Camden wrote:Earlier in ST we were slapping the ball around pretty nice. Apparently that's fallen off. And I always had Deduno as a lock for the rotation out of spring if he was healthy. It's Pelfrey I'm worried about when regular season starts, but you already knew that. :thumb:
At least Joe still looks like Joe at the dish. MauerForMVP??
I expect Mauer to have a huge year. I've never caught an inning in my life, but I know those guys take a beating. Playing defensively at 1b will make a big difference in Joe at the plate. I see .330 and over 100 rbis.
Some good things are starting to take shape. Gardy is pissed off about Mastroianni missing cutoff man yesterday, and with Pressley not hitting at all, I gotta believe Hicks is in the driver's seat for starting CF. I think that's good. Although I would like to see Pinto as the starting C, at east Suzuki is hitting okay this spring. Santana has really been hitting the ball, but a couple errors are going to cost him. Let's hope Floriman can turn things around at the plate, because I like his defense.
Further indication that there is no longer a race for the 5th SP spot: Gibson's bad outing today. I still see Gibson in the rotation by the end of the year because of an injury or trade, but he needs to pick it up.
