our D is decent as long as Reddick stays off of the DL.

GB, you've been very silent on your plans. Usually you've told us of your experiment for this go around.

Boy, we just suck. Can't hit and can't pitch.

I like my team mostly. I've had some injuries early on that I can't really afford. Like papi and Kemp for three and Iglesias for 8. I really skimped in the bullpen depth so pitching moylan is gonna hurt bad. I do like Stones boys as well. I would agree they are gonna be tough. Very balanced.

I like my team mostly. I've had some injuries early on that I can't really afford. Like papi and Kemp for three and Iglesias for 8. I really skimped in the bullpen depth so pitching moylan is gonna hurt bad. I do like Stones boys as well. I would agree they are gonna be tough. Very balanced.

Smoke, I don't know if I'd call your pen shallow when you have 13 mil locked up in three guys. That's a lot to spend in the pen, but yeah, if Tropeano and Moylan end up with a lot of innings it probably won't be pretty.

I think Stones biggest weak point is his D which is pretty shaky, especially in the OF. Playing Ortiz at 1b isn't going to help your D either!

F'ing Familia is killing me with a 10.80 ERA. Needed to get a save to try to keep Stoney from running away with the division but it was not to be. Miquel Rojas was just too good for us in that game. 3-3 with 2 runs and 2 RBI.

I keep thinking this team will hit, but it only hits in games where we give up a bunch of runs.

Still a long way to go, but we have sucked so far. Hopefully we can turn it around. We're already 7 games back

I thought I posted last night, but I must not have hit submit....

In any case, we've now won three series in a row so I'm feeling at least a little bit better that we might not lose 100 games.

Of course, we'll have to start looking at the WC at best since no one can stop the juggernaut that is Stoney! He's playing .792 ball so far

I hope all of you had a great Easter yesterday.

Johnny Cueto has an ERA of 3.30 and a record of ... 0-6 ...

I'm enjoying the view as I celebrate my 1st day in 1st place.