MLB '10: The Show Official Team Ratings and Explanation

[Stroehms]

So how exactly are the Rays, Braves, Rockies, Cubs, Rangers, D'Backs, Twins, White Sox, Giants and Blue Jays better than the St. Louis Cardinals?

The Cardinals have two Aces (Carpenter, Wainwright), an MVP caliber hitter not named Pujols (Holliday) and the best hitter in the world (Pujols). Plus good young players in Molina, Rasmus and Schumaker.

Not a deal breaker but jeeze, the NL Central Champions got shafted.

[Braves Fan]

Quote: Originally Posted by BravesBoy

I hear what ya sayin, but our pitching is top 5 in the MLB imo. Thats were we really move up in the rankings. My only question is in our RF spot, i'm pretty confident in Glaus to stay healthy along with the two new guys in the bullpen...

The pitching lost Vasquez and that could hurt us. I agree though the pitching is very good, if Lowe bounces back and KK did what he did last year. The top 3 though in Hudson, Jurrjens, and Hanson is special.

I'm just concerned about the offense, I'm hoping Heyward is the stud everyone says he is. We have to get power from somewhere, Chipper isn't going to provide it. He's getting too old, we need it from Heyward and Glaus.

[BravesBoy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Derek2Jeter

They have pathetic rotation depth, a thin bullpen, and an even thinner lineup. I don't get why people think the Mariners are so great now that they got Figgins and Lee. Yeah they are both great, but two people aren't going to turn a bad team into a good one. They were last in runs scored last year WITh their only serious power threat in Branyan. Now that he's gone, it goes south

Haha, i cant explain it. The way you put it makes me sound completely wrong. But idk, i gotta good fellin about them this year...

[SHanna34]

I am going to play the with the A's (franchise) as always. Pitching at 8 will make it fun along with hitting at 30. Jays and Mariners should swap spots

[TN - BRAVES FAN]

Braves fans hogging the boards again...what a shock!

[Braves Fan]

Quote: Originally Posted by TN - BRAVES FAN

Braves fans hogging the boards again...what a shock!

It's a shame we can't sell out our games, we have fans everywhere.

[metsman8669]

Quote: Originally Posted by Braves Fan

We've got a ton of question marks, we are relying on older players and injury prone players to have good years. I think we could be really good, we could definitely live up to our ranking but we also could have a year with a lot of injuries and it not go so good. I think the best case scenario for us is to win 88-90 games and win the w/card. I'd put us at about 10-12 right now with a chance to improve as the year goes on. I don't think we are one of the six best teams in baseball, not to start the season.

You need another bat, IMO. Unless someone really steps up. Chipper is a stud but he's almost a lock to miss 20+ games and Glaus hasn't played since 2008.

In all honesty, the Braves just don't seem to have enough pop.

[metsman8669]

Quote: Originally Posted by Stroehms

So how exactly are the Rays, Braves, Rockies, Cubs, Rangers, D'Backs, Twins, White Sox, Giants and Blue Jays better than the St. Louis Cardinals? The Cardinals have two Aces (Carpenter, Wainwright), an MVP caliber hitter not named Pujols (Holliday) and the best hitter in the world (Pujols). Plus good young players in Molina, Rasmus and Schumaker. Not a deal breaker but jeeze, the NL Central Champions got shafted.

This was the biggest surprise to me too. Not saying they're a top-5 team...but 16th??