Picking the Yankees to win the AL East

by Cbeck3 on Apr 1, 2011 6:27 PM EDT

At the start of spring training I wrote a statistically based post showing my projection of 96 wins for the Yanks and 96 wins for the Boston bad boys. As the spring has worked through I felt better and better about the Yanks. I do not think we can know what will happen in the season, that's part of the charm of the game, but I now feel I can pick against the chalk.

The Yanks will win the AL East.

I do not think the spring could have gone better. AJ made progress toward a bounce back. Hughes looked good. CC is CC. Our key guys had good springs. We can envision excellent years from Arod and Tex. But really impressed me were the other pieces. I like the swings of Jeter, Grandy and GGBG. The bullpen looked like a million dollars. I was a catcher and watch them closely. Montero does not look ready to me. I do however really like Martin

I am favorably impressed by Gacia and Colon. I think Ivan Nova looked much better this spring, he may just become a serviceable starter. The real reason for my optimism is not Colon, Garcia, and Nova. One or more of them will falter, I am looking forward to it. The big news for me this spring is the raft of young arms coming. I am now a ManBan believer, the kid is a coming star if he can stay healthy. We should be careful with him. But I am also reconverted to a fan of Brackman, I expect to see him break in this year. This team is little changed from last year's, but I think it's better.

I am convinced that the Yanks have a better lineup than Boston. The Yanks have a better bullpen than Boston. Both teams have questions in the rotation. The Yanks have ALL That young pitching talent. The experts are wrong. The Yanks are the better team in 2011. Boston is over rated, they'll have to beat Tampa for the wild card. I am actually as concerned about Tampa as Boston.

Tampa lost a lot of talent this winter, but their farm has been so good that not knowing what to expect from them makes me nerveous.

OK, GO YANKS. Make me proud.

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What part of Montero’s game didn’t look ready to you? His bat has been ready, so I hope you didn’t mean that. I didn’t notice obviously bad play defensively, I was actually pleasantly surprised.

February 14th, pitchers, catchers, and Messiahs report to Spring Training.

by Wraithpk on Apr 2, 2011 12:06 AM EDT reply actions