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C - Chris Iannetta (Catcher by committee this year) 1B - Mark Teixeira 2B - Wilson Betemit 3B - Garrett Atkins SS - Hanley Ramirez OF - Carl Crawford OF - Delmon Young OF - Nick Swisher UTIL - Adam Laroche BN - Jonny Gomes (healthy, added 20 lbs of muscle in offseason) BN - Aubrey Huff SP -John Lackey SP - Jeremy Bondermon RP - Chris Ray RP - Joel Zumaya P - Rich Harden P - Mark Prior P - Jonathon Broxton BN - Kelvim Escobar BN - Scott Olsen BN - Cliff Lee

i could see arroyo by himself allowing 30 more runs than he did last year. same innings I was gonna say, Harang and Arroyo could easily regress 40 runs

Carlos Beltran Carlos Lee Vernon Wells Michael Young Mariano Rivera Matsui Weeks Jeff Kent Beltre Randy Johnson Piazza Beckett Dempster Javier Vazquez there you go

so you dont even know who you've picked?

Are we going to do a running commentary of the draft? that should be good. <--Hail Cesar.

With their payroll if the Cubs fail to contend in a league this crummy then Hendry should be shot out of a cannon Do you honestly believe every single one of those predictions and believe there will not be one single 90-win team in the whole darn league? The Mets were the only 90 win team in the NL last year. Its not far fetched.

Jesus christ, is Lindsey Hunter in his 25th year in the league, or what?

Tayshaun shanks both of them, should probably get Duhon off the court.

Why would Duhon take that shot? Terrible.

high A, low A, AAA, high A, AAA ?

http://gatewayredbirds.com/forum/index.php

That was Lilly.

C - Victor Martinez 1B - Prince Fielder 1B - Nick Johnson 1B - Mike Jacobs 2B - Robby Cano SS - Jose Reyes 3B - Aramis Ramirez 3B - Edwin Encarnacion OF - Matt Holliday OF - Johnny Damon OF - Barry Bonds OF - JD Drew OF - Aubrey Huff OF - Moises Alou OF - Johnny Gomes SP - Aaron Harang SP - Chris Young SP - Kelvim Escobar SP - Josh Jonhson RP - Joel Zumaya RP - Jonathon Broxton RP - Akinori Otsuka

Sammy still looks pretty big

I want Price so bad

Prior's gonna havta beat DLee for CPOY. Can you think of a race you'd enjoy more? Prior and Zambrano for Cy Young. Lee, Ramirez and Soriano for MVP. Cubs for 1st seed in the NL. Soriano Stolen Base title Barrett highest average with RISP

Come on Mark! http://hosted.ap.org/photos/N/NYET15601232145-big.jpg

Talk about committed. Usually the players just drop by the rooms for a few minutes to talk with the kids, sign some autographs, check out how hot their moms are and then move along. Michael is so committed to being a part of these kids’ lives that he actually had surgical procedures and spent weeks at a time rooming with some of the lucky patients. Suddenly, being born without a cleft palate has incredible benefits. You can sleep just a few feet from a guy who couldn’t beat Brian Schneider out for a job in Montreal! These guys are high-larious.

What's so weird about it? Am I missing something here?

1-1) Albert Pujols 1-2) Jose Reyes 1-3) Johan Santana 1-4) Alfonso Soriano 1-5) Alex Rodriguez 1-6) Carlos Beltran 1-7) Ryan Howard 1-8) Miguel Cabrera 1-9) Carl Crawford 1-10) Chase Utley 1-11) Derrek Lee 1-12) Chris Carpenter 2-1) David Wright 2-2) Lance Berkman 2-3) Grady Sizemore 2-4) David Ortiz 2-5) Vladimir Guerrero 2-6) Manny Ramirez 2-7) Mark Teixeira 2-8) Travis Hafner 2-9) Derek Jeter 2-10) Carlos Lee 2-11) Matt Holliday 2-12) Carlos Zambrano 3-1) Jake Peavy 3-2) Aramis Ramirez 3-3) Justin Morneau 3-4) Joe Mauer 3-5) Paul Konerko 3-6) Miguel Tejada 3-7) Jason Bay 3-8) Hanley Ramirez 3-9) Jimmy Rollins 3-10) Roy Halladay 3-11) Brandon Webb 3-12) Dan Haren 4-1) Garrett Atkins 4-2) Ichiro 4-3) Vernon Wells 4-4) Brian McCann 4-5) Roy Oswalt 4-6) Felix Hernandez 4-7) Ben Sheets 4-8) Bobby Abreu 4-9) Jeremy Bonderman 4-10) Andruw Jones 4-11) Victor Martinez 4-12) Jermaine Dye 5-1) Michael Young 5-2) Robby Cano 5-3) Rafael Furcal 5-4) Francisco Rodriguez 5-5) Bill Hall 5-6) Cole Hamels 5-7) Brian Roberts 5-8) Joe Nathan 5-9) Adam Dunn 5-10) Ryan Zimmerman 5-11) Carlos Guillen 5-12) Chone Figgins 6-1) Daisuke Matsuzaka 6-2) Jim Thome 6-3) John Lackey 6-4) B.J. Ryan 6-5) Carlos Delgado 6-6) Billy Wagner 6-7) Rocco Baldelli 6-8) Rich Hill 6-9) Troy Glaus 6-10) Justin Verlander 6-11) Aaron Harang 6-12) John Smoltz 7-1) Ian Kinsler 7-2) Johnny Damon 7-3) Mariano Rivera 7-4) Jered Weaver 7-5) Huston Street 7-6) Brett Myers 7-7) Matt Cain 7-8) Scott Kazmir 7-9) Curt Schilling 7-10) Felipe Lopez 7-11) Hideki Matsui 7-12) Nick Swisher 8-1) Bobby Jenks 8-2) Jason Schmidt 8-3) Rickie Weeks 8-4) C.C. Sabathia 8-5) Dan Uggla 8-6) Juan Pierre 8-7) JJ Putz 8-8) Randy Johnson 8-9) Howie Kendrick 8-10) Rich Harden 8-11) Prince Fielder 8-12) Michael Barrett 9-1) Brad Lidge 9-2) Chris Young 9-3) Chipper Jones 9-4) Jeff Francoeur 9-5) Pat Burrell 9-6) Scott Rolen 9-7) Erik Bedard 9-8) Gary Sheffield 9-9) Trevor Hoffman 9-10) Richie Sexson 9-11) Barry Zito 9-12) Dontrelle Willis 10-1) Todd Helton 10-2) Takashi Saito 10-3) Mike Piazza 10-4) Delmon Young 10-5) Chad Cordero 10-6) Josh Beckett 10-7) AJ Burnett 10-8) Jonathan Papelbon 10-9) Tom Gordon 10-10) Julio Lugo 10-11) Barry Bonds 10-12) Corey Patterson 11-1) Chad Tracy 11-2) JD Drew 11-3) Francisco Cordero 11-4) Ervin Santana 11-5) Chris Ray 11-6) Coco Crisp 11-7) Stephen Drew 11-8) Bronson Arroyo 11-9) Jason Giambi 11-10) Brian Fuentes 11-11) Brandon Phillips 11-12) Alex Rios 12-1) Michael Cuddyer 12-2) Jason Isringhausen 12-3) Chien-Ming Wang 12-4) John Patterson 12-5) Magglio Ordonez 12-6) Eric Gagne 12-7) Tadahito Iguchi 12-8) Ryan Freel 12-9) Torii Hunter 12-10) Frank Thomas 12-11) Kelvim Escobar 12-12) Adam LaRoche 13-1)Willy Taveras 13-2) Joel Zumaya 13-3) Raul Ibanez 13-4) Adrian Gonzalez 13-5) Scott Podsednik 13-6) Bob Wickman 13-7) Nick Markakis 13-8) Nomar Garciaparra 13-9) Mike Mussina 13-10) Brad Hawpe 13-11) Dave Bush 13-12) Russell Martin 14-1) Mark Prior 14-2) Eric Chavez 14-3) Kenji Johjima 14-4) Anthony Reyes 14-5) Ramon Hernandez 14-6) Roger Clemens 14-7) Lyle Overbay 14-8) Scott Olsen 14-9) Nate Robertson 14-10) Derek Lowe 14-11) Jonathon Broxton 14-12) Chuck James 15-1) Hank Blalock 15-2) Aubrey Huff 15-3) Jorge Posada 15-4) Chris Capuano 15-5) Javier Vazquez 15-6) Octavio Dotel 15-7) Joe Crede 15-8) Josh Willingham 15-9) Josh Barfield 15-10) Brad Penny 15-11) Ivan Rodriguez 15-12) Jhonny Peralta 16-1) Adam Wainwright 16-2) Andy Pettitte 16-3) Jose Valverde 16-4) Alex Gordon 16-5) Anibal Sanchez 16-6) Solomon Torres 16-7) Keith Foulke 16-8) Bengie Molina 16-9) Dustin Pedroia 16-10) Pedro Martinez 16-11) Moises Alou 16-12) Ryan Dempster 17-1) Ray Durham 17-2) Josh Johnson 17-3) Mike Gonzalez 17-4) Chris Young 17-5) Ted Lilly 17-6) Greg Maddux 17-7) Mark Teahen 17-8) Jon Garland 17-9) B.J. Upton 17-10) Clay Hensley 17-11) Scott Shields 17-12) Edger Renteria 18-1) Eric Byrnes 18-2) Jeff Kent 18-3) Kevin Millwood 18-4) Philip Hughes 18-5) Chad Billingsley 18-6) Jason Varitek 18-7) Tom Glavine 18-8) Freddy Sanchez 18-9) Adrian Beltre 18-10) Orlando Cabrera 18-11) Nick Johnson 18-12) Ken Griffey Jr. 19-1)Tim Hudson 19-2) Edwin Encarnacion 19-3) Todd Jones 19-4) Freddy Garcia 19-5) Jose Contreras 19-6) AJ Pierzynski 19-7) Dave Roberts 19-8) Jim Edmonds 19-9) Morgan Ensberg 19-10) Matt Garza 19-11) Jeremy Hermida 19-12) Mark Buehrle 20-1) Shane Victorino 20-2) Brian Giles 20-3) Curtis Granderson 20-4) Corey Hart 20-5) Conor Jackson 20-6) Jeremy Sowers 20-7) Joe Borowski 20-8) Kevin Youkilis 20-9) Zach Duke 20-10) Kerry Wood 20-11) Akinori Ostuka 20-12) Joel Pineiro 21-1) Taylor Tankersley 21-2) Mike Jacobs 21-3) Gary Matthews Jr. 21-4) Seth McClung 21-5) Ian Snell 21-6) Cliff Lee 21-7) Troy Tulowitzki 21-8) Dan Wheeler 21-9) Chris Duffy 21-10) Ricky Nolasco 21-11) Bobby Crosby 21-12) Craig Monroe 22-1) Luis Castillo 22-2) Brandon Mccarthy 22-3) Kenny Rogers 22-4) Chris Burke 22-5) Homer Bailey 22-6) Kei Igawa 22-7) Kent Mercker 22-8) Jeff Francis 22-9) Brandon Wood 22-10) Carlos Quentin 22-11) Jonny Gomes

Steal of the draft.

Why do you equate not trying to steal third with having a manager who sits around and does nothing? You coach, you know that there is more to game decisions than just "should I steal or not". I want a coach to worry about lefty/right match ups, defensive positioning, pinch hitting, etc...not to attempt a steal when it's likely harmful. But when you throw away a possible option you are limiting yourself and I just don't understand why you would make the opposing managers/teams job a lot easier. Again for the extremists....I'm not advocating to steal the whole time but to use it wisely and especially when you see a good matchup for success. I also don't understand the extremes of one way or another. You mix it up....maybe a slant one way or another but to say to steal all the time or to never steal is foolish to me. I have admitted, in this thread even, that there are times when I'm not against an attempted steal of third. However, the times when it's a good idea is greatly outnumbered by the times people actually do it.

Problem solved, let's do the damn thing

It's key for every pitcher. First pitch strike is the best pitch in baseball. I disagree, I think it's important to get behind in the count. Is it also important to get 3 outs in an inning and score more runs than the other team?

Wow, I thought it couldnt get more meaningless than the actual gold glove.