12 - Luke Scott will be serviceable in LF. Much has been made of Vlad's signing forcing Luke into the field but, c-mon, he's in good shape, can run a little...would take him over Pat Burrell in left any day of the week.
11 - Derrek Lee has something left in the tank. At least compared to the utter abomination 1B was offensively for the O's last year (no HR by a first baseman til like June 12 or something crazy.)
10 - Vlad has a good deal left in the tank... at least a season's worth of gas.
9 -- Matt Wieters is not the next Joe Mauer; I think we're all back to reality on that one. But he will still be better than Varitek at his peak, and that starts this year.
8 -- The bullpen is ... dare I say it? ... SOLID. I would take it over the Rays' this year and they are defending division champs.
7 -- Zach Britton: the 23 year old lefty was rated mlb's 19th best prospect this offseason; his mlb debut is Sunday
6 -- Nick Markakis, RF -- will get some MVP votes this year. mark my words
5 -- Adam Jones, CF -- will take a major step forward under a full year of Showalter.
4 -- Brian Matusz - SP -- command of 4 pitches, smart guy...the lefty Mussina
3 -- Jeremy Guthrie - SP -- seems to be getting better with age...will live up to the #1 spot in the rotation this year
2 -- Jake Arrieta/Chris Tillman -- SPs -- young, talented, fearless
1 -- Brian Roberts is back and healthy. One of the best leadoff hitters and 2Bs of the past 10 years
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the O's just swept the rays in tampa. Do you make anything of 3 games? In this case, I would say yes considering the O's didn't get their 3rd win last year til game #19, digging themselves a huge hole.
If Brian Matzus is the lefty Mike Messina, then are you going to stalk *his* parents too?
I am excited about the O's this year. I want Showalter to call out Theo some more too. That was good stuff. JE SUX
o's 4-0, royals 4-1. ALCS: royals in 7.
so, yes, we will stalk all Orioles and Orioles' first degree relatives; I believe that was one of our 'unspoken' marriage vows.
JE does indeed suck.
I can only say this about the O's start: they actually seem to have a bandwagon. Not a very big one but Jayson Stark, Skip what's his face on ESPN, John what's his name on espn.com. The key I'd say is to jump on early and jump off early in the sportswriters' world.
Maybe Jennifer Beals will make a comeback and Soft Cell will reunite too! (tainted love .... tainted love)
Speaking of which -- where would J. Beals rank on 'all time hottest Yalies?'
PS -- Tainted Love appeared on Soft Cell's album "Non-stop Erotic Cabaret."
I ask you, if you were writing a mockumentary about 80s new wave synthpop, could you come up with a better album title than 'Non-stop Erotic Cabaret'???
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