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Read baseball prospectus. You guys will realize that the Yankees and Red Sox are better than any team in the NL East because they have a few, young star players ready to make an impact in 2008.
Unfortunately, they do not look so kindly on the Jays, but the Rays are predicted to win more than 81 games this year.
AL EAST > NL EAST because in general AL > NL for the past few years
Just look at the domination of AL vs. NL in interleague play.
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Pettite and Moose won't even make it through the whole season
Ok, that's great and all, but now i think it's time for you to take off your Red Sox glasses and look at the real world yourself. Which pitcher has hit the DL already this season.....it ain't moose or pettite. That's right it's Beckett. Why isn't Pettite not going to make it through a whole season? Because you say so? His innings pitched the last 3 years are 222,215 and 214, yet now he's only going to complete a season when we're wearing our yankee glasses? He's pitched about 70 innings more than Beckett has the past 3 years, AND Beckett has already hit the DL this year, but Pettitte's the one that can't hold up for a season. And Pettitte's our number 2 starter, how's your number 2 starter from last year doing? Oh yeah, i forgot....he's out for the season. it's wierd- you didn't make any mention of that. And by the way, Moose doesn't need to last a whole season, he just needs to last till the All star break before they put Joba in the rotation
Hughes is going to be great but it will take him a couple more years
And how exactly is that any different from Buchholz? Again, that point wasn't mentioned in your analysis- yet we're the ones not in touch with reality.
Posada won't have half the season he did last year
And how about Lowell? Is he still going to magically hit 50 points above his career average again? And you don't even have any clue about Posada's career. Posada's year last year was just about a mirror image of every other year he's had, except for the batting average. The only thing that should change from last year is his Batting average- not exactly what i would call "won't have half the season he had last year"
And why is Giambi done? because you say so? Yet at the same time, you predict that manny will hit 35-40 home runs. Why is that? they're just about the same age, and both had garbage seasons last year, yet one is done, and one will return to having an amazing season.....it wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that Manny plays for the Red Sox would it?
You want reality? Here's reality....the Yankees spent the first few months of last season trotting out Igawa, Chase Wright, Jeff Karstens, Darrell Rasner, Matt DeSalvo and Tyler Clippard, and the red sox STILL only won the division by 2 games. Add on top of that you guys losing your number 2 starter for the season (is that worth 2 games?), and i think it's you who needs to take off his red sox glasses
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Reputation:99
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Since:Aug 29, 2006
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NL EAST is like the NFC East of Major League Ball.....
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Reputation:94
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Since:Jul 27, 2007
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NL EAST is like the NFC East of Major League Ball.....
and the NL central is like division III of college football
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Reputation:86
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and the NL central is like division III of college football Or my Sons T-Ball team
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Reputation:79
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Since:Feb 17, 2008
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The Red Sox just won the World Series. The NL East is all hype. Especially the choking Mets.
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Since:Jul 1, 2007
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Plumber might I remind you our number 2 starter actually was our number one starter last year (Schilling pitched opening day), and also he was injured much of last year as well and no one is complaining. I love Curt, I think what he did in the 2004 ALCS was amazing, but it's obvious he's getting up past his prime and he is too much a liability. Mean while, Beckett isn't the only ace starting the year on the DL, so is Kazmir (AL SO leader last season) and Lackey (AL ERA leader last season), so I'm not too worried about him missing the first couple of weeks of the season, seeing that it is a game with 162 games. Really I don't think the Yankees and Sox pitching are comparable. The Sox have worked hard to build a tough unit, and the Yankees are relying too much on young unproven talent, and old (possibly washed up) talent. Even if we say the SP is tied, the Sox bullpen wins. Why do you think the Yankees had to move Joba to the pen? Because they have no depth there and they are desperate. I honestly think Joba will stay in the pen all year because that is the only place he'll be able to produce. Okajima won't have another all star year, but he's still going to be good, and he'll Delcarmen there to help with setup, and Papelbon is undoubtingly better than Rivera (whose carreer seems to get worse every season now a days).
And you can't seriously compare Giambi to Manny? A garbage year for Manny is a good year for Giambi, and Manny will deffinatly rebound this year I think, unlike Giambi who is getting worse (maybe a little too much breakdown from those roids).
Anywho, sorry for getting off on a tangent there, haha, go AL East! Woo Hoo, haha.
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Reputation:88
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Everybody is talking boston pitching and Yankees pitching. And the jays have better pitching then both at the moment. And if we got that then you know no NL east team has better. Altho I do like the Mets rotation. But top to bottom jays got them beat. The only reason the jays don't get as much credit is because they play in toronto. And speaking of health. The whole jays starting rotation is going in healthy. Knock on wood.. Things are looking up. Keep this post fellas. Jays will make the playoffs this yr. That's my BOLD prediction
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Reputation:92
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Since:Nov 3, 2006
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I had to vote for the AL East. Only the Orioles are really out of it on day one. I know a few of you think the Rays are in the same boat but I see a lot of talent on that team that could suprise the league. The Yankees and Red Sox are among the elite teams as usual but the Blue Jays could turn a few heads also.
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Reputation:88
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Irwin you are crazy. If you think the Rays are better than the jays. And the Braves aren't better than the jays fellas. Both of our closers are better than the braves. Our era was better in the american league. For goodness sake a way better hitting league than the nl and every1 is acting like rolen is like the worst 3b in baseball. When healthy he's as good as anybody at the position defensively and he's above adequate offensively. And why doesn't vernon well get his just due. Gold glover and very good offensively. Canon arm. Rios we just began to see what he's gonna do. Look fellas. We all have oppinions just watch and see. If the braves have a better record than the jays at the end of the season I will put a braves avitar up. That's my word
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Reputation:99
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Since:Feb 16, 2008
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Although I feel that there will be some good competition for playoff spots in both of these divisions, I voted for the AL East because the Yankees and Red Sox always find a way to dominate the regular season, whereas the Mets tend to fall apart in the end. Not to mention, the Rays are looking a lot better this year than they have looked since joining MLB.
Check out this poll that I started up yesterday.
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Reputation:93
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I would just like to state that if the best team in the NL East (Phillies) from last year were in the AL East, they would have came in third in their division and not made the playoffs.
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Reputation:99
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NL EAST is like the NFC East of Major League Ball......
meaning that the the champions will come out of that division, more specifically the team from New York, im ok with that... '86 all over again
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Reputation:96
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Since:Apr 26, 2007
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My original post I said IMO I think the AL East is slighty stronger as a division, somehow this topic got to individual teams. I agree its fact that the AL has been pretty dominant over the last ten years in interleague play but I truly disagree with the Yankee and Red Sox fans about them winning the NL East by a wide margin. There has not been a truly dominant team since the Yankees of the late 90s in baseball. The Sox and the Yankees are not even the best teams in the Al. I think the Sox might have the edge for first place if they were in the NL East but the Yankees with that pitching would finish behind the Mets and Phillies as a matter of fact I would not be surprised if the Yankees finish behind the Blue Jays in the AL East
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Reputation:93
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Since:Nov 6, 2007
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i have been an nl east guy form birth, but whoever said that the Mets are better than the Red Sox, needs to start watching some games. lets see, the red sox were dominant last year pretty much sweeping through the playoff and WS and the mets have about one division title in the last twenty years or so and didn't even make the playoffs last year due to one of the biggest chokes of all time. you can show stats and match players up on paper all you want, not that it would look any better though, but the red sox are far better than the mets and have a few rings in the last couple of years to prove it.
and someone when comparing the leagues put carlos delagado on the list of first basemans in the nl that were good, c'mon this isn't toronto in 2000 anymore, delgado was booed off the field by his own fans last year. he batted 250 and power numbers were way down.
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