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My local has the following for the NL West

Ariz PICK
LAD +225
SF +500
COL +1000
SD +1000

My first thought is picking up Manny has to make LA the best team despite a questionable starting rotation.

Any reasons why I shouldn't take LA?
 
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Any reasons why I shouldn't take LA?
Their starting pitching.
Though you can usually pick up a good starter at the allstart break. You have to think Peavy is gone this year at some point. Not sure they'd trade him within the division though.

I like LA +money way more than Ariz pk, I'll say that.
SF at +500 ain't bad either.
Maybe go even amounts on those two and hope Ariz doesn't win it.
 

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Their starting pitching.
Though you can usually pick up a good starter at the allstart break. You have to think Peavy is gone this year at some point. Not sure they'd trade him within the division though.

I like LA +money way more than Ariz pk, I'll say that.
SF at +500 ain't bad either.
Maybe go even amounts on those two and hope Ariz doesn't win it.

Agreed. It's pretty safe to say Col and SD have virtually no chance at winning the division. I'm going to hope that Ariz can't pull it off.
 
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Yeah and that way if LA wins you win a little better than even money, and if SF wins you bubble up.
 

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My local has the following for the NL West

Ariz PICK
LAD +225
SF +500
COL +1000
SD +1000

My first thought is picking up Manny has to make LA the best team despite a questionable starting rotation.

Any reasons why I shouldn't take LA?

Fortunately for me, the Dodgers suck. LA's pitching is terrible...I mean really bad and at some point this season Manny is going to do something that pisses his teammates off and mucks up whatever chemistry the Dodgers may have.

The D-Bags, uhhh...D-Backs sorry, have something like 21 home games in April and then they're basically on the road the rest of the year. The one road trip they have in the first month is only up here to SF.

Good luck (but not with the Dodgers)
 

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Fortunately for me, the Dodgers suck. LA's pitching is terrible...I mean really bad and at some point this season Manny is going to do something that pisses his teammates off and mucks up whatever chemistry the Dodgers may have.

The D-Bags, uhhh...D-Backs sorry, have something like 21 home games in April and then they're basically on the road the rest of the year. The one road trip they have in the first month is only up here to SF.

Good luck (but not with the Dodgers)

Kiln,

Besides being from NoCal, why do you like SF? They have very little hitting and a weak bullpen. Outside of Lincecum and Cain their starting pitching is nothing special.

Defensively they'll be worse than last year (losing Vizquel and replacing with Renteria) and Sandoval's glove at 3B is suspect.
 

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LA is the most complete team in that division. The starting pitching will be much better then people are expecting thanks to the young arms that are MLB-ready.
 
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I agree that LA's pithing is better than most are giving them credit for, but I also think the Giants have made some very subtle improvements.
Sandoval should help the middle of their order, along with Renteria back in the NL. Those additions also allows them use Winn where he should be used, at leadoff. They also added some bullpen help with Bobby Howry and Jeremy Affeldt (not to mention getting rid of Tyler Walker is good for a 6 game improvement in itself).

I like the Giants chances this year to possibly steal the division, though the Dodgers should have the edge right now.
 

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I think the Giants are a huge question mark personally. Randy Johnson and Zito are more likely to do poorly then regain their form IMO and the offense is still very weak. Sandoval looks legit but if he fails like many young hitters do in their second years, they won't score many runs again. The bullpen doesn't impress me at all personally. All in all, they have a chance in that weaker division but they have a very slim margin for error.
 

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Agreed.
Starting pitching is OK, Lincecum, Cain and RJ will get you strikeouts, Zito will make your hair fall out.
The top two will eat up innings, however the 91 walks from Cain scares me.
Wilson saved 41, but not one of the elite firemen.
Set up man Howry is not what he once was, but more than serviceable.
The outfield of Winn, Rowand, and Lewis (sounds like a comedy team) doesn't scare anybody.
Molina behind the plate is sound defensivly, give you some pop, doesn't reach base enough though.
Ishikawa has not much power for a corner man, what's Frandsen going to give you at second, 7-50-.250?
Renteria is a shell of what he once was.
Sandoval has tons of potential, but predicting what he's going to do this year is like throwing a dart at a dart board.

No value here.
 
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Not true. Giants are on the rise, and this is from someone who lives in the Bay Area and hates the Giants.

You'll see, the moves they made will help them this season, and they will at least compete for the Division.
I'm also taking them to win over the 79.5 games or whatever the line is.
 

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