2008 Calgary Blaze
OFFENSE OBP .348 8th2002's 1st round pick, First baseman Albert Pujols is potentially the best hitter in the game with equal amount of K's and Walks and over 30 Hr's and over .400 obp. Carlos Guillen is decent at SS and Mike Lowell the second round pick from 2007 is solid at 3b with decent combination of power and contact. In case you don't think Alber Pujols is the best hitter in the league they have Manny Ramirez in left field. Kenny Lofton, despite no one wanting him, is another player who has a 1/1 Strike out to walk ratio. This year's number one draft pick, Reggie Willits rounds out the OF with a great .390 OBP. Catcher and 2B may be a problem.
RATING 7.5
STARTING PITCHING ERA 4.66 20th Is your ERA above 4.89? Then you have a home in the Blaze Rotation.
RATING 1
RELIEF PITCHING There is an A team in the bullpen with Manny Delcarmen, Akinoria Otsuka, and Pedro Feliciano but the other 520 innings not so good. There seems to be a problem with everyone else in the bullpen most of the time it has to do with too many walks. Patient teams should do well against this team while free swingers may have some problems.RATING 4
CATCHINGChris Synder and David Ross Don't hit much at all but there defense is great. Not enough PA's at the catcher spot could be a problem at the end of the year.
RATING 2
DEFENSE Fld% .985 8th Defense at catcher is great. They have an Ex and a Vg arm so as long as they last the defense will be great behind the plate. Pujols has an Ex rating as well, Mike Lowell is a Vg but can he cove for manny in short left field. Over 45 errors on the left side of the infield keeps this team near average.
RATING 5.5
MANAGMENT Joel Piotrowski had 17 years of experience in the league. It
is tough to rate him. The question is how do you rate an owner when the team
over achives and goes .500 due to a bad draft. RATING 5.5