Is there one MLB team you follow extremely close?

thess12345 · Mar 28, 2012

bwhitey14 said:
I also follow the Cardinals, usually watch around 140 games out of the year. I would add to thess12345's post in terms of the starting rotation...to say it won't be consistent is probably somewhat misleading. With a healthy Wainwright, Garcia, Lohse, and Westbrook, you have a solid four pitchers that have a strong health history, save Waino's recent Tommy John obviously. Other than that, you can count on what you're going to get. Losing Dave Duncan will hurt more than Cards fans want to admit, but what you're getting is a rotation that is consistently with the top teams in the NL. 92 wins is pretty accurate though, as I believe Vegas is putting it at 88.5, which is probably more realistic.

In the end, a lot isn't known about the Cards because we don't know anything about how Matheny will manage, especially when the team faces some adversity in a stretch of losses.

Maybe I didn't write what I wanted. I think we can guess what their final stats will be (consistent), but there game to game stats will not be necessarily consistent.

gynecologist · Mar 28, 2012

love the writeups guys, keep them coming.

KayJoy · Mar 28, 2012

I have been following the Blue Jays since '98- always watch every game in the first half for the most part, some years they're good and I watch as many as possible. I have a feeling this will be one of those years thanks to this new wildcard spot.

Mighty49er · Mar 28, 2012

Been following this forum for a couple of years but haven't really posted. I've been a loyal follower of the Oakland A's the past 30 years and I routinely read up on them daily and follow the sports talk on the radio now that they have their own station in the Bay Area. I'll gladly make a contribution if it helps. It will be hard to tell at first what legitimate pitchers they have since they revamped their whole starting staff but no matter who they bring in they always seem to pitch well at home. I'm actually liking them in tonight's spot. They should be able to split with the Mariners.