Been a long time since I wrote extensive previews and boy has the world changed. Jin-Chi Itou is a decrepit old geezer and Jacksonville is finally emerging from the rebuild stage! Thought I'd do one more "preview" post to remark on some of the things I noticed while writing the previews.
Most Interesting Strategies (tie):
Pittsburgh and Los Angeles. hystericslap took over a 76-win team and added enough budget free agents in the right places to create a contender (I think). The Motley Crue are a defense-first outfit that posted 120 good plays last year (the most by any Hobbs team in at least 10 seasons, maybe more) en route to 85 wins. Hats off for originality!
Most Interesting Team:
Jacksonville, because, I don't know, there are 8 outfielders?
Position on the Rise:3B. We touched on the greatness of Josh Monahan in our HOF discussions. But there are at least 3 young ones that could challenge him as the G3BOAT: Pawtuckett's Bud Robbins, who after 5 seasons already has 198 HR's and 89 good plays; Montgomery's Steve Walsh, the reigning AL ROY; and Las Vegas' Greg Stock, Season 38's #4 pick.
Most Interesting Division
AL West, where we have a slugging-first team (Colorado), a pitching-first team (Oakland), and a defense-first team (Los Angeles) battling it out.
That one 60/60 season......
was Kelvim Hasegawa's 62 doubles and 78 SB's in Season 36.
Which team in the top 10 of the Power Rankings will disappoint?
Honolulu
Which team in the bottom 10 of the Power Rankings will surprise?
Montgomery
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