Comments on: BDD ‘09 Predictions — American League West http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/2009/04/02/bdd-09-predictions-american-league-west/ Covering America's Favorite Pastime Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:04:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rob McQuown http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/2009/04/02/bdd-09-predictions-american-league-west/comment-page-1/#comment-3552 Rob McQuown Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:14:01 +0000 http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/blogs/2009/04/02/bdd-09-predictions-american-league-west/#comment-3552 I found myself wondering who Oakland's 2nd-most-valuable player was going to be in 2009, and couldn't figure it out. Oakland will be a real test of Beane's belief that it's best to try to win without superstars (at least if you believe Moneyball). Seattle's a dog with fleas, and I can see Texas rebounding under the theory that it's a LOT easier to upgrade a deficiency to "average" than to upgrade an "average" position to "star". But pre-ulcer, I thought Seattle had a chance to push past Texas with their improved defense and - presumably - some decent contribution from Bedard. Since sending in my picks, Morrow has been removed from the rotation, and Ichiro has gone on the DL, so it's already looking like I blew this one. :(<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3552','Rob McQuown'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3552','Rob McQuown','I found myself wondering who Oakland\'s 2nd-most-valuable player was going to be in 2009, and couldn\'t figure it out. Oakland will be a real test of Beane\'s belief that it\'s best to try to win without superstars (at least if you believe Moneyball). \r\n\r\nSeattle\'s a dog with fleas, and I can see Texas rebounding under the theory that it\'s a LOT easier to upgrade a deficiency to \"average\" than to upgrade an \"average\" position to \"star\". But pre-ulcer, I thought Seattle had a chance to push past Texas with their improved defense and - presumably - some decent contribution from Bedard. Since sending in my picks, Morrow has been removed from the rotation, and Ichiro has gone on the DL, so it\'s already looking like I blew this one. :('); return false;">Quote</a></div> I found myself wondering who Oakland’s 2nd-most-valuable player was going to be in 2009, and couldn’t figure it out. Oakland will be a real test of Beane’s belief that it’s best to try to win without superstars (at least if you believe Moneyball).

Seattle’s a dog with fleas, and I can see Texas rebounding under the theory that it’s a LOT easier to upgrade a deficiency to “average” than to upgrade an “average” position to “star”. But pre-ulcer, I thought Seattle had a chance to push past Texas with their improved defense and – presumably – some decent contribution from Bedard. Since sending in my picks, Morrow has been removed from the rotation, and Ichiro has gone on the DL, so it’s already looking like I blew this one. :(

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