Power Rankings

[Yankees]

I'm going to be at the Natick Mall kiosk for close to 20 hours this coming weekend, and would love to do power rankings.

In this thread, please provide projected lineup, bench, rotation, pen, and any org depth that will have a sim projection by Friday at 5 pm.

[Athletics]

Depth Chart
C:
Jeff Clement
Ronnie Paulino
Hank Conger
Tomas Telis
1B:
Logan Morrison
Doug Mientkiewicz
Mike Trumbo
2B:
Ramon Santiago
Chris Getz
3B:
Pedro Feliz
Joe Crede
Wily Aybar
SS::
Sean Rodriguez
Alberto Gonzalez
LF:
Brandon Jones
Juan Rivera
Chris Lubanski
CF:
Andrew McCutchen
Tyler Colvin
Cory Sullivan
Engle Beltre
RF:
Matt LaPorta
Scott Cousins
DH:
Adam Lind
SP:
Carlos Carrasco
Homer Bailey
Nick Adenhart
Jo-Jo Reyes
Brandon McCarthy
David Hernandez
Andrew Carpenter
Jeremy Sowers
Rick VandenHurk
Aaron Thompson
Deolis Guerra
Jairo Heredia
CL:
Joel Zumaya
RP:
Andrew Brown
Edwar Ramirez
Jeff Samardzija
Tony Sipp
Chris Schroder
Brandon Medders
Emiliano Fruto
Steve Evarts



Lineup:
1. Andrew McCutchen CF
2. Sean Rodriguez SS
3. Matt LaPorta RF
4. Jeff Clement C
5. Adam Lind DH
6. Pedro Feliz 3B
7. Brandon Jones LF
8. Logan Morrison 1B
9. Ramon Santiago 2B

Bench:
1. Ronny Paulino C
2. Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
3. Alberto Gonzalez SS
4. Joe Crede 3B
5. Juan Rivera RF

Pitching Staff
SP:
Carlos Carrasco
Homer Bailey
Nick Adenhart
Jo-Jo Reyes
Brandon McCarthy
CL:
Joel Zumaya
RP:
Andrew Brown
Edwar Ramirez
Jeff Samardzija
Tony Sipp
Chris Schroder

[Rangers]

1. Jose Reyes - SS
2. Matt Holliday - LF
3. Chase Utley - 2B
4. Miguel Cabrera - 1B
5. Prince Fielder - DH
6. Matt Wieters - C
7. Alex Gordon - 3B
8. Chris Young - CF
9. Kosuke Fukudome - RF

1. James Shields
2. Roy Oswalt
3. Yovani Gallardo
4. Dan Giese
5. Chris Sampson / Dallas Braden

Pen
Joe Nathan
Leo Nunez
Rob Tejeda
Mike Hinkley
Guillermo Moscoso
Vince Mazzaro / Jorge de la Rosa / Charlie Morton / Daryl Thompson
Chris Sampson / Dallas Braden

Bench
Leonard Davis
Carlos Rivero

Obviously the pen and bench have some filling out to do in the next three months.

(updated after trades on 12/30)

[Giants]

Appreciate you doing this dude:

C
Ryan Doumit
Dave Ross (2 years ago he showed power, last year on base skills, maybe he doesn't suck)
Outside shot at Posey projecting

1B
Crush Davis
Eric Hinske
SIM bat TBD

2B
Mark Ellis

SS
Jeff Keppinger
Julio Lugo

3B
Casey Blake
Bill Hall (just destroyed lefties last year in spite of a down year)
Mike Hessman (what projection free agents are made of, only I already have him)
Chris Johnson (with Wigginton non-tendered he's arguably Houston's starting 3B next year)

LF
Fred Lewis
John Mayberry (decent shot at a lefty killer projection, waiting might pay off)

CF
Mike Cameron
Jon Van Every (at least until projections come out)

RF
Randy Winn (no way he gets dogged on speed again this year)
Ben Francisco (top backup at all 3 spots)

DH
Ken Griffey/Frank Thomas (hopefully one more year of usefulness from one of these 2, if not it'll be someone else)

SP
Brett Myers
Gil Meche
Noah Lowry (if healthy)
Mark DiFelice (maybe not as good as last year but should still be useful)
Derek Holland/Steve Garrison/Antonio Bastardo/Kevin Mulvey/Clayton Mortensen/Kyle Bloom (whoever gets the most useful projection, losing Marcum to TJ just sucks)

RP
Huston Street
Chad Qualls
Brad Ziegler
Chad Cordero
Dennys Reyes
RJ Swindle (the left-handed Mark DiFelice - Rotoworld)
Taylor Tankersley
Warner Madrigal (primed for a major breakout, NASTY)

Lineup:
RF - Randy Winn
3B - Casey Blake
C - Ryan Doumit
1B - Chris Davis
DH - Griffey/Hinske/Hall/Thomas/Projection
CF - Mike Cameron
LF - Fred Lewis/John Mayberry platoon
2B - Mark Ellis
SS - Jeff Keppinger

Rotation
Myers
Meche
DiFelice
owry if healthy
TBD from the list above

Bullpen spots
I'll have four titular closers in real life, so we'll see what based on projections.

I remember something about you doing some kind of ranking last year that may or may not have happened... looking forward to these!

[Padres]

2009 IBC Mets

Probable line-up:

CF - Chris Denorfia
LF - Nate Schierholtz*/Fernando Tatis
1B - Joey Votto*
RF - Nelson Cruz
3B - Ryan Zimmerman
2B - Mike Aviles
.C - Max Ramirez/Brayan Pena#
SS - Alcides Escobar
.P -

Probable "active" roster:

.C - Max Ramirez .217/.345/.370 & .347/.439/.628 (AAA & AA)
... - Brayan Pena# .286/.333/.357 & .303/.376/.462 (AAA) (also 1B & 3B)
1B - Joey Votto* .297/.368/.506
... - Ryan Shealy .301/.354/.603 & .283/.376/.503
2B - Mike Aviles .325/.354/.480 & .336/.370/.631 (AAA) (also SS & 3B)
... - Maicer Izturis .269/.329/.362 (also SS & 3B)
SS - Alcides Escobar .500/.500/.500 & .328/.363/.434 (AA)
3B - Ryan Zimmerman .283/.333/.442
... - Fernando Tatis .297/.369/.484 & .242/.345/.592 (AAA) (also 1B & OF)
RF - Nelson Cruz .330/.421/.609 & .342/.430/.693 (AAA)
CF - Chris Denorfia .290/.362/.387 & .303/.341/.409 (AAA & Hi-A)
... - Fernando Perez .250/.348/.433 & .288/.361/.393 (AAA)
LF - Nate Schierholtz* .320/.370/.493 & .320/.363/.594 (AAA)
... - Luis Montanez .295/.316/.446 & .335/.385/.601 (AA)

Prospects:

.C - Cole Armstrong* - .261/.300/.410 (AAA & AA)
... - Jose Bonilla - .357/.405/.625 (Rk)
1B - Justin Smoak* - .304/.355/.518 (Lo- A)
... - Kila Ka'aihue* .286/.375/.429 & .314/.456/.628 (AAA & AA)
2B - Jayson Nix - .125/.234/.161 & .300/.363/.593 (AAA)
SS - Gordon Beckham - .310/.365/.500 (Lo-A)
3B - Luis Jimenez - .331/.361/.630 (Rk)
... - Freddy Sandoval# .167/.286/.167 & .335/.389/.514 (AAA) (also 1B & OF)
RF - Nolan Reimold .284/.367/.501 (AA)
... - Danny Dorn* .275/.367/.539 (AA & Hi-A)
... - Jordan Kendall - .319/.363/.449 (Rk)
CF - Ben Revere* .379/.433/.497 (Lo-A)
... - Jordan Danks* .325/.400/.625 (Lo-A)
... - Bryan Petersen* .293/.370.477 (AA, Hi-A & Lo-A)
LF - Trevor Crowe# .302/.381/.485 (AAA & AA)

Starting Pitchers:

Ricky Nolasco - 186/42 K/BB, 3.52 ERA, 1.10 WHIP in 212.1 IP
Ubaldo Jimenez - 172/103 K/BB, 3.99 ERA, 1.43 ERA in 198.2 IP -
Clayton Kershaw* - 100/52 K/BB, 4.26 ERA, 1.50 WHIP in 107.2 IP & 59/19 K/BB, 1.91 ERA, 0.95 WHIP in 61.3 IP (AA)
Tommy Hanson - 163/52 K/BB, 2.41, 0.99 WHIP in 138.0 IP (AA & Hi-A) -
Jeff Niemann - 14/8 K/BB, 5.06, 1.63 WHIP in 16 IP & 128/50, 3.59 ERA, 1.14 WHIP in 133.0 IP (AAA)
Matt Harrison* - 42/31 K/BB, 5.49 ERA, 1.47 WHIP in 83.2 IP & 55/28 K/BB, 3.43 ERA, 1.39 WHIP in 84.0 IP (AAA & AA)

Prospects:

Jake Arrieta - 120/51 K/BB, 2.87 ERA, 1.16 WHIP in 113.0 IP (Hi-A)
Carlos Rosa - 3/0 K/BB, 2.70 ERA, 0.90 WHIP in 3.1 IP & 86/19/ K/BB, 2.73 ERA, 1.05 WHIP in 95.2 IP (AAA & AA)
Matt Buschmann - 118/58 K/BB, 2.98 ERA, 1.32 WHIP in 148.0 IP (AA)
Omar Poveda - 97/40 K/BB, 4.47 ERA, 1.35 WHIP in 90.2 IP (Hi-A)
Tim Murphy* - 51/18 K/BB, 2.83 ERA, 0.99 WHIP in 47.2 IP (Lo-A and Rk)
Scott Moviel - 84/37 K/BB, 4.25 ERA, 1.34 WHIP in 125 IP (Hi-A & Lo-A)
Radhames Liz - 57/51 K/BB, 6.72 ERA, 1.78 WHIP in 84.1 IP & 58/25 K/BB, 4.05 ERA, 1.35 WHIP in 60.0 IP (AAA)
Ryan Pope - 76/23 K/BB, 4.30 ERA, 1.30 WHIP in 104.0 IP (Hi-A & Rk)

Bull Pen:

LR - Carlos Rosa - 3/0 K/BB, 2.70 ERA, 0.90 WHIP in 3.1 IP & 86/19/ K/BB, 2.73 ERA, 1.05 WHIP in 95.2 IP (AAA & AA)
LHSU - J.P. Howell* - 92/39 K/BB, 2.22 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 3 SV in 89.1 IP
LHSU - Jerry Blevins* - 35/13 K/BB, 3.11 ERA, 1.19 WHIP in 37.2 IP & 36/6 K/BB, 2.78 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 10 SV in 32.3 IP (AAA)
RHSU - Scott Patterson - 7/6 K/BB, 1.93 ERA, 1.71 WHIP in 4.2 IP & 54/13 K/BB, 3.80 ERA, 1.27 WHIP 3 SV in 47.1 IP (AAA)
RHSU - Jared Burton - 58/25 K/BB, 3.22 ERA, 1.38 WHIP in 58.2 IP
CL - Matt Lindstrom - 43/26 K/BB, 3.14 ERA, 1.45 WHIP w/5 SV

Prospects:

Jhonny Nunez - 124/39 K/BB, 4.10 ERA, 1.38 WHIP in 116.1 IP (AA & Hi-A)
Greg Burke - 92/17 K/BB, 2.24 ERA, 1.10 WHIP in 84.1 IP (AA)

[Orioles]

2009 IBC Florida Marlins
(12/15/2008)

Lineup

1. 2B Ian Kinsler, R (Age 26)
2. LF Carl Crawford, L (27)
3. 3B Aramis Ramirez, R (30)
4. 1B David Ortiz, L (33)
5. C Geovany Soto, R (25)
6. SS Troy Tulowitzki, R (24)
7. RF Hideki Matsui, L (34)
8. CF Hunter Pence, R (25)
9. SP Pitcher

Bench

B. UT Jerry Hairston Jr, R (32)
B. CF Scott Hairston, R (28)
B. CF Gregor Blanco, L (24)
B. 1B Joe Mather, R (26)
B. C J.P. Arencibia, R (21)


Rotation

1. Ben Sheets, R (30)
2. Justin Verlander, R (25)
3. Dustin McGowan, R (26)
4. Gio Gonzalez, L (23)
5. Adam Miller, R (24)

Bullpen

CL Chris Ray, R (26)
SU Jeremy Affeldt, L (29)
SU Trevor Hoffman, R (41)
MR Arthur Rhodes, L (39)
MR Mike Adams, R (30)
LR/SP Micah Owings, R (26)


Additional depth:


Pitchers

SP Zach Duke, L (25)
SP Boof Bonser, R (27)
SP Cesar Valdez, R (23)
SP Jhoulys Chacin, R (20)
RP Justin Miller, R (31)
RP Cesar Jimenez, L (24)
RP Ramon Troncoso, R (25)
RP Jose Lugo, L (24)

Hitters

CF Justin Maxwell, R (25)
2B Scott Sizemore, R (23)
C Welington Castillo, R (21)

[Rockies]

Lineup:
C: Josh Bard
1B: James Loney
2B: Dan Uggla
SS: Orlando Cabrera
3B: Melvin Mora
RF: Juan Pierre
CF: Josh Anderson
LF: Eric Byrnes
DH: Carlos Lee

Rotation:
1 Rich Harden
2 Ervin Santana
3 Wandy Rodriguez
4 Kason Gabbard
5 Jamie Moyer

Bullpen:
Closer: Kerry Wood
C.J. Wilson
Lee Gardner
Joe Borowski
Scott Schoeneweis
Sean Green


THE REST:

Mike Rabelo C
Wilson Betemit 1B/2B/3B/Anything
Eugenio Velez 2B
Louis Jimenez 1B
Jacque Jones LF
Adam Kennedy 2B
Mike Lamb 3B
Sergio Pedroza RF
Jason Tyner CF


Pitchers:
Jack Cassel
Enrique Gonzalez
Devern Hansack
Kei Igawa
Ruddy Lugo
Kevin Millwood

[DBacks]

LINEUP
1) Jacoby Ellsbury - CF - .280/.336 50 SB
2) Jayson Werth - RF - .273/.363/.498 - .861 OPS, 24 HR, 20 SB
3) Josh Willingham - LF - .255/.364 - 15 HR, .834 OPS
4) Mike Napoli - C - .273/.384/.586 - .963 OPS - 20 HR in 227 AB
5) Jorge Cantu - 3B - .277/.327/.481 - 29 HR, 3rd in HR among 3B
6) Jose Lopez - 2B - .297/.322, 17 HR, 41 2B. 10th in OPS among 2B.
7) Alexie Ramirez - SS - .290/.317, 21 HR, 13 SB
8 Nick Johnson or possibly Chad Tracy, Allen Craig, or Juan Miranda

BENCH
Ramon Hernandez (.255/17 HR) C
Chad Tracy
Ronny Cedeno
Joey Gathright
Matt Tolbert
Wily Mo Pena

Rotation
John Danks - LHP - 12-9, 3.32 ERA. 159 K
Carlos Zambrano - RHP - 14-6, 3.91 ERA
Kyle Lohse - RHP - 15-6, 3.78 ERA. 119 K.
Odalis Perez - LHP - 7-12, 4.34 ERA.
Joe Blanton - RHP - 9-12, 4.69 ERA

Bullpen
Zach Miner - RHP - 8-5, 4.27 ERA.
Carlos Marmol - RHP - 2.68 ERA, 0.93 WHIP (closer)
Jason Hammel
Neal Cotts - LHP
Brandon Lyon
Nick Masset

Organizational Depth
SP - Jason Hammel, Zach Miner, Cha Seung Baek, Wilfredo Ledezma, Felipe Paulino, Josh Outman
IF - Allen Craig, Kevin Frandsen, Chris Carter, Gregorio Petit, Nick Hundley
OF - Tony Gwynn, Wily Mo Pena

[Cubs]

Rotation
1) Johan Santana
2) John Smoltz
3) Justin Duscherer
4) Andy Sonnanstine
5) Tim Wakefield
6) Ian Snell / Jose Contreras / Paul Byrd

Pen
Takashi Saito
Matt Thornton
Russ Springer
Jason Motte
Danny Herrera
Latroy Hawkins
Doug Slaten
Doug Brocail

Lineup
CF) Curtis Granderson
2B) Placido Polanco
1B) Carlos Pena / Derrek Lee
DH) Jack Cust
RF) Ryan Ludwick
3B) Russell Branyan
SS) Miguel Tejada / Yunel Escobar
LF) Justin Ruggiano / Brian Barton / Matt Murton
C) Gregg Zaun / Carlos Ruiz

[Marlins]

SF Giants

Depth Chart
C: Jesus Flores, Jason Kendall, Carlos Santana
1B: Casey Kotchman, Eric Chavez
2B: Felipe Lopez, Chris Coghlan, Josh Barfield
3B: Scott Rolen, Eric Chavez, Conor Gillaspie
SS: Elvis Andrus, Chris Burke
LF: Carlos Quentin, Andruw Jones
CF: Coco Crisp, Andruw Jones
RF: Nick Markakis, Austin Kearns

Rotation
Jake Peavy
Erik Bedard
Chris Young
Zach Greinke
Jeremy Bonderman
Mark Prior
Chris Capuano

Bullpen
CL Joel Hanrahan
RP Brian Wilson
RP Jesse Crain
RP Steven Shell
RP Cla Meredith
RP Kevin Jepsen
RP Eddie Kunz
RP Tim Byrdak
RP Luis Ayala
RP Garret Mock
RP Blaine Boyer
RP Eric O'Flaherty

[Reds]

C - Laird
1B - Helton (may sit some vs LHP)
2B - Kendrick
SS - Greene or Barmes
3B - Beltre
LF - Choo (should project well enough to avoid platoon)
CF - Morgan (may sit some vs LHP)
RF - Bruce (Diaz or Francouer may see time here vs LHP)

Bench
C - Hanigan, Castillo (also plays IF/OF)
1B - Evans, Phelps, Morales (also plays OF), Whitesell
IF - Infante, Arias, Amezega (also plays OF), Greene or Barmes
OF - Diaz, Francouer, Cain, Torres, Scales (also plays IF)

There are still a few questions that remain about how the lineup will look, especially vs LHP. Defensive ratings should be solid with Helton, Barmes (or Greene), Morgan, Beltre, and possibly Kendrick all expected to receive at least VG ratings. Whitesell and Morales could see significant time if they project well and Helton does not.

SP1 - Slowey
SP2 - Cook
SP3 - Arroyo
SP4 - Eveland
SP5 - Carlyle (if he rates at SP), Westbrook (when he returns), Feldman (GB guy, may get decent projection), Joseph Martinez and Aaron Poreda also could sneek in here if projections merit.

RP - Carlyle or anyone else who isn't the #5 SP
RP - Saey
RP - Dehoyos
RP - Fuentes
RP - Corpas

I am not sure who the closer is going to be at this point.

Of those not mentioned Viciedo and Tazawa are in limbo because they may, or may not project well.

Houser, Inman, Simmons, and Scribner may all get projections but probably not ones good enough to be a factor.

[Yankees]

Lineup:
1: Ryan Theriot - ss - .307/.387/.359
2: JD Drew - rf - .280/.408/.519
3: Chipper Jones - 3b - .364/.470/.574
4: Adam Dunn - 1b - .236/.386/.513
5: Milton Bradley - lf - .321/.436/.563
6: Jim Thome - dh - .245/.362/.503
7: Martin Prado - 2b - .320/.377/.461
8: Lou Marson - c - .314/.433/.416 @ AA
9: Skip Schumaker - cf - .302/.359/.406

Bench:
Rocco Baldelli - lf/rf - .263/.344/.475
Ryan Sweeney - of - .286/.350/.383
Mike Rivera - c - .306/.377/.435
David Eckstein - 2b/ss - .265/.343/.349
Others: Matt Brown, Travis Ishikawa, Mitch Maier, Dusty Ryan, Jamey Carroll

Rotation:
Edinson Volquez - 17-6, 3.21 era, 1.33 whip, .232 baa
Joe Saunders - 17-7, 3.41 era, 1.21 whip, .253 baa
Jair Jurrjens - 13-10, 3.68 era, 1.37 whip, .260 baa
Justin Masterson - 6-5, 3.16 era, 1.22 whip, .216 baa
Jesse Litsch - 13-9, 3.58 era, 1.23 whip, .261 baa

Doug Davis - 6-8, 4.32 era, 1.53 whip, .282 baa
Charlie Zink - 14-6, 2.84 era @ AAA, INT pitcher of the year

Bullpen:
Cl - Cory Wade - 2-1, 2.27 era, 0.93 whip
SuRh - Taylor Buchholz - 6-6, 2.17 era, 0.95 whip
SuLh - Jesse Carlson - 7-2, 2.25 era, 1.03 whip
LhSp - Craig Breslow - 0-2, 1.91 era, 1.13 whip
Mr - Ramon Ramirez - 3-2, 2.64 era, 1.23 whip
Mr - Jon Rauch - 4-8, 4.14 era, 1.19 whip
Mr - Alex Hinshaw - 2-1, 3.40 era, 1.51 whip
Others - Brian Wolfe, Doug Waechter, David Aardsma

[Twins]

C - Kelly Shoppach
1B - Ryan Howard
2B - Alexi Casilla
3B - Garrett Atkins
SS - Jason Bartlett
LF - Alfonso Soriano
CF - Aaron Rowand
RF - Kosuke Fukudome/Wladimir Balentien
DH - Jason Kubel

Rotation:

Javy Vazquez
Greg Smith
Fausto Carmona
Aaron Laffey
Carlos Villanueva

Bullpen:

Jason Frasor
Justin Hedrick
Philip Humber
Jensen Lewis
Collin Balester/Garrett Olson/Jason Isringhausen (hopefully)
Tony Pena

Other:

JR Towles
Humberto Sanchez
Todd Redmond
Troy Patton
Eric Patterson
Andy Marte
Jeff Manship
Michael Hollimon
Jarrett Hoffpauir
Tyler Clippard
Jordan Brown
Daric Barton

[Mets]

Rotation:
Tim Hudson (Tommy John)
John Maine
Jeremy Hellickson
Shawn Hill
Chad Gaudin
David Huff / Jon Niese


Pen
CL- Lidge
SU- Feliciano
SU- Accardo
SU- Moylan
LR- Geoff Geary
LR- Mike MacDougal
Mop Up- Roy Corcoran
Swinger -

Competing for a job/trade
Clay Hensley SP
Dallas Trahern SP
Lenny Dinardo LHP
Daniel Cabrera
Jon Niese LHP

Line-up Option #1
Willy Taveras CF
Reggie Willits RF / Josh Kroeger
Troy Glaus 3B
Aubrey Huff / John Lindsey 1B
Daniel Murphy LF
Kenji Johjima C
Jack Wilson/Jason Donald SS
Adrian Cardenas 2B
Pitcher

Bench
Aaron Cunningham/John Bowker OF
Christian Colonel 3B/OF
Endy Chavez OF
Jason Donald SS
Ramon Castro C
Aubrey Huff / John Lindsey 1B/3B


Farmers

The Guns
Heath Rollins SP
Jeremy Hellickson SP
Jesse Todd SP
Jon Niese SP
Dylan Owen SP
Phil Coke SP


The Missiles
Daniel Murphy OF/3B/2B
Ruben Tejada SS
Jeff Larish 1B
Adrian Carandes 2B/SS
Jose Mujica SS/3B
Ramon Vazquez 3B/2B/SS
Neftali Soto 3B
Ian Gac OF/1B?

[RedSox]

Tampa Bay Rays 2009 v1.0

Line-up:
C Pablo Sandoval MLB -.345/.357/.490
1B Chris Carter A+ - .259/.357/.569, 39 HR
2B Kaz Matsui MLB - .293/.354/.427, 20 SB
3B Beau Mills A+ - .293/.364/.506, 21 HR, CAR MVP
SS Ivan De Jesus AA - .324/.419/.423, 16 SB
LF Micah Hoffpauir MLB - .342/.400/.534
CF Colby Rasmus AAA - .251/347/.396, 15 SB
RF Will Venable MLB - .264/.339/.391
DH Jason Giambi MLB - .247/.373/.502, 32 HR

Bench:
1/2/3/OF Jesus Guzman MiLB - .349/.404/.545, 17 HR
OF Brian Bogusevic AA - .371/.443/.556
C Jon Still A+ - .265/.357/.489, 22 HR
Others - Allen, Snyder, Valbuena, Vallejo, Denker, Campbell, Hunter, Parra

Rotation:
SP David Price MLB - 1.93 ERA, .189 BAA, 57% GB, 3.00 K/BB
SP Trevor Cahill MiLB - 2.61 ERA, .179 BAA, 71% GB, 2.72 K/BB
SP Andrew Miller MLB - 4.00 FIP, .284 BAA, 59% GB, 1.59 K/BB
SP Elugio De La Cruz AAA - 4.34 ERA, .251 BAA, 64% GB, 1.97 K/BB
SP Clayton Richard MLB - 4.10 FIP, .312 BAA, 65% GB, 2.26 K/BB

Bullpen:
CL Jason Bulger AAA - 0.63 ERA, .169 BAA, 59% GB, 3.41 K/BB
RH Dan Wheeler MLB - 3.12 ERA, .190 BAA, 38 % GB, 2.41 K/BB
RH Jeff Stevens AAA - 3.24 ERA, .184 BAA, 46% GB, 3.00 K/BB
MR Dustin Nippert MLB - 5.00 FIP, .313 BAA, 48% GB, 1.49 K/BB
MR David Robertson MLB - 3.53 FIP, .253 BAA, 51% GB , 2.40 K/BB
MR Brandon League MLB - 2.18 ERA, .231 BAA, 82% GB, 1.53 K/BB
MR Logan Kensing MLB - 4.23 ERA, .243 BAA, 41% GB, 1.67 K/BB
MR Wes Littleton MLB - 4.13 FIP, .262 BAA, 66% GB, 1.75 K/BB

Others - Drabek, Rohrbough, Garcia, Fields = Proj. doubtful, doubtful, out w/TJ, not signed/no proj.

Light on experience, there's a good chance everyone on the hitting side except Vallejo and Still could see at least a cup of coffee this year depending on their MLB team's suckitude. Pedro Alvarez likely won't sim this year because he signed too late to play in 2008, but I see him at least at AA by the end off 2009.

After leading the IBC in double plays turned in 2008, the Rays should again be among the league leaders for 2009 as we'll likely have a lot of guys on base and our projected starters induce GB %s of 57, 71, 59, 64, and 65%. The pen is what it is, two good guys and some filler. Mussina quitting hurt.

Look for a large improvement in 2010 as nearly everyone will be AA or above with Garcia back from TJ and the arrival of Drabek and Rohrbough augmenting the pitching staff. Weglarz and Burgess could also contribute.

Rank 28ish.

[Brewers]

2009 Chicago White Sox

Line-Up:
1: McLouth - CF
2: Iwamura - 2B
3: Hart - RF
4: Gonzalez - 1B
5: Gamel - 3B
6: Pearce - DH
7: Pierzynski - C
8: Wood - SS
9: Gardner - LF

Bench:
IF: Scutaro
2B: Fontenot
C: Snyder
OF/PR: Bourn

Rotation:
1: Baker
2: Harang
3: Maholm
4: Volstad
5: Maloney

Bullpen:
Albers
Durbin
Ohman
Putz
Tallet
Villone
Wasserman

[Astros]

Lineup

1. SS. Rafael Furcal .357/.439/.573
2. 2b. Ray Durham .303/.385/.452 vs RH and Aaron Miles .315/.377/.378 vs LH
3. RF. Josh Hamilton .304/.371/.530 32 HR
4. LF. Pat Burrell .250/.367/.507 33 HR
5. CF. Vernon Wells .300/.343/.496 20 HR
6. 1b. Billy Butler .340/.395/.590 vs LH and Greg Norton .289/.396/.44 vs RH
7. 3b. Chase Headley .269//.337/.420
8. C. Yadi Molina .304/.349/.392

Bench

Mike Redmond
Aaron Miles/Ray Durham
Billy Butler/Greg Norton
Reed Johnson
Rich Aurillia

Rotation

Cliff Lee 22-3 2.54 ERA 1.11 WHIP
Adam Wainwright 11-3 3.20 ERA 1.18 WHIP
Todd Wellemeyer 13-9 3.71 ERA 1.25 WHIP
John Lannan 9-15 3.91 ERA 1.34 WHIP
Scott Olsen 8-11 4.20 ERA 1.31 WHIP

Bullpen

Matt Capps 2-3 21 saves 3.02 ERA 0.96 WHIP
Frank Francisco 3-5 3.13 ERA 1.15 WHIP
Scott Downs 0-3 1.78 ERA 1.15 WHIP
Chris Perez 3-3 3.46 ERA 1.34 WHIP
Justin Hampson 2-1 2.93 ERA 1.34 WHIP
Joe Smith 6-3 3.55 ERA 1.29 WHIP
Yusmerio Petit 3-5 4.31 ERA 1.05 WHIP

Others battling for the 5th rotation spot

Petit
Jon Garland
Anthony Reyes
Brett Anderson

Pen Depth

Al Reyes
Brad Thompson
Jason Grilli
Mike Koplove

Bench options

Jeff Salazar
Ryan Freel
Michael Brantley
Brendan Ryan
Matt Antonelli

Prospects that could contribute depending on projections

Brett Anderson
Brett Cecil
Gorkys Hernandez
Fernando Salas
Jonathan Lucroy

Prospects a ways off yet

Freddie Freeman
Randall Delgado
Alex Cobb
Brock Huntzinger
Lonnie Chisenahll
Jordan Lyles
Deryk Hooker

[WhiteSox]

2009 IBC Yanks

Lineup:

1) Derek Jeter - SS
2) Joe Mauer - C
3) Albert Pujols - 1b
4) Alex Rodriguez - 3b
5) Grady Sizemore - CF
6) Magglio Ordonez - RF
7) Moises Alou - DH
Robinson Cano - 2b
9) Johnny Damon - LF

Bench:

Gary Sheffield, Jason Varitek, Willie Harris, TBD

Rotation:

1) Felix Hernandez
2) Jon Lester
3) Joba Chamberlain
4) Scott Kazmir
5) Chein-Ming Wang
6) Johnny Cueto/Ian Kennedy

Bullpen:

Mariano Rivera
Jon Papelbon
BJ Ryan
Joe Beimel
Aaron Heilman, Kyle Farnsworth, Eric Gagne,

Top Prospects:

Jason Heyward, Neftali Feliz, Jesus Montero, Julio Borbon, Andrew Brackman, Kyle Skipworth, Ryan Westmoreland, Hak-Ju Lee, Bradley Holt, Jose Tabata

[Guardians]

1B - Conor Jackson / Mike Carp
2B - Aaron Hill / Tony Abreu
SS - Chin Lung-Hu / Brent Lillibridge
3B - Kevin Kouzmanoff
RF - Alex Rios
CF - Marlon Byrd / Jordan Schafer
LF - Ryan Spillborghs / Travis Snider / Delwyn Young / Zach Daeges / Jamie Romak
C - Dionar Navarro / Taylor Teagarden

SP - Chad Billingsley
SP - David Bush
SP - Luke Hochevar
SP - Clay Buchholz
SP - James McDonald / Freddy Garcia / Kyle Davies / Wade Leblanc / Anthony Swarzak

RP - Kris Medlen
RP - Fernando Cabrera
RP - Edward Mujica
RP - Daniel Bard

[Pirates]

CF-Carlos Gomez
SS-J.J. Hardy
LF-Ryan Braun
3B-Evan Longoria
2B-Brandon Phillips
RF-Ryan Church
1B-Lars Anderson
C-Brian Schneider\Mike McKenry

SP-Oliver Perez

SP-Phil Hughes
SP-Max Scherzer
SP-Alfredo Aceves
SP-Jason Marquis


RP-Jose Veras
RP-Scott Linebrink
RP-Phil Stockman
RP-Brian Shouse
RP-Eduardo Morlan
RP-Kevin Hart
CL-Mike Gonzalez

Prospects who could make an impact but might not
-Rick Porcello
-Jordan Zimmerman
-Robert Parnell

[Angels]

CLEVELAND INDIANS 2009 25-man roster as of 12/16/09:

C M.Montero/J.Jaso
1B M. Jacobs
2B A.Callaspo
3B M. Costanzo/G.Duran
SS E. Aybar/E.Burris
LF M.Joyce
CF C.Dickerson/4th-OF TBD
RF B.Hawpe
DH JR House/D.Johnson

SP S. Gallagher
SP J.A. Happ
SP E. Hurley
SP P. Misch
SP V. Padilla


RP S. Casilla
RP J. Colome
RP A.Guzman
RP A. Lopez
RP K. McClellan
RP D. Oliver

Obviously, 2010 and beyond cannot come soon enough.

[Dodgers]

This isn't going to be like last time where we'll be waiting for them for a month, is it?

Rotation
1 - Francisco Liriano
2 - Ted Lilly
3 - Jorge Campillo
4 - Kenshin Kawakami
5 - Edwin Jackson

Bullpen
Closer - Joakim Soria
Lefty - Joe Thatcher
Setup - Chan Ho Park
Setup - Joe Nelson
Setup - Juan Cruz
Long - Jason Hirsh
Mopup - Chris Britton
Mopup - Ross Ohlendorf

Starting Lineup
C - Chris Iannetta
1B - Ryan Garko or Gaby Sanchez
2B - Kelly Johnson
SS - Jimmy Rollins
3B - Mark Reynolds (E!)
LF - Chris Duncan
CF - Torii Hunter
RF - Xavier Nady

Bench
C - Andrew Ellis
1B - Other half of Garko/Sanchez platoon or Kevin Millar
OF - Gabe Kapler
OF - Melky Cabrera
Util - Joe Inglett

Others
Chris Valaika, Fernando Martinez or Austin Jackson -- not relying on anything, but maybe one will get a wunderkind projection.
Carl Pavano -- who knows!

[Yankees]

Missing Teams:
Boston
Minnesota
Seattle
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Arizona
San Diego

Come on guys, if you can post about beer and what you've got on the market you can take 2 minutes to do this up...would love to have a response from all 30 teams...Going to be a huge time save if I don't have to make up rosters...

[Pirates]

im kinda suprised jag hasnt posted his roster on here twice already.

[Angels]

If I can embarrass myself, no one else has an excuse.