DC: Yankees, Tigers, Angels WC: White Sox DC: Mets, Cubs, Dodgers WC: Cardinals Matsuzaka: 3.75 era, 16 wins, pretty good season, gets lit up a couple times and is dominant more in the first half, Pavano: wins around 15 games low four era, breakout year from Adam Wainwright, Zambrano wins 20, Beckett similiar year to 06-era in high 4's, Bonds hits over 30 hr's and breaks the record before August, Clemens returns to the Yankees on May 25th, Felix Hernandez top 5 in cy young, Wang fails to match 06 numbers, DJ drew bombs MVP: Arod beats out Ortiz, Sheffield, Hafner MVP: Derek Lee beats out Pujols, Wright, Bonds, Utley CY: John Lackey over Santana, Schilling, Rivera CY: Carlos Zambrano over Oswalt, Peavy, Matt Cain Yanks over Tigers, Angels over White Sox Yanks over Angels Dodgers over Cards, Cubs over Mets Dodgers over Cubs WS: Yanks over Dodgers WS MVP: Robinson Cano
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Piniella's Rx for '08: Regular rest
suntimes.com 2/20/2008 — MESA, Ariz. -- On the first day of full-squad workouts for the Cubs, the arrival of the last player to report for spring training, Aramis Ramirez, underscored one of the more important -- if little-noticed -- sets of decisions facing manager Lou ...
He looks good, he’s happy, and other reports from spring training
detroittigersweblog.com 2/20/2008 — Imagine if the players turned the tables on the beat writers during spring training and wrote stories about the beat writers.
“The official reporting date wasn’t until the 14th, but he was down here a couple weeks ago getting ...
he has much to learn of our Tigerlicious ways
mvn.com 2/20/2008 — Miguel, Miguel, Miguel. What are those? You call those baseball socks? Those are more like… baseball ankle socks. And unless you’re Greg Maddux– you’re not Greg Maddux, are you, Miguel? I didn’t think so– you just ...
Tigers' Gary Sheffield says he misses Yankees
newsday.com 2/20/2008 — Gary Sheffield is no longer a Yankee, but that doesn't mean
the Yankees are no longer on his mind. Sheffield, now with the Detroit Tigers , ran into a reporter while leaving the Cheesecake Factory in Tampa Monday night. Sheffield said, "I miss ...
: A New York Mets Blog
amazinavenue.com 2/20/2008 — ( promoted from diaries --eric ) Baseball Prospectus' projected standings for 2008 are out (based on PECOTA). The NL East looks like this: New York 96-66 Atlanta 86-76 Philadelphia 84-78 Florida 76-86 Washington 72-90 So BP expects the Mets to have ...
2007 Baseball Season —
Bleacher Report - MLB 2/20/2008
DC: Yankees, Tigers, Angels WC: White Sox DC: Mets, Cubs, Dodgers WC: Cardinals Matsuzaka: 3.75 era, 16 wins, pretty good season, gets lit up a couple times and is dominant more in the first half, Pavano: wins around 15 games low 4 era, ...
CHIPS and DIPS —
Bleacher Report - MLB 2/20/2008
DIPS, or Defense Independent Pitching Statistics is one of the most accurate statistics that can be used to determine how well a pitcher has pitched, independent from his defense behind him. After all, most of a pitcher's ERA is determined by his walk ...
Hank Steinbrenner in Hot Water with NFL —
Bleacher Report - MLB 2/20/2008
New York Yankees Senior Vice President Hank Steinbrenner said yesterday that baseball is unjustifiably tagged as the only sport with a steroid problem and he alleged the epidemic is far worse in the National Football League than it is on the ...
