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Old 02-16-2013, 04:27 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Damian Rey View Post
The Os did virtually nothing to improve themselves. Their starting pitching is questionable, question marks at first, second, left and dh, and you cant expect the bullpen to repeat a flukey 1 run record. The Jays and Rays both got better, Yankees still have an atleast solid rotation and offense, and the Sox, while not looking spectacular, should be better than last year. I think the Os are in for a stiff reality check this year.
1b isn't an issue. Chris Davis is there. He hit 33 hrs in 139 games as a non everyday player with a respectable .270 avg

Last year the O's won 93 games with Robert andino, Omar quintnilla, Brian Roberts and Ryan flaherty at 2nd. Im not too concerned about 2nd, alexi cassila is a good defensive player probably equal to Andino. Maybe Roberts comes back..

There isn't a question mark in left field. People forget that Nolan reimold was on a tear last April (.313 with 5 hrs in 16 games) before his injury. He can also DH which puts Nate mclouth in left.

Pitching wise, the bullpen is almost the same (no Kevin Gregg!) Great closer, great setup guys in oday and strop.

The o's have like 11 pitchers who could be in the rotation but I think that 4 of the 5 will be hammel, Chen, gonzalez, Tillman. Hammel had his best k ratio last year and was getting lots of ground balls. Chen was great early but did wear down late in the season. Tillman was 9-3 with a sub 3 era in 15 starts after being called up July 4th.
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