Tuesday, June 28, 2011

A L WEST SEASON 12 PREVIEW

Oakland
Oakland Athletics (AL)
jefepwnzer
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LAST SEASON: 93-69

OUT: Hawk Barker, Ken Curtis, Christian Miyakazi, Felix Hernandez

IN: Diego Hernandez, Edgard Aybar, George Brantley

PREVIEW: Finally,,,,,,,Finally jefepwnzer won the Division. His Athletics played extremely well all season and they want to take the next step. World Series!! In the off-season he let Barker, Curtis, Miyakazi and Hernandez go to free agency. The 3 new players on the team were called up last season during roster expansions. Hernandez,Aybar and Brantley are Super Rookies. This team got better late last season and they will win this division and may have a ROY. PREDICTION:97-65




LAST SEASON: 84-78

OUT: Turner Stevenson, Octavio Colon, Hulk Kingland, Curtis Terrell, Tom Sosa, Francisco Pineda

IN: Jay Peters, Cristian Stewart, Alex Hyers, Augie Matsuzaka,

PREVIEW:  Captain always fields a winning team and usually makes the playoffs. Except for last year, which was suprising, seeing how he just won the Series. After last seasons disappointment he let a half dozen players go . Including 120 million dollar man Octavio "The Squid" Colon. Captain signed free agents Petres, Stewert, Hyers and picked up R-5 Matsuzaka. Captain has a team full of winners and they will be tough to beat. Look for them to be in the wild card hunt at the end. PREDICTION:85-77


San Francisco
San Francisco Giants (AL)
wylie715
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LAST SEASON: 73-89

OUT:  Fausto Otanez, Mario Perry, Amp Fisher, Johnny Green, Dann Bennett, Jose Fernandez

IN: Peter Pastornicky, Hamish Gibbons, York O'Connor, Harry Gonzalez, Rudy Cuddyer

PREVIEW: After owning this division the first 5 years the Giants are stuck in 3rd. Wylie has alot of talent on this team . It's just a matter of can they come around? Wylie shook things up by releasing 6 players. Then he signed free agents Pastornicky, Gibbons and promoted O,conner and Gonzalez. Finally he picked up an R-5 player( Cuddyer). Like I said above ,this team has talent . And maybe this year they get it going. We should know by the all-star game. PREDICTION:81-81


Los Angeles
Los Angeles Dodgers (AL)
The Taint
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LAST SEASON: 58-104

OUT: Peter Pastornicky, Angel DeRojas, Kiki Frias, Juan Pascual, Alex Hyers

IN: Lyle Hill, Vernon Lowell, Vladimir Matos, Ross Rothschild, Vinny Barnes, Wesley Carr

PREVIEW: One of our Founding owners left after years of futility(At least he didn't bankrupt them). So in comes THE TAINT and increased the cap by 10 million. First he let 5 players go to free agency . Then he resigned some of his AAA players and put them at the Bigs (Lowell,Matos,Rothschild,Barnes,Carr). He also signed SF free agent Hill. This team is a collection of AAA call-ups with last years vets. With 20 million in cap space they may trade for a big free agent or pick up some IFA's. PREDICTION:70-92

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