tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020322.post1282655528465200621..comments2023-03-24T05:57:17.421-07:00Comments on Websoulsurfer: Padres lineup taking shapeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020322.post-42943256668310777222011-01-10T20:41:17.707-08:002011-01-10T20:41:17.707-08:00I welcome the comments from Dodger & Rockie fa...I welcome the comments from Dodger & Rockie fans and as for Gnats fans, they get their moment in the sun before they fade back into their normal hole under a rock.<br /><br />The Dodgers didn't improve their pitching, they only maintained their pitching from the end of last season. Last season they swooned in the 2nd half to a 31-43 record. Obviously adding Lilly and the return from injury of Vicente Padilla didn't help. Garland was not an improvement, just an innings eater. And their offense took huge steps backwards. Predicting the Dodgers to go .500 in 2011 is being generous.<br /><br />The Rockies should be the favorites in the West. Good pitching. Good hitting. Better defense this season. <br /><br />Padres are better offensively overall, better overall defensively, but are lacking depth in pitching.WebSoulSurferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385605335746684528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020322.post-5581715478441942412011-01-10T13:31:36.049-08:002011-01-10T13:31:36.049-08:00Larry Faria in Ocean Beach said:
Cover your head,...Larry Faria in Ocean Beach said:<br /><br />Cover your head, Websoulsurfer! After your "largely unimproved NL West" comment, you'll be seeing brickbats from Dodgers and Rockies fans, as well as a "we are the champions" refrain from that other City by the Bay.<br /><br />You're right, the Dodgers improved only their pitching, not their offense, from a sub-.500 season, and all the Rockies seemed to do is pay their key players more money. The standard meme is that the Giants caught lightning in a bottle and can't do it again, though their pitching will keep them competitive.<br /><br />One VERY early projection has the Padres 4th at about .500, but only 5 wins short of the 1st place Rockies, so predicting a four-way race looks promising. That projection has the Padres scoring 18 fewer runs, but the pitching/defense allowing 70+ more runs. I don't see that at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com