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.