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My opinion is that the open air stadium teams will still have trouble winning WS titles if they favor the long ball over pitching and defense. The HRs will win a lot of RS games, but look at how many warning track fly balls there were in this past post-season (that probably would have been 5 -...

Ya, launch angle, middle infielders hitting 30 HRs a year, etc. Follow the money - Stanton and Harper get $300MM+ contracts because they hit the ball 450 feet every 18 ABs, yet have lifetime BA of ~ .270. Hopefully, the college game continues to develop good baseball players and the pendulum...

This really could be a fun team to watch if they simply improve their offensive stats 5 - 10%, on average, from last year (which isn't asking that much of 2nd and 3rd year guys). But as we all know, good pitching still beats good hitting, and we'll see nothing but aces and #2 guys in the...

Ok, thanks. If he can get the BB's reduced and stay healthy, we could have a stout rotation (on paper anyway, but as Adam Scott said about the International golf team last week, "we don't play on paper, we play on grass"). Maybe Gino should steal that line.

What was his K/BB ratio if you know?

I tend to agree, although suspect Slade may beat McMahon for the Friday night spot. His command seems a touch better than McMahon's, and with what should be our potential to score runs and still questionable IF defense, our pitchers will all need to avoid the free passes.

Wow - a lot higher than I expected. Gino will have to keep them focused - I hate high rankings before we've proven anything. Let's hope they meet expectations first, and the rankings and seedings should take care of the rest in May.