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gehrig38 · 05-18-2018, 04:51 PM

2005 Spring Training Preview-Florida Tarpons
The pundits have us as a 118 loss team (44-118) with St Louis losing 106. I don't think this club is that bad but we are heading to camp so let's see how it all shakes out. Detroit, Memphis, and Denver are predicted to take their respective divisions and experts have 4 of Denver's starters as top pitchers this year. Over in the NL Washington, Oklahoma and LA are the picks with the Jets staff ranked up top and the Texas offense scoring close to 1000 runs.

The only real concern is to get out of camp healthy with no major injuries. Other than that this is going to be about looking for potential waiver claims and trying to assess how much talent we truly have. I don't have the first idea where out staff sits nor how good/bad this offense is and pretty much every job is open for the taking.

2005 Spring Training Recap
1. If winning 11 of 30 games is anything but sucking to Mr Medina we will be surprised.
2. 1 significant injury as reliever Ismael Ybarra, one of the top prospects to take a bullpen job, strained a forearm muscle and will be sidelined until mid May at the earliest. Closer Juan Pedemonte suffered a forearm “issue” as well and that was on the next to last day of camp. However trainer Chris Buchanan is telling me 1-2 weeks for this one. He starts the season on the 10 day DL.
3. While the offense could have been worse, the pitching could not have. An abysmal spring saw the staff getting pounded to the tune of a 5.88 ERA.

05-18-2018, 04:51 PM	#15
gehrig38 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Medfield, Mass Posts: 5,667	2005 Spring Training Preview-Florida Tarpons The pundits have us as a 118 loss team (44-118) with St Louis losing 106. I don't think this club is that bad but we are heading to camp so let's see how it all shakes out. Detroit, Memphis, and Denver are predicted to take their respective divisions and experts have 4 of Denver's starters as top pitchers this year. Over in the NL Washington, Oklahoma and LA are the picks with the Jets staff ranked up top and the Texas offense scoring close to 1000 runs. The only real concern is to get out of camp healthy with no major injuries. Other than that this is going to be about looking for potential waiver claims and trying to assess how much talent we truly have. I don't have the first idea where out staff sits nor how good/bad this offense is and pretty much every job is open for the taking. 2005 Spring Training Recap 1. If winning 11 of 30 games is anything but sucking to Mr Medina we will be surprised. 2. 1 significant injury as reliever Ismael Ybarra, one of the top prospects to take a bullpen job, strained a forearm muscle and will be sidelined until mid May at the earliest. Closer Juan Pedemonte suffered a forearm “issue” as well and that was on the next to last day of camp. However trainer Chris Buchanan is telling me 1-2 weeks for this one. He starts the season on the 10 day DL. 3. While the offense could have been worse, the pitching could not have. An abysmal spring saw the staff getting pounded to the tune of a 5.88 ERA. __________________ The Chicago Iron Pigs 2012-2024 The IBL's first 13 years The Alaska Avalanche 2024-2030 Moving on to my birthplace The San Antonio Silver Stars 2030-2034 From one big state, Alaska, to another, Texas!