Projected 2009 Starting line up

C Mike Napoli
1B Miguel Cabrera
2B Rickie Weeks
SS Miguel Tejada
3B Jorge Cantú
OF Nate McLouth
OF Nick Swisher
OF Carl Crawford*
UTIL Willy Taveras
UTIL Kelly Johnson
BN Ben Francisco
BN Shin-Soo Choo
BN Travis Buck
BN Ryan Shealy
BN Steve Pearce


SP Félix Hernández
SP James Shields
SP Ubaldo Jiménez
RP Salomón Torres*
RP Chris Pérez
P Joel Zumaya
P Kevin Slowey
P Chad Qualls
BN Hiroki Kuroda
BN Ryan Tucker

Not Projected to make roster

P Jason Motte

Strengths- 2008 champion, 1B, 2B, 3B, OF, R, HR, SB, and K
Weaknesses- AVG

AAOR-27

2009 Outlook- Slider finished the regular season in 4th, and went on to win 3 playoff matches to capture the gold trophy. The scary thing is he was able to do this without Carl Crawford. To be the best you gotta beat the best, until this is the team to beat. Playoff chance 60%

On trading block
* 2009 Free agent/Option year
AAOR- Average age on roster

Final 2008 Roster, Pre-Season 2009 Roster

Devastator League Champion 2008

C Mike Napoli
1B Miguel Cabrera
2B Kelly Johnson
SS Miguel Tejada
3B Jorge Cantu
OF Carl Crawford
OF Nate Mclouth
OF Willy Taveras
UT Nick Swisher
UT Rickie Weeks
BN Shin-Soo Choo
BN Ryan Shealy
BN Steve Pearce
BN Ben Francisco
BN Travis Buck


SP Felix Hernandez
SP James Shields
SP Hiroki Kuroda
RP Joel Zumaya
RP Chad Qualls
P Salomon Torres
P Chris Perez
P Jason Motte
BN Kevin Slowey
BN Ubaldo Jimenez
BN Ryan Tucker



posted @ Oct 6 2008