I see they signed Turnbow for 3 years.  They have Prince Fielder (Cecil's kid) Rickie Weeks SS.  Oh yeah, they also got Tony Gwynns son.\nI think if they do theyll just make it.   I saying over .500
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Maybe NOT.  You should check other teams - Cardinals and Astros are definitely better in NL central.  Even Cubs could post better record the Brewers.  Other NL teams including Braves, Mets, Phillies (NL East), Giants and Dodgers (NL West) are all competitive for the playoffs.  Moreover, Brewers are in a very strong division, which is bad to them.
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I agree with you Deann, the NY Millionaires Club will come up short, because GS is spending money on good players but hes buying egos to match. I think the Sox could go all the way but they will be hard pressed to beat Chi town.
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Yes, it definately does. They have showed it recently before as well, going out and getting guys like Pudge Rodriguez, Kenny Rogers, and Magglio Ordonez. And with this acquisition, they filled the one glaring hole they had, which was a power home-run hitter who can fit into the middle of the lineup. If you remember from the World Series, they had trouble putting up runs. \n\nI think the GM Dave Dombrowski is trying to make this team a force to reckon with for many, many years.
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Well I dont know trade wise, because they dont have a TON of young talent to dish out. There lineup is very solid, and I think thats a huge strong point. The thing I would say is that tey will probably look to the free agent market, having said that the market isn't exactly teeming with great pitchers. Mulder, Zito, Suppan, Marquis. I mean if they are willing to spend the money they can get someone, and all they need in my opinion is one more dominant starter and they could give the NL Central a run for there money.
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I believe they still have a shot. Alot of good veteran players on that team. And I remember last season when they were almost out of the picture but came all the way back to make it to the world series. Anytime you put a class act like Clemens on your team and in your locker room it can't be a bad move .Even if he doesn't pitch as good as he used to he can still help your team. And you never know , he may end up throwing like the rocket of his younger days.
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Konerko is going to have to step it up a little bit or he'll fall just short, but they are all three on pace to join some elite company.\n\nIt is rare, but it has happened before:\nWalker/Galarraga/Castilla (COL) - 1997\nGalarraga/Burks/Castilla (COL) - 1996\nJohnson/Evans/Aaron (ATL) - 1973\n\nAnd just because I was curious, here are some instances where just two teammates have hit 40 in a season, more common but still rare:\nRamirez/Ortiz (BOS) - 2004-05\nPujols/Edmonds (STL) - 2004\nPalmeiro/Rodriguez (TEX) - 2001\nBagwell/Hidalgo (HOU) and Batista/Delgado (TOR) - 2000\nDelgado/Green (TOR) - 1999\nGriffey/Rodriguez (SEA) - 1998-99\nGriffey/Buhner (SEA) - 1996-97\nBench/Perez (CIN) - 1970\nPetrocelli/Yastrzemski (BOS) - 1969\nMaris/Mantle (NYY) and Mays/Cepeda (SF) - 1961\nPost/Kluszewski (CIN) - 1955\nSnider/Hodges (BRO) - 1954\nSnider/Campanella (BRO) - 1953\nRuth/Gehrig (NYY) - 1927, 1930-31\n\nOkay, so I have the day off.......
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I'd like to think they would, but they won't even come close.  Blame it on corporate baseball.  The idiots at Time-Warner that own the team are too cheap to give John Schuerholz a blank check to go out and sign some pitchers or trade for some.  I wish Ted Turner would buy the team back - at least he wasn't afraid to spend money.  If the Braves can't win it - and they won't-ANYBODY BUT THE METS!!!!!
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It sounds like you got a solution to your closer problem. Not a bad deal, either. I like Turnbow. His ERA won't kill you, unlike some closers, and he strikes out a fair amount of guys. I think you did well here.
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Bonds will hit under 755 home runs because he will either get busted or get injured or retire because he knows he will get busted and make up some corny speech about how he respects Hank Aaron so much\n\nPujols will hit under 73 this season since he was about 25 reaching the allstar break and I cannot see him hit 50 home runs coming back from an injury and half a season but he will go over another year, as we know he was on pace this year\n\nAlexander will score under 20 TDs since his O-Line is coming apart and I think that this will be the season we see some rust just like with Presit Homles when he was on top\n\nJohnson will go over, the kid had 17 in games I think that speaks for it self\n\nClemens will go under 10 wins, he is looking pretty shabby lately and may take a while before he even starts pitching good enough to even get a win though he is fairly conditioned\n \nSchilling goes over 20 wins he is likely to pick up 1 or more wins until the All-Star break which will give him 10+ and half the season left.\n\nDetroit cools down and goes just under 100 wins, they are good but this team is from Detriot and they havent been so lucky rescently, also they rely too much on youth and with inexperience follows inexperienced decisions.\n\nNow heres a couple for you and other users\n\n1) Does Ronaldihno go under or over 1 goal\n2) Wll Jonathan Papelbon go under or over 57 saves\n3) Will Larry Johnson go under or over 28 TDs and will Larry Johnson go under or over 2,105 yards
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Glavine has already announced that as soon as her reaches 300 wins he will retire.  He is currently at 290 wins.  Now whether he completes the season or not is still an open question.  I'm sure he will re-sign with the Mets because they give him the best chance to win.  Now if the Mets are doing well as we all think they will, he will probably finish the season with them via playoffs and possible world series appearance.  I'm sure he will win at least 10 games in 2007.
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The best thing for them to do is to take it easy (i.e. don't trade him right away, NOT slack off on some games) for another month, and see where they are on July 28th or so.  If they think they can still contend, then they need to keep him; however, most likely they will not be in it by then (I hate saying that, I'd like to see the little guys play well, but let's face it, there's just not as much parity in MLB as there is in the NFL).  The nice thing is that they can afford to wait and listen to some serious offers, and as long as they stay within striking distance, they can drive the offers up.\n\nThey will definitely lose him at the end of the season, so they would be wise to trade him for some good talent that is locked up for a year or two, but the closer they are, the more they'll get for him.
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To early to tell! Have to wait and see who they resign, who they let go and who they pick up. I hope they resign Bonds and pick up a few players, a few good players I should say!!!\nGO GIANTS!!!!!
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Well that Red Sox rotation really trails off\n\nSchilling, Beckett, Papelbon, Matsuzaka and... Wakefield\n\nAs a Sox fan, i question the amount of money, but love the rotation for a few years.\n\nBeckett, Papelbon, Matsuzaka with a lot of young guys, Lester, Bard, \n\n\nIt has not been officially annouced, the bid has not been officially accepted, and Matsuzaka has not signed a contract - three things to remember..
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Because there hasn't been any reports of any small market teams actually making a bid on the guy.  Lost in all of this is the fact that the Devil Rays (a small market team) made the winning bid on for the rights to negotiate with the one Japanese 3B.
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It looks like it. This is a team to look out for. Manager Jim Leyland has this bunch playing exceptionally well. They are defensively sound and they have one of the better signal callers in the game behind the plate (Ivan Rodriguez) working with those young arms. Im not surprised by their start, Im more suprised they have sustained their momentum a month into the season.
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Several things must happen.\n\n1) Dusty Baker must be fired.  He is the worse manager in MLB.  He abuses his pitchers by having them pitch too many pitches in games.\n\n2)  They need to draft much better.  This year they took a guy in the first round that no other team would have taken until round 3.  Then in round 5 they drafted a football player who is going back to play football for Notre Dame.  Do I hear blown-out knee?\n\n3)  They need to stop spending money on players like Scott Eyre.  No offense to Eyre, he is a pretty good set-up man, but they paid way too much for him.  Players like Eyre are easily replaced.\n\n4)  They need to get that Prior and Wood will probably never help them win.  Develop alternatives to them.  And if by some miracle they come through, even better.\n\nBTW, Ronny Cedeno isn't the problem in Chicago.  Neifi, Tony Womack, Jacque Jones, Juan Pierre are far bigger problems.
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I am afraid they will struggle around .500 this season, falling between 3rd and 4th place unless some major roster moves are done before Feb. They are very weak at 3rd base and with their pitchers, especially starters.  No one is a true Ace, and they could very easily have two rookies in the rotation on opening day.  Meanwhile the Mets have spent like crazy and the Braves are the Braves.