Week 3 Preview

Week 3 has the Bums going against the Knoxville "Carls Jr." Possums.
I got bored doing player-by-player breakdowns. From now on, I will just predict the final score.
This week: I lose 5-7.

Week 2 Preview

Week 2 has the Bums going against the Dallas "Love the DL" Redbirds.

C	R. Doumit	B. Molina	Doumit had a decent week but doesn't play enough.	Redbirds
1B	C. Shelton	S. Hillendbrand	Shelton is hot.	Bums
2B	J. Kent	R. Belliard	Kent is a stud.	Bums
3B	J. Crede	B. Inge	Crede has started to climb out of turddom.	Bums
SS	C. Barmes	J. Lugo	Lugo is on the DL (surprise, surprise)	Bums
OF	C. Beltran/M. Bradley/M. Kotsay/J. Rivera	A. Dunn/L. Berkman/A. Kearns/D. Hollins	Sharp dropoff after Dunn and Berkman	Bums
Util	R. Mackowiak	A. LaRoche	Coin toss	Redbirds
SP	D. Willis/J. Vazquez/T. Wakefield/E. Loaiza/C. Young	A. Pettitte/M. Mussina/L. Hernandez/J. Blanton/J. Towers	Pretty close in pitching	Redibrds
RP	B. Fuentes/J. Valverde/D. Weathers/G. Aquino/M. Timlin	J. Borowksi/J. Frasor/L. Cormier/Ra. Flores/T. Coffey	Not many saves for the Redbird in this group	Bums

I see myself taking a 8-4 victory.

Contracts

Before the 2006 season gets underway, the Bums would like to announce the following contracts:
Chris Shelton, 2 year
Clint Barmes, 3 year
Noah Lowry, 2 year
Chris Young, 2 year
Brian Fuentes, 2 year
Jose Valverde, 2 year

Week 1 Preview

Week 1 is a Socal/Norcal grudge match against the rival Bay Area Big Dawgs. In this preview, I assume that the Dawgs replace some starters that are on the DL.

C	R. Doumit	M. Piazza	Doumit is too unknown.	Dawgs
1B	C. Shelton	D. Lee	Lee is a stud.	Dawgs
2B	J. Kent	R. Durham	Kent is a stud.	Bums
3B	J. Crede	H. Blalock	Crede is a turd.	Dawgs
SS	C. Barmes	J. Rollins	Close call.	Dawgs
OF	C. Beltran/M. Bradley/M. Kotsay/D. DeJesus	K. Griffey/B. Bonds/D. Roberts/C. Patterson?	Sharp dropoff after Griffey and Bonds but those two are enough to carry the category, if they don't get hurt	Dawgs
Util	J. Rivera	O. Vizquel	Assuming Rivera gets AB's, he should produce	Bums
SP	D. Willis/J. Vazquez/N. Lowry/E. Loaiza/C. Young	Od. Perez/M. Cain/J. Seo/J. Sosa	I could take wins, K & ERA in this matchup	Bums
RP	B. Fuentes/J. Valverde/D. Weathers/C. Politte/R. Villone	C. Cordero/T. Worrell/M. Batista/Ro. Hernandez/J. Mateo	Bums take saves and holds	Bums

I see myself taking most of the pitching stats while the Dawgs take the bulk of the batting stats. I predict Bums over Dawgs 6-5-1.