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Dawgee said 04/14, 07:27 PM
The rules are that in making this lineup, you must use a player of each position and each batting order spot. Ex. you must 7have a clean-up hitter batting fourth or a lead-off hitter at first. Opening Day Rosters:

1. Hanley Ramirez - SS, Florida Marlins
2. Josh Hamilton - CF, Texas Rangers
3. Prince Fielder - 1B, Milwaukee Brewers
4. Victor Martinez - C, Cleveland Indians
5. Miguel Cabrera - 3B, Detroit Tigers
6. Carlos Lee - LF, Houston Astros
7. Brad Hawpe - RF, Colorado Rockies
8. Robinson Cano - 2B, New York Yankees

Same rules apply with pitchers, still opening day roster:

SP - Jake Peavy, San Diego Padres
SP - Fausto Carmona, Cleveland Indians
SP - Johnny Cueto, Cincinatti Reds
SP - Hiroki Kuroda, Los Angeles Dodgers
SP - Dontrelle Willis, Detroit Tigers
CP - Jonathon Papelbon, Boston Red Sox

Dawgee said 04/15, 09:48 PM
First I will go with the pitching:

I picked Jake Peavy ahead of Brandon Webb because Peavy was better than Webb at almost every pitching catagory last year. Webb didn't have that Triple Crown when he won his Cy Young in 2006. Plus, Webb has bad offense to help him win games - Peavy has NONE.

I picked Fausto Carmona over Dan Haren because Fausto came out of no where last year and pitched geat all season long while Haren pitched good in the first half then struggled in the second.

I picked Johnny Cueto ahead of Chad Billingsley because Billingsley has had only one good year - one average year also. He is going to need a few more good years like that - which he might but Cueto is young and ha smor eupside for the future.

I was thinking about John Maine but I chose Hiroki Kuroda instead. I know, the Japan league is weaker but Maine has only been an average pitcher in the MLB. Kuroda has been fabulous in Japan.

I chose Dontrelle Willis over Clay Buchholz because I didn't think that one no-hitter should buy you a name. Willis had one bad year but his other years were Cy Young caliber seasons.

I chose Papelbon over Saito because Papelbon had a lower ERA last year.

Dawgee said 04/16, 06:34 PM
I picked Hanley Ramirez over Jimmy Rollins for a few reasons. One of them was just plain better stas. Rollins had one more homerun than Ramirez but Ramirez had a way better average, more steals, and a few other catagories. I don't know how Rollins won.

I chose Josh Hamilton over Alex Rios because Rios' stats are not that spectacular. Many considered last year a "breakout year" but he still is a ways from being a perenial All-Star. Hamilton wil lbe one soon, he has the power to smack 40 homeruns.

I think Prince Fielder is better than David Wright because Wright is somewhat overated and only had one great year when people are acting like he had ten. Fielder, on the other hand, led all rookies in homeruns in 2006 and became the youngest person to hit 50 last year.

I picked Victor Martinez ahead of Ryan Howard and Brian McCann because both of your players had off years last year while Martinez has always been consistent in his career and blasted 25 last year.

Miguel Cabrera is one of the best young stars in baseball, a future Hall of Famer, he deserves to be up there.

Lee and Hawpe combined for more runs batted in and more homers than Hunter and Matsui in 2007 hits