ResilientDeac
Member
- Joined
- Apr 4, 2011
- Messages
- 262
- Reaction score
- 14
Dusting this thread off. Hendricks looks fine, Darvish looks shaky, bullpen looks good outside of Cotton. Kipnis made the team, assume he will be opening day 2B. They tested Nico in CF last night, I guess the thought is another super sub. Kimbrel looks weird and still throws 95 MPH meatballs.
Assuming opening day team will be Willy / Riz / Kip / Baez / KB / Schwarbs / Happ / Heyward. Souza has looked ok and appears he and Almora are both going to be options against lefty starters. Descalso appears to be making the team which is a wasted spot - along with Nico and Boat in the IF.
Assuming Cubs are going to be able to hit, pitching is going to be the issue. Hendricks, Darvish and Lester and locked in. Lester has to turn into a crafty veteran at this point to get anything going, has looked very hittable all off season. Quintana won't be back until at least mid-season. Last two spots are Mills and Chatwood. Woof. We don't even have any real long relief behind them, except Cotton, who might not make the team. Bullpen/Middle relief may be ok with Ryan, Wick, Wieck, Jeffress and Underwood - looking like Sadler, Tepera and Winkler may make the team too, but haven't heard much about them.
Should be a decent run in the Central - lot of decent teams, nothing great. Cards, Brewers, Red all should have a shot.
Agree mostly. Also the White Sox aren’t a slouch team so Cubs may still come out on the up-and-up