1. San Diego Padres- Peavy, Young, Maddux, Wolf, Hoffman. Oh, and they have a good lineup too. Their pitching will most likely win them a highly contested and competitve division.
2. Los Angeles Dodgers- Have to show their late-season crumbling was due to Grady Little and not players. Pitching is better with Hiroki Kuroda and subtraction of Mark Hendrickson and Brett Tomko. Bullpen is as deep as any in the NL, and their lineup is solid if not powerful. Should be able to pull off the wild-card.
3. Colorado Rockies- I love how people who never even heard of the Rockies before last September are picking them to win the NL. A very good lineup, a decent if not dominant closer in Manny Corpas. Thier question to me is starters, as they remind me of the '05 White SOx- did everyone have career years at the same time in '07?
4. Arizona Diamondbacks- They would easily be the champs if they played in the dead-ball era of the early 1900's. Brandon Webb and Dan Haren are an incredible 1-2 punch, Randy Johnson is done, and Eric Brynes will be the new version of Brady Anderson- one monster season surrounded by average years.
5. San Francisco Giants- The start of the post-Big Head era will be rough going, but at least they'll start to get some good karma back after the freak show the last decade has been.
Coming next week- World Series and Award predictions-
3 comments:
Let's go Modesto Nuts!!!!
Bill,
Seriously, you should be a journalist and write about sports. There is a crapload of knowledge in your big brain...
Good point on the Diamondbacks. Their meteoric rise last year had more to do with a bad NL than a good team. The Rockies are also set for a letdown year, can Holliday prove he belongs in the upper echelon with another exceptional year? I am not sure how competitive this division will be. Maybe with regard to the NL Wild Card, as San Diego should win this division easily. With the exception of the mighty Rockies, these teams all have the same problem-a severe lack of power.
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