MLB 09: The Show Team Rankings (Pasta Padre)

[Pirate]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChubbyBanana

A Little love for the Reds. Surprising, but I'll take it.

The Reds 10th.... That is funny. These rankings obviously mean nothing. I love me some Reds, but that is comical.

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by vinny_b

NYY have the best pitching in baseball. Not the RedSox. NYY = best team money can buy (unfortnately)

Not true. I believe that the pitching rating goes beyond rotation and includes bullpen. The Yankees have a lot of questions in their 'pen and the Sox have one of the deepest bullpens in baseball.

The rotations are actually closer than some people think as well (though 1-5 I agree the Yankees likely have the edge if all are healthy and play to peak).

So, OVERALL pitching-Advantage Red Sox...at least on paper.

[sa012]

Quote: Originally Posted by vinny_b

NYY have the best pitching in baseball. Not the RedSox. NYY = best team money can buy (unfortnately)

Yankees might have the edge in starting pitching 1-5, eventhough 1-3 is pretty much even, but the Sox bullpen blows the Yankees away!!!

[TribeFan80]

Cleveland seems right.

The Orioles got screwed. The are much better offensively, I mean the scored the 11th most runs in the majors.

[dmbfan1970]

Can't believe the Royals are ahead of the Marlins, White Sox and Cardinals overall... Wierd.
Some of these rankings don't make sense to me.

[rudyjuly2]

Quote: Originally Posted by gotigers15

While I do believe the Rays should be ahead of the Tigers defensively, I believe I can explain the rationale behind the ranking. In essence, the Tigers added two Gold-Glove caliber players to the left side of their infield in Brandon Inge and Adam Everett. (A massive, gigantic, colossal improvement over Carlos Guillen and Edgar Renteria) Curtis Granderson and Placido Polanco are also among the league's best at fielding their respective positions, and while Magglio Ordonez and Guillen may not be gazelles gliding through the Comerica outfield, they are adequate. Finally, Miguel Cabrera has evolved into a reliable and sure-handed first baseman, and Gerald Laird is no slouch behind the plate. Hope that helps.

Exactly. The Tigers defense should be much better this year. Of course, the left side of the infield is the worst offense in the league.

On one report that also tracks range, Marcus Thames in LF, Guillen at 3B and Renterria at SS were among the worst defensive players in the league. Inge >> Guillen at 3B, Guillen > Thames in LF and Everett/Santiago >> Renterria in terms of defense. Those three changes will be good for the team. Their infield should be really solid and Granderson is great in CF. Mags lacks range but once was a good OF.

[N51_rob]

Wow so acording to SCEA and their ranking the Orioles are on the verge of being the worst team team in the game. That should make playing with them this year fun.

One question though: The Orioles scored the 11th most runs in the majors last season and they have the 30th ranked offense?

[cardinals fan 020207]

This is bull sh** that my cards are raked 12th in batting when we had the second best batting average in the national league and I think that we even bet out the cubs in that one but that is alright when the cards win the division we will send the cubbies back paking to 101 years without a worldseries..GO CARDS