Well, that was totally different, since the Cubs were going from a lazy Hispanic to a hard-nosed white guy, and here they're going from a hard-nosed white guy to a laid back black guy.
But if they perform to their abilities -- Grimm, Ramirez, Strop all throwing nasty stuff and Rondon performing to his baseball card numbers -- wouldn't that potentially be an elite, or at least top 10 BP? It was 8th last season. It only seems like a weakness because the rest of the team is so insane.
First auto bid goes to OVC cinderella Austin Peay, the 8 seed of the OVC tourney who beat the 5-4-1-2 seeds in consecutive days to earn their way into the opening round games.
Big games in the Ivy league this weekend, where Yale and Princeton are essentially tied with two to play. If they finish tied they will have a one game playoff for the automatic spot.
In the A-Sun semis, Florida-Gulf Coast upset North Florida, and Stetson won its second straight upset game to make the finals, so if Stetson wins the final, North Florida makes the NCAA tournament, and if FGC wins, they make the tourney.
The way I see it. .. Locks: Montero Rizzo Zobrist Bryant Russell Schwarber Fowler Heyward Ross Baez Soler La Stella Arrieta Lester Lackey Hendricks Hammel Rondon Strop Grimm Brothers Warren So what, 3 spots for back of pen / 5th OF?
Only 4 projected starters in that lineup and it would probably still be good enough to make the playoffs. They can put together a second lineup of Fowler, Russell, Zobrist, Heyward, Contreras, Almora, Ross, Alcantara and Victorino.