2014 Annual Rankings (Read 1,120 times)

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TWO ARE IN, ONE IS WATCHING TIER

7. Cardinals--Decent squad here. Need to get big contributions from Albert and Abreu. The offense has some serious depth issues. Cain, Zapata, and Franklin are not going to be of much help this year....unless Franklin gets traded to the Mets. The starting pitching staff is starting to look pretty decent. The bullpen could use another closer, but a solid team through and through.

6. Giants--Another decent squad. This team is really banking on big seasons from Cruz and Davis. If either of them falters will hurt the playoff chances of this team. Werth is bound to regress, but hopefully the team around him keeps his counting stats high. Posey locked up for the next 5 years is nice being the top catcher in the game. The starting pitching staff though will be the Achilles heal. Minor just had an urethra surgery....that has to be a bad omen there. Ogando, Hellickson, Garcia, Wandy, and Worley are not pictures of health either with two of them already heading to the DL to start the season. Active owner maybe able to stay ahead of the injuries.

5. Dodgers--Another solid squad here. A few questions though. Who plays second? Thought Guerrero was going to run away with it, but the Dodgers brought in extra competition and early reports have not been too nice. Overpaid for Donaldson and Hamilton, but this is a playoff team and a couple of overpays to make his playoff run is understandable and expected. Starting pitching needs some help as well. Two of the starters currently are swingman, Maholm and Capuano. Could also use another closer or two to keep up with the other playoff squads in the saves department. Already at salary cap this team will need to be creative in the future if injuries prompt some unforeseen roster changes.

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THE IN IT TO WIN IT TIER

4. White Sox--Another year another playoff run. Team seems cursed to get close, but always fall short. This offense is pretty scary, with plenty of depth. Like everyone else he could use a couple more starters. Everything else about this team is pretty solid. Should make another deep run, but again fall a little short.

3. A's--Defending champ, enough said. However, this team broke up the thing that won him the championship last year. He just pounded everyone with his elite pitchers. May of lost whip and era, but won wins, strikeouts, saves, and holds. Offense was good enough to at least split which led him to the title. This year he needs Hosmer to pull off career highs across the board. Latos already being hurt could be a bad omen for the rest of the season. Maeda is not going to be posted due to him still having 4 years of jap team control. Has added some high impact top notch prospects in Butler, Baez, Polanco, Zimmer, and Russell. All of them look like they will be true studs. Active owner could easily make a move or two to put him over the top.

2. Indians--Pitching much improved with the fleecing of the A's. Will try to make up for last seasons total collapse this year. Has a nice offense, solid bullpen, and solid starting pitching. Needs to have big years from the Panda and Pedroia. Definitely a force to be reckoned with.

AND AS IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT

1. Nationals--This team ran out of gas in the playoffs with catastrophic injuries to Miggie and Harper down the stretch. Copied some of the A's template of success from last season. Made some attempts to add starting pitching, but still need to add a couple more as most teams do. Solid offensively with some high upside talent that have jobs and seem ready to perform. Solid top 4 which should carry the pitching staff from week to week. Bullpen is stable and ready to conquer. The title is ours just remember boys there are two AA's in NATIONIALS.

If you don't like my rankings prove me wrong and beat my ASS!!!!!

Just to let everyone know the tiers are grouped by the teams within 10 points of each other so the positions in each tier could easily flip flop.

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Feb 23, 2014 21:48:11 GMT -8 Yankees said:

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My 2 cents

do you have issues with PM on app? that is my only issue with it.

[Yankees]

No issues other than roster. And that's only because I do colors. If I was bold black I'd do it on phone .

[Bobby]

Not as wordy as everyone else, but here is my take:

Any team that makes the playoffs has a good chance to take the championship. Getting one of the byes increases your chances.

The playoff teams in no particular order:

WHITE SOX: Will make it 11 of 11 in the playoffs
A's: Last year's champ, no reason to doubt this team
Indians: Looks strong again, but seems to just miss. No fade this year.
Giants: Will continue playoff run
Nats: Lotta confidence, but 0-7 against the Giants, A's and White Sox last year.

Tier 2 all very close:
Red Sox
Rangers
Cards
Mets

I think others disrespect the Red Sox and they are my pick for the final playoff spot

Tier 3:
Brewers
Dodgers

Tier 4:
Braves
Rockies

Tier 5:
Marlins