Most Improved Team?

[dieselboy]

Re: Most Improved Team?

Seattle should be improved with the acquisition of some big bats. It'll be tough for them to win the division tho as they still didn't really addressed their pitching needs.

But, the A's took a step backward which should help.

[dieselboy]

Re: Most Improved Team?

Seattle should be improved with the acquisition of some big bats. It'll be tough for them to win the division tho as they still didn't really addressed their pitching needs.

But, the A's took a step backward which should help.

[BearcatsFan]

Re: Most Improved Team?

I say Arizona, after last year when they had 111 losses, they brought in some big names like Glaus, Ortiz and Vazquez. Even though they lost Johnson, they got Vazquez who is much younger and a prospect in Halsey. They also got another prospect for the catcher position in Dioner Navarro. Bringing in Ortiz and Glaus will help as well along with a healthy Gonzo. They probably arent a playoff team yet, but they have and will improve in the next few seasons.

Boston is having a good offseason so far along with Seattle.

[BearcatsFan]

Re: Most Improved Team?

I say Arizona, after last year when they had 111 losses, they brought in some big names like Glaus, Ortiz and Vazquez. Even though they lost Johnson, they got Vazquez who is much younger and a prospect in Halsey. They also got another prospect for the catcher position in Dioner Navarro. Bringing in Ortiz and Glaus will help as well along with a healthy Gonzo. They probably arent a playoff team yet, but they have and will improve in the next few seasons.

Boston is having a good offseason so far along with Seattle.

[rsox]

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The thing with Arizona is, is Vazquez is not staying with the D'backs, he will be traded again in the coming weeks. However, if Arizona sends him to Philadelphia for Randy Wolf the D'backs will not be too bad off, but, if they send him to Baltimore for Eric Bedard then i would not expect Arizona to contend too strongly. Halsey looks like he could be a good one-in a year or two (though he does stand a good chance of starting the season in Arizona's rotation). Bedard on the other hand could be the second coming of Casey Fossum (yikes!).

[rsox]

Re: Most Improved Team?

The thing with Arizona is, is Vazquez is not staying with the D'backs, he will be traded again in the coming weeks. However, if Arizona sends him to Philadelphia for Randy Wolf the D'backs will not be too bad off, but, if they send him to Baltimore for Eric Bedard then i would not expect Arizona to contend too strongly. Halsey looks like he could be a good one-in a year or two (though he does stand a good chance of starting the season in Arizona's rotation). Bedard on the other hand could be the second coming of Casey Fossum (yikes!).

[DuffysCliff]

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The other thing about Arizona is that they horribley overpaid for both Ortiz and Glaus (more so Ortiz though). Thats what you get for having a former "Superagent" as a GM though. No doubt they have improved though, just at the wrong price.

There are also rumors that the D-Backs are spinning off the prospects they get in the Randy Johnson deal to LA for Shawn Green. I thought the Diamondback were trying to cut down on payroll?

[DuffysCliff]

Re: Most Improved Team?

The other thing about Arizona is that they horribley overpaid for both Ortiz and Glaus (more so Ortiz though). Thats what you get for having a former "Superagent" as a GM though. No doubt they have improved though, just at the wrong price.

There are also rumors that the D-Backs are spinning off the prospects they get in the Randy Johnson deal to LA for Shawn Green. I thought the Diamondback were trying to cut down on payroll?

[LetsGo0akland]

Re: Most Improved Team?

The other thing about Arizona is that they horribley overpaid for both Ortiz and Glaus (more so Ortiz though). Thats what you get for having a former "Superagent" as a GM though. No doubt they have improved though, just at the wrong price.

There are also rumors that the D-Backs are spinning off the prospects they get in the Randy Johnson deal to LA for Shawn Green. I thought the Diamondback were trying to cut down on payroll?

Yeah, sounds like they are loading up on has-beens.

It's too early to tell who is most improved until the season plays out. Sometimes people out perform expectations and sometimes people under perform. So we can't tell for sure.

[LetsGo0akland]

Re: Most Improved Team?

The other thing about Arizona is that they horribley overpaid for both Ortiz and Glaus (more so Ortiz though). Thats what you get for having a former "Superagent" as a GM though. No doubt they have improved though, just at the wrong price.

There are also rumors that the D-Backs are spinning off the prospects they get in the Randy Johnson deal to LA for Shawn Green. I thought the Diamondback were trying to cut down on payroll?

Yeah, sounds like they are loading up on has-beens.

It's too early to tell who is most improved until the season plays out. Sometimes people out perform expectations and sometimes people under perform. So we can't tell for sure.

[CWood2]

Re: Most Improved Team?

The other thing about Arizona is that they horribley overpaid for both Ortiz and Glaus (more so Ortiz though). Thats what you get for having a former "Superagent" as a GM though. No doubt they have improved though, just at the wrong price.

There are also rumors that the D-Backs are spinning off the prospects they get in the Randy Johnson deal to LA for Shawn Green. I thought the Diamondback were trying to cut down on payroll?

Spending money to make money while losing your marquise pitcher for peanuts to the evil empire.... not so sure about the D-Backs. Russ Ortiz, imo, was one of the worst free agent pickups in terms of his worth versus what they gave him. He was nothing short of horrible for the second half, leaving all his pitches up and struggling with his command. Supposedly, the Dodgers would offer around 8 mil to go towards Green's contract, but that's still a lot of money for a team "cutting back on payroll" as Duffy said.

[CWood2]

Re: Most Improved Team?

The other thing about Arizona is that they horribley overpaid for both Ortiz and Glaus (more so Ortiz though). Thats what you get for having a former "Superagent" as a GM though. No doubt they have improved though, just at the wrong price.

There are also rumors that the D-Backs are spinning off the prospects they get in the Randy Johnson deal to LA for Shawn Green. I thought the Diamondback were trying to cut down on payroll?

Spending money to make money while losing your marquise pitcher for peanuts to the evil empire.... not so sure about the D-Backs. Russ Ortiz, imo, was one of the worst free agent pickups in terms of his worth versus what they gave him. He was nothing short of horrible for the second half, leaving all his pitches up and struggling with his command. Supposedly, the Dodgers would offer around 8 mil to go towards Green's contract, but that's still a lot of money for a team "cutting back on payroll" as Duffy said.