Who will be the to rookies in the major leagues in 2006?
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Delmon Young of Tampa Bay, Bobby Jenks or Brian Anderson of Chicago White Sox, Andy Marte or Kelly Shoppach of Cleveland, Justin Verlander of Detroit, Jeff Mathis of Los Angelos Angels, the Florida Marlins roster. Ryan Zimmerman of Washington, Felix Pie of Chicago Cubs, Prince Fielder of Milwaukee, Paul Maholm of Pittsburgh,Conor Jackson of Arizona, or Matt Cain of San Fransisco
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C'mon. Can we tame the excitement just a hair. I like Alay too, I'm originally from Cuba. But the guy is 2-1 in 6 Starts. Please chill. Prince Fielder ( .298 BA 14 HR 40 RBI 35 R 5 SB) is out there in the NL. Hanley Ramirez (.262 BA 3 HR 20 RBI 53 R 20 SB). Ryan Zimmerman (.274 BA 10 HR 46 RBI 37 R 5 SB) Dan Uggla .313 BA 13 HR 43 RBI 49 R 4 SB). Plus they've all been starters on their teams since opening day. All or any of these guys are far more deserving of the NL Rookie of the Year.
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1b Albert Pujols (Dominican Republic)\n2b Jorge Cantu (Mexico) \nss Orlando Cabrera (Colombia) \n3b Miguel Cabrera (Venezuela) \nc Ivan Rodriguez (Puerto Rico) \nof Ichiro Suzuki (Japan) \nof Andruw Jones (Curacao) \nof Jason Bay (Canada)  \nof Vlad Guerrero (Dominican Republic) \np Johan Santana (Venezuela) \np Jose Contreras (Cuba) \np Roy Halladay (USA) \np Pedro Martinez (Dominican Republic)\np Barry Zito (USA) \ncl Mariano Rivera (Panama)
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I think the Yanks are going to trade for a starting pitcher, maybe Jon Garland of the White Sox or maybe Dontrelle Willis of the Marlins. They have some young arms that they just received for Sheffield that they may use for trade bait.
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Jump on this trade ASAP. Corey Patterson is a dog; look at his OBP for his career and you'll see. Liriano is a good prospect, but pitching prosects usually need 3 years to develop. Hermida is the real deal and should be a contender for NL rookie of the year. Estes is a borderline fantasy player.
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Fernando Rodney is a suggestion. Last year he had a 2.86 ERA in 39 games. Although Detroit may keep him in the bullpen.
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PLAYOFFS:\nAL WEST: Los Angelas Angels of Anahiem (Colon impacts when returns)\nAL CENT: Detroit Tiger (Thome, and Cliff Lee slow down)\nAL EAST: Boston Red Sox (Johnson demands trade, Jeter, AROD, and Damon never get going, and Giambi and Sheffield get suspended after some other duesche bag releases another steroid)\nAL WC: Texas Rangers (Could be the Yankees or Blue Jays, but I don't know how long Burnett is out?)\n\nNL WEST: New York Mets (There the Yankees of 1900-2000 huge payroll, but the players are actually performing, plus they'll trade Cliff Floyd for someone with talent)\nNL CENT: St. Louis Cardinals (Albert Winnie the Pujols...enough said, wait no they trade IZI for J.J. Putz from the Mariners, who hasn't been CY YOUNG material but is pretty good, and him being a Mariner, will be red hot after he leaves Seattle, even though it's a "hitters ballpark".Bronson Arroyo can't hit all of the Reds homeruns! Maybe next year, they got good young guys, but need to fill a couple holes)\nNL EAST: Colorado Rockies (WHY? CAUSE THE PADRES DID IT LAST YEAR, sub 500, Bonds will hit 715, then run around the field naked with "IM ON STEROIDS" painted on his chest, the picked up all the washed up garbage nobody else wanted, and the Padres, well there last years accident)\nNL WC: Houston Astros (Roger Clemens will return to the Astros, and pump up an already hot Houston team, Berkman gets the Silver Slugger Award, shoot maybe even MVP)\n\nPLAYOFFS:\nAL:\nLAA beat BOS 4-2 (Schilling will be back next year, not enough determination)\nTEX beat DET 4-0 (Lots of talk about Detroit could win it, but fold under pressure)\nNL:\nNYM beat COL 4-0 (Uhm, yeah, they should do what the NFL did and rearrange the leagues when the Marlins move to Las Vegas, cause the NL WEST IS A JOKE!)\nSTL beat HOU 4-3 (Clemens, tries to go the 7th game, and gets his tits lit, Pujols wins the 7th game with a WALKOFF)\n\nAL:\nLAA beat TEX 4-2 (This ones comes down to pitching, plus notice the trend, the year after Buck Shurwalter left the Diamondbacks they won there first world series, same with Yankees, so it will have to wait, until BUCKY LEAVES)\n\nNL:\nSTL beat NYM 4-3 (Delgado slumps, Wright makes errors, Reyes gets thrown out stealing, but Julio Franco hits a WALKOFF to end one of the games)\n\nWORLD SERIES:\nSTL beat LAA 4-1 (Cardinals offense is too good for Angels pitching, and Cardinals pitching barely survives Angels offense, but PUTZ gets 3 saves, and PUJOLS hits a WALKOFF)\n\nROOKIE OF THE YEAR:\nAL: Chris Shelton DET\nNL: \n\nCOMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR:\nAL: Curt Schilling BOS (20 Wins, says he'll retire after the playoffs, then says FUCK THAT after they lose)\nNL: Ryan Spilborghs COL (No one else comes to mine, and so far in his first 9 games he's hitting .500, with 3 Walks, he's got a great eye!)\n\nCY YOUNG:\nAL: Curt Schilling BOS (Johnathan Papelbon is a Closer or he would have won it)\nNL: Pedro Martinez NYM (20 Wins, 100 K, 1.72 ERA, finally turns into a true team player, leader, and captain)\n\nMVP:\nAL: Albert Pujols STL (Hits 47 HRs, Sets record for most WALKOFFS IN A SEASON, dumbass coaches never figure out, you pitch to him in the begining with no one on, not the 9th with bases loaded)\nNL: Lance Berkman HOU (Will lead Houston in RBI, HR, & 2B)\nWS: Albert Pujols STL (Most RBIS in World Series history, 4 HR, 1 WALKOFF)
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As already stated, Sean Casey will be the starting first baseman this year.  Unless he is traded, Craig Wilson will be the primary backup; Jose Hernandez is also able to play the position.  At AAA, they've got a good prospect in Brad Eldred, who will likely be on the major league team at some time this year.
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Curtis Granderson OF (going to be a steal if you can get him late)\nRicco Baldelli OF\nIan Kinsler SS\nMike Lowell 3b,2b\nJeremy Hermida OF\nBrad Wilkerson 1b,OF\nPrince Fielder 1b\nMark Loretta 2b\nJosh Willingham C\nJoey Gathright OF\nRyan Zimmerman 3b\njust a few I could think of. some of them you probably could get on waiver wire, depending on your league size and type.
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Mike Stanton lately has not been as great pitching as in the past, but if you need someone for one or two outs, he most likely will be your man. Alex Gonzalez is a great addition. His glove is great and his batting average has gone up this year while in Boston. It's a shame the Red Sox did not resign him, because they have not a great short stop in a while, however, I think they will fit in well with the Reds orginization.
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i just want to say you are a good person for liking the tribe! They are gonne be the 06 champs. the martinez you are thiking of is dennis martinez (el presidente) im not sure where he is. but thome is on the rival white sox who arent doing so well this year so far, hershieser is an espn baseball analysis. sandy plays for the rangers i believe and is like 2nd sting. julio franco is with the braves i think and is like the oldest player in the mlb. omar is short stop for the giants and last i saw of mesa he was pitching for phili. hope that helps alittle and GO TRIBE!
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The Indians will do awesome.  Think about who they have batting.  Sizemore, a great leadoff hitter.  Pronk, who will probably lead the league in homers and RBIs.  VMart, hands down the best catcher in the league.  And a few others who are showing their potential at the right time (Casey Blake, Ronnie Belliard, etc.).  Even Eduardo Perez (a former Tampa Bay-er) is getting into the act.\n\nTheir pitching staff, while not stellar, has enough to make it deep into the playoffs.  CC and Jake are good.  Jason Johnson has been good so far, and Wickman hasn't shown signs of faltering as their closer.  I think they are in a tough division though (who would have said this two years ago) but they should be able to overcome the Twins and either be a wild card team or AL Central winners.
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It may be a few days too late, but Austin Kearns was in most free agent pools as of a week ago and he's been putting up some good numbers. Greg Maddux is having a good year and might be worth a pick up. Mike Mussina was also a borderline player before the season who's on fire right now. Craig Wilson is going to have a starting job for a little while and he has enough power to be worth a pick up. Hanley Ramirez has also been playing pretty well. If you're weak at short, he's worth a try.
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I believe they will seeing as in the offseason they managed to pick up worthwhile veterans like Mike Piazza and Mike Cameron.  Mix that with the number of young standouts like Jake Peavy and Khalil Green and you have a winning combination.  That does not mean they will make the playoffs though.
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ryan howard\nchase utley\nbobby abreu\ntom gordon\nbrett myers\nmike liberthal\ndavid bell\njimmy rollins\npat burrell\naaron rowand
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Weaver will get called up soon, I think.  But Uggla has a bad hamstring is isn't playing much now. Soriano is kinda cold right now but he is worth a lot.  I would trade Berkman before I would trade Soriano.  Soriano will probably be on the Mets or Yankees pretty soon. His numbers will get even better, and his value.  Houston is struggling right now.  Check on Uggla before buying. Check out a pitcher like Miner of Detroit. He's a rookie that you could get cheap. He is putting up great numbers too.  Good Luck!
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Good Question:\n\nNL (starters):\nC: Johnny Estrada: 6HR, 45RBI, .315AVG\n1B: Pujols: no need for numbers\n2B: Chase Utley\nSS: Jose Reyes: tablesetter; he scares me.\n3B: D. Wright: his catch early season was sick...and he can hit.\nOF #1: Berkman\nOF#2: Beltran\nOF#3: Carlos Lee\nNL (2nd teamers)\nC: David Ross: 100 less AB's to McCann better numbers in everything except AVG.\n1B: Nomar\n2B: Dan Uggla\nSS: Freddy Sanchez\n3B: Miguel Cabrera: big numbers, small amount of protection in that lineup.\nOF#1: Andruw Jones\nOF#2: Soriano\nOF#3: Dunn: This is only because I really wanted to see him in the homerun derby. Holliday deserves it.\n\nSP: Brandon Webb\n\nAL starters: \n\nC: Mauer\n1B: Ortiz (Playing in NL park)\n2B: Least deserving all star postion on both leagues. I'll take Jose Lopez.\nSS: Tejada\n3B: A-Rod\nOF#1: Dye\nOF#2: Wells\nOF#3: Ramirez\n\nSP: Liriano: He has 1/2 the amount of starts as other pitcher and all of his numbers are top 10 or better. Plus if you're on the AL team and you have a shot at World Series Home field advantage do you really want Rogers 3.65+ ERA on the mound? Most of the NL has hit off of him several times. Liriano hasn't faced but a few of the NL hitters and most of them have seen him less than 5 times.\nAL Second stringers\nC: Ramon Hernandez: 15HR 61RBI--how many catchers have ever put up these numbers before all-star break?\n1B: Haffner or Thome? Gotta go Thome because of teams overall record.\n2B: Brian Roberts: if it was up to me Lopez would be my only true 2B.\nSS: Jeter: Glue that has held that team together after all of their injuries\n3B: Crede: I would take similiar RBI's and better defense compared to Glaus.\nOF#1: Crawford: I love extremely fast guys who hit for power and high average\nOF#2: Rios\nOF#3: Vlad: His defense puts him over Mags\n\n*****If the fans (including myself) continue to vote Paul laaaaaduca into the all-star game I say fans should wave their right to decide the starters. Secondly; one rep from each team should be abolished.