Well, Baltimore's pitching certainly must be demonstrated since there's not a lot of it with much history (good or bad).
And they're in the AL East of course.
But for sure when healthy, they resemble Rangers and Yankees with regard to not having even one perceived "easy out" for opposing pitchers.
Much like I think (smile) that the Rays pitching puts them into an almost sure situation to win 88+ games, I think the Orioles solid batting gives them a similar assurance of finishing nicely above .500 (85-90 wins max)
And they're in the AL East of course.
But for sure when healthy, they resemble Rangers and Yankees with regard to not having even one perceived "easy out" for opposing pitchers.
Much like I think (smile) that the Rays pitching puts them into an almost sure situation to win 88+ games, I think the Orioles solid batting gives them a similar assurance of finishing nicely above .500 (85-90 wins max)
Consider BALT lineup of April 2009 with today's
1B - Huff......D Lee
2B - Roberts....Roberts
SS - Cesar Izturis -- JJHardy
3B - Melvin Mora (who was already in his downslide).....M Reynolds
LF - Ryan Freel/rookie Felix Pie.........L Scott/matured F Pie
CF - rookie Adam Jones.......more mature A Jones
RF - markakis ....markakis
C - Greg Zaun......M Wieters
DH - Ty Wiggington ....Vlad G
1B - Huff......D Lee
2B - Roberts....Roberts
SS - Cesar Izturis -- JJHardy
3B - Melvin Mora (who was already in his downslide).....M Reynolds
LF - Ryan Freel/rookie Felix Pie.........L Scott/matured F Pie
CF - rookie Adam Jones.......more mature A Jones
RF - markakis ....markakis
C - Greg Zaun......M Wieters
DH - Ty Wiggington ....Vlad G
