Jake Peavy

Giles just aren’t going to cut it.  The rotation is solid up front with CY Young winner Jake Peavy and Chris Young but after that I am not so sure.  Greg Maddux is not getting any younger or any better, Randy Wolf never became the pitcher people thought he would turn into and Mark Prior has question after question as their 5 starter.  Can he stay healthy and if so can he even come close to regaining the form he had back in 2003.  I don’t think this bullpen is very strong either.  Trevor Hoffman gets older and older and he continues to blow the biggest saves.  Everything will have to go this teams way if they are going to stay in this tightly contested division race.

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There's nothing quite like it. Cheap ticket prices, amazing warm weather, the smell of hot dogs & freshly cut grass on the baseball diamond in February and early March. It's that time of the year again with Spring Training rolling around and getting us all excited for the upcoming 2008 MLB season. It's also time to make some bold predictions for the long season ahead of us. Of course with injuries, the inevitability of a surprise team, and a little lack of better judgement, predicting the MLB season is incredibly difficult to do. However, after looking at all the new free agent pickups, new coaches, and using basic instinct, I've come up with my predictions for the 2008 season. Some of my predictions may sound crazy, but the baseball season usually plays out that way, I mean who predicted the Rockies to go that far last season? Enjoy, because it's sure to cause some argument.

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