Rangers win about 84. People do not understand that Rich Harden will not pitch 150 innings. It wont happen, never does. I have seen him start 50 times, i live outside San Francisco, but if your number 1 is hurt all the time, you start from a disadvantage. Now, let us couple that with our best hitter, most dynamic threat on offense, josh Hamilton. I love him, love how he has fought back, but he is not going to play 150 games. Never has. HE will tire, his body is older than his age. So our next two most important hitters are Ian Kinsler, our stud 2b who is behind only Chase Utley and a few others as far as 2b goes. He had s slight off year last year and was unlucky. We need him, he is hurt. I assume he will be ok. Next problem is Vlad Guerrero. Now he can hit, but he is not the hitter he was. He cannot play OF, EVER. Period. And he wont. And its good he will hit in arlington, maybe he can hit 25 + homers, i dont know. But he is always hurt also. So it falls on Scott Feldman, Julio Borbon and Elvis (the best young SS i have ever seen on defense), Neftali and Holland, and our pen. IF they all step up, if Harden or Hamilton and Vlad, have career years or bounce back, then we can win the division. 2. Scott Feldman will win 15, but it doesnt matter if we have a 15 game winner, we need 88 wins in total. I dont care if Darren O'Day wins 20 , we need wins from everyone! 3. Nelson Cruz and Vlad both have 100 RBIS, if Kinsler comes back and is healthy.. I assume Michael Young will be, as he always has, a total bad ***. 4. Josh Hamilton, Harden, Vlad, and now Kinsler. 5. Angels. But it is not out of the question that Texas does. Oak has the pitching, NO OFFENSE. Sea has the top 2 starters and defense, but again, NO OFFENSE.
Rangers win about 84. People do not understand that Rich Harden will not pitch 150 innings. It wont happen, never does. I have seen him start 50 times, i live outside San Francisco, but if your number 1 is hurt all the time, you start from a disadvantage. Now, let us couple that with our best hitter, most dynamic threat on offense, josh Hamilton. I love him, love how he has fought back, but he is not going to play 150 games. Never has. HE will tire, his body is older than his age. So our next two most important hitters are Ian Kinsler, our stud 2b who is behind only Chase Utley and a few others as far as 2b goes. He had s slight off year last year and was unlucky. We need him, he is hurt. I assume he will be ok. Next problem is Vlad Guerrero. Now he can hit, but he is not the hitter he was. He cannot play OF, EVER. Period. And he wont. And its good he will hit in arlington, maybe he can hit 25 + homers, i dont know. But he is always hurt also.
So it falls on Scott Feldman, Julio Borbon and Elvis (the best young SS i have ever seen on defense), Neftali and Holland, and our pen. IF they all step up, if Harden or Hamilton and Vlad, have career years or bounce back, then we can win the division.
2. Scott Feldman will win 15, but it doesnt matter if we have a 15 game winner, we need 88 wins in total. I dont care if Darren O'Day wins 20 , we need wins from everyone!
3. Nelson Cruz and Vlad both have 100 RBIS, if Kinsler comes back and is healthy.. I assume Michael Young will be, as he always has, a total bad ***.
4. Josh Hamilton, Harden, Vlad, and now Kinsler.
5. Angels. But it is not out of the question that Texas does. Oak has the pitching, NO OFFENSE. Sea has the top 2 starters and defense, but again, NO OFFENSE.